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Would this tell me if a cable is close to the end of it's life? I like to travel light and I've had cables (mostly phone/pad power) go out on trips after working as expected when I packed.

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I think you would need something that tracks relevant per cable metrics over time to see if it is degrading. That one just says yes/no, but maybe yes/no starts to flicker around its end of life?

Nod - that's what I was thinking. I expect it's often the connectors that deteriorate so perhaps moving them around while plugged in would tell me. Seems like a useful tool to have around.

i've used a treedix tester like this. the edition with many led lights, not the one with a screen.

wiggle the cables around to see if and when any of the lights flicker, indicating a bad or broken connection. i've found a few bad cables that would intermittently fail.

That's great. Thank you for the feedback - I ordered one just now.

Looks like the paid/pro version does this.

> Cable history

> Add a cable, give it a name, and WhatCable records how it performs over time, with a verdict per cable.

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