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Re:Amazon Is Quietly Eliminating List Prices by seanp2k2 on Tuesday July 05, 2016 @12:52AM (#12034459)
Yep, this is why I get lots of stuff from Anker. They originally seemed to be selling white label Chinese commodity stuff where it's not worth it to buy a 10x priced version from BigBox down the street, but I actually found that they have good versions of whatever cable or USB hub or backup battery I need. I found this basically by accident, and now I swear by their products, but it was tough to find on Amazon with the hundreds of look-a likes which don't function the same.
Re:Amazon Is Quietly Eliminating List Prices by tracker1 on Tuesday July 05, 2016 @02:47AM (#12034779)
Exactly... Anker is generally pretty good, I've had a couple issues. After the report of a Google employeee reviewing various USB3 cables, I actually tested (just via an app on my phone at the time) all the cables/chargers I had... Amazing how much difference a cable can make... wound up getting a bunch of new cables, and replacing half my chargers.

To this day I'm amazed at how relatively badly the "Amazon Basics" usb cables worked.

Re:Amazon Is Quietly Eliminating List Prices by hexane360 on Tuesday July 05, 2016 @12:50PM (#12037763)
Aukey is also very good. Whenever I need hubs/chargers/power packs/etc. I go to them or Amazon Basics.