Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Definitely feels like a stout and sturdy cable, but the failure came on only the second use. The weak point? The lightning connector tab itself, which broke off in my phone during handling. Fortunately there was enough sticking out of the phone to let me remove it with pliers. Looking at the remains, the attachment doesn't seem very substantial. All the cable reinforcement in the world doesn’t matter if the connector itself isn’t robust enough to handle some side loading. My previous 6-ft cable (an AmazonBasics cable) survived years of near-daily use since I got it in 2013, and it has only in the past week or so begun to not charge reliably. Perhaps this was a fluke defect and just luck of the draw, but given the other experiences scattered throughout these reviews, it doesn’t bode well for Anker’s cable quality control. I may give AmazonBasics another try, though given the reviews there it sounds like those aren't what they used to be.