Rolling Square All In One Cables-Feedback

[YodaNT]

Does anyone use the Rolling Square all in one cables for charging? These: https://rollingsquare.com/collections/6-in-1-cables

I've been looking at XL 2m 100w cable but I'm wondering how it holds up to daily use and how well it works.

Thanks for any feedback.

 

[japtor]

I got some from a kickstarter a while back I think (so not the latest ones), not as day to day cables necessarily but as part of like my standard carry in my backpack so to speak, for whenever I need a cable for something.

Generally they've been fine, I think the main issue I've had is the USB-C/Lightning end being kinda chunky cause the adaptable part. I know it's hard to fit my Beats Fit Pro case cause the way its shaped and maybe some other rare cases but that's the main thing I remember.

Maybe some annoyances as I need Lightning less these days, it's on the outside connector (USB-C has to be on the inner for spec reasons) so just a thing you have to flip out of the way often. And no damn clue how to connect Micro USB (integrated into the Lightning end) without a flashlight to make sure which way to orient it.

I think on my longer cable the nylon may be worn a bit cause it was at the time at least, shipped with a bend to loop up a certain way. They might have that changed these days. The flat cable is nice I guess but also kinda fat and clunkier vs round cables I have.

Lately I've just had a bunch of USB-C cables with separate end adapters, with basic little loop to keep it on the cable.

 

[papadage]

Depending on use case, I use these:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0D8PVFVD6/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B075G5GCZ1/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
The former are great when I am charging a bunch of USB-C devices (my iPad Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, my wife's 16 Pro Max, and our APPs). The latter when I have a mixed bag of devices that need varied connectors (my iPad Pro, my daughter's older iPad, my wife's work iPhone 12 Pro Max).

I keep one of each plugged into the USB port built into the kitchen outlet so I can charge almost all the family devices overnight.

The one with the multiple USB-C ends travels with me on business trips, along with an Anker brick with multiple ports. The cable goes in one, and my Apple Watch charger in another.

The MacBook Pro charger completes the set since it can be carried in my bag and/or used at a hotel desk while the other devices charge on a nightstand.

 

[japtor]

I've always wondered how those things worked electronically, can't imagine that's a USB compliant setup. Unless it acts like a hub inside and has power negotiation or something perhaps.

 

[papadage]

I don't know, but several people I know have been using them without issue for over a year, and I've had no problems in the last several months. Every night, I pile up a bunch of devices on the kitchen counter and charge them overnight. Usually, it's an iPhone with a USB-C port, an iPad Pro 12.9 M1, and a misc device, like a Switch or Kindle Paperwhite.

The only things I don't plug into it are my MacBook Pro 16 M2 (work) and our 15" MacBook Air M3 (personal). Those go to dedicated chargers, though not necessarily Apple ones. I keep an old Lenovo laptop USB-C charger in the kitchen while working outside our home office. When we both have conference calls, I run upstairs, grab it, and plug it in at the kitchen or dining room table.

The laptops never worked with the magnetic cables I used to use, so I don't trust them to charge reliably on these cables, but all less powerful devices charge without a problem. However, they split the current since it comes from one USB port in the kitchen outlet or a 100w travel charger plugged into a hotel outlet.

 

[cmannes]

The Rolling Square cables are great, until people use the devices while they're plugged in. I've broken more than 1 lightening adapter because the cable end is so long and makes a really good lever. That said, they gave me a whole bag of replacement connectors, so I tend to use them for 'stationary' charging. But I no longer give them to my children.

EDIT: And I was thinking of different Rolling Square cables. These: https://rollingsquare.com/collections/incharge-xl My mistake.