Usb C Laptop Dock

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I bought this to replace my ThinkPad Ultra Docking Station (type 40AJ). My laptop would periodically overheat while using it, even with a cooling pad with fans. The profile of the docking station prevented the fans from cooling the laptop body. This new dock works great. The laptop has not overheated at all with the new dock. This Hybrid USB-C has plenty of slots for my needs (USB, HDMI, speakers). It has a nice, small footprint as well. I recommend it!

A compact, weighty and well designed dock. I like the ability to charge my Envy laptop vis the USB C port. Not sure why the AC adaptor has to be so large and heavy - seems at odds with the svelte design of the docking unit.

I currently use this switch to share a monitor's USB hub between my work laptop's thunderbolt dock and my desktop PC. It carries my keyboard, mouse, audio, and webcam data without a hitch! Love the price and glad it includes both USB type B cables.

This dock is absolutely worth it. I have dual 1440p monitors (one Apple Thunderbolt Display and one Cinema Display), both are running perfectly at 60 hz via adapters. I keep an external SSD plugged into the 10 gbps port and get great consistent speeds. No problem getting sustained full gigabit speeds over the Ethernet port. I often get handed SD cards by my colleagues to offload media to our servers. Those transfers are fast with the UHS-II card reader. USB thumb drives are also so handed to me frequently, these get plugged in the front USB ports. All this AND I get 87 watts of power to my laptop. Now I can unplug just one cable if I have to go to a meeting or do a video call in another room. The CalDigit software that ejects everything with one click is nice as well. In short, my laptop becomes a desktop with just one cable. This is the best purchase you can make for your mac if you use it in a professional environment. If you’re on the fence, just buy it. It’s better than all other options on the market at the time of this writing (August 2020).

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] The Plugable USB-C Dual 4K Display Dock 100W comes with everything needed to make your laptop display with other monitors. It gives full and good resolution. I installed the driver from the website and it was very smooth process. It has vents so doesn't really overheat. The dock does require its own power adapter which is what provides all the power to the ports and also includes laptop charging. Definitely great for those that need the extra monitors or great for remote work/travelling. Some of the specs are: ~5 USB 3.0 ports (3 in the front, 2 in the back), Dual display, both supporting HDMI or DP (up to 4K 60 hertz), Ethernet jack~Headphone/Speaker 3.5mm jack, Microphone jack, SD and micro SD card slots. The dock connects to your laptop via the USB C jack and supports up to 100W charging power to your laptop

This dock works very well for what I'm using it for. With a single USB C connection, I can connect to the dock and keep my laptop charged at the same time. The dock is connected to a mouse and USB keyboard and a 15 FHD portable monitor as a second screen. Very convenient. Especially for the price

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I often unplug my laptop from my desk. I have a couple USB ports, a HDMI , Power, wired USB mouse and USB printer, that I utilize on my laptop. Each time I want to move my laptop to another area of my home, I have to unplug everything. At some point I fear that the ports will wear out as I do this often. I got this Thunderbird 4 Dock so I could plug each of my devices into it and only have to unplug 2 cables. My power and Lightning cable. My laptop doesn't charge via the USB C port. But that is ok. My laptop is also only wifi. No ethernet built in. I took all the devices that I plug into my laptop and plug them into my dock. I even plug in the ethernet from my wall. Everything works great! All devices were recognized. There is no lag or noticeable issues when I have all the devices running. The dock is very cool looking too. I have used docks where I push my laptop down on it. I never was a fan of those. I enjoy using the USB C connector. So much more simple. My router is across the house. So my internet has been flaky. Now that I use the ethernet in the dock, it is much more stable and much faster. I am a licensed Amateur Radio Operator (ham). I feared that this device would cause interference. I ran some tests with it and there is zero interference from this device. I am very pleased with this dock.

So I got my new OWC Drive Dock, USB/C 10MBIT/sec max. Here is my short report for my initial testing. Looks like a Mac Studio (maybe a little bit ), a bit heavy, very solid with lots of Aluminum for good cooling. Did not run warm at all, drives were lukewarm. Simple easy to use, just plug and play, comes with two cables, USB/c for 10MBIT/s and a Type A USB, 5Mbit/s, plus of course a power cable. Testing it out: * Copying35GB to a 7200rpm, 6GB Sata drive took a while, transfer speed hovering around 130Mbit/s (Compared to 20-35 on the old drive dock). Copying from the drive was at about 1 GigaBIT/s (!!!) to my laptop with a fast NVME drive) * Switching to a Samsung SSD 840 (an older drive I had laying around, specs say 540MBIT/S read speed, slower write for sure), I was copying to the drive at max 130MBIT/s, Reading to the laptop at 1-1.4 GBIT/s (!!!) The good is that the drive dock can handle 2 drives at the time, a mix of both large and small SATA connection drives, of which I have a bunch at much better performance than the old USB 3 dock, well worth it! I Wish it also had an M2/NVME connector, Recommended for sure!

With me from the dock supports my 30-inch monitor, my 26-in monitor, and my laptop monitor. It has two DisplayPort connectors as well as the usual array of USB ports. I will have to add a USB hub to accommodate an excessive amount of external drives. The dock has all the power that I could want at the moment.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] The multiport dock is a great addition to my laptop, offering two USB-C ports and a standard USB port. There is also a PD 3.0 port, which makes charging more efficient. The dock doesn't come with the recommended charger, which both charges the dock as well as providing up to 50W pass through charge for attached devices, however I used the dock hooked into my laptop. It powered multiple devices without any reduction in the operating speed of the laptop or the attached devices. I did not attach a monitor although there is a VGA port to attach one, as well as an HDMI port. There is also SD and micro SD ports to upload pictures.