Powered USB Hub 3.0, atolla USB Hub with 4 USB 3.0 Data Ports and 1 USB Smart Charging Port, USB Splitter with Individual Power Switches and 5V/3A Power Adapter

I've got several USB hubs, some powered, and many are poorly made junk. This one is good. The included power supply is decent (not some Chinese "House Burner" PoS) and the hub works fine. I'm using it on my Mac Pro to take the keyboard and mouse into the USB2 front port of the Mac Pro and it works without problems. I use this method so that if I touch my mouse and discharge a static burst it won't wipe out and damage my internal Mac Pro USB ports. Like this unit so much that I bought a second which I'll take along with my MacPro Book as a portable USB3 hub. The hub itself is plastic but well made. Both the USB3 hub and the power supply are fairly light so they are easy to carry with other gear in the MacBook Pro carry bag. The USB cable that connects this hub to your laptop or PC is only about 1 ft long but thick and is of high quality. It is permanently attached to the hub unit -- a good thing, as it makes for a solid USB connection to the hub. It you want more distance between this USB3 hub and your PC then you'll want to buy a good USB extension cable. I've use this well made USB extension (6 ft) with no problems: "OKRAY 2 Pack USB 3.0 Extension Cable 6 Ft Nylon Braided USB Cable Extender - Type A Male to Female with Gold-Plated Metal Connector". After buying way too many USB hubs that failed and were poorly designed, this one is a "keeper".

This item works well and handles all of my flashdrives and external harddrives and I don't have to worry about my laptop having a temporary shock, it has happened but the port is working well, so I am a happy camper!

I recently switched from using my desktop to my laptop for my daily driver, which for most wouldn't be a major issue if they only had 2 USB A female ports available. As someone who spends up to 10 hours a day working at my desk, I really need some "creature comforts". I.E. I have a wireless Evoluent vertical mouse to combat wrist problems, and I have my laptop on a stand so I'm not hunched over so I have a separate keyboard(early IBM Model M, which requires power). When I do need to use another USB device it became this major decision... Would I rather not use my mouse or my keyboard? This hub is everything I needed and more. It works with both the keyboard serial port adapter and my mouse dongle freeing up the USB-A female on the right side, and also adding 3 more ports on the hub itself. The ONLY issue I have is the ports are TIGHT and overall it feels very plasticky and "cheap", i.e. I was afraid I was going to break it when setting up and pushing the USB devices in. That didn't happen, so I would say that probably isn't a design flaw - but will update this review if that changes.

This wonderful little black box is a 4-port, POWERED, USB 3.0 Hub. With an extra Smart Charge port for charging your phone/tablet/device. The On/Off switches are very clicky and responsive. The Blue LED indicators for all 4 of the USB ports make it simple to know which ports are being used, and which ones are NOT. So, gone are the days of unplugging the wrong flash drive, causing the loss all your data or it being corrupted. Now I have used this thing daily for the past 3 almost 4 months now, and I have to say… I have ZERO complaints! That is very strange for me as I always seem to find something, anything wrong with pretty much everything I buy. I am a sort of nitpicker you could say. Now the USB ports provided by this Hub are USB 3.0 and NOT 3.1! This is important if you are after max data transfer speeds. Now the difference between the two, even as noticeable as it is, really will NOT make much of a difference to the average person. As the average person is not looking to transfer a 10GB piece of data in seconds… The average person is going to start the transfer and walk away. Then they will stay away for a minimum of 5 minutes, and 5 minutes is plenty of time to transfer data at 3.0 speeds. Remember 3.0 is an enormous upgrade from 2.0!! Now, about the charging port…. Hhhmmm, what can I say about it... It is NOT QC 3.0 compatible so for me, it doesn’t really have any use for it…. However, for someone who doesn’t care about charging speed, or does NOT have a quick charge compatible device then they will surely get good use out of it! Now one of the major selling points about this Hub is that it supplies its OWN POWER! Which means it can totally handle one of those external drives being plugged into it and used. Sure, there are tons of External drives out there that do NOT require an external power source at all, but there are still many, many that DO. So overall I would highly recommend this to anyone who finds themselves in need of extra 3.0 ports, OR they cannot reach the ones they already have.

Been using this for 4 years and they charge good and have not encountered a problem