Why does nobody warn you that a $6 gas station USB-C cable can kill a $90 power bank?

Jennifer West · 2026-10-16T15:05:05.121802+00:00

I grabbed a cheap 6 foot cable at a truck stop outside Bakersfield last week because mine frayed, and it charged my Anker so slow I thought the bank was dead. Two days later the bank stopped holding anything past 20 percent, so I'm out $90 plus the $6 cable. Has anyone here actually saved a power bank after a bad cable fried the port, or is it just done at that point?

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