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Might as well pick up the $70 screwdriver and $10 matching bits and the $249 laptop bag.
For what it is, that being 240w PD and 40gbps, it is going to cost a lot. Both high power and high data rate cost more money because they need better cabling. The PD stuff is going to need thicker copper and better insulation for higher power, and the signaling needs much tighter tolerances on the wires (as well as probably thicker copper).
From the LTT video, I don't think certification really means that much.
Say what you want, but having dealt with Linus and knowing some of the people that work for him, I would suggest that the cables actually meet certification specifications.
Yeahh, I've gotten screwed on the amazon cable roulette before.
Here is the actual link to the lumafield scans (These were posted by LTT back when the cables first came out):skip through and look at the pretty xrays pics.
tldw; "its good and up to spec."
I wouldn't be surprised if they are coming in the future.
For those depends on the distance you need. I find the certified ones seem to be good at shorter distances, their certification process isn't as big an issue as USB-IF. For longer, go for fiberoptic. It is cheap enough these days to be worth it to just solve the issues.
