A Look Inside Apple's $130 USB-C Cable

Why HN readers recommended it

Linked whenever people ask why a Thunderbolt cable costs so much; the CT scans show the construction difference clearly.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Adam Savage’s Tested

Topic

thunderbolt and usb-c cable construction

Format

explainer

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

6

HN mentions in dataset

8

Recommendation years in dataset

2023–2026

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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• Bit of a stretch to call that a "charging cable." Their 240W rated 2 meter USB-C charging cable is $30 [LINK] But if you're interested in why the Thunderbolt cable costs more than charging cables, some folks put one through a CT scanner recently: [VIDEO]

• You might want to see Adam Savage’s video about why, say, Apple’s $130 3’ Thunderbolt cable (the pinnacle of cables) actually is not overpriced. It also gives a sense as to what a quality cable is like. [VIDEO]

• For those interested, this video shows scans of what is inside Apple’s cable vs cheap cables off Amazon. [VIDEO] For those who prefer to read and want to look at the scans in more detail, that can be found here: [LINK]