USB C Hub 8 in 1 Adapter with HDMI, 3 USB 3.0 Ports, Type C PD Charging, Ethernet, SD TF Card Reader, for MacBook/Pro/Air, USB C Devices, Grey

This Hub rocks! Very well made, solid device.I am not using this for what I had originaly planed on. If you have a USB 3.1 type C charging port (or an adapter to convert your phone's input to USB type C) on your phone then the following is what you can us the hub for:Plug your phone's charger into the power port on this hub, then plug the hub's USB Type C out plug into your phone, this will keep your phone charged. This hub has an HDMI out port. Take an ordinary HDMI cable, plug one end into the hub and one end into a tv with an HDMI in port.That's about it, you can now use the tv as a monitor for your Android phone (may work with an Iphone). I paired a bluetooth mouse and keyboard with the phone. I have a full-blown Android desktop computer. Or a huge non-portable Chrome Book.The tv I am using is an off-brand 4k tv. Don't forget to change the tv over to the HDMI port that you have plugged the HDMI cable to on your tv.There are special cables that you can buy that have HDMI on one end and USB Type C on the other. With those cables there can be compatability issues. Also, unless you have wireless charging your phone's battery will drain and your phone's screen has to be on all of the time. Your phone's battery will not power the tv, just plug it into the wall as usual.You can at the same time just use your phone for navigation and typing instead of a bluetooth mouse and a keyboard, but using the bluetooth devices allows your phone's screen to go to sleep and not drain the battery faster than it can charge.I really didn't need to do any of this, I have a Windows desktop and a large screen Hauwei Mate 20 x phone, but my tethering plan only includes 10GB. This way I am using my phone's unlimited data plan for my phone.Unfortunately, few people will be searching for a HUB for the purpose that I am, but hopefully anyone who is looking for a hub with these features will read this review and find another use for it.I figured out the powered hub use myself, but you can (as I stated) use the one cable method, direct from the phone to a tv, but there are isues of compatability, your phone may need to support HDMI Alt mode for display over HDMI which my phone does support. According to an article I read on Google it doesn't mention HDMI Alt mode. I would search and find out if the phone you use supports it. The single cable method does mention devices that the cable is compatible with. My phone isn't listed but still works with the single cable. My phone is a brand new model, so it pretty much supports everything except wireless charging, that is why I started to think about using this hub and an ordinary HDMI cable.

I bought this because I needed to have Ethernet as well as a way to keep my computer powered and charging. I am using three of the four USB-C ports on my mac for external monitors, so this was a perfect solution.The only thing I've seen is that every now and then, I see that my computer is losing battery life, even when I have the power cord attached through this adapter. It's not a big deal, because it only gets down to 80%. I usually go to lunch by then and it's back to 100% after my lunch break.It doesn't always happen, though, so I'm not too worried. But, if you're a power user, this might have an impact on you. I use mine for running VMs in Parallels or VMWare as well as light Xamarin development in Visual Studio for mac. I have a PC that I use to develop with most of the time, so this mostly serves as a remote build host for iOS apps.Overall, I am very happy with this purchase and don't know how I'd do my work without it.

With the new line of Apple Mac Book Pros, the nightmare with dongles and adapters has no end. This simple device resolves the most common needs for my home office: external monitor, USB drives, power and Ethernet.I tested one other adapter like this, and both seem to overheat when the computer battery is charging. This device gets so hot that I had to improvise a simple stand made of metal to avoid any fire hazard by sitting directly on top of a wood desk.The only unexpected behavior I have found is that the router freezes when I disconnect the device from the Mac and I'm using the ethernet port. That is, the following configuration will freeze my Assus router when I unplug the adapter from the Mac: ethernet, power, HDMI attached to adapter --> adapter to Mac port. Played with several configurations, and only disconnecting the ethernet port from the adapter does not take down all network access when I unplug from the Mac.

As a developer I have a lot of machines, both Windows and Mac. I frequently am carrying multiple laptops. Having things that just work regardless of which laptop I'm using is critical. This hub is fantastic on the road and at home. It works whether I'm using my Dell XPS or my MacBook Pro. One of the great things about this is that it only takes up a single USB-C port instead of the 2 that many of the MacBook Pro focused hubs do. This frees up an extra port for other peripherals.At home this also works as great as a makeshift dock as I can plug my power directly into the hub, along with my usb keyboard/mouse and a conventional 10-port USB hub, as well as an extra monitor. For my setup I have two extra monitors which means that I get lots of USB, power, and 2 monitors while only occupying 2 of the 4 USB-C ports which is fantastic.

I bought this for my work bag, I work in the IT field. I was looking for a hub that would work for laptops with only usb type C connections. It has everything that one would need. An ethernet port, HDMI port and USB 3.0 ports and sd card slots. And as a surprise I tried it with my Note 9 to see if I could use it for Samsung Dex and it works flawlessly. I just plugged in an HDMI cable to the monitor and added a wireless keyboard and mouse dongle and it works flawlessly. I now have a multi tool and a way to use my cell phone as a PC on the go. I highly recommend it to my tech heads out there.

I have a hi-end AlienWare Laptop. It only had 2 USB 3.0 ports but it also has a few USB C ports. I have a bunch of units that need to be connected to the laptop and I was running out of ports. I also need a SD Slot to deal with my Camera Memory. Added to that was a needed USB 2 port. This compact USB device has it all. A USB C port so I can piggy back another unit on to this one. It has 2 USB 3 ports, 1 USB 2 port an RJ-45 (NIC) port, a SD Flash Memory Slot and a HDMI port.I plugged my camera memory into the SD port , a WD My Passport 1TB Drive into the USB 3 port and a USB 3 Flash Memory stick into the USB 2 port. They all were recognized by the system and opened.I am very happy with this unit. It works exactly as I hoped.