86 grams for the $18.99, 6-foot Amazon Basics cable. The weight and thickness of each cable is hard to see unless you have both, as we do. The $8.62, 6-foot cable weighs just 38 grams, vs. There are a few significant physical differences in the cables themselves. You can’t tell from Amazon’s ad, but in this comparison chart you can see that the upgraded Amazon USB-C cable features a beefy connector and much thicker cable. In the end, we did find reasons why the more expensive cable might be worth it-and a few scenarios where the cheaper cable would be just as good. To complement our related story on how to buy a USB-C cable, we tested the $8.62 Amazon Basics cable as well as the $18.99 upgrade to find out what you get and what you give up. We applied the same rules for the two Amazon Basics cables in charging speed, data transfer speed, and connecting to a display. Is the cheaper USB-C cable just as good, or are we getting something extra with the more expensive one? Are all USB-C cables the same? That’s what we wondered when we found two different Amazon Basics models, one priced at about $9, and the other at $19.
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