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Australia, Canberra
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Review on ๐Ÿ”Œ BrovSS: 10 Port USB 2.0 Powered Hub - High Capacity USB Extension Splitter with 12V 5A 60W Power Adapter. Seamlessly Connect up to 10 Electronics and USB Peripherals. (Black) by Jyothish Pillai

Revainrating 3 out of 5

Decent USB hub but obsolete as a mining USB hub

Ok I bought this device about a year ago and have been using it ever since so I think I have enough decent reviews after a year of use become review. First, because it is advertised as a mining USB hub. With current miners on the market in 2019, this hub is NOT designed to handle them. For example, Sapphire Block Erupter in 2013 and Bitmain's Antminer U1 were perfect for this hub. However, modern USB miners like Gekkoscience Newpacs and Futurebit Moonlander 2 are not perfect. As these miners require at least 2.5-3 amps per port to function properly. And this hub delivers nothing if you use more than 3 of these types of USB miners. I currently have 3 Moonlander 2s on this hub and this maximizes hub usage. When I put a 4th Moonlander on this hub it starts dropping Asic due to power issues. Newpacs is even worse. You can only run 2 new packages on this hub. Anything less than that and you will run into power issues for Asic miners. So the final analysis is that I gave it 3 stars. Mainly the build of the device and the quality as it's pretty solid and reliable for what I've been using it for. I deducted 2 stars for 1: the ad is out of date. This product is no longer suitable for USB miners. Now it's more of a data hub/charging station. And 2: What the outdated ad confirms is the inability to run more than 2 (newpacs) or 3 (moonlanders) USB miners on this hub.

Pros
  • GOLS certified
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