All cables are not alike.
For us the user, it is difficult to know if a particular cable we pick up out of our drawer is a "good one" for what we want to use it for.
I have a penchant, developed from decades of looking at cables, to use a TapeWriter and immediately identify a new cable as to Brand, associated device it came with, voltage or current specs if needed.
for example. IF a new USB cable comes into my house, I put a tape label on it as to its' "Quality" and intended use.
Those little black box power cubes we get for laptops? oh gawd, if you don't label those damn things, you can never find the one you need when you want it.
back before the guvamint made it a law that ALL cellphones are required to use the same identical type charging port, we were victims of the vendors who sold us over priced pieces of garbage that would only work with that one device. It had a unique charging port.... a $2.50 charger used to cost me $25-$35 for a stinking little cube with a small cord on it with a very fragile charging port.
In the picture just above, the cable on the left side is now almost reserved for 2.5" USB hard drives. At least that is all it is good for in my office now. I have three of them, all labeled and they get rubber banded to the hard drive they came with.
I go to Staples and buy a bag of 1/4 inch wide, heavy rubber bands.... they get used for everything under the sun. roll up the power cables and rubber band them to the power adapter they came with.
roll up a lap blanket and rubber band it so it does not unroll on you. Great for car trips. I just did this for my Christmas vacation trip down to Atlanta, Georgia and back to Oklahoma where I live. Rubber Bands can be your friend... once you get in the habit of using those things, you won't ever be caught without them.
Take your wallet for example. Throw a heavy rubber band around it crosswise and another one lengthwise. No way the credit cards will fall out of it, AND more important, no way a pick pocket thief can slip it out of your pocket w/o you feeling it. that is when you throw an elbow back into his face hard....
I drift a lot on some of these posts, but it is usually important "IMO".