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Re:Google engineer writing Amazon reviews on USB-C cables th... by novaleaf on Wednesday November 04, 2015 @02:43PM (#10509057)
i like Anker (good bang for buck) but they are not above fail: I have a 5 port USB charger and the middle port stopped working (thankfully the others still work, so I have a 4 port charger now)

I bought a bunch of their external battery packs (aprox 15 of them) and none of those have failed)

Re:Google engineer writing Amazon reviews on USB-C cables th... by shimo5037 on Wednesday November 04, 2015 @11:10PM (#10511577)
The same thing happened to me as well with the 5-port version, and more recently with the more powerful 6-port version. I still buy and recommend their products thanks to their very responsive support, though.
Re:Google engineer writing Amazon reviews on USB-C cables th... by linker3000 on Wednesday November 04, 2015 @05:37PM (#10510317)
I had a port die on an Anker unit that was about 11 months old - it was replaced by Amazon (UK) without any fuss + I got a prepaid label to send back the faulty one.
Re:Google engineer writing Amazon reviews on USB-C cables th... by raihansaputra on Friday November 06, 2015 @01:42AM (#10518112)
i was in the same boat with a charger that i bought in 2013. they sent out an email explaining that was a design fault (non-reversible current limit) and they were willing to replace/refund. i wanted a replacement but unfortunately i bought it when i was travelling to the US and they can't ship outside the US. they refunded the $20 and 2 of the 5 ports still charges fine.
Re:Google engineer writing Amazon reviews on USB-C cables th... by jmnicolas on Thursday November 05, 2015 @02:43AM (#10512139)
It seems to be occurring rather frequently according to Amazon reviews.