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Whether you're using a MacBook or just bought a new MacBook Pro with TouchBar, or are using one of the very latest Windows laptops, you've moved into the new world of USB-C cables. Apple users have it worst, though, because the new MacBook Pro has no way for you to see if your computer's charging when plugged in, or when it's fully charged.
Until the Moshi USB-C Charging Cable with Smart LED, that is.
Tech expert Dave Taylor of http://www.AskDaveTaylor.com/ tries out the new Moshi USB-C cable and likes what he finds, though the cable isn't without its quirks, as he explains and demonstrates in detail.
Still, if you're someone with a USB-C based Apple MacBook Pro, you'll want to watch this review and, when you're done, order a cable. You'll see...
More info: https://www.moshi.com/usb-c-charge-cable
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finally a USBC cable that lights up
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stick around I'll tell you all about it
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hey dave taylor here again and i want to
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talk about USBC specifically i want to
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talk about USBC and the apple macbook
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line now the older MacBooks some of them
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actually had USB see but it's the new
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MacBook Pro with touch bar that has USB
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see nothing else four plugs all over the
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place and that's all you got and the
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problem is is that it's really hard to
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know when you're plugged in are you
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charging are you charged for some reason
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and I don't really get it Apple just
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decided we don't need to know
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so Apple ships these sort of cables they
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have no indicator they also have no
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MagSafe so they don't break away your
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computer or this breaks if someone trips
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kind of a drag different issue but they
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don't light up so there's no way to know
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when your computer's plugged in is it
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charging is it fully charged and more
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than once I've already found with my
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MacBook Pro that I plug it in at the
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beginning of the evening and then the
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next morning I go and I look and somehow
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it didn't work it didn't charge I don't
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know what that's all about but I
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certainly then go oh man five percent
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five percent and I need to work today so
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I really like the Moshe cable so this
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regular Apple cable yeah whatever that's
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not working
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so instead Moshe has a USB C charging
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cable same basic idea two meters long
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and it has a little what they call smart
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LED indicator and it's on both ends let
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me give you a close-up here and what's
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happening is that when I plug it in it's
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orange right and oops
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slightly flaky but there we go
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so it's our Ajay musta loosened it when
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I picked it up and what happens is that
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it goes orange to show you it's charging
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and then when it's fully charged it'll
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actually turn green now what's
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interesting about that is that when I
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look on the MacBook Pro screen it can
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show me that it's at a hundred percent
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and the Moshi will still be orange but
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after a couple of seconds
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then what will happen is the Moshe will
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go fully green and so I think the actual
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operating system is a little optimistic
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about when you're fully charged now to
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be fair I really like these and these
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are now my standard cable because I
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really want that indicator but it's not
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a hundred percent reliable it's a tiny
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bit flaky now one of the things about
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these cables is that they have the
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indicator light on both ends and what
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the company tells me is it's so you
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don't have to worry about orientation on
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the wire but only the end that's plugged
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into the computer is supposed to light
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up so right now that's working fine this
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end that's plugged into the computer is
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lit up and the end that's plugged into
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the power adapter isn't but there are
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many times that I plug it into the
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adapter like here and it's also lit up
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now so I don't fully understand what's
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going on and once in a blue moon I'll
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plug it in and it won't light up or
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it'll light up after a couple of seconds
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I guess that's the smart LED needing a
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quick shot of espresso or something but
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even if it only worked fifty percent of
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the time that's fifty percent more than
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any other USBC cable is going to do for
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you with your new MacBook Pro so it
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actually works way the heck more than 50
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percent probably 99.5 percent let's
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shall we say but you know even if it
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lights up or doesn't light up and you
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can see the transformer end now and it's
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lit up but a second ago it wasn't lit
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you know whatever it's such a huge step
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forward and I really have to recommend
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this it's just a USBC cable it's not
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rocket science this isn't super
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complicated but seriously Apple what's
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the deal with us having no way to know
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if our computers charging or fully
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charged without actually booting up that
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just seems really lame so thank goodness
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moshe has come out these cables on the
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box you point out one other thing on the
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box it actually says that it's good for
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up to 60 watt connectors but in fact the
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old macbook charger is 61 watts and the
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charger that comes with the new macbook
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pro is 87 watts and I was like hmm so I
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checked with the company and they said
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all good they're actually gonna redo
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their packaging it's totally safe you
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could you
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is the Moshe cables with your 87 watt
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adapter and everyone's happy the lights
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will light up everything will work so
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that's worth knowing so I know you want
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to get one of these cuz really seriously
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this is probably the best of all USB C
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cables on the market right now and you
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got to have it cuz you've got to be able
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to charge your computer right so you can
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pick up one for 3495 at Moshi dot-com or
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you can check out some other sites
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online and who knows maybe you can find
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it slightly cheaper in any case this is
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Dave Taylor and thank goodness third
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parties are picking up the slack because
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seriously Apple there's so much you did
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right with the new MacBook Pro but if
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you needed another 30 days to be able to
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get things just right you should have
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taken them so Steve Taylor and oh whoa
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hold on before you leave before you go
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and buy yourself one of these cables
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subscribing click the button subscribe
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thank you great ok now I will catch you
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