What does this mean?Pros & Cons
Pros
There are ports on the back specifically marked as power supply slots (lightning symbol) so that is where you need to plug in for charging the laptop etc. This frees up the other slot for external drives. Lan works fine and connects with no problems o... Read More
The anker is perfect for my needs, nicely design led to easily fit everything in. Has all the connections you might need for home use, beautifully made, exudes quality. Runs a bit hot if it is also powering your computer via the thunderbolt connector.... Read More
Cons
The mbp drains as if it is not plugged in. Theres a huge hum sound from the charger while powering the unit. It goes nowhere near 60 hz, so i'd take the claim that it supports two screens at 60 hz with a grain of salt.
There are too many reports of various faults and flaws with this device for it to performs its primary function. It goes black for a couple of seconds and than return. They dont work via this doc - you get ypbpr instead of rgb, regardless of port or c... Read More
Highlights
Quality
Very good product charging my laptop i phonealso using my disc player and sim card wouldrecommend
The peripherals i have plugged in to the new monitor are also recognised and work well.
Nb this will not allow you to connect 2 external screens to the new macbook pro, that’s a limitation of big sur that can’t be g... Read More
While a great device expanding the 40gbps capabilities of your mac it totally misses the mark not supporting 10 gigabit ethernet.
Price
If it’s with your price range, i highly recommend it.
It was well worth the rather high price tag - happy with the purchase.
Especially when you factor in the price.
Yes, in particular cases the expense to extend the life of older equipment that otherwise meets all requirements is cost effective.
Shipping
Update: found that the amazon logistics driver had pitched the device over the back wall into a plant pot.
Great the product is shipped with a thunderbolt cable, although it's pretty short so keep that in mind if you have limited spac... Read More
Packaging/appearance
Looks great, very dense little box and has plenty of ports, however i just couldn’t get it to run both my external monitors at ... Read More
Competitiveness
In other cases, it might be better to simply buy current-generation computers that 'leap-frog' thunderbolt 3 technology altogether.
One over hdmi and other over t3.
Overview
- How are reviewers describing this item?
port, connected, hot, pro and external. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
- Our engine has discovered that over 90% high quality reviews are present.
- This product had a total of 196 reviews as of our last analysis date on Oct 25 2024.
Helpful InsightsBETA
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
So this is a strange one as my mac is usually very fussy with docks
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
One over hdmi and other over t3
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
On the mac i plug the dock in and it works flawlessly both monitors fired up with all my peripherals
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
However i plug into my windows laptop and it does not work with the t3 through the dock separately it works
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Before anyone says its plugged into the correct port it is just strange how the mac works however the windows machine works
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I got this on black friday and am very happy with it but would never have paid the full price
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Looks great very dense little box and has plenty of ports however i just couldn’t get it to run both my external monitors at the same time i tried one plugged in with hdmi and the second usb c then hdmi and a usb c to hdmi adaptor no matter what i couldn’t get display output to both ended up returning
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
It does get hot but the aluminium case disperses the heat
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