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USB / iPhone charging cables for the mega gram weenie

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R Banks BPL Member
PostedFeb 1, 2015 at 9:15 am

Wish I knew about these for my thru hike!! This looks awesome.

Kenneth Jacobs BPL Member
PostedFeb 1, 2015 at 10:57 am

The cheap short (3-6″) standard round wire cables never seem to last long before they split their housing our just plain start to come out of the back of the jack. I will be moving to one of these next: http://www.ebay.com/itm/141494980481?_trksid=p2060778.m1438.l2649&var=440646572413&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT Not sure of their weight, but I’ll take the weight penalty over having my cable loose it’s connection on the trail. Snap a Lightning or Apple 30-pin adapter on the end of one of those in combo with one of these: http://www.fluxmob.com/collections/bolt/products/bolt-graphite …and I’m set for a thru hike.

HTH

KJ

PostedMay 22, 2015 at 4:04 pm

3.9g for a mini-usb cable plus lightning adapter. I like the other one above though that has the lightning adapter attached so you don't lose it.

http://incharge.rocks/
http://www.ebay.com/itm/261735206525

I ordered the lightning version of that InCharge cable as well and it gives that "not authorized" message when i try to use it. Not sure if I just got a bad one. Too bad because it only weighs 3.1 grams.

Adam BPL Member
PostedJun 11, 2015 at 7:05 pm

Ryan, I'm guessing your inCharge cables are the original ones from indigogo, rather than the newer Bolt version now up on Kickstarter?

I ordered two, micro usb.

Thanks for the tips everyone!

PostedJun 11, 2015 at 9:15 pm

Yeah, I received the original one from Indigogo.

Unfortunately I still haven't been able to get a replacement cable for the non-functioning lightning one. I emailed them like ten times but they are slow to respond or never do. Their customer service is total shit, but the cables are light if you can get a working one. Like I said, the micro usb ones seem to work fine, but the lightning ones don't. Maybe the new bolt ones is different..not sure.

-Ryan

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