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Review on TOTU Upgraded Universal Charging Extended by Chris Pettway

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Now I have 4 monitors!

I just bought an HP Specter x360 13 inch laptop to replace my old Surface Book (1st gen). I used a Surface Book with a Surface Dock and two external monitors in addition to the SB monitor and it was great. But I also have another monitor waiting to be used (for something other than my Nintendo Switch). When I saw that this docking station allowed me to use all my monitors with my new laptop, I decided to give it a try and I'm glad I did. Installation was easy. First I installed the drivers using the toggle switch that came complete with docking station. Then I connected everything - all 3 monitors, keyboard, mouse and speakers. I then connected the dock to my new laptop with the included USB-C to USB-C cable. And, boom, everything caught fire! a setup that rivals my 6 monitor setup at work (yes, I love and hoard monitors - what can I say, I'm a programmer). In any case, it works great! If anything changes I'll update this review but for now I'd say if you're looking for a docking station for your laptop give it a try. EDIT: Just want to point out that I'm getting lag/freezes when using all 3 external monitors and the laptop screen. As soon as I unplug one of the external monitors, the freezing/freezing goes away. I do NOT think this is a problem with the docking station but that I'm pushing too hard on my laptop or the USB-C port. I haven't tried turning off the laptop monitor (run out of time) but thought, I would mention it here. Work. So it looks like I'm just stuck opening and closing additional tabs in Chrome and Edge. Otherwise everything works perfectly. I even tried shutting down the laptop so I'm only using 3 external monitors and it still happens. Aside from freezing when opening or closing tabs, everything works fine, including recently opened tabs. Unless something changes, I have no plans to add new updates. The docking station works great. In fact, I used it all day today with only 2 external monitors on my work laptop before switching to my personal laptop and I ran into issues.

Pros
  • Price
Cons
  • Useless features