Review on 🔌 CableDeconn USB-C Type-C 8K Video Bi-Direction Switch Cable – USB 3.1 C Gen 2 (8K@30Hz, 4K@120Hz) Power Delivery 100W – 10Gbps Data Transfer – Splitter Converter by Tim Wheeler

This is a nice USB-C switching device for switching from two USB-C sources (two computers) to one USB-C output (e.g. USB-C). storage device). C docking station with multiple monitors attached). Additionally, this USB-C switch is bi-directional, meaning both data and power can be sent back to any USB-C source from a connected USB-C monitor or USB-C dock. What setup is required? Is that a USB-C switch? If you have a USB-C monitor that you want to extend to one of two computers (one computer at a time), you need to use this USB-C switch. If your USB-C monitor has USB ports other than USB-C video input, you can connect peripherals such as a webcam, USB external hard drive, or other USB devices to the USB-C monitor. , and these devices can connect to either of the two USB-C source devices (one source device at a time). If your USB-C monitor has two inputs and can switch between them, you don't need this USB-C switch. This USB-C switch can also connect a USB-C dock as an output, so any peripheral (including multiple monitors, multiple USB devices, SD cards, hard drives, etc.) can be connected to the USB-C dock can switched. between two USB-C sources (each one USB-C source). Pros: 1. This switch can reliably switch two USB-C sources to one USB-C target.2. USB-C sources connected to the two USB-C upstream ports of this USB-C switch are powered when the device connected to the USB-C downstream port of this switch uses USB-C can supply upstream electricity. However, only one USB-C source can receive this power at a time. So when you connect two laptops via their USB-C ports to the input ports of this USB-C switch, only the active source gets power. However, this is expected behavior.3. USB devices connected to a USB-C output device (USB-C monitor or USB-C dock) reliably switch between the two USB-C sources. Cons: 1. This switch needs to be powered by the included mini USB cable. The other end of the cable can be plugged into a USB-A power connector, such ports supply sufficient power). Personally, I was able to connect the mini-USB cable that came with this USB-C switch to the back of my USB-C monitor's USB-A port, and that port had enough power to power this USB-C to supply with electricity. Switch. Although this USB-C switch is powered by the target USB-C device and can power both USB-C source devices, this switch itself cannot be powered by USB-C. This is a big mistake in my opinion. There's no reason (known to me) why this switch couldn't be powered via USB-C.2. This switch comes with a USB-C to USB-C cable to connect one of the USB-C sources to one of the USB-C upstream ports on this switch. However, the cable does not provide enough bandwidth for my scenario. I have a 5K@60Hz monitor connected to a DP1.4 pass-through port on a QGeeM docking station, and the 5K monitor would not turn on when I installed the USB-C to USB adapter that came with this USB dongle. USB-C cable used. With switch. I happened to purchase another USB-C to USB-C USB4.0 cable from Revain (not knowing that this switch already came with the cable) so this other cable I bought was sufficient bandwidth for my 5K. A 60Hz monitor connected to a USB-C dock works reliably. Also, I have another 1440p monitor connected to a DisplayLink enabled DP port on the same QGeeM dock, and this monitor also works well with a 5K monitor (connected to the same dock) - use so far I used a USB-C to USB-C USB4.0 cable that I bought from Revain. I also tried a Thunderbolt 3 cable (made by Pluggable) in the same scenario and it seems that even though both monitors were powered on, there were some issues with the Logitech Streamcam camera feed connected to the same USB port of the Docking station with support for QGeeM DISplayLINK, which I believe is due to the Thunderbolt 3 cable not being able to provide enough bandwidth for all the data and video required to pull the cable from the attached USB to pass C source. The only cable that could work with both external monitors, a Logitech Streamcam (both video and microphone), and audio output from two stereo speakers on one of the monitors (via the dock's DP port) was this USB4 USB-C -Cable to USB-C. This Cable: Uzanpie Certified USB4 Cable 0.8m 40Gbps 100W 20V/5A USB4 Gen3 Compatible with Thunderbolt 4 3 Enhanced Thunderbolt 3 Cable Support 5K or 4K x 2K 60Hz for Pixel Mac Book eGpu Docking Station Hub , but if I were you, I'd buy two of these Unzanpie cables from Revain if you're considering buying this USB-C switch, because there's a good chance you already have other USB-C or Thunderbolt cables or have a USB -C cable C that comes with this switch will not work reliably for you due to the limited data bandwidth.3. The USB-C output port on this USB-C switch is a wired cable on the side of the switch and a USB-C male connector on the other end. This is the end you would connect to a USB-C monitor or USB-C dock. This cable is probably around 2-3 feet long, which can be quite long, but at the same time it creates a lot of table clutter. You should be able to access this USB-C switch because it has a button to toggle between two USB-C sources; So this switch needs to be placed on the table, but the long wire cable will cause a lot of noise on the table. I figured I could maybe place a USB-C switch on the floor under my desk and switch input sources with my toes, but the USB-C output cable that's hardwired into this USB-C switch isn't long enough for the switch. If the dock (or monitor) you are connecting this switch to is on a table, sit on the floor. Overall, this dock is a very solid device, but your mileage will depend on the quality of the monitor or USB-C dock you plug this Switch into. Also, once again, I strongly recommend you to buy the USB-C cable mentioned above to avoid problems with this USB-C switch coming from the USB-C cable you are using which may not have enough data features throughput.