Compact and Convenient: Vantec 4-Port USB 3.0 Bus-Powered Travel Hub (UGT-MH400U3),Black Review

USB on Mac had its own problems. After looking through 4 brand new USB hubs from 4 different manufacturers, I finally found one that works perfectly with my mid-2012 Mac Pro! My main problem was that after I put my Mac to sleep, I randomly lost ports when waking up the computer. This Vantec port based on the VL812-B2 controller works perfectly! When I wake up the computer even after a deep 10 hour sleep, all ports come back every time! No more crashing hard drives. All the other hubs also had…

Update November 1, 2014: The port connected to one of my primary USB 3.0 external hard drives keeps dropping the hard drive for no reason. I suspect a wiring problem. What does the seller say? I have no idea. After hours of searching for my next powered USB hub, I decided on this model for the following reasons: 1) Aluminum body: not bulky but heavy enough to stay on my desk. 2) USB 3.0 ports 3) Activity lights for each port I used two USB 2.0 hubs, both powered, but one of them had problems…

The USB 3.0 ports are on the back of my computer, so plugging and unplugging a flash drive is quite difficult. I bought something and decided on this one. Ports are a little strange; Sometimes I have to play with the port to make it recognize my flash drive. I can't tell how fast it is because I don't have any software to test it, but my computer recognizes it as 3.0 because it doesn't give me the "runs faster on a 3.0 port" message that I get when I do insert the flash drive into regular USB…

I have had this product for two years now and am looking for a replacement. It seems to have a habit of disconnecting (if that's the right term) with devices attached to it. I have 3 out of 4 ports constantly occupied by different USB external hard drives. The hub seems to randomly decide not to show one or more mapped drives when I transfer files in Windows Explorer. When this first happened I thought maybe it was just a problem with the WD MyBook (USB 3.0) drive. I've updated the firmware on…

I got a 15 inch Macbook Pro Retna at work and needed it to support dual display monitors and gigabit ethernet. With Gnome Ubuntu (3.10/13.10) this device works great as a docking station for my external USB sound card, keyboard, mouse and wired ethernet connection. The only downside that exists so far is that when I have the hub's power supply plugged in, I sometimes have to turn off the hub completely (disconnect both the connection to the computer and power to the hub) for my computer to…