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Review on πŸ’» Cable Matters 4 Port USB 3.0 Switch Hub for 4 Computers and USB Peripherals - Button or Wireless Remote Control Swapping - USB-C Adapter Included by Andrew Pickering

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Looks solid but didn't work for me.

Pretty cool device, the remote control is very cool but it didn't work for me. In the beginning it was great, but after 10 minutes I had the first disconnection. Everything seems fine when idle, but as soon as I start pushing bandwidth through the device, it just shuts down. The connected device works fine, connected directly to my PC, but as soon as I put that switch back in, it starts to disconnect. If you look at the Event Viewer, it seems that the USB hub and device driver crashed. It smacks of a hardware design issue. My guess is that the hardware can't handle the higher data rates or the quality of the signal through the device is causing a data loss or corruption issue that is causing the driver to crash. I don't think this thing handles USB 3.0 well and USB 2.0 devices work fine. I really wish this would work for me, but for what it is and costs over $50, it should work just fine. It would have been better at around $25 given the design and inability to handle high bandwidth.

Pros
  • Handsfree
Cons
  • Communication with seller