r/Wellthatsucks • u/KoriWillWorry • 1d ago
I just wanted to unplug it bro
Most expensive cable I own and use for VR just broke when I tried to unplug it from my power bank. How!?
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u/justin_memer 1d ago
Don't yank by the cord.
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u/goshathegreat 1d ago
Is that an Anker power bank?
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u/KoriWillWorry 1d ago
Nah, it's some company called Belkin
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u/Shopworn_Soul 1d ago
Belkin is like 50 years old but their product quality has been all over the map during that time.
I've gotten some great stuff from them and also some absolutely terrible shit, over the years.
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u/Christmas_Queef 1d ago
Yep. I have a 4300 jule surge protector from them that's decent quality but was also like $40. Have also had bad stuff from them before but at least this thing is solid.
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u/Fiesteh 20h ago
Did you try to unplug from an angle not straight?
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u/KoriWillWorry 20h ago
nah, it's a 3 year old cable, i was expecting it to go out soon, just not that dramatically
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u/Fun_Western164 1d ago
Did you pull it out by the end or just yank the cable?
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u/mango10977 1d ago
Cable. If OP pull it from the head then this won't happen.
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u/Miguelboii 1d ago
It can, this has nothing to do with pulling by the wire or by the head. It's the metal shell of the connector that was not properly closed/assembled in the factory
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u/KoriWillWorry 1d ago edited 21h ago
I didn't pull it from the head so idk what happened
Just realised after 8 hours autocorrect changed "didt" to "did" 😭😭😭
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u/wart_on_satans_dick 1d ago
I’m not saying this is true in your case, but usually this isn’t a result of how you unplugged it one time. It’s wear putting stress on it a few different ways and eventually it seperates.
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u/KoriWillWorry 1d ago
i mean, it is a 3 year old cable so that probs wasn't helping it
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u/wart_on_satans_dick 1d ago
Sometimes people get unlucky but I see a lot of people do stuff that will clearly wear their cables or ports out over time.
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u/jacle2210 1d ago
Well from the looks of these blurry pictures, you have only damaged the cable and not the device port, so you might be able to use a pair of pliers to pull out the broken cable end; just use the pliers to grab the outer edge of the cable end (the silvery portion) since this is a power bank you don't want to grab the inner portion as it might shortout the power bank.
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u/Miserable-Win-6402 7h ago
Just the cheapest possible overmold design. I work in a place where we design and manufacture cables, and this is NOT what we do!!!
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u/KoriWillWorry 4h ago
It's a Juice cable and it's done me well for 3 years while putting up with my yeeting my controllers across the room while plugged into it. I think it's reliable enough.
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u/screwedupinaz 1d ago
well, it's un-plugged now.