Best Powered Usb Hub For External Hard Drives

Outstanding product! A superb powered hub for managing my external hard drives, worry free!

This seven-port powered USB hub offers connectivity for external drives and other USB devices (and charging capabilities on all seven ports). It has a sturdy metal housing and protects connected devices from overheating. Great value at a great price.

This hub will support two USB hard drives and a thumb drive or two.

With this adapter, I can connect a powered USB hub to my tablet. This allows me to use my card reader and external HD with my tablet to back up photos while traveling.

The powered hub is fine for portable hard drives and they work well. A non powered hub would cut out and disrupt data flow. The right angle power plug was not needed and gets in the way.

Pros: 1) It works, exactly as advertised. 2) Connected devices show no signs of performance changes. 3) Has a light, that indicates that the hub is connected. 4) Just plug it in and it works. Cons: 1) The cord is 6 long, and is pig-tailed connected. You cannot replace it with a longer cord (although you could use a USB extension cord). Neutrals: 1) The casing is plastic. But if feels strong and will not easily crack or break. I would not step on it. But if should be fine for nearly any use. 2) Only one mechanical type, USB powered, hard drive will function at a time. Those mechanical (spinning disks) drives need more power than a SSD (solid state USB drive). This is not the fault of the hub, as the hub derives its power from your computer's USB port. If you want to connect multiple, mechanical, USB powered drives to a hub, then you will need a hub that plugs into your electrical outlet. But if you are plugging in external USB drives that have their own power source (have their own electrical cords to go to your wall outlets), then this hub will work well. Also, if you are plugging in multiple flash drives, which consume little power, then this hub will work well. My main gripe is the short cable that is connected to the hub. Otherwise, this is a very good hub.

Years of photography were stored on 6 different external hard drives. With this Xcellon hub... I can find any of my old photos just by pushing a button to select any of those drives without needing to disconnect . Should have bought this years ago.

Good value for a powered USB hub. Works for me.

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A common issue with external hard drives with 2TB storage is that they are wall-powered and tend to heat up. However, this product is physically small, portable, USB-powered (only one port required), and does not appear to generate heat. It is easy to use on either Windows, Linux or Mac OS and can be easily set up with any backup software. This is one of the better priced external hard drives of any size.