SABRENT 4-Port USB 2.0 Data Hub with Individual LED lit Power Switches [Charging NOT Supported] for Mac & PC (HB-UMLS)
[{'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on May 14, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-4 review-rating', 'review_body': " So far so good. Works well, does not get hot at all (i read posts about them getting hot). All of the plug ins ports work. I have my interface, two hard drives and my iphone plugged in. I use them all day long have for the past couple of weeks since i got it and doing great. The buttons are smooth and easy to press. OOOOOOOONLY THING IS.........THE PORT IS A LITTLE TIGHT SO YOU HAVE TO PUSH your USB IN AND PULL OUT A little HARDER THAN NORMAL ......but not that much.. it's just noticable tighter.\n\nif what I wrote was at all helpful please click so below so I know this helps others. Thanx"}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': "My work computer has Windows 7, so when I started to run out of ports, I picked this one because it specifically stated it was compatible.\n\nGot the package, plugged it in. Nothing worked, even items that were working fine when plugged directly into my computer. Saw no drivers were necessary (nice), so called support. They said this device doesn't work with accessories, like headphones, keyboards, and mice - only USB for data transfer.\n\nWhy you'd need to transfer data from 4 sources at once is beyond me, as is why they wouldn't support accessories. SMH. Returning."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on July 9, 2015', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "A great little USB hub. I love the fact that it has buttons with blue light indicators to turn individual ports on and off. I was hoping to get the one with the power adapter hole and I did get that model! (Model HB-UMLS) BUT...The packaging and info included did not include any information of what kind of power adapter I'd need. The hole for it measures at 5mm but I'll have to look up what exact voltage and amperage I need.\n\nIn one of my pictures (attached) I show it powering a Razor Blackwidow Ultimate 2013 keyboard and a Logitech G35 surround headset (and a scanner and a second laser mouse - which don't use that much power anyway; mostly data).\n\nPlugged my phone in with both of those going and it wouldn't even register as a data device. I disabled the other two ports with those devices in them and my phone came on as a data device and started charging. I guess it can only power one device that needs that much power. It can power more if I get the right adapter."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': "When I first got this little hub, I was impressed with it. It was just the right size, had 4 hubs and individual on/off switches. I use hubs a lot since I'm getting my book ready for my manuscript and my laptop only has 2 ports and I need 1 tor my fan, so I was tickled to get this hub\nBut the romance soon disappeared as the hub started getting hot and kept getting hotter, heating my USBs along. Now I'm finding corrupted documents I'm trying to complete each for my manuscript. the pulling a document of one\ntitle and it opens to another document and I can't find the one I was looking for. One thing that got eaten/ misfiled or ... a document with the first four chapters of my book. I can't find them, but something mysterious happened to them. I believe the heat from the hub is slowly corrupting my documents. But the heat today was frightening as I had located 3 documents that appear lost. and I was afraid of an explosion.\nSo I'd suggest you check your documents and the heat generation B 4 you lose chapters."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on May 25, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "For my PS4 I use an 4TB eternal hard drive to increase my system storage. But because I have a PS4 Slim, I only have 2 USB ports available for use. This was a major issue for me when i upgraded to a wirless headset and the Astro PS4 gaming controller.\n\nThis multi USB port was a great tool for me to be able to use my extended hard drive, my wireless Astro PS4 gaming controller, and my Stealth 700 wireless headset all at the same time. I love the fact that this multi USB port has buttons that can switch the ports on and off so I don't have to constantly unplug when doing a maintenance check on my wireless devices. This makes the area for my PS4 much neater as well.\n\nGreat investment for a low price!!"}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on April 10, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "I've bought two of these now to fix the same issue that a lot of people experience these days when building a PC - lack of the older USB 2.0 ports on the case itself. For my personal pc I bought an internal NZXT usb hub so it's out of sight and mind for a cleaner look for my wireless keyboard/mouse but i like using this for others that I build computers for as they don't want to have to open the case and would have no idea how to even unattach something from a board. This little device is perfect for slapping a piece of velcro on the back and just plugging it into one of the USB 3.0+ ports available on the back of your PC thus changing it into a 2.0 and allowing you to plug in those little wireless adapaters for your keyboard, mouse etc. So if you're frustrated from your wireless keyboard/mouse seemingly not working correctly, do yourself a favor and pick up one of these (it HAS to be the USB 2.0...they do make an identical looking 3.0) some velcro tape and just slap this puppy on the back of your pc out of sight and problem SOLVED. Cheap and effective solution! When's the last time anyone could say that?"}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on October 15, 2014', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I was amazed at the quality of this unit, (and I\'m a gadget freak). It has solid USB connections. Nothing loose and cheesy about it. I attached it to the face of my tower PC with mounting tape. Looks and functions very solid. I\'m an amateur photographer and am constantly disconnecting one-to use it for something else. Having this has saved me a great deal of frustration. I can even leave the cables plugged into the hub and just power off the L.E.D. power switches, so now I don\'t need to hunt for cables. I\'m using it full time now for a month and have had no problems whatsoever. I\'m VERY glad I got over some of the "if\'y" reviews and bought this.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on July 21, 2016', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I am a huge fan of the USB Hub. It works exactly as advertised, the price is exceptional, and the LSD function that tells you which ports are currently open is a God-send. I have had it for about one month, used it extensively, and been extremely impressed (especially at the low price -- the value you are getting is a significant one). Highly recommended, without any reservations!\nSabrent 4-Port USB 2.0 Hub with Individual Power Switches and LEDs (HB-UMLS)'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on February 27, 2022', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "I don't know what's going on with computer manufacturers now but they seem to be adding fewer and fewer USB ports to laptops. I've got an 8 year old laptop sitting here that has 4 USB ports, an ethernet port and an HDMI port in it. It's a stock ASUS design and was dirt cheap when I bought it. My brand new HP Pavillion gaming laptop has 2 USB ports. I use my laptop mainly for slicing files for 3D printing, that means I need a mouse, a thumb drive and about 75% of the time my external drive, all of which need a USB port.\nI needed a USB hub, I needed it fast and cheap and this fit the bill. It works great for my needs and I've had zero serious issues with it. The only real complaint I have is with the cord length, it's the perfect lenght to be both slightly too short and too long at the same time. It's too short to mount it with double sided tape and be out of the way and it's just long enough to get in the way when I'm not using it.\nIt's slightly slow when charging my mouse, but I knew it was a 2.0 when I bought it so I knew it would be a tad slow. I charge my mouse overnight, so it's not that big of a deal.\nI've had zero connectivity issues with it and the power buttons are nice for those time where I don't want my external drive active but don't want to unplug it yet.\nAbsolutely no regrets with this hub."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on July 28, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "Bought the one in the photo December 2018. It's now July 2020 and I need to purchase a new one. I believe there may have been a power surge that caused two of my computer items to die. One was my laptop charging battery and the other was this USB port extender. I was surprised with how long and how well this USB port extender worked. I've used others that did not connect to my computer or gadgets. this works, buy it! I'm upgrading to the 10 port extender because I like it so much and because my computer is about 3 years old and only 2 of 3 of the USB ports on it are working.\n\nI can't speak for the 10 port yet, but if you are considering the 4 port USB extender, BUY IT :) I've used this for my mouse/keyboard, printer, scanner, to charge my phone and watch, and to open flash drives."}]