I just got an email from Quincy who, as a loyal reader of my blog, is also concerned about the satisfaction of the other readers. He read a recommendation in the Macwelt newsletter about the 7-port USB 3.0 hub UH7000C from Kensington goes. He bought this a few weeks ago and has been using it ever since.
The special feature of this hub is the feature that it can not only be used as a hub, but that it can also charge two devices at the same time via the USB port. For example an iPhone and an iPad. The total amperage that the hub can deliver is 4 amps, so you can expect the usual charging speed of the strong iPhone or iPad power supply when you are limited to two devices at the same time. Of course, you can also connect 5 iPhones, but then of course the charging time increases accordingly. ;)
Quincy wrote me a short version of his review:
USB sticks connected and iPhone and iPad (!) And:
everything is recognized and the two are charged !!!
They are now even displayed "simultaneously" in iTunes,
you can switch between the two ...
I am pleased that the hub does its job so well on the Quincy Mac in practice. Unfortunately, he has only received one rating on Amazon so far, and that too received a 1-star ratingbecause the hub did not recognize almost all of the customer's USB 2.0 hard drives. I would pay less attention to it and give the device a chance. It is important that you take the 7-port version so that you also get the charging function. At Amazon you can get the hub for just under 50 EUR (as of May 18.5.2015, 66), which is a very good price. The RRP is around XNUMX EUR.
Personally, I've had one for ages Anker USB 3 hubthat I can also recommend. It has a charging port with 1,5 A, which is enough for me. But especially the support at Anker is impressive. The hub had disconnections every now and then after 1,5 years. I wrote this directly to the Anker support team and less than 3 days later a brand new hub was in my mail. This is how customer service works. :)
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+1 for the hub and support