Pros & Cons
Pros
Thin and light design, also comes with a little pouch to keep the product in. Comes in a colour coded grey alcantara bag to stop it getting scratched. Durable metal shell and quality connectors.
Most things you need to connect your mac to don't need a thunderbolt port. Great little device to connect my new laptop to monitor and network with one plug.
The anker hub is designed to be plugged between the power supply and the laptop. However when connecting my ipad air via this port, and using sidecar for a second display, it does appear to pass charge to the ipad without issue.
Usb seems stable and fast. Nice reassuringly secure fit. Also works well as a portable unpowered adaptor.
It performs flawlessly. Works like a charm.
Highlights
Quality
Usual high quality anker product - have been using for a few months now and hasn't let me down!
Very well built, compact and easy to use with plenty of ports.
Unlike my previous hub, this one doesn't heat up during charging.
Simple device just doesn’t pass video and power.
Price
I use this in my office and have bought another of these but 5-in-one as slightly cheaper to avoid having to disconnect cables ... Read More
No, the buck for this issue stops with apple.
👏👏👏just gutted it’s £8 cheaper the day after i ordered mine 😧
My only complaint is the high price.
Shipping
They quickly sent a replacement item once i sent the faulty one back (they shipped the replacement as the same day i took the f... Read More
Packaging/appearance
A) select the show details tick box so you can see what's going on then proceedb) accept any "can't mount" or "unmount" message... Read More
Competitiveness
I've used it with hp, dell and lenovo laptops with no compatibility issues.
And it is much stable than the pluggable branded one work provided me with.
There are several other cheaper options out there and i've tried some of them which proved problematic and ultimately failed.
Overview
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- This product had a total of 1,799 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jun 30 2024.
Helpful InsightsBETA
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The network port seems to actually yield decent speeds as some other brands can be a bit random about what speed connection you get which defeats the point of a wired connection
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Simple device just doesn’t pass video and power
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Uses pd power delivery so you can run one usbc from the charger into the hub then the hub will occupy only one usbc slot on your machine
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Well the first one i received actually didn’t as it had a dodgy ethernet support
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
They quickly sent a replacement item once i sent the faulty one back they shipped the replacement as the same day i took the faulty one to the post office
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
If you like me have a crap work laptop that lacks connectivity looking at you windows surface go then this is an essential device
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The ethernet port is welcomed but i havent used that yet
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Downside high energy consumption 15w you will need a powerful charger the one that comes with ipad won’t power the hub and the ipad