User Reviews

1. Review Date: 2009-11-13

   I bought a Cables to Go Port Authority (7-port USB hub) from Radio Shack. It was expensive and buggy, cutting out when I inadvertently and slightly bumped it, cutting out intermittently even when I did not bump it.
   
   So for ten dollars less I took a chance with this SFE Tech 10-port hub. The features were impressive, but I had never heard of SFE Tech.
   
   Though I'm no expert on hubs, this unit has given me all I expected. No cut outs. No messages from Windows telling me I have overtaxed the power of a USB port. It's a self-powered unit with its own AC adapter, and it works perfectly with the five accessories I plug into it with my laptop. (Mouse, keyboard, printer, Plextor's PX-B310U Blu-ray external optical drive, and a Corsair Flash Voyager 16GB)
   
   Right now I am about to order another one of these. I'll be using my first one with my new desktop, and I'll be packing the second one in my laptop's backpack.
   
   User: Russell R. O'Hara
   Rating:
   Summary: Has been perfect for me.
   Helpful Votes: 1
   Total Votes: 1
   

2. Review Date: 2009-11-04

   I had tried several USB hubs and none would allow me to charge my iPhone. I had no idea how much power is needed to charge an iPhone! Regardless, this USB hub did the trick. It has an excellent form factor and can be used either in a tower format or without the stand. I tried a Linksys and Kennsington product and neither could charge my iPhone. Those products shouldn't even be on the market. Regardless, you won't be disappointed in this product.
   
   User: Q. Skinner
   Rating:
   Summary: Excellent USB Hub
   Helpful Votes: 1
   Total Votes: 1
   

3. Review Date: 2009-10-28

   This product is wonderful! For so long I've made a habbit of having to unplug various components that weren't in use at the time to make room for things I did want to use. That of course involved getting on the floor, figuring out which cable went where, etc. Such a pain....
   
   Now i just have my hub sitting on top of my PC with all of my USB devices going to it and it's taken so much of that hassle away and then need to unplug things all together! Now I can have all of my things plugged in and ready to go at all times.
   
   So easy to get, so easy to set up, this was really made with the consumer in mind...
   
   Great product!!!
   
   User: Andrew Soliz
   Rating:
   Summary: Fantastic
   Helpful Votes: 1
   Total Votes: 1
   

4. Review Date: 2009-10-27

   I have four of these hubs and indeed they run VERY VERY well! My only gripe? I'm reading all of these raving reviews (most posted 8/20/09), but I have been unable to get an answer from anyone, ANYWHERE that can point me to the documentation. Even the rave review folks have been unable to contact me (or comment to me) as to WHERE the documentation for this great hub is located?
   
   The fast wonderful hub comes with no paper documentation whatsoever, and the container proudly states: "software download [...]
   
   If any you readers would try out that site, you'll get a FORBIDDEN error. Writing to the single individual that seems to deliver to the states, and I have gotten NO REPLY. So I'm left wondering, WHERE is the "good service" that one of the rave reviews alluded to? Who did they contact? Some of us would like to know so that we can take advantage of some of these features! I would hardly say that missing every single feature listed on the package except the 10 USB ports themselves and not providing any documentation or promised software would preclude this product from a five star review. Or maybe I just have higher expectations of hardware manufacturers that they provide what they promise!
   
   I agree with another of the posters, I rely on seemingly valid random user reviews to help me pick out where I spend my money.
   
   I also like to take FULL advantage of the features of the peripherals I purchase..
   
   According to the cardboard insert, this system has the following unknown (to me) features:
   
   -SOS
   -Vos (FlashVos)
   -Volume Management (where do I find it? No docs, even on the cardboard insert!)
   -Striping - increases the write speed. (Great! How do I access this?)
   -Mirroring - Improves data availability (Important for a 10 port hub, how to I get this working?)
   -Flash Duplication (finally, something that's self-explanatory!)
   -RAIF - Redundant Array of Inexpensive Flash Devices (how do you access or setup an array? No docs!)
   -RAIT - Redundant Array of Inexpensive Thumb Drives (sounds like "piling on," but I'd be glad to accept this if I had any documentation/software!)
   SSF - Solid State Flash Array
   
   I'd be glad to retract anything and upgrade my rating of this peripheral to five stars if ANYONE can either email me the software or tell me where to go to get it?
   
   Incidentally, if you want to mount the hub on the underside of your furniture, you can use a Dremel or similar took to slice between the center and the right or left "nubs" on the plastic housing, then use a wire of some sort and screw it down in place. Works great! Hub works great! I just wish that this equipment had any available documentation or software - something that I THINK most would agree is needed to give a full five star rating!
   
   
   User: musikman1
   Rating:
   Summary: Hub works, would LOVE to have access to documentation and promised software.
   Helpful Votes: 2
   Total Votes: 2
   

5. Review Date: 2009-10-17

   This product is easy to set up and easy to use. It was received quickly. Great service.
   
   User: E C MOM
   Rating:
   Summary: Great product, Great Service
   Helpful Votes: 1
   Total Votes: 3
   

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Product Details

1. 10-Port USB Hub Compatible with Windows and Mac (Plug & Play) Powered Hub with Power Adapter USB 2.0 & 1.1 Compatible

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