Jul 10, 2017 - What is the best USB 2.0 or USB 3.0 hub to use with the MacBook Air while traveling? As many MacBook Air users certainly have noticed.
Plenty of laptops these days use USB-C, but that doesn't mean you have to stop using your USB 3.0 hub. This little adapter from AUKEY plugs into a USB-C port on your laptop, allowing you to then plug in a male USB 3.0 cable. When you aren't using your hub, the adapter can be used for pretty much any peripheral If we're picking a USB 3.0 hub The above hubs all have something to offer and will no doubt find a suitable user, but if we're picking one, we'll go with the that includes three charging ports. You get transfer speeds of 5 Gbps and three ports rated at 2.4 amps of charging, and the whole thing will easily fit on your desk as a midway point between hub. If you need something more suited for traveling, no doubt has the best price and will fit into your pocket while on the go. This post may contain affiliate links.
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To connect an external hard drive, wire keyboard, Logitech mouse receiver and laptop cooler usb power, I bought this. Pros, Design is very solid and simple Additional power source(adapter) provides putting more than 4 usb-based devices. Reduce power loads on my laptop. Led light indicates what ports are used as a data source or not (e.g., led light of the port for a laptop cooler is not turned on.) Data transfer speed is very close to the original speed when i put the USB to my macbook. Cons Power adapter is little big than what i thought. Excellent choice for USB Hub.
Like the compact size, and there's on/off button next to each USB so one has the option to turn on only the USB slots one is using; plus each USB slot lights up when powered on so one can see at a glance if Hub slot is on. Has a nice blue glow to each powered USB slot when powered on. If blue lighting is a problem for your situation then this unit is not for you as if light is out the USB will not have power. The electrical cord is good length and not a stingy shorty type.
Has a double sided suction cup pad, in double rows that one can apply a bit of moisture to mini suction cups to anchor unit to your desk surface to maintain it's assigned spot. I have mine on it's side so the USB cords plugged. The AH430 aluminum hub works very well with my 2012 iMac running OS X 10.9.3 Mavericks. When both USB 2 & USB 3 devices are plugged into the hub, it will appear in the System Information app as two hubs, one on a 'USB 3.0 SuperSpeed Bus' with the USB 3 items attached to it, & the other on a 'USB Hi-Speed Bus' with the USB 2 items attached to that.
Blackmagic Disk Speed Test shows that it can deliver USB 3 speeds to USB 3 devices even when both USB 2 & 3 ones are plugged into it. I saw no difference in transfer speeds between plugging a fast USB 3 hard drive into the hub & directly into one of the iMac's ports. Since the hub does not have a separate power supply, it is limited to supplying a maximum total of 900 ma (0.9 amps) to all the devices. AUKEY USB Hub 4 Port, Aluminium I like surprises. This USB hub was a surprise.
I have had USB hubs in the past, and while they were all fine and worked just like they were supposed too, this one brought a little more to the game. The Construction: This is where this hub went above and beyond. It is a solid aluminum outer shell, offset with white plastic side panels and usb sockets. The feel is tremendous. It feels solid, really solid.
When a device feels this solid, even if it does not work any faster than any other devices, it still jumps up notches in your mind. I know that Amazon is full of this style of hub, by many manufacturers and if any are up to this quality, then you really have no fears in picking any like this. I can't attest to others quality, but this hub, is quality. INSTALLATION: Upon arrival, I went ahead and installed this without reading the short instructions that came with it.
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After all, how hard can it be? Luck was with me, as I had a 50/50 chance of getting it right, and did. On a 27' 5K, it says to use ONLY slot 1 or 4 of the 4 available USB ports. (I don't know why.) Also, it has clear guidance for installing it- part way into a USB slot, then gently into the vent slots on the bottom of the display, and finally, seating the USB plug all the way. The instructions also state that, 'This device can only read one memory card at a time.' THE PRODUCT: The color and finish matches my 27' 5K Retina PERFECTLY. This thing looks like an Apple add-on when installed.
Because of the way it's mounted, it feels VERY solid while inserting thumb drives. This is great. I detest having to rotate my iMac 27' to reach the USB ports. I also don't like having unwieldy usb hubs laying around.
The Sorbent 4-port hub fits perfectly. Snapped on in a sec. To install, I placed the front tabs in their position and then moved the USB plug to the desired position. It is made our of hard plastic.
Feels a little cheap. But everything fits secure. I have used it a few times to make sure it works. Things seem fine. I do use external speakers for my iMac.
I did switch over to the internal speakers after installing the USB hub and can not tell any problems there. But again my norm are the external speakers (as well as air play). I've added a few photos so that. Great card reader and usb port reader! We wanted something up on the desk that would be easily accessible and this is perfect for that! We have it on the computer desk and plugged into the computer. Now whenever we need to plug something in we don’t need to look for a port.
We wanted a card reader so we didn’t need another adapter to plug in cards. I take pictures and it is a lot faster to have something to plug the card into than to plug in the camera and upload the pictures. Simple and easy to use.
Ordered from AMAZON with same day shipping option & received it a few hours later. So far it's working as expected. Needed a hub to clone a source flash drive to multiple USB sticks simultaneously and it's working flawless so far. Excellent time saver! I can confirm that this updated model does support USB 1.1 & 2.0 without a problem.
I briefly connected my WD 4TB external drives to it and they were detected without a problem. Also tested a TRENDnet TU3-S25 external 2.5 hard drive housing & it also worked flawless. Loaded up a 32 GB SANDISK USB 2.0 flash drive to maximum capacity & cloned it to 9 USB SANDISK 2.0 flash drives in about 2 hrs & 30 minutes on an IBM CORE2DUO 2.66 system with 4 GB ram running Windows 10. Of course if I were using 3.0 USB flash drives it would have been less than.
I bought a staples brand 4 port USB hub prior to getting this one, and I must say that there is a HUGE difference in the quality of this one compared to what I was using! The staples brand kept slipping out of my port with little effort, which was very annoying. It also had flimsy wiring compared to this one. The HooToo stays in place and doesn't feel like it's going to fall apart when you touch it.
I've been using it daily now for 2 months with no issues. Buying a few of these for Christmas gifts since it worked out so well for me!
I own a new MacBook, Which has two USB type c ports. In order to make the MacBook to work with legacy USB devices, I need a USB type c hub. I purchased a USB-C hub before this one. The 1st has minor issue for connectivity. This is the 2nd USB-c hub I purchased. I was impressed by the versatile functions of this USB-C hub.
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I After I tested couple days during Memorial Day season, I have to rate it more than 5 stars. In one setting, I plug USB mouse, printer and iPhone 6plus to 3 USB ports, one SD and one Micro SD card to SD card slots. These plugged-in device all work as supposed to do. Reading large picture and video file from SD card is as fast as read from.