Tip: use magnetic ports/cables on your USB devices. Moved to these after that ha... | Hacker News

Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit

		canada_dry on May 24, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: We're ending our Samsung collaboration Tip: use magnetic ports/cables on your USB devices. Moved to these after that happened to me years ago and love them - quick and easy to connect/disconnect, and less worry about tripping over the charge cord flinging the device across the room. The only disadvantage is I haven't found any that support high amp/watt charging.

autoexec on May 24, 2024 | [–]

There's a good reason they don't support high amp/watt charging.

https://old.reddit.com/r/UsbCHardware/comments/motlhn/magnet...

frenchman_in_ny on May 24, 2024 | [–]

Wasn't there an issue that with magnetic cables the ground pins aren't the first pins connected / disconnected?

(Edit -- autoexec had the same memory of the same thread as I did)

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact