StarTech.com 2.6ft (80cm) Thunderbolt 5 Cable, 80Gbps/Up to 120Gbps, 240W PD, 8K 60Hz, Certified Thunderbolt Cable - Compatible w/Thunderbolt 4/USB4/USB-C

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For £26.82 ex-VAT, this is a pretty sensible buy if you’ve got a Thunderbolt 4/USB4 setup and you want a short, high-quality “just works” link. The big win with Thunderbolt cables isn’t marketing speed—it’s reliability: solid compatibility with dock/monitor bandwidth demands, fewer weird handshaking issues than bargain USB‑C cables, and decent power delivery for setups that benefit from charging over the same lead. At 80cm it’s also a practical length for desk docks and monitor arms where long cables just become a cable-management problem.

I’d recommend it for small offices, hybrid workstations, and anyone running a TB4/USB4 dock to a laptop or a Thunderbolt monitor and wants to avoid cable drama. That said, if you’re on plain USB‑C (non‑TB/USB4) or you don’t need higher-performance video/power over one cable, you’re paying for headroom you won’t use. Also, if you’re expecting “instant 120Gbps” in real life—most environments won’t saturate those numbers anyway; the value here is compatibility and consistent behaviour, not raw throughput.