Anker Laptop Docking Station, 13-in-1 USB C Docking Station, Triple Display

I have had no issues running this with my work laptop HP Laptop running Windows 10 and my Dell Inspiron 17 running Ubuntu 20.10/Windows 10. Both laptops charge, and all ports seem to work well. In general, the worst part of the USB-C format is the confusing amount of different laptops that seem to implement it in different ways. Not this product's fault; as I said, it works well with Dell and HP while my HP Laptop dock runs with both laptops, but under Ubuntu or Windows 10 on my Dell, it falls short. The HP Dock is a Thunderbolt dock, and my Dell is a Display port marked with a DP; the DP Port on my Dell does charge and allows all ports to work with this dock. I mention it because USB-C gets confusing, and mileage may vary depending on the laptop itself. My Hp is marked as Thunderbolt, and my Dell as Display Port, and this product runs wonderfully with both. I found I could get a 4k Display using the DP port on the back of the dock in Ubuntu, but I found it a little problem some and instead switched to using the two HDMI ports instead. Sometimes 4k would flicker, but that can be my older KVM Switch (1080P KVM). I don't mind the two 1080p screens as the dock makes it so easy to switch computers. I wonder why the HDMI port only seems to pump out 1080P and the display port 4k from my experience. Still, my HP dock didn't do 4k at all, so this dock outperformed it. I have even booted my Dell and HP Laptops with a live USB of MX Linux, and with no configuration, it worked. I just changed the display settings a bit. So to sum it up. 1) Easy to use - NO Drivers to install! 2) Works across Windows and Linux. 3) Affordable and better than my work HP Thunderbolt dock. 4) Works with USB-C marked PD or Thunderbolt. Finally, I would like to say the PD port can get confusing another port format for USB-C. At first, I thought it did not work as I plugged in USB-C devices, and it was not recognized. Then I upgraded to a new Samsung phone with USB-C PD charging support, and it charged and was recognized from the PD port on the dock. So the device has to support USB-C PD. As I said, USB-C is confusing. Now, what are you waiting for? Buy this best Dock on Amazon; it is excellent for Windows and, more importantly, great with Linux. If you have Thunderbolt, the big thing you get from a Thunderbolt dock is the quicker data transfer speeds, but you need to know your laptop supports it. For me, I don't care about my work laptop having maximum data transfer speed. As I said, Thunderbolt does work with this also from what I can tell. 1/26/2024 - I am updating this because I also wanted to note that this works great with the Surface Pro 7. The only exception is the built in wired network does not seem to get recognized, but I don't care. I am using WIFI anyway. So Sound, video, and all other devices work perfectly.

With this dock I can connect my laptop with a single cable to connect to a second monitor, ethernet, and power. It also has additional USB ports and an SD card reader, but I personally don't use any of those. Overall, it's super convenient. It's even better if you add a magnetic USB-C adapter, just make sure to get one that supports both high speed data and high power charging. I got a right-angle 240W+40Gb/s connector from Magtame (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0CWGHXVFK), and it works great with this dock. My one complaint with this dock is that every now and then, video out doesn't work. My laptop says it can see the monitor, but my monitor doesn't see the laptop. When this has happened, disconnecting my laptop, turning the dock off and then on again, and then reconnecting my laptop fixes the issue. It's only happened 5 or 6 times, and I have used the dock hundreds of times. (On a typical day I connect my laptop to the dock 2 or 3 times, and I've had it for almost a year and a half.) Overall, it's a huge timesaver.

**UPDATE** Now my rear USB port has died--the only one of two standard ports that didn't hiccup and glitch. This thing worked FAIR (front USB port always glitchy) for about a year and a half--MINUS any Mac capacities--and now is essentially an aftermarket power brick. The combination of misrepresented functionality (no Mac support despite showing Mac use), faulty design (front USB unreliable, irregular power supply to dual monitors), and poor reliability (multiple ports and functions dead within 18 months) have serious undermined my former respect for this brand. DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT. (ORIGINAL REVIEW:) Disappointing. First, it was not clear to me when I purchased this that it would not allow me to extend screens from my MacBook. There is now a slide that shows that all Mac screens will be identical. It’s possible I missed that a year and a half ago at purchase, but I think I would have noticed. In any case, claiming this is Mac compatible is inane. I don’t know anyone who purchases a docking hub so they can see 3+ screens of the SAME THING. Mac users, beware. I was willing to attribute that to careless comparisons on my part—partly based on a very high opinion of Anker in general. BUT unfortunately the problems do not end there. Though there are two standard USB ports, the way in which this device is wired makes it difficult to use them. If I place my keyboard dongle in the front USB port, and insert a flash drive into the USB-C port next to it, there is suddenly an irregular lag to my mouse movements. I cannot work all day with my mouse lagging. Of course I can move the dongle to the rear of the unit, but now my printer cable is projecting from the front and that’s the whole point of having rear USB ports. In short, why design the ports in a way that they interfere with each other? ANOTHER ISSUE is flickering in my monitor screen sometimes. I looked online and the only solution I found is turning down the refresh rate because “60 Hz on each screen is a lot for the hub to handle”. I thought 60 Hz was pretty much standard so again I’m not sure why a device would be advertised as handling up to three screens if two was going to tax it. This problem also seems intermittent but it ought to happen never. LASTLY, just this past week, the device suddenly can no longer extend more than one screen on my Windows work computer. I’ve tried two computers and multiple cables but whatever I do Windows will not recognize that I have two monitors attached and allow me to extend them. Both monitors are actually live and connected but show the same image, so somehow the hub has lost the ability to differentiate between them. Now the hub is useless. I have disconnected my second monitor from the hub and connected it directly to my laptop. I have actually moved my keyboard/mouse dongle and attached it directly to the laptop as well. This removes all purpose for having a hub at all. And again, this is for my Windows work computer—my MacBook has all these issues but would not extend screens even when the hub was fully functional. I bought this because I had faith in the Anker brand and because it was slightly less expensive than the hub Apple promoted on its website. I regret this purchase. Now I have a $150 hub that combines only two of the five cable connections I connect and disconnect every time I move my computer from work to home. Very, very disappointed. Pay more to get a better and more reliable product.

Anker has been making quality products for years. They've become very proud of their goods of late, as they should be, but sometimes the price-to-value ratio seems out of balance. I got this one on sale, and after having worked with some units from the Chinese random-letter companies, it was refreshing to work with a unit again from Anker. I can just feel the quality. We're literally using all of the ports on the docking station. It works seamlessly between a Chromebook, Ubuntu, and a Windows laptop, so compatibility has not been an issue, and they all charge just fine. I've had no heat problems or noticed any noises. This is used for business and productivity, and I was looking for just 2 standard HDMI connections. It's REALLY hard to find good ones with lots of ports. Videos look great. Not sure it's gaming-performance worthy on secondary monitors, but for what we need it for, this Anker docking station is perfect.

Original 2 star review: I don't have a lot of experience with docking stations like this, outside of the ones I've used with my work laptops. But this one has generally been a disappointment. My keyboard regularly has problems when I switch computers or even turn off the docking station and turn it back on. It's 50/50 whether it will turn on my keyboard, or my keyboard will detect it, or it will detect my keyboard, whatever. I often have to mess with it for a second to get everything to work. But today it seems to have given up on my keyboard for good. No USB port on this unit will detect my keyboard. I plug it directly into the computer, and it's fine, back to the docking station, nothing. I have Kinesis Freestyle RGB keyboard. UPDATE: Anker reached out to me and sent a replacement and this one does seem to work better with my keyboard. I have not had the issue mentioned above in the week or so that I’ve been using it.

Great plug and play. Works wonderfully with my Lenovo P51 and my Lenovo 27 inch monitor. I am not a power user or gamer. So this meets my needs perfectly. The Anker has a wonderfully small footprint and the plugs are arranged in a nice order. I love that there is no large power-on light. All the plugs have a solid feel when inserting cables. Anker is my goto for my charging and cables. The docking stations is ROCK SOLID and easy to use with no additional software needed. Just plug-in and go work.

Docking station works great connected to my LG Gram laptop, allows multiple connected displays, full keyboard and mouse, as well as other devices. Had to reconnect after needing to disconnect for house projects and chat support tool was very helpful and accurate. Would definitely repurchase this or another Anker product.

The docking station worked pretty well right out of the box. A few observations: 1. The instructions, as many do now, are in multiple languages and a very small part was applicable. The key diagram and explanatory table were buried among all the other text, but it would have been helpful to have that information at the very top of the instructions, rather than in the middle of multiple languages. 2. I have an HP Spectre 360, and the charging function of the docking station is variable, i.e. sometimes it charges, sometimes it does not. I have to check periodically to make sure it's charging, otherwise I risk using all the battery reserve. It's a relatively minor issue and perhaps due to the detection by the computer of a non-HP power source. 3. Update: I had 2 HDMI monitors and a third was connected through a USB expansion device with an HDMI port. Decided to try using the display port instead of the USB expansion device, and when I plugged the third monitor into the display port using a converter cable for DP to HDMI, one of the other monitors would not show. No matter what combination I used, if I plugged the third monitor into the DP port, only 2 would show. So, I plugged my USB expansion device back in and voila! All three monitors showed again. I couldn't find any documentation online regarding this issue, so I have to assume that using the DP port along with the two HDMI ports negates one of the three. Interesting, but it decreases the score. Overall, the device is still a nice addition to my desk. Prior to now, I had a number of USB hubs strung together with a mass of wires like a bowl of spaghetti, so the docking station with multiple ports is a definite improvement.

No funciona al 100%, no es compatible con mi PC de HP, no funciona para el Monitor, todo lo demás como teclados externos, micrófono funciona bien, pero lo principal que es la conexión entre laptop y monitor no funciona bien.

Good quality, fast and powerful for my laptop. As they say you get what you pay for It would be awesome if it had 1 extra USB or USB-C, but that is just for my specific use. However in general it works great, no issues and replaces my laptop charger (meaning powerful enough to charge of the latest Asus laptops, and all the other devices connected to it

This is for the "Anker Docking Station, PowerExpand 13-in-1 USB-C Dock, 85W Charging for Laptop" ** Update March 9th, 2023 ** So pretty much everything in the original review stands, but there is one issue that I touched on originally about the display refresh rate and resolution that I can clarify now. To get the resolution how you want it, you need to set the monitors to the same refresh rate first, then once the resolution is set and applied, change the refresh rate. That being said, I'm not sure if the refresh rate actually changes or if it just says it does. ** End of update ** So I just got this about an hour ago, and everything just worked! Both in Ubuntu 22.04 and Windows 10. Here's my setup. Everything is plugged into the dock and only the single USB-C dock cable is plugged into the laptop. Laptop: Dell XPS 13 9370 1TB SanDisk USB-C SSD (for booting into Ubuntu) 2x Monitors + laptop monitor (One monitor is Ultra Wide 2560x1080 144Hz, other is 1080p 60Hz) - Note: I'm using one DP port and one HDMI port Wireless keyboard/mouse Speakers Ethernet connection for Internet First of all, I was using a Dell TB16 dock before this but I had multiple issues with it. Long story short, I don't recommend the Dell docks, especially if you use Linux. ** Long story about Dell TB16 Dock ** Using the Dell dock, my monitor would randomly go out, and the network only connected at 100mbps, the soundcard is super quiet (even at max volume), it's always on and can get noisy when it heats up (it has a fan), the cable is built into the unit (non-replaceable) and is only about a foot and a half long (coming out of the left side of the unit) and the unit itself is rather large. Also, I boot off a USB-C SSD drive for Linux (which allows me to plug the USB SSD into almost any computer and boot into my Ubuntu OS); For whatever reason, I could never get it to show up as a boot option when plugged into the dock, even with ThunderBolt boot support and pre-module stuff enabled. ** End of the Long story about Dell TB16 Dock ** Now the Anker dock on the other hand is about a 1/4 of the size of the Dell dock, connects @ 1GB with no problem, allows me to boot off my USB-C SSD, has a power button to turn it off when not in use, it's silent, works without having to install any drivers on either Windows or Ubuntu, comes with a decently long USB-C cable (3 ft?) to plug into the computer (which can also be replaced and yes it charges my laptop too) and the sound volume is great. There is one oddity that happened, but I was able to fix it easily enough and it's likely not a problem with the dock but a software issue in Ubuntu. When changing the resolution + refresh rate in Ubuntu, it didn't properly scale the resolution (the resolution was right, but much of it was cut off or shrunk down as if the monitor itself didn't change resolutions but the computer did), I had to change the resolution + refresh rate to something else, then to what I wanted to make it work. To be clear, it worked when I plugged it in initially, but changing it to my preference required multiple changes to set it in properly. Once set, it worked as normal. I highly recommend this dock!

Zero issues with this versatile dock as it replaced a Belkin hub which was virtually cluttering up my desk. All of the cords run out the back of the unit including ones for an external monitor (HDMI), printer, external hard drive and power cord for my Windows 11 laptop. I only have a Bluetooth dongle for a mouse plugged into the front. Very clean look and I love the fact that there are two SD card slots and two additional USB C ports out front for charging devices. I snagged this puppy while it was on sale which was a bonus.

1 Star I was very happy with this docking station when I first purchased it. It worked well for several months, charging my laptop and running my dual-monitor setup without any issues. Unfortunately, the dock developed what appears to be an internal hardware failure while still under warranty. It stopped charging my laptop properly, and my monitors constantly disconnected and reconnected. To rule out every other possibility, I purchased an Anker Prime 14-in-1 Docking Station using the exact same laptop, monitors, cables, and power outlet. The new dock worked perfectly immediately, confirming that the original 13-in-1 dock was defective. What turned this into a one-star review was not the product failure itself. Electronics can fail. It was the warranty experience. I have spent over a week providing proof of purchase, completing troubleshooting, answering repeated requests, and following up multiple times. The process has been slow, confusing, and frustrating, with incomplete return instructions and unnecessary delays. I expected Anker to stand behind its warranty. Instead, I have had to escalate my case and file a Better Business Bureau complaint in an effort to have my warranty honored. Based on my experience, I cannot recommend this product. A good warranty experience is just as important as a good product, and unfortunately Anker has fallen well short of my expectations.