I Tested 12 Different USB-C Hubs - Here Are My Top 5

[@godfather0275]

The main reason I like this channel is because he points out the little annoyance stuff that I wouldn’t think about. One of the best product reviews channels out there.

[@fadilonet]

Bonjour , est-ce que je peux utiliser ce hub avec mon pc fixe ( pc bureau) merci de répondre

[@maulanaazhari203]

if your pc has a usb c port then yes you can use it​@@fadilonet

[@berserker4796]

@@fadilonetje pense que Oui. Vas-y achète le🤝🏾

[@berserker4796]

@@fadilonetIl explique tout simplement les avantages et inconvénients de chaque USB hub selon son point de vue(créateur de contenu donc il doit choisir le meilleur produit pour obtenir la meilleure perfermance possible)

[@adambell8172]

Thanks for your honest reviews I have watching the channel for the channel for a couple years & always use your links for buying the products! Would love to see an HDMI cable review!! 🎉

[@devcybiko]

Also - thanks for being a human being... all the other reviewers were bots.

[@Ghofy]

LMFAOOO

[@ohshnit1]

If I hear an AI voice, I click away. It's a struggle sometimes.

[@jsihavealotofplaylists]

​@@ohshnit1do what I do and also thumbs down, or report if its really bad. lol.

[@kennedibrown4141]

That is the most obedient dog I have seen.

[@Zonker66]

Wish you reviewed one that you loved, but the Ugreen was better than expected. Also, I like your humor, the fact that you said 'by' accident, that you didn't play loud and annoying music... also, your puppy that looks like a little old man... and that I thought was stuffed it was so chill.

[@khrenaud]

One thing was missing and that was HDMI specs. The hubs vary a lot regarding the maximum frequency they support and if they support AMD Freesync or not.

[@planetdrinker5385]

These are hubs, not docking stations

[@brianc5788]

Reviews just at the right time!!! In the market for a new USB-C hub! Thx! Its great to have the truth with no frills!!!

[@patrickr4538]

Monty is on fire!!! Best reviews for mobile accessories by far is here. Thanks for sharing!

[@drkblde]

One thing I wish you had looked at was using hdmi with an iPad/iphone. I went through my older usb c dongles and tried to use the hdmi on my iPad. Only one actually worked. The test was a 10ft hdmi 2.1 cable to a 1080p input while the iPad as getting pass through power.

[@drdentrepair5530]

Same thing here. I found that my charging while using a hub to use my iPad on an external screen was extremely slow. Im thinking of giving the u green one a try

[@russty7569]

ok every time I need a peripheral, I come to this channel. been following this guy for more than a decade now.

[@btam83]

You didn’t mentioned HDMI performance. Are they all 30khz or 60?

[@marshallgoldberg8376]

4K30, 1080p60

[@yekevin]

I think you got MB/s (pronounced "megabytes") and Mb/s (pronounced "megabits") mixed up in this video. 800 Mb/s is very very slow for an SSD

[@daklhs6460]

That make sense. Usb 3 is incapable to perform that amount of MB.

[@armandstreilihs3489]

Another tech blogger who does not differ between megabits and megabytes.

[@RustySeatbelt]

When complaining to your local ISP, this becomes a crucial difference. 😅 8 bits = 1 Byte

[@Battlem0nk]

@@RustySeatbeltAnother annoyance are specs where they use 1000 instead of 1024

[@ChrisM541]

Any tech blogger who doesn't know the difference between MBps and Mbps is NOT a tech blogger.

[@volatilememory9338]

Many of these USB C hubs only support 4K HDMI at 30 Hz, which is headache inducing lag. I bought the Anker 555 because it has 4K 60 Hz. IMO, the Anker 555 is the more rounded one *if* external monitor is important.

[@PopeyeSailor-s7n]

Is it good? I am thinking to buy it

[@Somedayssomenights]

UGREEN Uno USB C HUB 6-in-1 4K60Hz PD100W 10Gbps USB3.2 , This one is decent aswell

[@ThorDyrden]

Consider these hubs don't create a new display-signal, but only route through, what your device's GPU produces. E.g. older Intel CPUs (below 11th Gen) only have DP1.2 and are limited to one 4k display. Newer ones with DP1.4 support up to three. Also dedicated GPUs (e.g. NVidia) support more external displays - but e.g. Dell XPS route the USB-C via the SOC-GPU... so you are again limited to DP1.2 on older CPUs etc... having 4k120 maybe HDR... and suddenly the USB-C bandwith may become a limit... the USB-C cable can... .. in summary.. it is complex and most of the time the dock is not the limitation 😁

[@WS-hk4hp]

not comprehensive review, didnt mention the hdmi spec of the hubs, only focused on transfer speeds. The Ugreen hub recommended here only supports 4k30hz aka ancient hdmi 1.4, whereas anker supports 4k60hz, hdmi 2.0 which hub is better depends on your requirements honestly.

[@tomer4566]

Yep this is completely ignoring a lot of hubs or "docks" which can do dual monitors, full speed charging, Thunderbolt etc (but cost 2-5x). The hubs he's chosen are all in a narrow price range so they are just quite similar to one another. If you are looking for something for a home office then these are worth looking at.

[@josiahmoreno3365]

USB C Docking Stations next!

[@BrianOlmsted]

How do these differ from a USBC docking station as there are Dell Universal USB-C docking stations available but like $312 from our corporate help desk which is insane

[@coreymusicman1]

Your channel is not popular enough. This is a great video, entertaining, informative and exactly the thing I was looking for. Honest first hand perspective on budget hubs and I didnt have to sit through 20 minutes of fluff to get there. Excellent. Thank you!

[@badvertise]

I've been subbed to you for a while and enjoy+appreciate your videos on phone accessories! I wanted to say that this is a helpful overall comparison video but technically speaking you should distinguish between Megabits (Mb) and Megabytes (MB) to do an accurate comparison of USB or SD card transfer speeds. You say bits throughout the video when the SD cards indicate their bytes figure on them (8 Mb = 1 MB), but your on screen graphics say MB and mb at different times. According to Samsung, your T5 SSD is advertised with a max transfer rate of 540 MB/s which is 4320 Mb/s which is >86% the theoretical bandwidth of USB 3.0/3.1/3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gigabits per second or 5000Mbps). With no bottlenecks, good heat management, and good/lucky flash memory, you might be able to temporarily meet or exceed that spec of 540 MB/s. But probably not on a 5Gbps connection; there will always be overhead/a buffer with a theoretical bandwidth, you'll never be able to meaningfully "access" or "use" the full 5000Mbps. Regardless whether you're using USB C or USB A, the hub you're using will have a theoretical throughput of either 5 Gbps (625 MB/s) or 10 Gbps (1250 MB/s) depending on the advertised specification of the USB hub. For a given product, provided specifications/marketing materials/images should indicate whether the USB ports are 5Gbps (USB 3.0/3.1/3.2 Gen 1) or 10Gbps (Gen 2). Even in the manual for the T5 SSD, Samsung says you must use a USB 3.1 Gen 2 (i.e. 10Gbps) connection for the max data transfer speed. Of the top 4 hubs you linked, only #1 wouldn't cause a bottleneck for the T5 because the UGreen has 10Gbps USB ports. The Anker 553 is 5Gbps, but the 555 which loses an HDMI port is 10Gbps (it looks like a major selling point of the 553 is the dual 4K HDMI ports which likely made them cut costs on the USB). I couldn't find the Zmuipng through your link but given its price, it's probably safe to assume it's 5Gbps. All this to say that it's a given that a 10Gbps USB connection will perform better than a 5Gbps connection if a storage device can utilize the additional bandwidth. Also USB (and HDMI) naming conventions are absolute garbage. A couple disclaimers though: I'm assuming you used the T5 (shown in the video) in your transfer tests, which is why I'm confused how the T5 SSD performed at 400MB/s (500 on the Anker 553?) on "average" hubs but with the UGreen you got 800MB/s, if the max speed of the T5 according to Samsung is 540MB/s? Those numbers don't make sense to me but maybe you were using a different SSD (T7?) or somehow you did a test of the connection somehow and not a transfer test? I also can't speak to the transfer speed of SD cards because I don't know as much about them but it's obvious that most hubs are cheaping out on the SD card reader slots. Thank you for testing that and determining which ones are usable and which aren't. Hope you see this and can address if you have the time. Thanks!

[@ChrisM541]

I instantly saw this as well. A tech channel that doesn't know the difference between MBps and Mbps is NOT a tech channel!

[@bryanfunk4151]

What micro card reader is best?

[@abdullahalmheery1059]

keep it up i like the way how simply you explain things

[@Fred17]

I wish you had tested HDMI - 4k + HDR 60/120hz nearly impossible to find

[@Battlem0nk]

Ugreen/Anker has models that can push 4k60. However, 4k120 needs 30-40Gbps surpassing usb3.2 limit of 20Gbps. Prob have to wait for usb4 or find some thunderbolt hub

[@richardmanugian7270]

I've been buying and returning bad hubs for months. I wish I had found this channel sooner! You are the bomb.

[@SVW1976]

This guys a hero. Doing the work nobody else will. 😂👍 Oh yeah. Best co host ever! What a gentlemen.

[@barrytipton1249]

Thanks for the great and comprehensive review. Based on your data and recommendation I ordered the Ugreen from your affiliate link. 👍

[@MastrChee]

Did you measure speeds in Megabits or Megabytes? The voice over says bits but the text on the video says bytes (MB)?

[@orvvro]

My thoughts exactly, I suppose Megabytes for SD card because that's standard, and Megabits for the rest because the Samsung T5 maxes out at 500MB rw (couldn't be 800, then)

[@ChrisM541]

He's not a tech blogger. He's a tech-illiterate embarrassment. No excuse.

[@suliman1436]

شكرًا

[@Slimothy]

new editor?

[@jeanpenus]

I appreciate this channel because of his unbiased insight and he points out the little annoyance stuff that I wouldn’t think about. Best product reviews channels out there.

[@korben4340]

Great notes and details, very helpful, thanks

[@Soupie62]

When travelling, THE most important task is backing up camera SD cards to an SSD. Which makes the 4 accessories I need: 1. Decent USB hub, 2. SD card reader, 3. SSD drive, and 4. Powerbank. Thanks for the warning about SD readers - seems a merger of items 1 and 2 is NOT a good idea. Can you suggest a better reader?

[@Battlem0nk]

Kingston MobileLite Plus USB 3.2 microSDHC/SDXC UHS-II Card Reader This is one of the few card reader that can do 150-200 MB/s reads with Samsung/Sandisk. Those use non compliant UHS-I spec of 104MB/s limit. Can also fully read UHS-II cards too

[@frankfurter7260]

The dog is more attentive than I’ve ever been for any KZbin video.

[@jeffbiederman9218]

Great content as always. Thanks. I bought myself the Acasis hub last year. Has capacity for an SSD. It’s more expensive than the ones you reviewed, but in my experience, it’s been great. Only complaint is it runs hot.

[@sujezz]

Can we get a list for usb c hubs with charging and hdmi 4k 60hz ? Most of us don't really care about microsd slot when we can just use a pendrive or external ssd.

[@jazard3273]

+++

[@polterghosty]

There you are!!! Duuuude. Been forever.

[@martinXY]

Must be tough doing a review report when your boss is watching.

[@dral22]

😅 I like how your dog is rocking a tie. That's funny, man.

[@roel.vinckens]

I've been looking for this channel. Subscribed.

[@abdul-raheemmuhammad6409]

Thank you for your wonderful and thorough review! Can the USB-C power cable detach from the "UGreen Revodok Pro 7 in 1"? The included cable appears to be too short for my needs and I was planning on adding a USB-C extension cable to make it longer.

[@shawnstoik]

One of the BEST detailed Tec channels out there. Love it!

[@TheASM196]

Thanks for the reviews, I went through this exercise (on paper) weeks ago and picked an Orico 10 in 1 hub. It seemed to tick all my check boxes which were multiple USB A ports, HDMI, power to laptop, etc. Of course no USB C ports aside from power distribution and also you have to buy a strong external adapter to use this correctly as it needs more power than the original laptop adapter - hence I got also a Tunnu 130w adapter to work with it.

[@fadilonet]

Bonjour , est-ce que je peux utiliser ce hub avec mon pc fixe ( pc bureau) merci de répondre

[@wesleylloyd3403]

I’ve watched two videos that were basically ads. Thanks for a thorough review!

[@wisidomeze796]

im kinda new to your channel, ive watched your recent videos and few older, all i say dont stop what you doing, it really helps

[@janem3575]

do any of these devices work with a chromebook?

[@bweatherman1952]

Thanks!

[@Premises187]

Great video. This is the content we need

[@johnbjones8565]

Do any of these work for a windows computer cause I need an adapter hub that has a micro sd card slot

[@nickgreen300]

Would have been nice to see a usb-c hub that supports higher refresh rates (like 1080p or 1440p 144hz) over hdmi in addition to some usb ports

[@umairaliism]

Subscribed man. Great review. Thanks for going through so much pain for our sake. 😊

[@mobilecommunicationsnetwor5268]

Any hub that you would recommend for a Chromebook . USBC is needed for charging.

[@dplj4428]

Not a known better choice but one uses: The one I just bought from the Container store works. It is charging my chromebook. It’s the Twelve South mini usbc hub. I put the computer device display to external device.I am certain there may be more versatile, more hubs, same or less price. The hub plugs directly into the usbc on my Acer that is the power in. Because my power port is wobbly after 7 years, i am using the hub’s provided desktop extension cable. Of the ports on the other side of the hub: -3.55 mm audio jack for speak and listen, i havent figured out how to hear through hub. Chromebook only givrs internal speaket or hdmi audio. Or input internal microphone. Oh well 😂 - usbc-A into which i plug a thumb drive or my LaCie HD (or sn SSD), not high speed but okay. I didnt watch but one person was using orher decices on this jack. A mouse? -HDMI cable from my TV where i can see my Chromebook display.q I bought this for my iPad. Thanks to your question, i see it work here. Make note that some Chromebooks do usbc display not just hdmi. I had heard of that. So, after all this time i learn mine does both.

[@dexxnik]

Did you tested some D Link usb hubs?

[@nuare]

Test Kingston Nucleum USB C Hub

[@bungalowtomcat1]

Hi there,,,, Is there a way to Play movies and TV show from A USB 3.0 to a 2.0 TV ???

[@richardharker2775]

Entertaining. Toyota Camry never won any awards for performance or style but over time it ended up being one of the most reliable cars ever. Some of the data speeds you mention may be a mixed bag and thankfully you pointed out the good, bad and ugly with them. For those looking to purchase there may be one to suit. Big thanks for the time you took to help those who have no clue. (me included).

[@JorgeEscobarMX]

That dog is in love with him 🤗🤗

[@RobertHouse101]

It's been nine months since this presentation, and I still can't find a dock or hub with three USB-C ports. Everything is coming out USB-C. I bought a PCIe extension USB-C 5 ports, but it didn't work.

[@TheSunMystic]

I almost bought the Benfei USB-C Hub 7 in 1 then I saw your video and well the last one the UGreen Revodok Pro 7 in 1 is what this Canadian needs right now. ThankQ

[@fadilonet]

Bonjour , est-ce que je peux utiliser ce hub avec mon pc fixe ( pc bureau) merci de répondre

[@mulciberus]

Your Ugreen link has a funny typo - Ungreen. It confuses things a little, but made me laugh. Great presentation!

[@RichardOTalkToMeGuy]

What is the chip up near your collar ? Solid reviews !

[@johnburton7633]

Came for the review and subscribed for your wonderful doggo. 😊

[@joshlazko2953]

Which one of these supports carplay and charging at same time? I can’t find one that works for both

[@LCARSx32]

Great video! I'd love a similar one on thunderbolt "docks". They are similar, but they add things like HDMI, VGA, and LAN ports. I bought one on Amazon to use with my ThinkPad X3 tablet to add additional IO, but also additional capabilities like HDMI output. But the experience has been flaky at best. It'd be great to find out if there's any decent options out there!

[@t4h1r]

"Fully loaded" 🍾 rightly explained 😂😂

[@BlitzDjingga]

since you already have all those usb hub, can you test it for "iphone 15 pro camera rig's usb hub" ? so using that hub as intermediary to iphone 15 pro to charge, record to external ssd (following apple recommended speed), mic recorder..

[@RobertLeather]

Looks good. Ordered with an NVME drive so hopefully you’ll get the % on that also. Thanks for the honest review.

[@Noah1985HA]

I suppose you can use a USB A micro sd adapter? Maybe that would help with the transfer speeds?

[@BrianOlmsted]

Is there a UGreen with 3-4 USB-A ports? I got a new Dell laptop from work that has 3 USBC ports be of which has to be used for the monitor and I assume power delivery at the same time. I have USBA mouse, keyboard, headset type dongles in the side of my Lenovo right now. As long as it can pass DisplayPort over USBC and charge the laptop and plug in my USBA devices I should be golden as I can’t use SD/MicroSD cards or for that matter USB thumb drives on corporate laptop so speed thing not an issue

[@melyssa528]

😆 “Hanging Dong” If I ever made a band…

[@realitynightmare]

hey when I use the link it gives me about 5 different 7 in 1 ugreen to choose from. what is the model number of the one you tested?

[@graemer66]

Did not find out until I bought one. Mine only has one usb c port for charging can not use for data transfer. 😢

[@Antonio_Cabanillas]

Did you get to try the Anker 555? It has a USB C connection at 10Gbps. Thank you.

[@Dragonited]

I would like to have one with a replaceable cable or better bend protectin. They always break close to the usb-c contact or near the hub. If the hub hangs off an edge it will be extra wear.

[@wajihaashraf7988]

How is the heat dissipation and connectivity of ugreen 7 in 1??

[@nameisrobin]

Thank you for the information. I need a hub for tethering. I just want ethernet and power output. Do you have anything in suggestion?

[@luckylike7]

He says that the UGREEN has two USB C ports, so I bought it. It does, but one of them is Power Delivery just like most of the other hubs. You CANNOT transfer data over both USB-C ports. Am I missing something here? Why specify that it has two USB C ports and one of the others has it by accident?

[@lidllechenapanofficiel]

Is good ?

[@luckylike7]

@@lidllechenapanofficiel No

[@arunwithaviewmedia]

I use those Sony SD cards - what card reader do you recommend?

[@newspooiechannel]

I'm trying to find a USB-C adapter that I can use for my iMac. Not Macbook, but iMac. Everyone always focuses n connecting them to a laptop and charging the laptop. No one ever seems to mention using them on a desktop console. Why? WHY...!?!?!? :o

[@brainzmech6428]

While looking through amazon i found the ugreen revodok pro 211 and anker 556, decided to buy the anker becaude it has a seperate cable and i dont need the card readers. Both seam to be a good mix between a giant thunderbolt dock and a small usb hub.

[@zamSEG]

realy love how you explained things. is your dog stayed that way all the time while you filming? really cute.

[@levihorudko4961]

Favorite victory type for Civ 6?

[@cantors]

Hi, first of all thank you! Which would be the best hub, for almost permanent connection of macbook to external screen hdmi, 2 usb a sockets, 2 usbc sockets, ethernet and a sound socket for connection to external speakers. thanks so much, really enjoying your prof and clear reviews!

[@eartha.]

do they make dungles with lightening port in it or only usbc

[@sarenlox2364]

If I connect an android phone to the TV via hdmi, do these usb hubs charge the phone at the same time

[@iantcroft]

What’s the best usb hub with Ethernet? Thanks.

[@clumaster]

what about powered hubs? and ones that plug into the usb-c port on the pc.

[@antonnerushak9649]

your dog is high

[@rbenson321]

AWESOME CHANNEL! Dude, thanks so much! Just this video lowered my blood pressure by half.

[@darknessblades]

What I do for those cables is use 90 Degrees C-C adapters that support 100W+ charging. makes it look much sleeker

[@umarulharry]

Does the ugreen one have a speaker static when doing a transfer from laptop to external storage ?

[@timgurr1876]

The problem with all the USB-C dongles is that they don’t have enough USB-C ports. The U-Green with only two USB-C ports only gains one extra USB-C port once it is connected to the laptops USB-C port. I assume the problem is with power requirements for the connected non-powered drives.

[@eulerpereda1172]

can the second usb c port be use for a second screen on the number one pick

[@bengazzara1324]

If you have all these hubs, you could make a video for the ones who don’t want to use a laptop. We are a lot of photographers who want to travel light and need to transfer photos from a sd card reader to a little ssd hard drive all without the need of a laptop, only an iPhone and a power pack.

[@tutacat]

If you care too much about power passthrough use a PD injector splitter, and plug in the hubs power with a second cable.

[@larryrandolph8154]

Great review but I cannot find the ugreen pro 7 in 1. The link gets me to an amazon page where there seem to be many different ugreen 7 in 1 dongles. Is there a model number?

[@nmejiai]

Hello man, I have the following problem: I have a laptop with only one USB-C Port that normally would be used to charge it from the wall outlet. Also, I have a portable monitor with two options to connect. The first one, one cable from one USB-C port in the monitor to a USB-A in the laptop to supply energy to the monitor and another cable from HDMI Mini in the portable monitor side to the HDMI port in the laptop, with this configuration the monitor works fine most of the times. However, I think that with time the HDMI Mini has become loose in the monitor side, so there are times the monitor does not show any image at all. To avoid this problem, I tried to use the second way to connect the monitor to the laptop and it is the following. I connect the monitor to the laptop using a cable of two USB-C sides, one side for the laptop and one side for the monitor. I would prefer this option because the cable is not loose and perfectly connects all of the times. However, this option takes the only USB-C port in the laptop, and I am unable to charge it. So, I would be constantly shifting between charging and using my monitor and as you can imagine this is an annoying repetition that would be done over and over. Can any of the hubs you mentioned in your video solve this problem or is it impossible to solve? if not, I just have to buy another laptop with two USB-C ports, one for power and the other for the monitor. I tried some hubs, which names I don't remember, but they all only supplied energy but not video, so the monitor was charged but showed no image at all. Can you please help me? If so, I would gladly send you a big "thanks" $$$

[@devashishroy2280]

Can i charge my tab using pd charging and use data transfer or mouse with other usb ports at the same time

[@fadilonet]

Bonjour , est-ce que je peux utiliser ce hub avec mon pc fixe ( pc bureau) merci de répondre❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@Micaiah144]

If I have two display port to USB C type cables, will my two external monitors be able to work on the #1 pick?

[@vincevinnyp9224]

I was surprised not to see the CharjenPro ultimate dock Gen 2. It performs way better than all your top 5. It's slightly more expensive but for a travel dock it's very next gen for USB, HDMI, Ethernet and HDMI over these.

[@glennover6046]

I've been looking for a hub with two usb c ports. Thanks to your review, I just bought the UGREEN USB C 7 in 1 Hub.

[@anrn5303]

I would agree with you on ugreen, I have the UGREEN Revodok 5 in 1 USB C Hub; slim line, portable, no sd card slot though... I've to find out the best usb c sd card reader....

[@qwe1231]

Which uGreen Pro? Revodok Pro 107 or Revodok Pro 210, or a different model?

[@r34n1m8n]

Their description links to the 107.

[@qwe1231]

@@r34n1m8n The link leads to SEVERAL 107 varieties.

[@thebard20]

do you have any opinions on hubs that plug directly into the end of a tablet, ie, no cable? I feel like they're tidier but perhaps you didn't like or review them for a particular reason? Cheers