iVANKY FusionDock Max 1 MacBook Pro dock review

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[@michaelelliott8350]

A few comments after trying this out myself (MacBook Pro M3 Max): 1) Back USB-A ports support limited device types. I had a couple USB 3 hubs that I discovered only worked in the front USB-A ports. After several exchanges with support, they indicated this was by design, because the back ports use a "second level HUB chip". Nowhere in their documentation or online do I find this limitation documented. 2) Test out all your ports when you received the unit. The one I received had an SD card reader that didn't work. I tested it with SD cards that worked in a USB-A SD card reader plugged into one of the USB-A ports on the front of the unit. 3) With the unit I purchased ALL the USB-A ports stop working after 72 hours. 4) I had several interactions (through email, generally a day turnaround per interaction). They clearly do not read emails, as each email included questions that were already answered in the prior email. So in summary: USB-A limitations, poor quality control (SD card reader and fail of all USB-A ports), poor product support

[@robert_starling]

I totally bought this immediately based on your review and it is working amazing. Plus, when I wrote iVanky about a longer dual Thunderbolt 4 cable, they offered to send me two 6ft TB4 cables to use until they make longer dual cables.

[@Faisal2c]

They sent it for free?

[@robert_starling]

Yes, two individual 6ft cables at no charge.

[@goorthiss]

Well cool powering a dozen plugged-in devices, and where the real tests? Show the speed of a plugged NVMe drive without the dock as well as with the dock with several devices plugged in, the same with a 10Gb lan connection to the NAS and copying files, show whether the full capacity of the Thunderbolt 4 2x40Gb ports is used doing simultaneous copying from several connected devices, etc. And most importantly, whether the dock works stably and does not disconnect devices under heavy use.

[@thegrtgazoo]

$550 to plug my shit in Bahahahahaha

[@bradnelson3595]

When you said "expensive," I was expecting the price to be about $700-800$. But if this offers the solution that you said it does, $469.00 doesn't seem so bad, especially considering that there are $300+ docks that don't give anywhere near the functionality. If you need a couple (or four?) 4k monitors, 10 gigabyte Ethernet, and some other stuff hanging off your Mac, this certainly looks viable. But will it make you a cup of coffee in the morning?

[@velocitymj]

Just before I pulled the trigger on my purchase for this dock, I contacted Ivanky to find out if it is compatible with a Mac Mini M2 Pro. Ivanky replied to my email today and said that it is not compatible with a Mac Mini M2 Pro. The dock is ONLY COMPATIBLE with M1, M2, M3, Macbook Pro Max computers.. it has to have the Max chip.

[@josephnash3015]

Thanks to your review, I ordered one. I just got a 16” MBP M3 Max. I then realized when cobbling my old USB peripherals, thru a 3 to 1 USB dongle, to a USB-C dongle, that none of my 3 back up hard drives were recognized and/or would disconnect/reconnect by themselves. So I decided to “cry once” and go for this one. But, in retrospect, buying those other thunderbolt docks to only end up getting this one, it’s cheaper in the long run.

[@christianschmeer]

If it had 10 GbE it would be worth the price.

[@ThomMurphy]

10GbE doesn't do well with Thunderbolt 4 docks due to the way it reserves bandwidth for additional Thunderbolt devices.

[@tek_soup]

i got the owc pro dock, it has it.

[@Irken_Empire]

Thank you for the thorough and very helpful review! This is all information I needed to see, before making the purchase of this hub. Much appreciated!

[@YoshiOST]

did you saturate the data stream? I kind of wanted to see you pull a large file through lan and all the cards etc.

[@FStoppers]

I wanted to try this but I wanted a super fast ssd through the dock vs its own port but I don’t have one of the new ones. I’ve realized that it’s very rare that you would be transferring massive files from ultra fast drives all at the same time. Even fast memory cards are pretty slow in comparison

[@god0t]

Can you workaround the 60Hz 4K restriction by using a HDMI 2.1 to USB-C cable?

[@emerelle3535]

I use this to connect 3 displays (1440p at 144hz) to my m3 max :) First I was concerned because the displays kept flickering (even at 60hz), but since I also connected the MagSafe Powercable (not only power through the dock), it runs stable. ^^

[@HallwayAllTheWay]

so do you use the dual TB4 cable and MagSafe or just the Mag? I'm not a fan of the Dual TB4 and would love to just use one MagSafe Cord to display and charge.

[@emerelle3535]

@@HallwayAllTheWay I use both, the dual TB4 Cable and the MagSafe. I can be wrong here but as far as I did understand it, the Dock got two separate TB-Controllers, as if you would connect two docks to two different usb-c ports. It comes with a dual connector since it provides double the bandwidth.

[@SumolX]

That is interesting.... I am experiencing screen flicker as well and sometimes lose Ethernet comms.... I will have to try the MagSafe to see if it fixes these screen flicker issues

[@AkaiMiso]

Don't expect to get double if both of your Thunderbolt ports share the same bus. Interesting product though.

[@stephenkbolton]

Came to say the same thing. This is most likely an effort to ensure the full 40 bandwidth is going to the dock.

[@tek_soup]

do macs have multiple controllers, and independent lanes for them? since they hide all their info, hard to find out.

[@jordanlaine7412]

@@tek_soup Apple silicone MacBooks have three ports and three buses.

[@bjornhojgaard]

The difference between the headphone jack on the front and the audio jack on the back is the front accepts microphone as well, whereas the back in only audio out.

[@karlsenior1030]

Great review. I'm seriously considering saving up for this. I was contemplating the Caldigit T4, but after seeing this, not anymore. 6:45. The front audio jack is a Mic/Headphone combo jack. It only allows the microphone input to be used on the front jack, whereas the r4ear is headphone only. So you can plug in your microphone in the front and your headphones in the back so you can separate the audio.

[@LukeAntunes]

I hve the Caldigit T4 and cannot (for the life of me) get both monitors to run at 4K @60Hz without using 2 cables. Been looking for another solution for a while now!

[@karlsenior1030]

@@LukeAntunes ok, interesting. Well l, that just means this is the right doc for me then, thanks again

[@LukeAntunes]

@@karlsenior1030 keep in mind, this could be user error 😂 so if anyone out there is running dual 4k@60Hz on a MacBook Pro M1 Pro from one cable with the Caldigit, let me know your setup! Lol

[@karlsenior1030]

Yea, I hear you, lol. Point is I am still interested in the Ivanky, because for my setup the hdmi ports would be easier than thunderbolt@@LukeAntunes

[@MrMoviePhoneEx]

@@LukeAntunes wait, you're trying to daisy chain the monitors vs using two cables direct into the TS4?

[@acmephotographic7874]

Thank you for your review of this product, which is of interest to me, though I think the Ivanky is probably more than I need. Perhaps you can recommend one of the others to me? My problem is relatively simple: I have a PC laptop with one Thunderbolt 3 port. I have a Thunderbolt 3 card reader, and one Thunderbolt 3 ext. SSD. I'd like to be able to download SD cards to the laptop's local hard drive while simultaneously writing to the external Thunderbolt 3 external SSD, and a 2nd external USB 3.0 drive. It would be such a time saver to not have to do them one at a time.

[@JacksonH-kp7wv]

Just realized the Ivanky brand didn't show up as one of the Certified Intel Thunderbolt brands. (neither was it under it SHENZHEN VELOCITY TECHNOLOGY INNOVATIONS CO., LTD or Shenzhen Yi Fan Technology Ltd.). Didn't think this dock passed Thunderbolt Certification. Sus.....

[@AlexandreRacine]

Can't wait to see your follow up video in 3 months ;)

[@FStoppers]

It may set my house on fire

[@TomasRamoska]

@@FStoppers Hopefully not 😅

[@robert_starling]

I'm reworking my video and ProTools workstation today from my iMacPro to my MBP 16" M1 Max. I've had the Sonnetech Echo 11 for a few years and am skeptical I'll have enough ports and bandwidth so I ordered a Sonnettech Echo 20 that should arrive today as my backup in case the Echo 11 can't do it. BUT... this iVanky 20:1 looks like a great option if both of those fail. I need to connect -2 32" ASUS monitors -96 tb NAS via 10gb > Ethernet adapter -UA Apollo Twin X -Fractal FM9 -BMD ATEM Mini -iLOK dongle with ProTools license -CamLink with Sony A7s2

[@flyingwoodshop1545]

Legit! So, after 7 months, do you have any issues with ejecting the external drives? Thanks!

[@T.O.P.S]

8 months later how do you find this hub ? is it still your go to or do you find better out there?

[@DavidBakhash]

What’s that battery menu bar item? How did you get the context menu to show all those details?

[@hasansahin7965]

istat menus from bjango software

[@TomasRamoska]

PC user here. Have a 10Gbe and 2.5Gbe network build into motherboard. 12x USB3 10Gb 1x USB3 20Gb 2x Thunderbolt 4 RTX4080 GPU has 1x HDMI 2.1 3x DisplayPort 1.4 Also 4x m.2 slots for storage. Plenty of ports no docks needed. Lee this is what's happening when you trade PC to the Laptop 😊 You need $550 docks and expensive 10Gbe external network adapters.

[@eugenn2848]

But your PC lacks portability, and it doesn't run macOS.

[@FStoppers]

Agreed but you won’t be unplugging your pc with a single cable and then using it as you travel around the world ;)

[@TomasRamoska]

@eugenn2848 That was a joke 🤣 You 100% right. Personally, OS don't bother me. I like them both.

[@TomasRamoska]

@FStoppers Just kidding Lee of course you're right. If you need portability this is the only way forward 😀

[@OmNiMaN5000]

Thanks for this video! Do you have to use the provided double USB C cable or will it work with one USB C cable too? I want only to connect one display and need a Ethernet port. Thanks in advance and best regards!

[@DaysGabe]

That thing is beast

[@roland7511]

Can I connect this with a Mac Studio? I easily connected my MacBook Pro M1 Max but I want to use with my Mac Studio! If yes, Which ports?

[@make725daily1]

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[@lewisgarciamagana6785]

Preguntas me pueden responder si gustan si conecto un solo cable USB c a una PC funcionan todos los puertos? Pregunta dos le puedo conectar una GPU externa al dock? Pregunta tres cuanto cuesta en pesos mexicanos?

[@lewisgarciamagana6785]

Yo tengo que usar el traductor para saber que dicen a si que es su turno

[@delduked]

Needs 10gbe

[@bitkahuna]

did u get multiple 4k monitors working at 60hz? if so, what connections i got one, and usb-c+hdmi, no bueno (60hz and 30hz).

[@starvinglawstudent]

Is the CPU still getting 96 watts with everything plugged in? With a 180 watt power supply, the math simply does not add up.

[@lewisgarciamagana6785]

Una pregunta más importante si la conecto a una mini PC no me quemara el puerto? =⁠_⁠=

[@johnk2973]

I don't even need this thing; I don't know what most of this stuff does. All I know is that I have to get one!

[@lewisgarciamagana6785]

El dock: eso es todo mi rey

[@qbncrzn]

This video is a blast!

[@TheJay27510]

Newbie to the tech world here, I’m changing careers an like what you have reviewed here but will they (iVanky) be making a windows version of this dock?

[@PureGlide]

Surely if it's got 2 thunderbolt ports, you might as well just buy two separate normal docks?!

[@PatchedBandit]

That's true :D Maybe tape them together :) Cool product though and only needs one power cable so the setup is a bit cleaner with this..

[@threepe0]

How is it that someone doing audio/video for a living doesn't know the difference between line and headphone out?

[@RockyColaFizz]

Great to see Tom Brady has found a new gig.

[@Justas49]

Cheaper than expected

[@RicanStudio]

I still maintain that the apple studio display, when the TB4 docking features that it provides are considered, becomes a much better deal then people think ..plus every single client who seea the monitor loves it.

[@unknownKnownunknowns]

interesting point when considering total cost ( and probably fewer messy wires) . What does the Studio display offer for connectivity ?

[@jordanlaine7412]

Far from it. TB4 hubs are under $100. Apple was smoking crack when they came up with that price. If that monitor was $600 cheaper I would agree with you.

[@n6moses]

Nice ❤

[@haroonqraja]

Why on earth would they join the provided dual thunderbolt cable's both ports together at the computer's end, spaced out for MacBooks only?! There are other computers out there with dual thunderbolt ports that may not have the same spacing or positioning as those on MacBooks, like my HP Spectre x360, the Dell XPS series and many others, and the supplied cable is essentially useless for those laptops. They should have simply joined the ports together for the dock's end, and provided two separate split ports for the computer's end so that we could plug them into any two thunderbolt ports on the computer that are within reasonable distance from each other and not the precise distance of the MacBook's ports. Ridiculous!

[@tek_soup]

you could just use your own cables, and it is "mac" only. im a pc thunderbolt user, should work on pc.

[@justben2474]

It’s designed to work with apple silicon chips

[@Entropy118]

Neymar look like he got into tech, after the injury

[@starfighter_ten]

Mine gets so hot that it turns off even with 2 hdmi monitor only. Support told me to use a desk vent :) Anyone else has this Problem?

[@emerelle3535]

Mine gets warm/hot with 3x 2k monitors, but never turned off even after hours of usage. Although besides the monitors I have only connected a mouse and a keypad so far.

[@johnwuethrich4196]

U might be shit out of luck using two separate cables. It might be ok if you use identical cables.. but the thing about them bundled into a dual connector is it keeps the wire length/signal paths equal lenghts. What is on the other end of that network cable? Switches that can do 2.5gb and 10 arnt the most common thing in the world😂

[@allkindsofthings673]

Why buy a laptop when you need all those inputs......beyond me

[@HighIvan]

Because people want to take their work with them.

[@psycl0ptic]

indeed...why buy anything at all...

[@allkindsofthings673]

@@psycl0ptic heard about a desktop pc? Guess not