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Pros

Only shortcoming is the ridiculously bright blue led on the front. It's compact and simple to use.

Worked flawlessly. Everything works and it connects quickly. Works perfectly and as advertised!



Cons

The product name says it’s a thunderbolt dock, but that just a plain lie. Plastic case feels flimsy and it pretty large.

Vpn would always be disconnected when switching. It keeps resetting the display over and over again. There is input lag in the video.

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Quality


The dock itself is solid and well built.


I recommend it for all of it's reliable features and good software support.


I could never get 2 hdmi displays working at once and the ethernet also overheated the device (in the middle of a call with my boss).


Before this dock i tried the "lenovo thinkpad universal usb-c dock gen 2" of which everything worked except dual monitors, turn...  Read More

Price


No, wait, there's more, it's affordable !


It is totally fair to expect a docking station at this price to deliver dual-display, and it failed.


While this product is indeed expensive, the old expression “you get what you pay for” is appropriate.


Dell wd15 (renewed)~$50; successfully display one 4k and one fhd but with limitation.

Shipping


The second display could only be delivered through vga port, not hdmi nor dp.

Packaging/appearance


Inside the box a couple of the docking station packages that come sealed from the manufacture were opened.

Competitiveness


But since it’s working so far compared to other stations i’ve tried before, i give it a 4 star


This docking station was purchased as an alternative to an hp thunderbolt dock that had 4 outputs that could only use 3 at a time.


I recently purchased the apple macbook pro with the m1 chip, and the sd5200t does not work with that chip.


I have tried pluggable (thunderbolt 3) one and also the lenovo's dock .

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  • How are reviewers describing this item?
    two, dual and pro.
  • Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
  • Our engine has detected that Amazon has altered, modified or removed reviews from this listing. We approximate total reviews altered up to 523.
  • Our engine has discovered that over 90% high quality reviews are present.
  • This product had a total of 211 reviews as of our last analysis date on May 26 2024.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Certainly wont blame the manufacturer as im grateful that it works but it requires additional 3rd party displaylink software to be installed in order to make monitor 3 and 4 work


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    It works fine other than a little crash or two requiring some manual intervention


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    My issue is that 3rd party software introduces additional risk so that has to be accounted for


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    This docking station was purchased as an alternative to an hp thunderbolt dock that had 4 outputs that could only use 3 at a time


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Im using macbook pro 16inch 2019 with filevault turned on


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    If you connect 2 displays to the dock and plug the cable into the macbook with the lid closed it will not turn on


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    You need to open the lid of the laptop it will start to turn on and when it turns on then log in only then will the displays work


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Or you can connect everything you need to the docking station and separately 1 display to the macbook via usb type c in which case you must first connect the display and then the docking station the macbook will turn on with the lid closed with one active display connected via usb type c and only after login both will work

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