Where to buy flexible USB cables?

If Anker doesn't have what you want or wants too much for it, UGREEN has been pretty good IME. Both, of course, available from Amazon. Not sure where else.

There's sooooooo many brands now I honestly can't and haven't kept track. Any idea if Wirecutter or someone else keeps track of good quality USB 3.0 cables that also talks about flexibility?

Anker has some really flexible USB 2.0 cables but that doesn't help you. (Anker Powerline III Flow, I think is the full name)

the pics show this one coiled up, so i guess that's flexible? (assuming you're looking for the 3.0 micro b for the hdd, and not the older micro b)


View: https://www.amazon.com/UGREEN-Micro-Samsung-Galaxy-Camera/dp/B00P0C4M3Y

Show us an example. Almost all cables are flexible to some degree or another.

Like i like multi-tip charge cables. And without a photo of an example. I'd get 10 different suggestions and all but 1 would be what i'm looking for.

Aren't they all fairly flexible? I can't recall having a USB cable that was not reasonably flexible. Even the 40Gig 240 watt ones are still fairly flexible.

@bkaral is asking for examples of just how flexible. There's quite a bit of variation out there-- I have USB cables from perhaps half a dozen different brands of varying models (so maybe a dozen different ones) in the office and some definitely coil up/are clearly more flexible than others.

I was kind of assuming that too but I actually have a hard time finding any of my approx. 30 usb cables in my bins and drawers here that are not sufficiently flexible. The most 'inflexible' are probably the Anker Power+ or whatever ones that have a much more 'thick' feeling in general but they are still pretty flexible.

One of the other least flexible is this guy:


View: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08NPSX7FF/


Mostly it is just inflexible in 'side to side' because of the flat design. It's not super flexible the other way but it's fine for such a short cable.

I would generally say that the cheapest cables (worst) are generally the most flexible though because they contain the least actual metal, and thinnest sheath/insulating material and no material in the cable to keep it from kinking or twisting up or to protect it from chair wheels, etc. So if you really want a 'soft' cable, go for the cheap ones. Might not work very well but it will be easy to bend and coil up.

Paladin said:

The most 'inflexible' are probably the Anker Power+ or whatever ones

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I think this is exactly why @bkaral is asking. Because the Anker PowerLine Flow III's are actually some of the most flexible cables out there, whereas the rest of the Anker line, including say the very popular Anker PowerLine II's (at least the 10Gbps USB-C to USB-C 3 foot ones I have many of) are quite ordinary in terms of thickness and bend radius.

Hooray for confusing marketing, probably deliberate.

(and hmm I see Anker has a USB 4 240w 20Gbps version out now that maybe I should keep in mind for future purchases of 3 foot cables...)

I recently picked up some USB A->C cables at IKEA of all places. Very nice and flexible, and works well for both charging and data (albeit I'm only talking Android Auto, but that is a picky use case IME).

Let us know how it is when you get it, and the exact cable model/product line? Not that I get this question often but it's a useful one.