Review on StarTech Computer Accessories & Peripherals for Computer Cable Adapters by Matt Hamilton

The reason why the price is so low. The good first: 1) Easy connection to Thunderbolt 2) Connected devices are recognized almost immediately. 3) Ability to easily connect external drives that either require power or don't require power 4) Works to charge devices such as headphones when the laptop is off Bad now 1) Assumes 10GB/s. I have one such device and when connected directly via Thunderbolt I get close to the advertised speed of a PCI NVMe 3x4 SSD. However, when the same element is connected to it, which should be 10 Gbps, I only get about 5 Gbps. I have two of them and unfortunately they both behave the same2) Lately I've been using it to charge my iPhone. When a cable started acting like it had gone bad, I threw it away. Later that day I plugged in a good cable and it started behaving the same way. Plug the cable into the direct port of the laptop and the cable will work fine. Other thoughts: I would return both if I knew it wouldn't reach the advertised speed. I bought them to protect my system in the future, but when the future came, things didn't look good.