Apple offers 2 Lightning-to-30-pin adapters: one that retails for $39, and another that costs $29. They’ll both connect your iPhone 5 to your old charging cables, except at an absurdly costly price. However, Apple offers another, less publicized item: the regular ol’ Lightning-to-USB cable, which costs only $19.

You already have a bunch of old chargers that have USB-to-AC adapters, so the USB cable is all you truly have to charge your iPhone 5. It isn’t really extremely advertised on Apple’s website, excep