Toocki USB Type C Cable (with Wattmeter)

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This USB Type C cable has a useful built-in Wattmeter. Bought via Aliexpress, it's not expensive and has exquisite tiny circuitry. Examination, accuracy test and destructive teardown.
www.aliexpress.com/item/10050...
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[@saudk9261]

I have been using the same cable Toocki 100w for 5-6 months. Its working great. Seem to be constructed well and works better than advertised and all for usually $5+ shipped to the US.. nope you can't beat that price.

[@SinKillerJ]

Thank you for the well timed video. I follow a channel that posts random AliExpress product clips, and recently it showed one of these. Must say I found it quite intriguing given the small size.

[@nosafetyswitch9378]

I have pulled 90W through one of those cables, mine came with decimal point for anything below 10w. Bright off of amazon. I regularly use it to power my work laptop and it works like a charm at 20V 4+A.

[@simosagimain]

It's definitely an interesting cable. Seeing as the wattmeter was well-built, it would be perhaps worth to measure also how well it carries the current. Julian should have enough meters of its own to measure either the voltage drop along the cable under a decent load or perhaps even a USB-C cable ohm-meter.

[@BRUXXUS]

I’m actually impressed with the construction on that thing!

[@ZippletTech]

They look surprisingly well made, very compact

[@frankowalker4662]

It's so well built. :)

[@carlos2004]

i really like these cables. i have 2 usbc-usbc and 2 uscA-usbc, they're great to diagnose any power delivery issues. i have the usb meters which provide way more information but sometimes (rarely at that) they'll mess with the connection and not allow the device to pull the full power. whenever that happens, i can use this cable and see how much it's actually supposed to pull. not only that, but they are convenient since there is no extra dongle or anything, everything is packaged right into a normal cable.

[@Bammyja]

Thanks! Another usb c lead I didn’t need ordered 😂 was weird ordering, the one metre and 2 metre was a few pence difference but was free shipping with the 2 metres.

[@DreStyle]

"I think I need a slightly bigger power bank" *proceed to pulls out a power station* 😂

[@pedro_8240]

15:28 well, that's how those 7 segment displays work. This one appears to use SMD LEDs, but I have seen, many many years ago, some 30 years ago or close to it, some that have the dies directly on board, with that plastic cover/light guide covering them.

[@flagpoleeip]

I want to see how thick the wires are!!

[@_BangDroid_]

Cool to see watts inside

[@gorak9000]

I USB-see what you did there...

[@dsakurai]

@@gorak9000 These comments are amp-ing me up...

[@joruss]

I've been eyeing this one on aliexpress myself to see what kind of display they've used inside. Cheers. 🙂

[@TBL_stevennelson]

I use mine all the time to test all my cheap stuff. Now I know what's in it

[@followthetrawler]

I have 2 of these cables - well I had 2 - one let out the magic smoke when charging my MacBook at 60W. I dont use the other one now because I have no trust in it. Sound in the new setup is much better.

[@gd.ritter]

The outer sheath is a zinc alloy (not aluminum). And it supports USB 2.0 data transfer speeds (480Mbps). They also have a USB-A to C version that will do up to 66w fast charging. I've had mine a few months since I saw it on a GreatScott! Video. Another benefit is you can see when something is done charging on the display. Leave my ipad or laptop plugged in and when I see the watt display hit zero I know it's fully charged without needing to wake it up or turn it on.

[@DPortain]

What charging standard supports higher voltages over USB A?

[@gd.ritter]

@@DPortain quick charge from several brands support different voltages/wattages if you have a compatible device and charger over "standard" USB-A. Samsung, Qualcomm, etc can swap to 9v or 12v and higher output after a negotiation over the data pins. It's like a proprietary extension of the USB-A standard and I'd say it's basically a prototype of how USB-C PD works.

[@josuequiroz2398]

@@gd.ritter si cuenta con USB 2.0 se supone que cuando conecte mi celular a cualquiera computadora debería reconocerlo pero no pasa. No sé si el cable llegó defectuoso o estoy haciendo algo mal.

[@gd.ritter]

@@josuequiroz2398 Debería admitir datos normales de usb 2.0. Si no funciona, tal vez el tuyo esté dañado.

[@McTroyd]

Grab some clear heat shrink and keep using it! If the circuit board held up to that kind of wrangling, it'll still have service life left.

[@someonelsy]

Hello, sorry I would like to know more about this but didn't quite understand what you meant here if you could elaborate 😅? Thanks!

[@McTroyd]

@@someonelsy It's possible to buy rubberized material which shrinks when heat is applied. (Hence, "heat shrink".) If Julian used some clear heat shrink in place of the old housing, he could slide that over the circuit board, and seal it up. It would then be relatively safe to keep using the cable.

[@typxxilps]

I will get one too just to have the ability to measure the consumption cause now I am moving full to USB Type C more or less except some items that are only sold with Micro USB for charging.

[@ithames2753]

Thanks for the video! It would be interesting to find out which controller IC is being used on that PCB. It might be P1812 but the picture in the video isn't in focus fully. If you still have the cable by hand, could you please post the marking on the chip?

[@nightshadelenar]

8:20 the Galaxy Flip does 5v @ 2A, 9v @ 1.67A and 9v @ 2.25A (10, 14, 25w) for a bit of info. you can also find it in the About section of your phone's Settings.

[@filthylucreonyoutube]

Alternate title: Remorseful Toocki USB Type C Cable teardown, with Wattmeter and deep regret.

[@typxxilps]

ATTENTION: the seller has increased the shipping at least here from free to 2€ or so Might be the result of increasing demand and most recently they have let the price stay the same but added shipping which many might overlook once they had seen such offer / presentation on yt. I had been astonished at the check out about the prices they want to ship 3 cables to germany and it is far too much cause UK is even further away and even VAT is higher. Sad but true , will have to get one later , but I will put it on my tech to buy list.

[@vernepavreal7296]

I am a blind subscriber so you might say very much a theoretical electronics gig so enjoy your videos oh how I wish you could find such a cable with Bluetooth output so my iPhone could read me the results audibly Enjoy the videos cheers

[@ZippletTech]

Julian, I left this comment as a reply to someone else but I want to make sure you see this. Please go back to the audio setup you had a few weeks ago (before you started experimenting with changing it) - it was so much cleaner and made your voice sound bright and energetic as well. It will make a big difference to your content :)

[@JulianIlett]

Noted.

[@ZippletTech]

@@JulianIlett Thanks! I enjoy your content and want to help where possible.

[@micropower8]

@Julian Ilett - Could you tell me were I can get this little USB-microphone what you are using? Or the name for the search on Aliexpress?

[@reinaweis]

I use these same cables (different brand, same manufacturer). And i've never gotten the full 100w. But I really like them anyway.

[@someonelsy]

How did you know it's the same manufacturer 😅? And what's the name of the brand? Thanks!

[@pn8902]

I use that ravpower powerbank with my TS100 at work, just perfect. It has to be the ravpower one, my Anker one doesn't deliver the 12V only 9V. However when I connect my Anker powerbank to a USB C PD module (those small blue ones) it provides 12V which is strange. Must be something to do with different protocols or the USB PD specifications.

[@barrieshepherd7694]

Thanks for the sacrifice - of the lead and your finger!

[@marvintpandroid2213]

Good afternoon, G31? I just got hold of a G32, good little phones.

[@johnshaw359]

Fnirsi USB cable resistance measurerer might be interesting.

[@DreStyle]

If you want higher quality sound you can use a powered mic and connect it via the USB Fun fact is that the phone CAN power devices So you can use a DAC and connect a mic trough that! Or even speakers I used a ZOOM Q2N 4K and set it to mic mode That way I have gain able X/Y mics with a serious amount of sound quality!!

[@savagesarethebest7251]

I thought that you said "this is a a dookie one" 😅

[@benbaselet2026]

The cable looks really nice but those 3 month shipping times "promised" look pretty brutal.

[@grahameida7163]

they are just as cheap on amazon and you can get them next day... I have quite a few

[@TheEmbeddedHobbyist]

I wish I could catch your videos in the morning, so you would stop telling me its morning when I’m watching it at 7pm. Where is the circuit diagram? Come on Julian your letting big Clive down. Anyway always nice to see somebody who’s not wanting to cut in any deeper and trying to save the little cable.

[@Johan-bb4sy]

You should add an affiliate link for that aliexpress product, would supply you with a little revenue.

[@nightshadelenar]

0:56 that powerbank is suspiciously like the one on my shelf. pretty solid powerbank that's lasted me nearly three years to this point, hopefully longer! A little trick with hte RAVPower powerbanks is the PD reversal is rapid press 3-5x. i've done this a lot when charging my smaller 10,000mAh PD capable powerbank.

[@wraith4648]

Wtf man's just pulling out all the gadgets 😂😂

[@RainBitcoins]

I use the cable in other direction, but I guess it doesn't matter

[@alinawaz1730]

I got it for around a dollar. Works well.

[@User9681e]

From where ?

[@alinawaz1730]

@@User9681e AliExpress

[@johnnodge4327]

I bought a couple of those Watt meter USB C cables before Christmas. It's interesting to see how the device regulates the power it takes, although from my testing, the Watt meter on the USB C isn't exactly accurate.

[@barrieshepherd7694]

Video image is still soft and the macro shot was very soft! Are you sure you have taken the plastic protector off the lens 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@JulianIlett]

Ha ha, I'll have a look.

[@richardhalliday6469]

I bought one of these cables amongst a few others from this seller. They are good quality and decent gauge conductors, I keep buying the half a metre length versions (it's an illness I think) of fast charge cables at around £1 including shipping. You can't buy a UK stamp for that. Once Apple have switched to Usb C there will be a price rise you see. If you look further in the listing for the 100w with display you will see a picture of the display PCB cutaway, save you the trouble of carving it up. Half a metre is quite long enough for me as a charging cable , less resistance too

[@ncbwztcw]

Strange - I can't find a 0.5 metre version of this anywhere. Would you have a link/url by any chance?

[@jtb2586]

What i'm wondering how tick are the actual wires? they tent to be very thin and not save for the 100watts or even worse aluminium wires

[@DreStyle]

That's a serious issue and maybe even a fire hazard I think I've once burned a cable when running it on 100 Watts, normally the cables won't allow so much current trough because both devices measure resistance, not always apparently But I want to advice to watch out Or even skip the fast charge overnight

[@nightshadelenar]

@@DreStyle a lot of mobile devices (phones, tablets, ect) from 2018 and newer sense resistance indeed. this does mean that if the resistance is high enough, it will choose a lower power level than the device and source can handle. this cable though, i'd rate for a max of 60 watts continuous, or 80 watts for a max of 2 hours. meaning, a wide range of devices can still use the cable since the average charge is around 14-16 watts, aka normal Fast Charging.

[@erlendse]

They only need to carry 5A, the voltage is 20V (or 48V for 240W).

[@theoneohmresistor]

i dont think they measure resistance, because the cables have or dont have an emarker chip which basically says, yes, you can use me at 5A instead of the usual 3A.

[@Hex-Mas]

Has data lines too.

[@JulianIlett]

Yep.

[@user-wj2np6wy1i]

​@@JulianIlett Does this 100 w really, do you recommend it , how long time it can used , can survive for a year at least ?

[@PhoneVidoes]

Odd, the seller now wont even ship to my UK address 😞

[@micropower8]

For the purpose to know how big the current ist, this is enough. I have here smaller USB-devices who need only several milliwatt, for them I had to build my own little energy meter, because the Chinese are not accurate enough.

[@landspide]

It's overmolding...

[@fredflintstone1]

Was it just a charge cable or did it also pass data??

[@JulianIlett]

Well, the listing says 480Mbps

[@ifell3]

I've found over a metre and a half my phone only charges slowly. LEDs and stuff look great, but they loose up precious energy.

[@richardhalliday6469]

Exactly, I use the half a metre cables as I charge on the counter top so length is no issue, the shorter the better with decent quality copper core conductors charge in no time. I see people with very expensive iPhones charging with Mickey Mouse cheap and nasty charger and cables!! Makes me laugh.

[@DoubleMonoLR]

Longer cables need thicker wires, yes.

[@MrRelevance02]

Please use a better Microphone and better screen recording software when using your pc 😊

[@docwhogr]

Toocki? was dookie taken?

[@ReverendFlatus]

The sound seems very dull.

[@salat]

Mh, listing says 480Mbps, so those are transmitting USB2.0 only? No wonder they're that cheap..

[@nightshadelenar]

USB 2.0 has no shielding requirements unlike 3.1 5Gbps or even the higher revisions. so it makes sense why it is buttons compared to a similar cable with USB 3.1 5GB support.

[@chrisw1462]

Treat the torn up end just like your solar regulators: Pot the back with a bit of hot glue, leave the display cover on the front, then put the heat shrink on. Almost like new! 🙂

[@bassblom]

it still sounds a bit crappy

[@ZippletTech]

It's not great. Julian please go back to the audio setup you used a few weeks ago, it was a lot clearer and nicer.

[@thatonebeone]

yeah its cool and all but having meters and other things makes resistance....just straight cable is more better more efficient and less thing to break over time ..more a gimmick kinda thing to have watt meter readings on cables

[@Eratas1]

USB-C goes to 48V not 20V

[@darknessblades]

You overpaid for the usb-cable. You can get them with the 3 for 6$ sale [in the app]. which is the exact same store [The digitaling store, is owned and operated by aliexpress themselves] This way I have gotten many Type-C to C cables that support 100W for DIRT cheap.

[@chilly1661]

So 2 dollars for each cable????

[@darknessblades]

@@chilly1661 Yes, as long as you buy them trough the 3=5.99$ sale