True, shorter cables do poorly when thick.
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Anker knows this I bought different lengths and the longer ones are thicker presumably to make them last longer, every inch is a source of potential failure. If Iām a road warrior I have 12ft 110V cable, Powerport 4, 3 1ft cables and 1 3ft cable. That handles a very wide type of situation the hardest being hotel wall sockets nowhere near the bed.
Maybe a 1 ft cable to test connectorās quality.
looking at there line i would say power bank or speakers
I like the eufy genius, I recommend it to everyone!
great idea shorter cable, easier to pack and also travel with.
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Whatever the use case, I think the Astro is an excellent entry point. Itās compact, has high capacity, and is super reliable. It was also my first Anker product. It would also be nice to include a cable to get them going, but if they use micro USB, the Astro already has one 
Though I did buy my sister a Fusion for her birthday this month. Thatās her first Anker product.
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So I gave to two non-geeks an Anker bag each with the Aukey 12W dual, the Powercore+ mini, and the relevant USB cables to their device (one Android was 2 microB cables, one Apple was a MicroB and a Lightning cable) and stood back and observed how they used their kits. It didnāt work in the long run as theyād use the Mini and simply forget to recharge them and cables getting spread out.
So I got them a Fusion 5000 each with one cable. Then it worked fine, the act of using the Fusion as a wall charger caused it to become recharged without any attention. It works slightly cheaper and slightly smaller but mostly its more non-geek in nature. So for non-geeks gift Iād get the Fusion (which is due a remodeling hint hint).
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Yeah Iād like to see the Fusion with USB-C. I think IQ2 / PD would make it too big, but what do you think?
I also want to see the new texture of the newer PowerCores!
Given eventually the Powerport2 got smaller than the original (via a brief made larger) I see scope to tune the Fusion down in size and other tweaks. 2 port is about right but say one USB-C? I am aware the Fusion has more challenges and trade-off to juggle than most other items as every spec increase is a weight which makes it more prone to falling out so its probably more of a tune down in size and weight possibly make it 1 USB-C which can do 3A output and 1 TypeA max 3A and combined max 3A so then it can do a few tablet types. Very limited form factor limits what you can do.
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I would like to see the same, a fusion with usb c and a regular usb a port. I think that would be ideal and paired with iq2/pd
sounds like a great combination of Anker products that was giving in a nice goodie packageā¦I wish someone would do that same for meā¦
Power banks, cables, speakers, any all OK!!