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Customer Review
Reviewed in the United States on March 24, 2021
So I’m leaving a review because I had a lot of trouble with the powerline 3 cable after I first received it in the mail.
The first was that when I tried plugging it into my phone the connection was not good. At first I thought it was the cable, because I have another 6 foot anker cable that still connected fine with no issue. Then I used a toothpick to pull lint out of my iphones lightning connecter (and there was actually a large amount stuck inside). I really don’t know if you are supposed to use a toothpick but it’s all I had next to me at the moment.
Anyway once I removed the lint from my iphones connector the cable connected much more snug and secure. So the problem was not with the cable but I’m mentioning it because for some reason it is more sensitive to the lint than my apple iphone cable and anker 6ft cable and others could face a similar problem.
The second problem was that when I connected the usb c end of the powerline 3 cable into a RavPower Powerbank I had also purchased, it did not immediately charge. I was still dealing with the first problem when I first connected everything but the problem persisted. I eventually got it to work but unlike an anker powerbank I had to connect everything together in a specific way or else the power bank would not turn on. It wasn’t until I connected the cable to an anker power bank and hit the power button at which point everything connected perfectly and I had no problems.
This more had to deal with me getting 2 new toys and trying to make them work together without fulling understanding them separately first so again not ankers fault.
Overall it is really a good cable now that I have it working properly. I’m only giving it 4 stars because for some reason I perceived the cable to be much thinner and I really do not like the silicon cable wrapper because of the feel and the 3 notches none of which wre tight enough. I like velcro more for the cable wrap for this reason
The silicon exterior also just feels to much like silicon to me (I know this is a dumb complaint but now that I have this cable I just prefer the normal cable coating more). This is however a premium cable and it will last much longer than a normal one so I will probably eventually accept and love this cable.
I think I will try a nylon cable next and have a better experience.
The first was that when I tried plugging it into my phone the connection was not good. At first I thought it was the cable, because I have another 6 foot anker cable that still connected fine with no issue. Then I used a toothpick to pull lint out of my iphones lightning connecter (and there was actually a large amount stuck inside). I really don’t know if you are supposed to use a toothpick but it’s all I had next to me at the moment.
Anyway once I removed the lint from my iphones connector the cable connected much more snug and secure. So the problem was not with the cable but I’m mentioning it because for some reason it is more sensitive to the lint than my apple iphone cable and anker 6ft cable and others could face a similar problem.
The second problem was that when I connected the usb c end of the powerline 3 cable into a RavPower Powerbank I had also purchased, it did not immediately charge. I was still dealing with the first problem when I first connected everything but the problem persisted. I eventually got it to work but unlike an anker powerbank I had to connect everything together in a specific way or else the power bank would not turn on. It wasn’t until I connected the cable to an anker power bank and hit the power button at which point everything connected perfectly and I had no problems.
This more had to deal with me getting 2 new toys and trying to make them work together without fulling understanding them separately first so again not ankers fault.
Overall it is really a good cable now that I have it working properly. I’m only giving it 4 stars because for some reason I perceived the cable to be much thinner and I really do not like the silicon cable wrapper because of the feel and the 3 notches none of which wre tight enough. I like velcro more for the cable wrap for this reason
The silicon exterior also just feels to much like silicon to me (I know this is a dumb complaint but now that I have this cable I just prefer the normal cable coating more). This is however a premium cable and it will last much longer than a normal one so I will probably eventually accept and love this cable.
I think I will try a nylon cable next and have a better experience.
