Vantec 4 Port SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Hub
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Saturday, August 16, 2014
By: James
From: Calgary
Strengths:
Read the product description.
Weaknesses:
I don't adore how far the casing body extends around the ports - seems a little bulky, but meh. More ports would be nice too.
Additional Comments:
I like this hub. I like the short cable, as I often use this with either my laptop or my Raspberry Pi. If I need something longer, that's what I have a bin of USB cables for. I think this is a perfectly fine hub.
Thursday, January 16, 2014
By: Aaron
From: Calgary
Strengths:
Haven't had any issues with this one, works fine for me. Solid hub.
Weaknesses:
Incredibly short cord (just under 4 feet) will cause you to go mental trying to find a place to put it.
Additional Comments:
Decent hub, performance-wise equal to the expensive D-Link. Having used both, I found the D-Link flaky, and this one is pretty solid.
Monday, December 23, 2013
By: Chris
From: Calgary
Strengths:
NONE!
Weaknesses:
Everything! Cord to computer is short!!! Made computer act wierd! Drives would appear to be empty! Some Drives were not even recognized!
Additional Comments:
Stay away! Peice of grabage! Returned for refund. Not sure if I got a dud but didn't want to find out and have to return again.
Thursday, July 18, 2013
By: hani
From: Calgary
Strengths:
none
Weaknesses:
included USB cable is short
USB 3.0 devices would at times be recognized as 2.0 devices, required being unplugged and plugged in again to make it recognize it correctly - this does not happen when plugging the same device into any of the USB 3.0 ports on the laptop.
USB 2.0 enabled connection from UPS would fail to communicate when plugged into the hub - this does not happen when plugged into the laptop directly or into a USB 2.0 hub
Additional Comments:
not worth the price or the time wasted
Sunday, May 12, 2013
By: Jon S.
From: Edmonton
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
By: Sam
From: calgary
Strengths:
I got four of this device connected to my mac mini 2012 and they have yet to fail me. I only got them about 2 months connecting keyboard,4 hard drives and I even boot the mac mini from an external hard drive using this USB 3 HUB. So far so good.
Weaknesses:
none so far.
Additional Comments:
wonderful devices
Monday, January 28, 2013
By: Eric
From: Calgary
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
By: Brad
From: Edmonton
Strengths:
Worked OK for the first year, decent speed when connecting USB 2.0 or 3.0 devices.
Weaknesses:
Short stock cord, you'll end up by a longer one as others have said
Died just after the warranty was up.
Additional Comments:
Had it for about a year on my nice clean desktop, was one of the first USB 3.0 hubs MemEx stocked. It's been about a year, and now has died. After Win 7 recognizes it, won't detect anything plugged into it, but will still provide power, and somehow Win 7 sees it as a hub. Tried on multiple computers, same result. Out it goes. Here's hoping the new D-Link version (which is more expensive of course) works better.
Friday, December 30, 2011
By: itrider
From: calgary
Strengths:
Looks appealing.
Nice packaging.
Weaknesses:
None of my USB 3.0 devices will operate as such when attached via this hub. They all work fine when plugged directly into the motherboard ports. But when using this hub windows 7 warns that it detects a USB 3.0 device attached via 2.0 port or hub.
Also the host side cable is short to the point of useless.
Additional Comments:
So it was basically a waste of time and money.
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
By: Jared
From: Calgary
Strengths:
very small/compact, almost tiny.
hi-speed USB hub works great with 2.0, and Mac.
Doesn't overheat.
hi-speed USB hub works great with 2.0, and Mac.
Doesn't overheat.
Weaknesses:
No indicator lights - just showing power light,
USB connector (upstream) is way to short (only 41" - just shy of 4 feet) for easy placement or for shelving.
you will probaby end up buying yet another cord.
upstream connector looks slightly different.
USB connector (upstream) is way to short (only 41" - just shy of 4 feet) for easy placement or for shelving.
you will probaby end up buying yet another cord.
upstream connector looks slightly different.
Additional Comments:
I didn't like the length of the upstream cord (from this unit to pc) it's just 41". Should have been 4 feet at least (6 feet optimal). Makes it hard for placement.
You can easily get a longer cord that will fit (the standard USB) when using USB 2.0 devices
I haven't tried the standard USB cord with 3.0 devices, but that could mean you'll be buying Another cord.
You can easily get a longer cord that will fit (the standard USB) when using USB 2.0 devices
I haven't tried the standard USB cord with 3.0 devices, but that could mean you'll be buying Another cord.
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