Customer Reviews

Aluratek 4-Port USB 2.0 Hub

5 star:		(11)
4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(7)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

When I ordered this 6 days ago, there was only one review and it was 5 stars. Had I waited, I would have already known that the cord is too short to be useful for anything. Even on my laptop. because of other cords close to the USB jacks, this would be a real pain.

It comes iwth a 1 inch cord that has a USB connector on it. The cord tucks neatly into the bottom of the hub when not in use. When in use, it doesn't give you any option of where to place the hub because the cord is so short.

I had hoped for a USB -A to -B cord so I could use the hub to extend the USB ports from my server in the pantry-turned-server-room into my office. This is not the device for that.

By the way, this is a powered hub that comes with a power supply. The rating label says 5 volts at 2 amps. Yet the power supply doesn't appear to weigh more than 2 ounces. And even with the power supply, this hub will not power my 2.5 inch portable USB disk drive yet the USB 2.0 connections on my PC will, as expected and as designed, power the drive.

Maybe I was being too kind when I gave this 2 stars.

It seems good. The only problem was its very short cable, which meant I had to spend more money to get a USB extension cable. It wouldn't necessarily be a problem for a laptop, but for a desktop it raised the cost of the hub.

It has saved me a bunch of wires running back annd forth, I do video edit and I was constantly plugging in and unplugging USB wires for hard drives, flash drives etc. Now it is all always connected

This is a great little hub. Compact and really sturdy. It comes with a power supply, but I never really needed it. It powers my portable hard drive, my mouse and other peripherals with no problems.

The cord is short, but I believe it was meant for laptop use anyway, so it works out perfectly for me.

I am the new owner of a aluratek 4 port hub. Sad to say that when I plug it into my computer while plugged into external power it shorts my usb connector and shuts down any of my 3 pc's. I suspect it is just a defective unit. I'm not going to worry about sending back, just get another one down the road. Also the cord on this thing is so short it's useless. I am very displeased with this device. I will add that it does run my portable hard drive and charge my phone at the same time w/ no external power source.

I plugged it in and it ran 4 USB items. Just like it is supposed to.

The first problem with this device is the cable is about 2 inches long. I started using this device and I rarely turn off my PC so I figured everything was working fine...that was until I rebooted my PC (Intel D865PERL motherboard, Corsair RAM) and it froze up after displaying the type of RAM I have. It was about a month since I rebooted last and started using the Aluratek hub so it took me a while to figure out it was the USB hub. Soon as I unplugged it my PC booted right up and I was able to plug in the hub again after I was booted up. I'd give it 4 stars if it wasn't for the cable length, no extension cable being included, and the lock up problem on reboot.

At first when I got this USB hub, it seemed to work fine. But after a while, I noticed once in a while it would disconnect and reconnect all of the attached peripherals. This is not that bad for mice and keyboards, but is catastrophic for external hard drives, which is what I was using it for. Maybe it's just that I got a defective unit, but I would not buy this one again.

I had to return the item because it stopped working a few days after I received it.

Hopefully they will give me another one.

Victor

I was wary given some reviews, but didn't really want to spend a ton of money on something that should be so simple.

I use this for a laptop that has only 1 usb port on the docking hub. All the peripherals are linked to it, and everything works fine about 2-3 months in.

Cheap and so far it works just fine.