Review on C2G USB Hub - Convenient 2 Port Black USB Hub by Cables to Go 29525 by Garry Ortiz

The only reason I didn't give a '5' was because I didn't see anything really stand out about it, like price or additional features (like wifi). ! ). It works and I'm happy. Like some others, this is the "second" I've bought from C2G. The first was bought in 2008 for about $20 and has worked great ever since. As mentioned, this is a slightly different version than the "old". It's shorter, but otherwise more or less the same size. The "old" had 4 ports, plus a DC adapter port and a USB port to a PC on the back. There were 3 ports on the front. Because "new" is shorter, there are only 3 connectors on the back and 4 on the front as shown in the picture. As mentioned, the box says "C2G" but the device says "TRULink". I don't really think it matters as long as the part works. Everything else I've ever bought from C2G has been of good quality and worked as advertised. Here I am assuming that like many other products, the shorter form factor simply indicates the evolution of the product. Your laptop doesn't look like your tower PC, but it's just as good, if not better, in many ways. Here is my minimum performance standard for it to work with no "drop outs" or loss of connection. In most cases dropouts can be tolerated. In my case, I use an external USB drive on a weekly basis to copy or clone my laptop's C: drive. Skipping during the process would be fatal and would result in at least trying again, resulting in the loss of several hours of backup. I don't recall any faults with the old unit and have not found a new unit purchased to support a new, second laptop. I've experienced misfires with much cheaper hubs that seem too good to be true. It was worth a try for the cheap price, but I ended up going for the cheap one. I've thought about looking for a USB 3.0 hub, but my new laptop only has a 3.0 port. The other two are 2.0. While I don't really need a hub with a new laptop, the hub serves two valuable purposes: 1) It acts as a "spare port." That means I don't have to plug and unplug things from my laptop and wear out sockets. The bushings in the hub wear out, which are cheaper to replace. 2) Three USB ports in my new laptop are near the front of the keyboard and two are on the right where my mouse should be. My mouse is wireless, so there's only a small connector that fits snugly into a port and doesn't get in the way. If I used a different connector on the right, the USB connector and its cable would get in the way. So I plug this hub into the USB port on the left. Incidentally, C2G also sells a "flexible" USB connector, which allows you to rotate it (and the USB connector and cable) sideways. Although I currently only have two things connected to this hub, I purchased this 7-port. Block instead of the 4 port version. It seemed that the difference in price was not enough to resign. What I really want (and I haven't researched) is a wireless hub that connects to my laptop like my mouse, via a small bug that plugs into a USB port. I still long for the "good old days" when you could just plug a cheap USB stick into your computer and have all the cables in the back. But for now, this hub seems like an inexpensive solution for multiple USB devices.