Customer Reviews

USB 2.0 7PORT Economy Hub

5 star:		(13)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(10)

 

 

I was looking for a hub that is always powered on, so I could use it as a charger for the iPod. One person's dislike is another's delight! The always-on feature may seem dumb, but it is a great feature for people who may use it as a charger.

This is the ONLY hub that allows us to plug and unplug (into/away from) the hub with ONLY ONE hand. The other ones all require that you hold the hub or velcro the hub to the desk, which is really a sticky situation (in more ways than one).

I highly recommend this model.

Nearly every peripheral or device that can connect to a PC these days uses the USB port, from printers, to mice, external drives, PDAs, wireless adapters and flash memory. It doesn't take very long before the top of your desk disappears under a wiggly maze of wires.

I personally reached the point where my older 4-port 1.0 hub and twin 2.0 inputs on my laptop just weren't cutting it. And I didn't want a second hub adding to the clutter of my home office workspace. Not only that, but the widespread adoption of the faster 2.0 USB technology standard has made 1.0 close to obsolete.

After spending considerable time searching for a 7-port 2.0 alternative, I was getting frustrated at the choices available, which ranged from the poorly designed to the outright expensive. Most were the identical mass-produced model with a different company logo sticker slapped on the top.

Then Belkin entered this market segment and made my choice an easy one. Here's why:
1. I have previously owned Belkin USB hubs and found them to be well-built and rock-solid dependable. This is important to me because of the high failure rate I've experienced with less-expensive generic hubs. And while a USB hub seems like a simple enough device, it's rapidly become an essential piece of hardware for any computer system.
2. The slim, sleek, ergonomic design was attractive and the two ports on the top of the device (in addition to the five in the rear) were perfect for mice and flash storage drives -- even though I didn't realize it at the time.
3. A decent price, all things considered.

From the minute I plugged this hub in six months ago it has run flawlessly. I absolutely love it. In fact, I recently purchased two more, one for my daughter's laptop and another as a Christmas present. You simply can't go wrong here.

This USB HUB works perfectly. Previous reviewers are confused about "required drivers", which are not necessary for USB hubs since they are built into Windows 2000 and Windows XP.

I haven't had any problem with it at all, nor any of the many other USB Hubs that I have used.

This HUB is BETTER, though, becuase of the two top connections. I have 5 devices connected almost all the time and a number of other devices (camera, camcorder, DVD burner, GPS, Sandisk Cruzer driver, etc.) all of which are EASY to insert, eject because of the way this device is configured.

It really is much more convenient to work with than most others.

great little unit with innovative, attractive design. the top-loading ports are a neat addition, and i haven't had any of the crash problems described in other reviews here.

a couple things to note, though. it runs really hot, so be careful to set it somewhere with decent airflow. also, my pda (palm tungsten t3) encountered errors when attempting to hotsync while plugged into this unit.

other than that, no problems. another great belkin product.

I would think that USB 2.0 hubs are standard enough that they'd all work fine - but I've had a surprising number of problems with them.

This hub seems to work well - it's the first USB 2.0 hub that I've had that (so far) has worked with everything that I've attached to it.

I had another Belkin model before, and it was a catastrophe (the model, and my earlier review of it, seem to have been pulled from Amazon). It kept "going to sleep", and needed to be power cycled to wake up. Very strange, very irritating.

I've had reasonable luck with a little 4-port "micro" hub with GE's label on it - but it was not compatible with a number of peripherals that I own.

This was a very well thought out design, elegant looking so attractive on any desktop. But a workhorse as well, a total of seven high speed USB ports, all backward compatible, 5 along the back of the unit and two facing directly down from the top of the unit, making it extremely quick and easy to insert and access USB flash drives. To add even more to an already perfect design the units are stackable! Thus optimizing desk space even further. I have had the product for a couple weeks now and tried any number of different devices with it, and had no problems at all. So I would highly recommend it to anyone. Prices do vary in most stores it ranges from $44-$59 but can be gotten on line for around $33.

Worked from the moment of plug in. All of my USB devices were making a mess of the back of my computer, and the two front USB plugs were difficult to reach for temporary plug ins. Hooked unit in to one of back USB outlets. Set it on my desk. Top vertical plugs make it easy to upload info from my flash drive or pictures from the digital camera or download music into my IPOD without getting on the floor to reach the USB plug. Highly reccomend.

I have owned several hubs in the past and have never felt they performed reliably. There would always be some device that would suddenly fail to communicate and sometimes impact other devices connected to the hub.

I have had two of these hubs connected to my PC (HP Media Center 1050y) for a year now with 11 devices connected to them. I have a combination of usb 1.0 and usb 2.0 devices and all of them perform perfectly. I have found the hubs so reliable, that I have connected my external hard drives to them rather than directly into the usb ports in the rear of my PC.

I noticed someone said they had a problem with connecting this hub to a UPS to supply power. I happen to have both of mine plugged into a Belkin UPS and have no issues whatsoever, even during power failures.

Devices I have plugged into my hubs: two USB 2.0 inkjet printers, USB 2.0 Scanner, USB 1.0 UPS, USB 1.0 webcam, two wireless USB 1.0 game controllers, USB 2.0 memory card reader, USB 1.0 mouse, and 2 USB 2.0 external hard drives.

I have had this hub for about a year and it is awesome. I recently purchased a second one for work. I use Flashdrives, SD cards w/built-in USB, an 80gig USB SmartDrive, and my iPod cable. Since I am constantly plugging and unplugging devices that I carry around, the two top ports are FANTASTIC. The hub is FAST and has never hiccupped. Everyone has a hub for printers, scanners, and stay-at-home iPod cables -- but if you are on the go, you can't match this hub.

I have two of these and they work great. I use one for my desktop and another for my laptop. I previously purchased a linksys 4 hub port and it was crap compared to this hub. I enjoy the two ports on top the most...very easy accessibility. If my need for more ports grows, I'll be coming back to amazon to purchase this hub.