When it comes to USB cables I usually do not get excited or even give them too much thought, then I had a chance to review the Tenfly LED Glow in Dark Micro USB Cable and honestly I love this cable. The cable is encased in a clear soft plastic, like the food grade plastic tubing. The inner shell looks to be a white soft plastic wrapped with a silver mylar stripping for decorative look. On the Micro USB end is the Tenfly logo. The cable length is 3 feet, pretty standard length and the build quality feels solid, no weak spots, no flimsy ends it just feels good in the hand.
I tested the cable with four devices, my Lumia 640, Nexus 7, laptop and my APC power bank. When I plugged the cable into the laptop right away the blue light came on, it is a nice soft but bright glow. On both ends, the USB and Micro USB, the light is the brightest and through the cable you can see little dots of blue light, which makes me believe that there are micro LED lights in there. While testing I took notice how long each device charged then I imported and exported data, pictures and videos to see how well the Tenfly LED Glow in Dark Micro USB cable would perform. The data transfer was smooth, fast and had no problems either exporting or importing, charging was a little different. When the Tenfly LED Glow in Dark Micro USB cable was plugged into my laptop I experienced no problems at all, charging was pretty fast, but when I plugged the cable into my APC power bank my Lumia 640 popped up a notice that said the phone was charging slowly and the cable was plugged into the 2.4 amp port.
At first I thought that maybe there was something wrong with the cable but then I realized that since it was plugged into a power bank the LED lights is using the power as well and since the power being delivered is different from a constant feed of electricity from a laptop this would be normal. So if you are using this cable with a power bank your device will still charge but at a lower pace, the cable is working just fine. I can find no real negatives about this cable the only suggestion I would make to Tenfly is to offer them in different colors! For the price the Tenfly LED Glow in Dark Micro USB Cable is a bargain, you get excellent quality, fast data transfer, great charging capability and an awesome blue glow.
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