Anker USB-C Hub, 8-in-1 5Gbps Data Hub, USB Splitter, with 3 USB-A and 4 USB-C Ports, 100W USB-C PD-in, 2-in-1 USB Connector, for USB-A and USB-C Laptop, MacBook, iPad and More (45W Adapter Included)

This is really an excellent hub — but I want one with a different power source
When I purchased this I failed to pay attention to the power source of this hub. I don’t want one with its own power adapter. For people for whom that’s not important, this is an excellent unit. The ports are all easily accessible and the USB cable to connect to a computer has an attached adapter so it can be used with USB-C or USB-A ports on a computer.So it didn’t fit my needs (I want to use a 100-watt power supply that I normally use for my laptop to provide the power for the hub and then use the PD port on the hub to power the computer) but for many people this will be the ideal USB-C hub to expand the USB ports for their computers.The Anker brand-name has always represented quality to me and this is no exception!

Odd cord placement
The product is fine and does everything it says it does, but I cannot for the life of me understand why they chose to have cables coming out of both ends of this thing. It makes it very difficult to find a place on the desk that makes sense. Its own power cord gets in the way when you try to place it on a desk. Pretty confusing design choice.

Unreliable, causes problems w laptop it’s connected to
This “powered” USB hub provides unreliable power. This can wreak havoc on your laptop even if you don’t need it to power your laptop. Here’s how.Let’s say you have your laptop powered by a dedicated power supply. And you connect this USB hub, and power the hub, so you can connect high power devices to your laptop.The HUB tries to power your laptop. If your laptop is now getting power from its own power supply and from the hub, it may choose either one. As it switches back and forth, this hub goes blitzy and you lose connection to your connected devices. Maybe momentarily, but enough to cause chaos.On top of that, your external monitors may data-disconnect, rearranging your windows all over your virtual desktops. Every few minutes I need to spend a few minutes arranging my windows again. Infuriating.There’s no way to make this thing not try to power your laptop. If you disconnect your laptop’s power supply, there’s no way to make this thing provide consistent power to your laptop so it’s not always freaking out.On top of all of that, you can’t even connect monitor data cables to this.TRASH.

Good as a hub, not so good as a card reader.
This hub seems to charge much better and transfer faster than a cheaper hub I got this to replace it. Though, still I’m getting only 40MB/s from an NVMe enclosure, but I think it’s the enclosure. The card reader is lackluster though. I was hoping to be able to also replace my SanDisk SD card reader but that’s not the case. I can get about 260MB/s copying from my camera’s SD cards with the SanDisk reader. This hub tops out at 90MB/s with nothing plugged into it. However, if I plug the SanDisk card reader into this hub, I do get the 260MB/s rate, so it’s not the cable/controller in the USB portion, it just doesn’t have that great of a card reader.Also, another annoyance about this product is that it has cords coming out on both sides, which makes for more clutter on a desktop. If nothing else, they could have had the USB connection come out of the side closer to the power supply area, and that way the cable routing would be somewhat better.

Für mein Arbeitslaptop habe ich nach einem USB-C Hub gesucht und bin auf diesen der Marke Anker gestoßen. Da ich in der Vergangenheit schon diverse Anker Produkte gekauft habe, war dieser Kauf ein “No Brainer” für mich. Der Hub tut, was er soll und funktioniert gut und zuverlässig.

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