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richfiles
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May 17, 2021
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This is nice, but I never buy into any of these cables cause I just can't get past the fact that we're STILL using colored heat shrink tubing for the USB ends... In all the years of custom cables, is no one able to do actual shells on the ends? Even a plastic or anodized aluminum "flattened tube" resined around the heatshrink ought to be something. I mean... Is this just not something people have looked into, or are USB connectors with proper shells not economical? I guess I'm a bit curious. I mean, the cylindrical connector in the middle is an off the shelf component, with a shell... Is there truly no place for the USB connectors to see improvements?
spacecables
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May 20, 2021
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richfilesThis is definitely a preference thing.
I for one oppose the aesthetic of hard plastic shell housing.
Production level Injection molding machines also start at around $30-50,000 to add the plastic housing, not including the mold cost which is also very high per different USB molding needed.
The plastic itself is comparably priced to heat shrink, possibly cheaper, but the cost of entry is the factor here.
If we instead outsourced this process, we would have to ship every cable (once they are completed) to a facility to have it done, which would increase the cost per cable a ton and cause further delays.
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