USB-C and USB 3.1 improve upon Micro USB and USB 2 in some critical ways. They’re reversible, bi-directional, more powerful… but they’re also much faster when it comes to data transfer, thanks to support for 10Gbps Superspeed+. Today, we’re looking at a new cable that shows exactly what’s possible with the new standards: the Scosche Strikeline.
The Strikeline is a 10Gbps Superspeed+ USB-C cable, capable of some of the fastest wired transfer speeds in a consumer cable. 10Gbps is ten times faster than the most common wired network connection (gigabit ethernet), capable of transfer speeds of 1,250 MB/s. That’s twice the speed of USB 3.0, twenty-six times faster than USB 2.0 and more than one hundred times faster than the original USB 1.0 specification.
To put it in more concrete terms, you could transfer a dual-layer Blu-ray disc (an entire feature film in uncompressed 1080p quality), 50GB, in just 40 seconds. It also allows you to stream 4K video, if your device is capable of playing it back.
The cable also provides up to 100W of power, allowing you to charge most devices incredibly quickly. This is more than you’d probably use now, but it means that your USB-C / 3.1 connection will be ready for the future.
The Scosche Strikeline Superspeed+ cable is available for pre-order now. To see more information or place that pre-order, please visit the product page linked below:
Shop for the Scosche Strikeline Superspeed+ USB-C cable
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