vantisan USB Hub 3.0 Powered, 7 Ports USB Data Hub Splitter with One Smart Charging Port and 5V/4A Powered Adapter and ON/Off Switches for MacBook, Mac Pro/Mini, iMac, Surface Pro Laptop/PC

Theres not much you can say about a USB hub. It works. The point of buying a USB hub is that you have more USB device that you want to plug in than there are ports on your computer. You plug it into the computer and you plug USB device into it and they work. It takes a few seconds to recognize my trackball, I have no idea why but its no big deal, just keep moving it until the cursor starts to move. Note this is a powered USB hub. That is, you plug it in and then all devices you plug in to the hub get full power. With an unpowered hub, they only get 5 volts total. I think usually the hub divides this evenly among the devices, which may or may not give enough power for everything you plug in. Definitely not enough if you expect to charge something off the hub. I regularly plug my kindle into this hub to charge it, and Ive charged headphones and microphones off it. This hub also has the cute feature that you can turn individual ports on and off with a button. I have an external disk drive that I regularly leave turned off because most of the time I dont use it. Maybe that saves a little wear and tear. Maybe its not enough to make a difference. Saves a little electricity, Id have to look up the power draw, but Im sure its pennies a month.

This is my third of one of these, my last one was too small, and I was given a new laptop with minimal USB ports. This one was easy to to connect and use, youll be as happy as I am.

As it supposed to. Not much more to say than that

Love the concept, however the blue light is way too bright for my wife and she can sleep with a TV on. She hates the light but we love the concept. The light bothers me as well so I just try and block it. Probably gonna move it downstairs as a household port and get new dark ones for the bedroom. The USB plug concept however is a no brainer.

Having a powered hub reduces the strain on the power supply in your PC. I typically use all-in-one or mini pcs, so I typically dont have a big power supply with the capacity to effectively run external drives and accessories. This is the perfect solution. There are also power switches that allow you to decide whats running & whats not. A webcam is a perfect example of something that is better disconnected when not in use. This hub allows me to use both a two bay and a four bay drive enclosure, so its effectively moving data to and from six external solid state drives, along with a webcam and wireless keyboard & mouse. With motorized drives, the powered hub would be even more important, due to the additional power needed. The one thing that I dont care for is the USB cord is permanently mounted in the device, whereas I would have preferred something removable and a bit longer. I recommend this product.

Exactly what I needed

works like a charm, No problems with all the different controllers that I use for all my simulators. Only thing is I need another as I will be adding controllers later on. Highly recommended for the price.

It would be nice if there was a way to hang it or secure it in place. I ended up using double sided tape.

I’m using this device on my iMac to power three hard drives. The computer only has two USB ports so this extension is very useful. I also plug in ear bud charger and an SD card reader.

Looks great. Use great.