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It's rare that I get excited about a Lightning cable. But in this video Python Cables' claim of being strong enough to tow a car is being put to the test.
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Hey, what's up guys, Stephen Gold of Mac here
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Now each and every day I get at least one email from someone asking me to review a lightning cable
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9 times out of 10 I respectfully decline. But today is one of the rare days that I get excited about reviewing a lightning cable
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Because this is the Python cable, and it promises to be the world's strongest lightning cable
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So let's test that out. Before we put this cable to the test, let's take a quick look at it
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It's an Apple MFI certified lightning cable for charging and syncing that comes in 5
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different lengths from 10cm all the way up to the 3m cable I have here
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Making it the longest Apple certified cable available. It's also got that nice rubberised texture to help prevent it from ever getting tangled
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It'll charge a little bit quicker than other third party cables thanks to the type of wire
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used inside. Another interesting feature is that it's got dual connectors. So if you have both Apple and Android devices, you only need to carry one cable
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On top is the lightning connector which you can pop off to reveal a micro USB underneath
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Plus you won't lose the lightning portion as it's hooped on. There's also a USB-C version if that's something you need
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If you're one for matching every accessory to your iPhone, the Python cable comes in
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4 different colours to match whichever colour iPhone you have. Not only is the super long length handy, but it's main boasting feature is that it's super durable
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The skin is actually PVC reinforced Kevlar that's been braided straight in
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So if you're one of the many people constantly replacing broken lightning cables, this could
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be the one for you. It's construction means it can carry up to 250kg which they boasted a few times on their
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site as well as their email to me is strong enough to tow a car
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Speaking of which, let's get to why you clicked on this video. To see whether the Python cable can tow a car without snapping and still work with my phone
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We're going to be towing this Toyota Yaris which weighs 880kg across this car park using
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only the Python cable. That might sound impossible as the car is a lot heavier than the cable's quoted weight
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capacity but remember we're not lifting the whole weight of the car, only rolling it along
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Okay so surprisingly it did that no problem but we really wanted to test it by trying
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to tow my Vauxhall Insignia which weighs almost double the weight of the Yaris at 1538kg
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So 3, 2, 1. Crap. That is a no. So we pushed our luck a little bit, worked perfectly fine towing the smaller Yaris with
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my car but as soon as we tried to flip that and tow my car with the Yaris, it immediately snapped
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So it can tow a car just depending on the weight of it
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Overall still a really strong cable but we did actually break it
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Okay so I did manage to snap the Python but that really was my own fault
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I pushed it past it's limits. Obviously though you're never going to use your lightning cable to tow a car
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So if you're on the lookout for a lightning cable that you're not going to be able to break easily, the Python is the only option to look at
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Well that's it for this video, if you enjoyed it, go ahead and hit that like button down
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I'll catch you in the next one. Bye
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