Belkin Swivel Hub

by Belkin

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 2 x 5.2 x 7.2 inches ; 8 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000TTMEWO
• Item model number: F5U415
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 17, 2007

Product Description

Usb 2.0 4-port swivel hub.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

23 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars BEWARE!!!!, February 4, 2009

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Wild North (California, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Belkin Swivel Hub (Personal Computers)

I purchased two of these units to use with my Macbook Pro's (one for work, one for home). Connected everything up at work and all seemed to work OK....EXCEPT when I connected it to my Western Digital External USB 500gig drive. The drive never mounted. So I unhooked the hub and connected it straight to the usb port on my Mac. Still, it wouldn't mount. I figured my Extrnal USB drive just died on me coincidentally at the same time I connected it to this hub.

Took the second Belkin swivel hub I purchasd home. Hooked it up to my home Macbook Pro (a different machine) and to a different Western Digital exteranl 500 gig USB hard drive (my home unit). Same result Smoked that drive too.

BUYER BEWARE. THIS UNIT IS SERIOUSLY FLAWED.IT SMOKES WD USB HARD DRIVE CONTROLLERS.

I'm a computer tech, so I was able to bypass the SATA controller and get the data off both my external USB Western Digital Drives. But this unit TOASTED BOTH CONTROLLERS. Keep in mind, this was two different Belkin swivel hubs smoking two different external USB 500Gig Drives on two different Macbook Pro's.

STAY AWAY.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Small, Portable, Fidgety Hub, May 7, 2009

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Alexander Wilke - See all my reviews

This review is from: Belkin Swivel Hub (Personal Computers)

I had a gift card to *electronics store* so I thought I'd buy a hub. I was going to use it with my laptop so I didn't want something with a huge cord or anything. I saw this one and I thought it would be perfect.

I do really like the fact that it is so small. The whole thing easily fits in a pocket without having to wrap up any kind of cord. It also swivels to fit into difficult USB ports.

One thing that took me a while to notice is that it doesn't handle multiple devices well. I don't mean without the power supply attached, I mean period. I usually have three cords plugged into it at all times: an MP3 sync cable, a printer cable, a mouse. I did notice early on that hooking up my MP3 player and mouse at the same time would give me some odd behavior. I eventually started using the MP3 player on its own separate port. I left my mouse and printer plugged into the hub and I figured that would be fine because I didn't always have the printer on and the printer powers itself of course. Well, eventually it got to where my mouse would act up even though the printer was turned off. So eventually I stopped using the hub altogether.

I eventually hooked up the power supply, which was a major pain because of how far away the nearest outlet is, and I was utterly amazed. I had the exact same problems! My mouse would turn on and off randomly. I know it's not my mouse's problem either, it works fine plugged directly into my laptop.

So much for convenience and so much for impulse buying!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Ideal for an iMac, January 14, 2008

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Willie Abrams (Searcy, AR USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Belkin Swivel Hub (Personal Computers)

This works great for the back of an iMac because it can swivel and tilt at an angle where it doesn't block other ports and not take up desk space. Price is a little high if you don't need its unique functionality.