Plugable 7-Port USB 3.0 Hub with 36W Power Adapter - Driverless - Effortlessly Connect Devices and Transfer Data at High Speeds

Works! After a bad mic experience with a HyperX Solocast 2 (which this Hub was needed for), the hub worked well. No issues in setting up this attachment and truly needed since the 4 USB ports on my Dell only have 2 blue tab and 2 standard USB ports. This is a very useful utility.

I ended up getting this Pluggable USB hub after looking extensively for one that had QC ports that were also actual USB ports. Most of the hubs with charging ports, the charging ports are not USB, just charging ports. This one actually has two ports that can deliver a fairly rapid charge AND also connect to the parent USB port, making it perfect for charging AND connecting phones without swapping ports. Also, those ports work great on a USB powered Blu Ray drive without having to use extra power plug. I did have to exchange my first one as the left charge port didn't connect to USB (but it did charge), the replacement is working excellent. I also like the ports are on the side, making the jumble of cables more manageable than pointing upwards. Not full 3A USB-C charging speed, but I do at least get a "charging" indicator on my Pixel, instead of the "slowly charging" I get from other powered hubs. Overall, it has excellent features and works well for the price.

I just purchased my 3rd one of these. In my experience, they last about 2 years, and then suddenly die. As others have reported, the power supply is still good, it just randomly stops and won't turn on. That said, I'm buying my 3rd unit because, until it dies, it's incredibly solid. I know that sounds odd, but hear me out. In my situation, I plug in several hard drives and do a LOT of data transfer. With other hubs, I would experience random disconnects, and issues I couldn't quite pin down. Was the issue the hard drive? The USB/SATA enclosure? The hub? Well, turns out it was the hub. I used numerous other hubs from various other reputable brands. They would all exhibit these random issues. However, this Plugable unit does not. It's solid. All of those random disconnect issues completely went away, and I've been a happy camper. You forget it's even there. So yes, it does indeed die after 2 years. I really wish it would last a little longer than that. However, until that moment, it's very reliable. For that reason, I'm buying my 3rd one now. In my opinion I'd rather have a hub that's 100% reliable and then suddenly stops at the end of its life, rather than a hub that gives you random issues the whole time you have it.

Works Great. My 1st one lasted over 10 years

I've bought two of these now. They are well made and come with a decent power supply. The case is plastic but plenty strong. Power switch on the back powers the whole unit; the individual ports do NOT have on/off switches. The included USB 3 cable is nice and thick. The unit is a simple rectangular design that allows you to stack a couple of them if you need a whole lot of ports. I like that the power cable and USB in are on the back: that allows you to mount it on the back of your desk neatly allowing access to the extra ports. I had an issue with the second unit (after a couple months of use it would not talk to any computer I tried plugging it into) and the return/replacement could not have been easier. Quick chat and email and they delivered a new, working one to me quickly and without hassle. Obviously I would have rather had a 100% dependable unit, but they made good quickly on the issue. I'll continue to buy Plugable products.

best hub ever. a larger one would be great too. it has been designed with alot of thought… i can tell

This hub kinda sucks. Randomly turns off power to individual devices. Every few minutes I hear the windows "device attached/detached" sound. Same deal when attached to any of my Linux devices. I've had to use power splitters to keep essential storage devices powered, which works and demonstrates that the hub at least keeps the data-relevant pins connected despite turning off power. Works great when it does work, truly fast usb3 speed & awesome when transferring between two portable SSDs on the same hub, and ports 1&7 are definitely capable of 1.5A (I have a bunch of USB multimeters, I am a serious dork) which is nice... I just wish I didn't have to keep my essential storage devices on power splitters with a separate 5vdc power supply. Have a dozen of those darn things & about to order more :/ Gonna bite the bullet and buy a bigger fancier more expensive USB3 hub and relegate this one to use on a rarely used Pi4b. In summary, this is probably a fine hub for most users and the price is fantastic, but doesn't exactly work as hoped for me. Maybe defective, idk, but if it is then a non-defective one would probably work great. I let the return period lapse & investigating any potential warranty doesn't seem worth my time for a semi-functional device this cheap.

This unit arrived quickly, well packaged, and in excellent condition. The unit works perfectly as advertised, unless attached to a router port... Purchased this for use with the TP-LInk Archer C5400 w/USB 3.0. The ideas was to plug-in two 500gb laptop drives using the hub's external power supply. Attaching three different brand hubs stopped data transfer. Caution to TP-Link router owners: Even after significant time with TP-Link technical support, the router did not regonize the drive attached using this hub. Replaced the HDD with a 1GB thumb drive. Still did not regonize the hub devices. I also tired two other brand 4-port hubs both powered and passive. No luck. This review is to warn TP-Link router owners that TP-Link is not honest about the limitations of the USB ports on the router. The TP-Link router is underpowered and can only power a total of 0.86 mva to a single data device at a time. So any USB device(s) that rely on power to operate more than just communication is subject to the risk of not working. It's the router. Not this hub.