Customer Reviews

Belkin Front-Access In-Desk USB Hub 3-Inch (F5U201-KIT)

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This item, for the most part is great. First, it comes with a six-foot USB cable. That allows me to put the device in a better spot that directly above the CPU. Also, in testing, I'm able to get near full-speed USB 2.0, which was a concern, despite the mention of such in the product manual.

The above being said, I have three beefs with the unit. First, it's only available in silver. plain black would have been nice. Honestly, the silver/black combo is hideous. Second, I despise blue LEDs on items that are stationary, and in my face. These include USB hubs, car stereos, and laptops. They are painful to look at. Red is gentler on the eyes and doesn't kill night vision if you're working in the dark. My third, and last, complaint is the power cable. While the USB cable is plenty long, the power cable is a standard three feet. It would be nice if it were six feet.

I don't normally write reviews for products, but I feel inspired to for this product. The USB hub works great, it fits in a 3" hole perfectly. I use a laptop on a very deep desk and really got tired of seeing a ton of wires running all over on top of it. The hub has holes on the sides so you can easily route wires, which cleans up my desk completely.

The only real problem I have with this product is that damn LED. Its super bright. I read reviews before purchasing stating this, but I shrugged them off thinking it wouldn't be so bright. I was wrong. Don't think you can just put a piece of electrical tape over it, it will shine through it. I ended up having to double electrical tape the thing to get the brightness down.

The brightness really isn't a problem when you are sitting at your desk, its when you are up and moving around in the room that its a problem.

Anyway, just my two cents.

Own a Dell desktop that only has ports in the back. Now I don't have to keep sliding my cpu in and out of my desk for my accessories. Only complaint I have is with the blue light on top. As far as I know it doesn't turn off. I have mine installed in my keyboard slide tray, so its under the top of the desk.(I made the housing hole in my desk by tracing the circle peice, drilled small holes on the line, and popped the wood out with a flat head screw driver and a hammer) The lip of the peice covers the rough edges you created so it looks flush.

Length:: 1:44 Mins

I love this USB Hub. It looks sharp on my desk, works beautifully, and I like that it's self powered... for devices that require more power than a standard USB hub can offer. For once, they packed in cables that will meet your length requirements... nice heavy duty 6 foot cables. I'm very pleased with this product.

Nice little product. I was looking for a recessed USB hub that I can install in the wall and this was the best I could find. It would be great if there was no need for power supply. I didn't realize it had it when I ordered it. But since I couldn't find anything that would suit my need, this will do just fine.

Pros: Fits the advertised hole size, USB ports work, blue light creates a nice glow behind my screens, excellent for cable management, plenty of cord length.

Cons: Of the two units I ordered, one had a faulty power adapter.

Other thoughts: While reading the reviews on this product, I realized that if the bright blue LED was a major complaint, I could capitalize on that by positioning two of these behind my screens while building my new desk. This idea worked out perfectly with the exception that only one of these units is functional due to a power adapter issue. The second one is basically a dummy, but I really don't need the extra ports, I just wanted it to make my desk symmetrical. Being located behind my screens, they are out of the way, subdued but available.

The gaps on the sides of the unit provide for ALL of my cable management needs, this includes 4 screens, mouse, keyboard, external HD, Bamboo pen & touch, 5.1 Surround front/center speakers and headset - you can fit a LOT of wires and cables through each!

This hub works great and is easy to hook up. It doesn't take up to much space and is a great value for the price.

Love this usb hub. Looks nice and fits perfectly in the hole made by the 3" hole saw. Will buy again when I get the chance.

This is a great addition to 2 of my systems where I am often changing or only sporatically using various USB devices. One of the systems is mounted in a location taht does not make access to the rear panel easy, so this really fits the bill.

The belkin powered desktop USB port does not disappoint! Search other sites & found the best deal here @ amazon. Extremely helpful if your CPU is tucked in or under your desk & you use a lot of USB devices (for me, thumb drives, externals, iPod, iPhone; I'm z student). Long cords to reach around big desks & adds desktop appeal. Easy install if you know how to drill a hole & plug in 2 cables.