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Review on πŸ”Œ j5create 4-Port USB 3.0 Data Hub: Faster Data Transfer with Extended Cable and Power Adapter for Mac, MacBook, Windows, Laptop, Surface, XPS, PC (JUH340) by Chris Shepherd

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Best kept secret (best hub I've ever had) Home use + Astrophotography

Bought one from Best Buy and ordered a second from Revain today. I bought this a long time ago to use with my laptop/tablet (Lenovo Ideapad) which only had two USB ports. This hub has served me well on my desk for over a year. I connected it to a USB PS/2 adapter and integrated it neatly with an old KVM switch. Everything just worked. Other USB hubs I've had have always been finicky. If they worked fine for a few days, it was only a matter of time before something went wrong. On my desktop computer, I stopped using USB hubs because I had to constantly disconnect and reconnect external hard drives. I found hubs that were reasonably reliable but not "perfect". When I got into astronomy and astrophotography in 2019, I had hubs that just didn't work reliably. I often had to disconnect and reconnect devices when they stopped working or hung. When I switched to this hub, these problems went away. I haven't had to reset the USB connection for months, if ever. with this great center. This mobile hub is so good that I will be buying two more to use one on my main desktop workstation. I even bought a big $130 rackmount USB hub and this one was better.

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