Cables Unlimited USB1870 USB 2.0 7-Port Desktop Hub with Power Review

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(More customer reviews)Another reviewer here complained bitterly about this USB hub because, and I quote verbatim here, "it looks as octopus" and that it wasn't sufficiently "stackable" for him/her. If you have the same mentality as this other reviewer, someone who would doubtlessly return their Bugatti Veyron because the cigarette lighter isn't the proper shade of vermillion or something, I'd suggest you stop reading this particular review immediately; this review will center around characteristics that are meaningful, relevant, and, you know, not idiotic, and will be of no interest to you.

NOT all USB hubs are created equal. There is enough "latitude" in the USB-2 specifications for a hub manufacturer to technically meet the specifications and produce a hub that is, for all practical purposes, useless. MANY hubs on the market, especially the dirt cheap ones, fall into this category. Essentially, they aren't worth the plastic they're made of. The differences between USB hubs is not often covered; everyone mostly assumes that USB hubs are pretty much all the same, a true commodity item, and nothing could be further from the truth.

This is a genuine multi-TT hub, and it works perfectly and reliably. True, if you plug it into power and fully load it with connections, since it's about the size of a pack of cigarettes, it WILL look something like an octopus, although with nine wires sticking out of it instead of eight. How it could possibly look like anything else is beyond me.

I loaded this thing up with 7, 1 TB hard drives and started simultaneous reads and writes to all of them. While the transfers were limited to the total speed of the USB 2 specification (which is perfectly reasonable), it worked perfectly and without a hitch. I then dismounted and removed two of the hard drives and replaced them with a USB headset and USB graphics tablet, and started the test again with the remaining five hard drives while listening to music on the headset and working with the graphics tablet in Photoshop. Again, it worked flawlessly.

Trust me... working flawlessly is something you want in a USB 2 hub, ESPECIALLY if you plan to plug in lots of external hard drives, and especially if they need bus power.

The device is very small and very light. The combined weight and stiffness of the cables plugged into it WILL result in the device not staying put. As disappointing as it may be to some people, gravity and physics WILL apply, EVEN to this well-built, excellent device. I would suggest using zip ties or a paperweight if this is really a problem for you.

If you live in the real world and have concerns outside of high fashion and advanced color coordination, and you need a USB hub, buy this one. It actually, and spectacularly, works.

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Product Description:
Cables Unlimited's 7-Port USB 2.0 Hub adds seven additional USB 2.0 ports to your PC or Mac, allowing you to connect USB devices such as digital cameras, external hard drives, flash drives, and printers. Providing data rates of up to 480Mbps, this 7-port hub is the ideal solution for transferring data between your computer and external USB storage devices.

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