The $20 magnetic USB-C accessory I can't live without - and why you need one too

I've been using this USB-C connect for over six years and now own several versions. Here's why it's still essential to me.

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• These eliminate the risk of breaking a USB-C port.
• Most can carry 240W of power, 40Gb/s of data, and 8K@60Hz video.
• There are even breakaway connectors with power meters.

The other day I was asked about my most recommended USB-C product. I'm not sure what the person asking the question, a PR representative for a tech firm, expected. Maybe that I'd say the product they were pushing? A power bank? A cable? Some fancy satellite-enabled communicator that can survive being thrown into Mount Doom? An electric toothbrush that's also a cat brush? 

Nope. None of those.

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