( 7 reviews )
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Posted: Oct 31 2008
The item pictured is not what you receive. As a previous reviewer has noted, you get a long thin silver hub with all of the ports on one side. It looks very much (but not quite exactly) like the USB hub in this kit: Tripp Lite PK3022ET Notebook/Laptop Peripheral Kit with Network Cable/Mouse/USB Hub. It's about 3.5"L x 1.5"W x 0.5"H. Although the description of this item includes Macs, the packaging says that the system requirements are Windows 98SE/2000/ME/XP. (No Mac, and no Vista) It does have a dual-voltage power cord and a 4ft extension cable as advertised. It is the same item number (U222-004-R). The packaging doesn't say anything about being USB 2.0 "certified", only that it's USB 1.1 and 2.0 compatible. In fact, it doesn't work on my Mac G5 desktop. Since the hub is not supported for Macs, this is not surprising. I can use it for the printer, and if I plug in an iPod it does charge it (slowly). However, the iPod is not reliably visible from iTunes. Also, the thumb drive that works on both the laptop and the Mac when directly connected was unreadable when plugged into this hub connected to the Mac. The blue light on the top is VERY bright if you look directly at it. I was looking at the top of the unit when I plugged it in and I was seeing spots for minutes after that. It works OK on the Windows (XP) laptop that I have for work. Since that was half of the reason I bought it, I suppose I'll keep it. At less than $25, it's very cheap, after all. I wouldn't even consider paying the full list price ($49.99) for this device. It is just not worth it.
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Posted: Jan 21 2008
The hub I got doesn't look like the one in the picture. This one is silver with a blue light in the middle of it and all four of the ports are on one side. The one I got works fine. It is ideal for a laptop. Just in case you are wondering thr cord which attaches to the computer IS that short.
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Posted: Dec 3 2007
Nice little hub that's been working fine for me for over 4 months now. And the price sure was right!
