Cable Durability Issues

The cluster focuses on complaints about cables breaking or damaging easily, recommendations for durable alternatives like Kevlar-reinforced or high-quality cables, and discussions on cable length, weight, and reliability in hardware contexts.

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Sample Comments

makomk Apr 26, 2014 View on HN

The cable tends to get damaged fairly easily.

basch Oct 31, 2018 View on HN

buy cables with kevlar in them. i no longer eat cables per year.

BurningFrog Feb 3, 2021 View on HN

You'll need some very long cables...

davb Mar 3, 2016 View on HN

Aren't the cables run with a bit of slack for just this reason?

spot Nov 13, 2012 View on HN

yea seriously. cables are death.

Dwedit Jun 10, 2024 View on HN

Get the $300 cable to avoid having to debug someone else's shoddy product?

ant6n Dec 14, 2015 View on HN

You mean the physical cables, right?

coldacid Nov 29, 2021 View on HN

You should be asking that about the cables already.

MichaelGG Nov 4, 2015 View on HN

Users often desire more than one cable.

nextaccountic Aug 14, 2021 View on HN

Just add some color code to the cables and I'm sold