MicFlip micro USB to USB A cable — both ends reversible
Credit: Winnergear/IndieGoGo
Update — producers of MicFlip have advised supporters that they have been unable to source reversible USB A connectors which perform reliably over the thousands of plug/unplug operations they are likely to be exposed to in normal use.
More detail at: http://hhg2tech.blogspot.com.au/2015/07/reversible-micro-usb-cable-update.html
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How many tries does it take you to plug in a USB plug? World-wide collective frustration with this problem lead Intel to document the phenomenon as shown below.
Credit: Intel/Arstechnica
Arguably, the problem became worse with micro USB.
USB-C solves the problem by being reversible, but has so far appeared in only the Chromebook Pixel & the MacBook 12".
While you’re waiting for the inevitable avalanche of USB C adoption, & on an ongoing basis for your legacy devices, you may be interested in a cable with reversible micro USB at one end & a reversible USB A connector at the other:
MicFlip
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/micflip-world-s-first-fully-reversible-micro-usb#/story
MicFlip is the only cable sighted to-date, with reversible plugs at both ends. There are a number of crowd-funded cables which go half way: reversible one end only.
Reversible micro USB at one end, conventional, one-way USB A connector at the other:
Micro-Flip
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/46674142/micro-flip-reversible-micro-usb?ref=nav_search
Lightors
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1490536746/lightors-cable-worlds-first-reversible-micro-usb-c?ref=nav_search
These cables have conventional, non-reversible micro USB at one end & reversible USB A at the other:
dio
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/moopti/dio-naked-reversible-usb-cables-for-lightning-and/description
Woodie
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/370070655/woodie-leather-and-wood-reversible-usb-charging-ca?ref=discovery
Reversible USB connector
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