• Reviews around power (3.82 of 5)

    AmazonBasics 7 Port USB 2.0 Hub Tower with 5V/4A Power Adapter

    • Nice little power hub
    • Just not quite enough power on the ports to make it work great.
    • My Apple Superdrive needs more power with this hub, although it will work with other powered hubs
    • Dedicated external power source and good construction make me feel like I purchased a quality product
    • In addition, the power and USB computer connections are quite loose
    • good design, but does not really have enough power output to handle more than 2 devices, and WILL NOT charge an iPhone 5
    • This is an ok powered hub that works well for USB 2.0 (not 3.0).
    • Now powers everything including my portable power backup and my IPhone
    • Maybe those will draw more power and require the hub to be plugged in, but for now it works great.
    • I've had trouble with hubs providing enough power in the past, but this one has no problems.
    • If it wasn't for the LED power light, wouldn't know it's there.
    • I wanted a powered USB hub to protect my computer's ports from my various electronics projects
    • Works great, using with raspberry pi and external hard drive and powers both with plenty power left over
    • The power LED is an added bonus.
    • Excellent power cord length and hefty power adapter.
    • Also the "powered" ports aren't high enough power
    • Not the most USB power available or the most USB ports on a hub that you can buy, but it's about the best your can get for this price.
    • I bought it so I could use thy SDR on my older Laptop that did not have enough power to run the SDR.
    • external power is great to keep the load off of my computer while recording music.
    • and I didn't have enough power on two other
    • For the price, it's a very nice power supply for not just the Pi
    • Very good product but not the right power plug for Australia
    • Also, the Hub has sufficient power from the Ports to drive most devices.
    • I bought a cheap, non powered USB
    • Just not enough power, which was the whole reason I bought it.
    • before kept getting power or lost device messages.. speedy shipping and no issues at all with the operation or setup of this item.
    • A cheap powered USB hub with the power
    • A lot of USB devices draw power from the host computer (like, phone chargers, etc) and if you plu them into a hub without its own power supply, they are likely to make the entire hub unreliable
    • I needed a high-power USB hub and this works just great.
    • Works well- a little large for my taste - good power.
    • Turns out it was a faulty power adapter
    • Best powered hub for the value, IMO.
    • A great little powered USB hub for a great price
    • Has enough power to keep all lines running
    • Excellent power cord length and hefty power adapter.
    • I had other USB hubs in the past and every time I would plug in more than two things I would get an error it didn't have enough power to operate.
    • Very good form factor but began to loose ability to power ports after several months
    • 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).
    • Computers it's plugged into don't see devices, although power seems to still work
    • I've found that the ones powered by the PC often have problems if you have more than one or two devices plugged in.--Very affordableCONS:--I wish the power cord were longer--the unit is unstable
    • 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.
    • I've had trouble with hubs providing enough power in the past, but this one has no problems.
    • This hub works both powered and unpowered
    • I've had lots of hubs, and I love the powered ones, but this one just doesn't seem to cut it
    • The USB port on the Surface doesn't generate enough power to run my external DVD
    • I wanted a hub with enough power to charge my Kindle Fire and this fits the bill.
    • It does just what I needed, supply enough power for an old keyboard reciever that a passive hub over a long extension was failing to provide
    • i am tired of USB hubs that dont have enough power for reasonable devices
    • Perfect powered USB port
    • You can also use the hub in unpowered mode, if power is not an issue
    • Great powered hub.
    • The power is sufficient for everything I need it to do now!
    • Does not deliver enough power for some of my USB devices
    • This hub has enough power (as long as you remember to plug it in!
    • The device is powered by separate wall outlet so you can use this hub to power devices like hard drives and charging your smartphone.
    • With 4A this device not only provides a USB hub to the PI but also enough USB power to run it
    • It's a cheap powered hub that will suit most user's needs
    • Works great, and the AC adapter supplies enough power to charge multiple devices.
    • Awesome good tho powers all my stuff.
    • If you have issues with items that suddenly stop working or need to be unplugged/re-plugged, get a powered USB hub like this one.
    • Having the 4amp power supply is also nice when you need to charge up a few how power devices like Ipads or other tablets.
    • Performance is great and it actually provides power to the ports, others I had didn't work as expected but with this one I was able to power 3 External 1 TB disks with no problems.
    • Nice product, it comes with 2 cables, it can be connected to a PC for power, but comes with it's own power supply as well.
    • Finally a USB that provides enough power through it for all of my devices.
    • The bright red led power light is a bit annoying in a dark room but easily countered with a piece of electrical tape.
    • I have expensive joysticks plugged into them and there is no problems with power management or shorting (especially if you are plugged into a surge protective power strip)
    • It runs all my little stuff great, but the USB powered hard drive I have doesn't like it
    • (The internal Mac Mini USB ports will sometimes not provide enough power plus a signal, so this helps a lot.)
    • It works as advertised but you will want a charger with greater output power.
    • i have three AOC monitors, a bluray drive, and an Apricorn 1TB encrypted USB drive, all of which take two USB ports each, and MOST of the 7-port USB hubs on the market don't have big enough power supplies to power all 7 ports running at 0.5A each!
    • I saw nothing in the instructions referring to the weird power plug on the end of the power cord
    • Neat-o