RND Apple Certified Cable for iPad, iPhone, iPod (10 feet/black)

*** November 27, 2011

After trying umpteen zillion cheap iPhone cables only to end up with umpteen zillion cables that don't work, or only work part of the time, I finally got an RND cable -a 6 ft white one. It was great, so I ventured out to get another RND cable -this 10 ft one. It too works great!

I agree with another reviewer that the connection doesn't totally latch tight. Being heavier/thicker cables also makes these RNDs slightly more likely to detach. For myself though, I haven't found this to be a problem. They stay in perfectly fine.

Over the upcoming months if either of my RND cables stops working I will be back in here to update my review. At this point, however, these RND cables are by far the most reliable iPhone cables I have come across.

*** UPDATE March 19, 2012

My cable stopped charging or syncing. I wrote to the company (RND Power Solutions) saying that my cable stopped working. Within just a few hours they responded saying that for one of their cables to stop working was rare, and that they would send me a replacement. Well, they did. I just got it -very fast -within about 3 business days of my writing to them.

RND backed up their product with no hassles, no muss, no fuss. I am very pleased. I wouldn't hesitate to buy from RND again. In fact, since I just left my shorter RND cable at a conference, I have just ordered another one. I like it when a company backs up their product, and does so in a hassle free way.

As an interesting aside, my first 10 ft RND cable did have a slight bit of a loose connection on the iPhone side. However the one I just received doesn't. The connection is firm. Perhaps they tightened this up a bit since earlier versions.

*** UPDATE July 3, 2012

I have now had a second one of these cables die -in less than a year from the original purchase. (This second cable lasted less than four months.) While I suppose I could write to the company as I did last time the cable died, and they may replace it a second time, I hate doing that. I just want a cable that works well, and keeps on working for a reasonable amount of time (certainly for at least a year). I have now dumped this cable and purchased a Griffin.

I am also lowering my rating from 5 stars to 3 stars. Two stars for it working well when it actually does work, and a third star for the company replacing the product the first time it died.

The cable functions as advertised, but I was surprised how thick it was. It's about twice the thickness of a normal apple cable. Also the connector that goes into your device is huge. It's about twice as thick, and twice as long. The USB is standard.

It's so big that it gets in the way can be harder to hold your device, whether it's an iPad or an iPhone. I prefer the RND 6 foot cable to this. You still get the benefits of longer length, but it is normal thickness with standard connectors.

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I have purchased a few longer cables for my iPhone in the last year, but all 3 of them have failed in a matter of months. Two were like a regular iPhone cable (only longer), but they either broke on the external case or the wires internally. The 3rd seemed to be more heavy-duty, but als it only lasted a few months before it just stopped working for no reason. Now these cables were only used for bedside charging/using the iPhone while charging & never treated roughly, but they still crapped out in a matter of months.

....then I found this one. It came today & holy crap I must say I don't think this cable will be failing any time soon.....it's quite MASSIVE!!! The cable itself is right at 3/16"...which is about the same size as the cable of my keyboard, but it feels much more rigid. I use it with my phone in an OtterBox, so it is a "snug" plug-in. It takes a slight bit more force to push it in all the way versus the standard iPhone cable, but nothing too bad. At least I know it won't accidentally come unplugged LOL

I tested it for charge & with iTunes transferring a few pics off the phone to the pc & it worked fine. I haven't used it yet to transfer large amounts of music to say whether it's faster, but I would be VERY surprised if it wasn't given the size of the cable

The 10ft is probably longer than I really need for what I use it for (bedside charging/using phone in bed while charging), but looking at the companies 6ft version this one looks ALOT "beefier" so I'll deal with the unneeded extra length ;)

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I am an RND fan. I purchased several of these 10' cables as I have many 6' RND iPhone/iPad cables that I have been quite satisfied with. Sure enough, this is a thicker gauge cable with a well done connector to cable assembly. It looks and feels high quality and it does, in fact, charge the iPad from 10' when connected with an iPad compatible 2A charger (don't try to charge an iPad with an iPhone 1A charger).

Unfortunately, there is no connector lock on the iPhone connector. On many other iDevice cables, there are "buttons" that you depress on the side of the Apple connector that "unlock" that connector from the device. When not depressed, the connector stays connected. This cable does not have locks. The connector does fit into the Apple jack, and it does charge, but all you need to do is slightly touch the device and the connector comes loose, stopping the charge & interrupting a sync. This is not an individual cable defect as it is true with all that I purchased. I have now had several frustrating mornings where I wake up to find that the cable has come loose from the device and failed to charge it overnight, and I have had several syncs fail due to an interruption. If they add a lock mechanism to the Apple connector, this will be a 5 star product, but until that time, I have to recommend that you avoid it unless you have a rubber band or other technique to keep the connector in place.

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