Cable Matters10G USB C to Micro B USB 3.0 Cable 0.3m (USB-C to Micro-B 3.0) Compatible with MacBook Pro/Air, iPad/Tablet, iPhone, Samsung Galaxy S24, WD Seagate in Black

Good quality build , functionality & connectivity as designed, good value for money

Both ends fit well. They appear to be gold plated. The cable is a nice length (for me). Data transfer is fast and not throttled by the cable.Much better than using adaptors, especialy for HDD/SSD data transfer.

Works perfectly and is very secure. For a company called cable matters they certainly hold up the claim. Will definitely buy from them again when I need a cable. Speed is as expected and no bottleneck.

This type of cable is better known for connecting to external USB hard drives but I actually purchased this cable for a fairly niche requirement... and more for curiosity if it would work more than anything else. I bought a Leap Motion controller several months back which is a device that is capable of tracking your hand and finger movements for being used as a controller in various applications and VR demos.Last time I played with the Leap Motion controller with VR I needed an additional 5m USB extension to connect to a 50cm USB Micro-B cable that plugged into the Leap Motion controller so all these extra cables and joins just made the whole 'tethered to a PC experience' far worse than it already is.Being a VR enthusiast I also own a HTC Vive Pro which actually has a USB Type C connector on the headset itself, underneath the face mask, which acts as a regular USB port for plugging USB Type C devices in such as USB headphones... or... perhaps... a Leap Motion controller!?I was really happy to discover that the Leap Motion controller works perfectly when plugged into the HTC Vive Pro with this cable. However, the clearance is not great from the plug in the headset and when putting the face mask back on it feels like unnecessary pressure being placed on the USB Type C cable and connector. This is due to the extra grey rubber grommet around the cable where it joins the USB Type C plug. I may decide to carefully 'trim' that bit of rubber of with Stanley knife but obviously that voids the warranty on this cable but would put less pressure on the cable and port on the headset.I could only find 0.9/1m cables at the time and they are a too bit long for my little project - I actually think a 30cm cable would be the perfect length. As a result I've had to coil up the spare cable and use Velcro strips to hold it in place. It works and isn't particularly elegant but doesn't seem to negatively affect the Vive's tracking. There doesn't seem to be any decent 30cm variants of this cable about at the moment though but I'll keep looking.Build quality-wise it's pretty hard to fault this cable. The cable is a decent thickness so it's most likely shielded and the plugs feel secure and robust. My Leap Motion controller is not likely to be pushing the bandwidth boundaries so it's hard for me to test that aspect but various other positive reviews suggest that hard drives work well with it.Pros:- Good value for money- Decent quality, i.e. thick cable and sturdy plugs- Works perfectly with a HTC Vive Pro and Leap Motion controller- Gold plated plugs which are less likely to corrode (but are unlikely improve your digital USB signal)Neutral:- There's a grey grommet around the cable where it joins the plugs. It would look nicer if it was black.Cons:- Only available in 0.9/1.0m

I don't particularly understand the science behind it, especially when I consider that USB 3.0 is capable of 450MB/s (Which is definitely faster than my drive is capable of.) But using this cable, I was able to double both my read and write speeds.With the standard USB 3.0 Cable that came with the drive (And through my USB 3.2 Hub - I add as a 'Proud' Mac user.) I was seeing read speeds of around 37MB/s, and write speeds of around 35MB/s. With this cable, those speeds have more than doubled; with read speeds of around 78MB/s and write speeds of about 70MB/s. Vast improvement. And the bonus is, I don't need to hook my hub up just to make that quick transfer.I would like to note that the drive I ran these tests on is one of those old mechanical hard drives which is probably past its time. Given its age and condition, I would expect newer drives to achieve far greater speeds. This cable has made it less of hindrance for me to copy files to and from my much newer, and much faster USB SSD.Well worth the buy!

Great cable - say goodbye to the usb c/3.1 adapters.I use it to connect hard disc and solid state drives directly to my 2018 MacBook Pro’s Thunderbolt ports and the data transfer speeds are lightning fast. I don’t know theoretical speed of usb 3.1 via usb c - nor do I really care - but in the real world I transferred about 1/2 TB from one hard drive to another and it took just over an hour whilst I was editing photos in photoshop! Now that’s fast! The cable of course plays a key part in marrying and maximising the two technologies and this one does the job very nicely.It’s a little thinner than most usb cables but there’s no impact on performance; it’s well made and should last an age. Overall a great product which I’d recommend highly.My only complaint is that there’s no option for a short version (10-15 cm) as I would love to have both.

It's a cable. It transfers data. Not much else to say really

Purchased this to transfer photos from my phone to an external hard drive. Great piece of kit