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Anker PowerLine USB-C Cable — The one that survives being crushed in a duffel
Best cable

The one that survives being crushed in a duffel

Anker PowerLine USB-C Cable

Braided, 0.9 m

Take two — a failed cable at 4,500 m turns a working power bank into ballast, and this is the cheapest failure in the whole department to insure against.

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What you get

  • Braided jacket survives a fortnight of being stuffed
  • Short enough not to tangle
  • Cheap enough to carry a spare

What it costs you

  • Not a fast-charge cable on every device
  • Braiding frays at the connector eventually
  • Boring

Do not buy this if: Nobody. If you take one thing from this page, take a spare cable.

The alternatives

Everything else we recommend in cables & adapters, including the ones we think suit a different trekker.