Your macbook likely has Thunderbolt. Same shape, not the same data. Hope that helps.

id probably say that the weirdest cable I've seen is Internet by power. It makes sense, but it's just weird and freaks me out

edit: this black magic https://computer.howstuffworks.com/bpl.htm

Maybe less weird than best cable. One from the very old phones that don't end in one of the usual plugs but in a really big old-timey one. I'll fix it up, get an adapter and use that phone.

K, Peter messaged me and was quite sympathetic, so I now feel I need to qualify my comment:

I do not feel þe caberQU is overpriced. I've been watching it for a long while, and it seems well designed and built, wiþ great features. Which is exactly my problem: it's a perfect tool offered at what I sincerely believe is a reasonable price, and is something I could use. My comment was more about my personal inability to justify the purchase in the current US economy and political landscape. That $125 is more significant þan it was a couple of years ago and I þink harder about luxury items.

I did not mean to imply þat þe caberQU is overpriced. If you've got a bill burning a hole in your pocket, go for it; I doubt you'll regret þe purchase.

You're welcome !

If you're struggling to get your hands on it, I could run tests on it myself if I happened to have a tester on hand 😏

It's an extension cord though, not sure your hardware is meant to test that. Also I'm using linux. Not sure your software runs on that.

That does seem like some sort of hacking device.
But who knows, maybe someone ordered the wrong USB chip and then they decided to just go with it. :P

weirdest would have to be one of those proprietary phone chargers before everything went usb….
like the genitalia of some crab that had evolved its shape purely to be incompatible with other crabs….

I guess that kinda makes sense. Would an OTG cable not be the solution though?

I want one so much, but þe price makes my eyes water.

Not exactly a weird one, but rather a very interesting one - JBL universal USB-A cable. Works exactly like type-c in which you can put it either way. They patented it or something, so one doesn't see them much out there.

I have an cheap android projector that needed this kind of cable for ADB/rooting experiments.

I build audio and video cables for movies and TV productions as a side hustle so I think the weirdest cable was actually something I made myself to help me test continuity. I have a female XLR connector that splits off so each pin is connected to a little pair of mini pitcher clips that connect to my DMM. I can either slide the DMM pins into the XLRF and use the pinchers to test continuity or clip the pinchers to my DMM and then have a whole host of XLR male to many other types of connectors "adapter cables" (as I've very intellectually titled them) so I can easily test continuity because just about any type of cable I could ever make.

I wish I could post a picture of it but Im currently visiting family in another state, far away from my workbench. Either way, Im pretty proud of my creation. Sometimes its a major pain in the ass to properly test continuity, identifying if the cable if effing up or the connector just needs replacing. This little kit i have built takes care of that for me.

BLE caberQU

I’ve had some cables with the same ends being identical. Like two male usb-a cables. Before the “great purge” I had a box set aside with some “idk what the hell these are” type of cables. Wish I still had them. Some were hand me downs from my father from his box of “idk what the hell these are” and were from the early days of computing.

Yeah I am just now attempting to repair my old xperia z1 compact with a dead screen. If it works fine after that I might just use it for playing music.

Thanks for friend for hosting this giveaway. The USB C is a huge mess and cable testers are the only way to check the capabilities of cables.

thanks!

https://mountain.gg/usb-type-c-to-type-c-cable/

This is the best I can do. It was bundled with my discontinued keyboard, it doesn't seem like you can still buy this off the official site anymore

Can you link it, I'm into weird USB cables for a living ;)

Hey there, and thanks for being awesome !

I'd say my weirdest one is for the not-even-remotely-usb-C-protocol, USB-IF-rulebreaking usb-C extension cord I can use with my discontinued mountain everest max keyboard...

Oh wow, thanks a bunch for chipping in!

Its not really that strange but it's probably this "wireless charging" cable for my old sony xperia.

Hey, I have one of your BLE caberQU devices. I picked it up from your kickstarter.

Well done and thank you!

Good luck to everyone entering to win one. It is a handy device to have around.

A proprietary network cable. Not crossover and not a patch. I guess the hardware manufacturer wanted you to buy their cables if you lost it.