Permanently attached to the hub I have an Apple wired keyboard, an Apple USB-ethernet adapter, a USB/lightning cord for plugging in my iPhone, and a Seagate 2.5" portable drive

: It works in allowing me to access my external hard drives and hook up a printer

All others (iPods, pen drives, Kindle, external hard drives etc.) work perfectly.

I do a lot of photographic work and have a dedicated USB line for the cameras, 3 thumb drives and a remote hard drive used for backup

I ran out of USB ports (One 3.0 and two2.0 ports).The portable HD drive and the portable CDROM drives I use require TWO ports to supply the power

This was a surprise but a good one because I wanted to hide it behind my picture frames to use with airport extreme and some hard drives as network drives.

Vape chargers,a phone/tablet charger, and an external hard drive are all jammed in there, so I am constantly pulling on cords but the unit's still fairly static

So far the two "heavy power" ports have been able to provide enough juice to the external hard drives that I use; and it's got enough of the other low power ports for my other stuff like mouse, BT dongles, occasional flash drives, etc

Use it to connect printer, external monitor, mouse and keyboard set, extra hard drive

to handle my 2T backup hard drive, which my old hub really wouldn't do

I was using a small self-powered hub and was having trouble with being able to plug in larger capacity items (i.e. external hard drives)

This thing will run 4 external hard drives with no problem

This is absolutely not okay when you have hard drives hooked up to your computer through this, as it just de-powers them without ejecting, no matter what you're doing with them

because I was running out out of USB ports that were used up by the external hard drive and Wii U GameCube adapter, both took up two ports.

I won't plug my portable hard drives or speakers or anything into it.

I have two external hard drives plugged into it and that works fine, but it won't work if your externals run off the computer power as opposed to having their own AC adapter power source.

: I get the feeling that the computer connection is completely unnecessary unless you need the connection for hard drives etc.

Next you'll be plugging in sd card readers and external hard drives as permanent storage caches

I was able to operate multiple external hard drives that typically require more powerful USB ports

I have usb mics, keyboards, mouses, webcam, 2 hard drives for automatic backups and more running through this device and everything works fine

I connected external hard drives to it and it kept ejecting and remounting drives all by itself, even with the AC Power assist.

With the AmazonBasics Hub, I can plug in my wireless keyboard/mouse chiclet, multiple external hard drives and my jump drive

Hooked to it is a 1.5 terrabyte hard drive and a 640 gigabyte hard drive and occasionally a 2 terrabyte

- The hub is now constantly disconnecting itself from my computer, and has already caused file corruption on some of my hard drives/flash drives forcing a re-format of the drives - the hub is getting recycled tomorrow, it's useless to me at this point.

(keyboard, camera, many usb flash drives, 3+ external hard drives, mouse, USB microphone for speech to text)

This item hooks up easily and works great with my external hard drives and an external DVD drive

I have two external hard drives, printer, camera, cooling fan, and thumb drives hooked up, with no drop in speed of processing.

The two front USB ports are too close together making them hard to use for bulky flash drives

I have usb mics, keyboards, mouses, webcam, 2 hard drives for automatic backups and more running through this device and everything works fine

I use it with my iMac and plug in external hard drives, an amplifier, etc.

I use it for my laptop, to hook up other external hard drives to my pc

I have an audio interface, a midi keyboard/controller, a mouse, and 2 hard drives being powered by this device

I won't plug my portable hard drives or speakers or anything into it.

This hub has a good visual design, and the specs looked good, but unfortunately it worked all of a few hours before then starting to intermittently connect and disconnect my hard drives

This item is easy to use and stow away out of sight, but I suspect it's to blame for the hard drives I have plugged into randomly going offline.

I use it as a hub for multiple external hard drives

We have it inside of our media cabinet and use it to hook up an external hard drive that stores our DVD backups and occasional thumb drive for picture viewing on the TV.

Its also performing far better than I expected as I have wireless headphones, keyboard/mouse phone charging, Xbox controller and two flash drives plugged in all at the same time with no stutter, dropped devices, "format your drive" crap, or unknown device issues.

I ended up having 5 external hard drives and various flash drives

Works great, using with raspberry pi and external hard drive and powers both with plenty power left over

It fits perfectly next to my laptop, or on my shelf next too my external hard drive.

Powers my external hard drives

Because the formats ranged from AVI (action cam) to MOV I decided to buy a WDTV Live to play the external hard drives content on my TV

Will try some usb storage next since the hard drive is nearly full.

but I decided not to get it due to the fact that most of my external hard drives are already 3.0

Item arrived as expected and has been great for plugging in extra hard drives that needed more energy than my old hub could provide.

It seems to handle my 2 extra 2 TB hard drives and a 3rd 1 TB hardrive just fine.

My laptop has two USB 3.0 ports (dedicated to external hard drives) and only one USB 2.0 port, so this hub is ideal, allowing me to connect slow devices like keyboard, mouse and flash drives

Won't run a small WD external hard drive

I have hooked up 2 printers, a scanner, and 3 external hard drives.

Best purchase ever....it works incredibly fast and allows me to have all of my hard drives plugged in at the same time

The device is powered by separate wall outlet so you can use this hub to power devices like hard drives and charging your smartphone.

Currently supporting 2 additional hubs for my peripherals (printer, scanner etc), 3 flash drives and 2 external hard drives.

Works great have multiple drives and printer and

At first, I thought it was going to be a problem, the fact that it was so small (though my fault for thinking it was going to be as big as my external hard drives), but it serves its purpose perfectly

Those devices include wired keyboard and mouse, a combo USB DAC (Digital to Analog Converter) and headphone amp and an external USB hard drive

I don't generally use this for most my hard drives as they are 3.0, but for a basic 2.0 this works flawlessly and supplies a good power to devices that need it.

If it matters, I use mine with my Wii U and have an external hard drive connected to it

and I easily run an external CD/DVD reader/writer, hard drive, & several other components off of it

Plus this comes with a nice power supply to power 2 of the ports with added power for peripherals that draw more than a trickle (ie an external hard drive).

I have installed couple of external hard drives, wi-fi adapter and a mini keyboard with a pad.

This connects all of my music equipment and hard drives

My stationary usb devices are connected through the back of the hub while my external portable hard drives are connected through the front ports

None of my large portable drives will work unless they are from a powered port

My stationary usb devices are connected through the back of the hub while my external portable hard drives are connected through the front ports

Super drives, externals, etc may or may not work with this usb hub

Works with all of my USB devices so far (mouse, keyboard, USB mic, laptop speakers, external hard drive)6

I maxed out the ports with various devices, including a 1 Teribyte sized external hard drive, and this puppy didn't blink

I use my laptop as a desktop at home, so this makes it easy to hook up my keyboard, mouse, bluetooth, external hard drive, etc

Have it laying down on top of the external hard drive behind the laptop

The problem with a lot of hubs is that they can't power devices that need extra power, like hard drives, and that's where this one shines

Where I don't need to go buy bunch of hard drives and giant nas storage for back-ups and raids through external hard drives for games and such

I was able to transfer 5,000 items from my jump drive to one of the external hard drives (everything plugged in) with no problems!!

I've tried several other hubs, and they weren't able to power my external hard drives

A mouse, a keyboard, and a hard drive .. and the hub power is exceeded once again

Not a big deal for me because I was attaching a couple of external hard drives with standard sized connectors.

It runs all my little stuff great, but the USB powered hard drive I have doesn't like it

I have to unplug every single night because it keeps my hard drives on permanently (no way to shut off unless unplug

great!I

works great also I like the fact that you don't have to use the power adapter, unless you want to charge a phone or something, my other hub has to be pluged in regardless.

It works as I desired for one third the reg