Coolgear 7-Port USB 3.0 Industrial Metal Hub with Surge Protection, 36watt AC Adapter included

Well, this hub is not working out well.... Corsair products (keyboard, Nexus, Elgato Stream Deck) do not work with this hub, they work fine in my el cheapo 4 port grommet hole hub but not this high quality, USB hub. Reluctant to return for refund, it works with other components. Ordered a different hub that I can mount under desk, if that one works then this one is going back.

Great quality, love the utilitarian look. It integrates well into my desk as a custom installation and does not draw attention to itself — it’s a USB hub not a decoration.Easy to mount out of the way due to its low profile AND the fact that the upstream USB port and DC power port are on the back side of the hub. With other hubs you’ll always have the upstream cable sticking out the front. Not ideal for flush-mounting to the edge of your desktop.I bought the USB 3.0 version because I had the same hub with USB 2.0. The older USB 2.0 version did not work properly with my thunderbolt dock (running a Dell XPS15 9570 and Dell TB16 dock). It would crash the whole USB bus on the dock after less than a minute of being connected, even after updating all the firmwares and drivers. The TB16 just doesn’t like the USB hub chips inside the USB 2.0 version. 🤷🏼‍♂️The USB 3.0 version has cured this problem and given me many more built in ports on my electronics workbench! The added bandwidth of USB 3.0 is a nice plus.The price is relatively high for a USB hub, but this product makes up for it in being one of the only “low key” USB hubs available, with a metal chassis that is mountable, and it comes with a 12V/3A (36W) power supply that can provide some serious power to a number of connected USB devices. Further, most hubs will cheap out and include an unusably-short, poorly made USB cable. The cable provided with this one is sturdy, well built, and is 6ft long — long enough to run under and across my workbench to my dock from the opposite corner.Perfect. I plan to be using this hub for decades to come (or as long as USB 3.0 type A stays relevant)!

Description says ESD and SURGE protected, but don't believe it. Nearby lightning strike, all ports dead, plus connected equipment USB ports damaged/not working. And no offer to pay for damaged equipment repairs. Be aware!

Hub would not detect and install drivers when plugged into a USB 3 port. Worked properly when plugged into a USB 2 port. Only use for low speed devices such as keyboards, printers, etc.

Works great. not a problem with a single port. I have it on my desk for now. i got it for its mounting ability. im going to mount it under my desk. Metal all the way around. real sturdy. heavy. feels like a quality product in the hands. works for everything i need. super convenient. Only Downside is the price. took a nice chunk of change for this bad boy. Thing is i looked up every mountable 7PORT U.S.B hub. this one was the only one that fit every single one of my needs. so i have no complaints about the physical product itself. just the price. but is thee best one on amazon in my opinion. haven't tried them all. but from what i could read n see. this one had all i wanted. all the others had something i wanted but not everything. this one had all but price. But oh well so far well worth it. ill make an update after a longer time of use.

Attempted to use this as a peripheral hub for my PC however it suffers from constant power issues. Razer RGB keyboard constantly suffers from disconnection. Elgato Stream Deck XL suffers from constant disconnection issues and often stays powered off.I cannot recommend this product. It is flawed and completely unfit for purpose.

I have purchased several of these and I keep having random device issues. I have even sent a couple in for repair but no issue was found. I'm not sure what USB standard is being followed but it's not a very reliable one.I have had devices that were working normally all of a sudden stop working. When I unplug it and move it to a different port it will work for a little while and then quit working. All of the 7 port hubs I have are connected to Intel NUC's which are short on USB ports. YMMV

It's a great hub with good mounting options. Another pro: the power and to-pc USB cable are on the back, which weirdly isn't standard on some hubs. Haven't run speed tests but don't really care, it's for peripherals like mouse, headset, keyboard, etc that I didn't have enough ports for.