LINKUP - 8-in-1 Docking Station & Adapter Hub for Surface Pro 6/5/4/3/2, Compatible with SD Card Reader, 4K HDMI, SATA SSD, USB-A 3.0, 2X SD/MicroSD, 1x CF Slots, Mini DP, USB3 Inputs for Mac/Windows Review

This could be a great tool, but the external wires are so tough that the cheap plastic case is starting to come loose after a few weeks of use.

I chose the LINKUP 8-in-1 hub to see if I could add a large monitor, keyboard, ethernet and more to my new Surface Pro can connect. I've only had a few weeks of use, but this was an inexpensive way to make those connections. My only concern is that the hub will heat up a bit. Will it continue? Hopefully. My colleague went with a Microsoft hub, which costs many times more than a LINKUP hub.

I ordered this because I needed an inexpensive alternative to a full dock as I don't use a computer every day but I need it to set up my network devices and it allows me to connect switches and routers using management cables and standard RJ45 cables. It worked perfectly right out of the box.

I'm a photographer and I use this to download paid images from CF and SD cards to my Surface Pro 6. I also connect a backup SSD drive to the hub and duplicate to that drive at the same time. I can also plug in an HDMI cable and connect to my TV while streaming Netflix from my Surface Pro. This gives me all the connectivity I could want in one hub and I don't need anything else.

I bought this to add extra USB 3.0 ports to my laptop (Lenovo X1 Carbon) so I can use the KVM switch and Elgato HD60S together. I have a 4-port USB 3.0 hub that doesn't provide enough power for these two devices, so I bought it instead. First of all, it's worth it just because of the 2 USB ports. I don't use this hub for travel but it would be a great addition to a laptop travel kit. Eventually I will get a network switch and be able to test the ethernet port on that hub and also test the SATA…