Review on 🪐 Quirky Spacebar POP Monitor Stand and 6-Port USB Hub - Streamline Your Desk Setup with Style (White) by Daniel Greene

First the cons: My all white plastic spacebar POP feels a bit cheap. There were small scratches everywhere even though the item was brand new and the box was sealed with tape. The cast symbols are too thin in my opinion. The product description on Revain at the time of ordering and writing this review incorrectly states that there are four USB ports that provide both power and "sync" (USB data connection) on the front and two ports on the back for power only Load . That's wrong, at least on the device I received. The two front ports on the left (on the same side where the power and USB cable connects to the computer) are for charging only, and the four ports on the right (two in front, two in back) are USB . data ports. Calling it a "6-port HUB" is misleading and likely to cause confusion. The included power adapter is a rather clunky "wall wart" design. You may need to plan for this as there may not be enough space on your existing power strip. If it weren't for the two shortcomings mentioned above, I would give this product a full 5 stars. In terms of size, I personally would have liked it to be a little higher, but that's a nitpick and a matter of personal taste. I think most people would be pretty happy with the size of this design. As for USB 3.0, there seems to be a lot of confusion about this product. Let me be clear: the product is indeed a USB 3.0 hub. As a techie, I would have preferred the USB data ports to be blue to make it clearer that they were USB 3.0 ports and data (and more broadly, if the charging ports were orange or some other color resembling us , that this is only charged ). When I received the product I thought it was not USB 3.0. But after some careful checking, I discovered that my USB-C to USB-B 3.0 cable was defective. Additional testing, including using Quirky's supplied USB B 3.0 cable (included), confirmed that this is a USB 3.0 device. USB 3.0 connections are a bit odd as they "overlap" (like phone area codes) over USB 2.0. Connections also made with the same set of cables. As if two trees planted too close together had intertwined their branches. One lives separately from the other. If your cable doesn't fit (like my first cable), the USB 3.0 hub can still function as a USB 2.0 hub, and any attached devices will still work, albeit as a USB 2.0 device. Loading an image from my Device Manager showing what is shown in my setup, with my computer connected to my monitor (which has a USB 3.0 hub built in), which is then connected to a fancy POP (USB 3.0) slot , which was then connected to Multiple USB 2.0 devices, plus a separate 4-port USB 3.0 hub. Finally, a Pixel 3 XL phone with USB-C port was connected to this latest hub. The image shows that the device tree has both SuperSpeed (USB 3.0) hubs and Standard (USB 2.0) hubs and connected devices intertwined. The most important thing to look at is the actual working tree of USB 3.0 connections. I hope this information is helpful to others who are wondering if this is a USB 3.0 device. For the price I paid, I definitely got my money's worth. Costs. I was torn between giving this place 4 or 5 stars. Considering the price I'm leaning towards 5 stars.