$12.99 Inc GST
A mini usb to usb cable is the lead for everything made between roughly 2003 and 2012 — dash cams, older GPS units, PS3 controllers, camera bodies, external drives, MP3 players. The port did not disappear, it just stopped being on phones, and the cable that came with the device is usually the thing that went missing.
Mini USB is the small trapezoid with angled corners, noticeably chunkier than Micro USB and completely different from it. The two are not interchangeable and a Micro USB lead will not go in. If the socket looks like a squat trapezoid rather than a flat sliver, a mini usb to usb cable is what you want.
The other end of a usb to mini usb lead is ordinary USB-A, so it plugs into a laptop, a wall charger, a car charger or a power bank. Nothing special is required.
This is a USB 2.0 cable. It carries power and data at up to 480Mbps, which is what every Mini USB device was built around — none of them were ever faster, so nothing is being left on the table.
It does not do fast charging, and nothing with a Mini USB socket expects it to. Those devices draw 5V at modest current; a usb to mini usb cable delivers exactly that, and a 65W charger will not make a dash cam charge any quicker.
If the device is older than about 2012 and the socket is not a flat sliver, a mini usb to usb cable is almost certainly the lead you need.
Most people buy a mini usb charging cable rather than a data cable, even when the two are the same object. A dash cam that will not hold a charge, a controller that died mid-game, a satnav that wants topping up before a drive — the data capability is there and simply goes unused.
It is worth knowing it is there, though. Plugging an older camera body into a laptop with this lead pulls the photographs straight off the card, which saves hunting for a card reader. The same is true of a drive caddy from the same era. A mini usb charging cable that also carries 480Mbps costs no more than one that does not.
A moulded USB-A plug on one end, a moulded Mini USB plug on the other, with strain relief where the cable leaves each. The flex is plain PVC — this is a working cable rather than a braided showpiece, and at this price that is the honest description.
Where a mini usb to usb cable fails is always the Mini USB end, because it is the end that gets plugged and unplugged in a car. The moulding here is a straight collar rather than a thin neck, which is the right shape for that job.
The reason a mini usb to usb cable sells is almost never a first purchase. It is somebody who has arrived at a job, or set off on a drive, and found the dash cam flat and its lead at home. A usb to mini usb cable costs less than a coffee and lives in the glovebox, which is exactly where it earns its keep.
This mini usb to usb cable is stocked in Melbourne and ready to go — order before 10am and your usb to mini usb lead ships the same day via Australia Post with insurance, backed by our 90-day warranty and a team who can confirm it suits the device you own.
Stocked here, not shipped from overseas. Order your mini usb to usb cable today and get the dash cam working again.
Compatible with any device that has a Mini USB (Mini-B, 5-pin) socket, which includes:
How to tell Mini from Micro: Mini USB is a squat trapezoid about 7mm wide with sloped corners. Micro USB is a flat sliver about half the height. They look similar in a photograph and are not interchangeable in the slightest.
What it needs from your device: nothing — the socket is the whole specification.
What it plugs into at the other end: any USB-A port — laptop, wall charger, car charger or power bank.
This is an aftermarket accessory. Any device or brand names above are used only to describe fitment.
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