Belkin SuperSpeed USB 3.0 4-port Hub

I tested a few different brands and this unit is the first powered multi-USB hub that will allow me to transfer large data files from one hard drive to a second with both connected on the hub at the same time. I have two different brand laptops each one with its own single unique port and the process works for both. It has given me no problems driving other peripherals. Connection are tight and holding up. I move my setup around so the hub gets book-bag treatment and I've been using it for three months. So far so good. I'm very dependent on a powered hub that works so I'm buying two more as backups, just in case the unit turns out to be is the real deal.

Installed with tape & cable ties so no movement, worked fine for over a year then different devices started having failing symptoms, took a while to realize the Hub was the common item with all issues (threw away some flash drives). Started using the USB ports on the front of the desktop and ALL problems went away. When uninstalling I noticed the cable seemed to be intermittent. I temporally replaced the cable with a short cable from a hard drive but windows still could not see a portable hard drive when plugged in. Thought I spent extra money to get a quality product but this one only lasted about 15 months.

This hub is useful for adding extra devices. I use it daily to upload podcasts to an MP3 player. It's quicker than locating one of the other USB outlets which are located in the back of my PC. However, this does hub use an adaptor so it needs to be plugged into an outlet. The cord is very short so if you are very far from your outlet, you'll not find this useful. For me, it's a few inches short of what would be most convenient and I'm thinking of buying another that would not need an adaptor eliminating that problem. The short cord is the only drawback. The device is slim and works well. The price is right.

I had a issue with my Bluetooth devices. The range was too short. I fixed that issue with this product.

We bought this hub because one of the USB ports on my older Mac Air went out. We thought this would be a great solution for me to use an external drive and my Apple CD Superdrive at the same time. I probably should have known this, but you can only run a CD Superdrive from the Mac USB. I assumed that if the hub was powered, the Superdrive would be fine. From what I've been seeing on other sites, it sounds like Macs in general have trouble with any non-powered drive (regardless of the hub), and have a tendency to sporadically lose connection. I never got the Superdrive to work. If I have it wrong on the Mac issue, and there's a fix, I'd be glad to hear about it. This device will probably be fine on a PC, but I just don't have experience with one.