3.5 mm3.5 mm, USB-C
Ferox
Built around a thin wire you stop noticing after the first hour. This is the pair people keep a spare of, because it is light enough to forget and cheap enough to lose.
A wire that gets out of the way
The cable is deliberately slim, so it sits under a collar and moves with you instead of hanging like a rope. Thin wire does ask for a little more care at the plug end.
Sold in twos on purpose
One of the round jack builds comes as a two pack, which is not a bundle for its own sake. It is for the household that always needs one more, or the bag that always eats one.
Either plug fits
Ferox comes on the round jack and on USB-C, so the same thin cable works on an older laptop and on a phone that has no round hole left. If the household has both kinds of device in it, this is the pair you can buy twice without learning anything new.
A catalog built around the wire
- 3listings under this name
- 23color codes to pick from
- $8.99is where the line starts
- 20,333votes behind the line
Workbench articles
The cable is the weak point
Drivers rarely fail. Cords fail, and nearly always at the same three bends. What kills a cable, how to pull a plug, and how to wind a cord that will not knot.
Keep readingA pair for school and the desk
Why school supply lists still say wired, what makes a good desk pair different from a pocket pair, and the case for buying two of the same cheap thing on purpose.
Keep readingWhich plug your phone takes
One look at the bottom edge of the phone settles which of our pairs will work. Here is what changed, what an adapter costs you, and why laptops are a different story.
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What is your jack?
Two questions. The first is about the socket you plug into, because that rules more pairs in and out than anything else here. The second is about what you are actually doing while you wear them, because that is what each line was built around.