💫 Boosting Connectivity: Belkin SuperSpeed USB 3.0 4-Port Hub for Effortless Data Transfer Review

I bought this hub from Belkin because I need to use it to connect and expand the limited USB 3 ports on my Retina Macbook Pro. The first issue is the 1m performance. The cable limits the placement of this hub as it can't be too far from the power plug. The second problem is that connected devices go offline sometimes (happens once a day). Not too serious, but I'm wondering why because I have 4 devices connected, only 1 device accidentally disconnects. The third issue relates to performance. My…

Most importantly, it works. It works when it's set up and over time. The main disadvantage is that the power cord and USB3 cable are only a few meters long. If you need this all over your computer, you need an extension. With only 4 ports, it also seems a bit pricey. Haven't tried any of the cheaper hubs so don't know if there could be better value. I bought this because my experience with Belkin shows that they make a reliable product and I didn't want to return it if it didn't work!

Worked very well with very high transfer speeds on my new iMac 4K. It was plug and play. Unfortunately, this failed after about two months. There was a difficult and agonizing call to 800. The people were friendly enough, but it took a long, long time to get through the many shifts of operators. A replacement is on the way but I had to leave a credit card pending transaction in case I didn't return the faulty unit. They didn't believe in the slightest, nor did they regret that it had failed so…

I have a 2012 MacBook Pro without a Retina display and like all current Apple models we only have 2 USB 3.0 ports. I needed more ports for external hard drives. Whatever you do, avoid bus-powered USB 3.0 hard drives and ANY USB 3.0 hub with a Mac. I have already lost a hard drive. If the hard drives have their own power supply, up to 3 drives can easily be connected to this hub. I also ran speed tests on all three at the same time and they still didn't work with Firewire 800 drives. As a…

Excellent: For 4 USB 3.0 and 2.0 drives, it did its job perfectly. I have a couple of hubs and for some reason they can't run external USB drives. So I was looking for something that works. I've read the specs of many hubs on Revain and E-Bay and MANY of them had something in the "fine print" about "doesn't work with WD Passport drives or ABC drives or xyz drives". I did not understand it. After much web research, the bottom line is the quality and design of the hub etc. Several people have…

As I write this I am concerned that this hub is shorting out my MacBook Pro. I've had this hub working in my office with no problems despite only having two peripherals attached to it. I brought it home and installed it on my MacBook Pro. I first plugged it into the USB port on the left side of my MBP. There were problems when I connected a floppy disk drive to it. After a few tries, the drive died, and I decided to move the connector from the left USB port to the right USB port. As soon as I…