I plugged it, my hard drive appeared and a few minutes after everything was reopening and that several times in a short amount of time

I would mind a folding "male" USB 3.0 connection on the last port so that I didn't have to connect a cable for my portable SSD drive

I also get notifications from computer telling me I need to scan and fix hard drive, which doesn't happen when I connect hard drive directly to computer

I connect 2 portable external hard drives to my laptop

Now that the PS4 is external hard drive compatible this is a great way to have more than one UBS port usable

My complaint and I think its a major one is that when you plug in additional items the items already plugged temporary pause from working, so my hard drive disconnected when I plugged my mouse in

I use this for connecting external USB hard drives for a laptop

I can use my USB hard drive, as well as my USB KVM cable where the cable actually reaches

It has worked fine for the external hard drive and other storage devices, but I've been having an issue where my controllers aren't charging very quickly when plugged into this strip.

I have a desktop external hard drive and two printers hooked up to it and all function perfectly

I tested this by filling up the ports with flash drives, an external hard drive, and a keyboard and a mouse

I knocked off a star due to the fact it did this during a hard drive backup when there was no other software running that could mess with it at the time.

Great way to damage your drives

I bought this to hook up multiple hard drives at once to

Getting drive error popups every time I use this hub to write something to a USB flash drive or HDD

I consistently get read/write errors when connecting a hard drive using this hub on my Mac

doesnt work with 3+ usb3 hard drives

The power restrictions are to be expected, I.e. if a usb3 hard drive is connected nothing else can be.

It can hold a mouse, keyboard, and a printer, but don’t put a hard drive on it with anything else.

it's not working with my portable hard drive, because it not come with power adapter and also this item is not qualify to return

However, it started rejecting flash drives that were plugged into it with “ ejected improperly” messages and disconnecting my mouse and keyboard.

and it was starting to go sketchy (disconnecting and reconnecting my external hard drives randomly).

No problems with this hub and powered external hard drives when connected to a USB 2.0 port on these P755 laptops

The trouble I'm having is if I have a hard drive connecte and I connect a 2nd hard drive, it'll unmount re-mount and remount the first one

The hub can detect my wireless mouse receiver, but it cannot detect my portable USB drives and SD cards (via USB adapter)

Upon re reading the description on line it does state external hard drives are not recommended to be used.

, everything works fine running through it (the keyboard and external hard drive).No trouble with transfer speeds or connectivity

I have it hooked up to my Xbox One to connect external hard drives and charging cables

so I could charge my Fitbit, use my portable hard drive, or download photos from my camera onto my computer.

The Anker USB 3.0 hub allows me to use both my mouse, my external hard drive, and charge my phone or any other usb device all at the same time, without losing out on the speed offered by the USB 3.0 standard

After I have problems with this usb 3.0 ultra slim data hub no power version, anker offer me a new USB hub with power adapter to try if it going to work, and yes it works, my first generation USB 3.0 WD passport portable hard drive and Seagate portable hard

This HUB may be good for connecting low power devices such as thumb drive or SD card reader, but don't try to connect any external HD, since the HUB doesn't provide enough power to run a conventional external Hard drive, and don't even think about connecting two external hard drives.

It does seem to charge my Bluetooth earbuds and works with my portable hard drives, though.

I use it with a gaming laptop and plug a wireless headset dongle, external hard drive and mouse into it and have no problems

If i attach miuse, iphobe and hard drive it crashes.

I would NOT use this hub to permanently connect hard drives.

Have not tried it with an external hard drive though; we opted to use the rear USB port for that, hoping the dedicated port would be better for data throughput.

The seller advised that this is an unpowered hub and does not generate enough power to support an external hard drive and other devices.

and it is great there is enough space for all of my hard drives.

I need to connect a USB Mouse and Keyboard, as well as an external drive

The chart in the instructions shows an external hard drive is rated at 900 mA. ( a camera at 300mA, a mouse at 100mA, and a keyboard at 500mA

The seller advised that this is an unpowered hub and does not generate enough power to support an external hard drive and other devices.

I bought another one on Amazon and it was not apple to handle my hard drive and mouse and phone connected to

With the hub connected to several Toshiba P755 series laptops the powered external hard drives would continuously cycle between connected and unconnected and eventually bog down the laptops and never get connected

It's not a proper ejection and I'll have to quit and restart any apps that are using data on the hard drive (video editing, photoshop, etc)

They cannot handle a wireless dongle for a keyboard and an external hard drive together.

When this happened to one drive, I assumed it was a bad drive

It does seem to charge my Bluetooth earbuds and works with my portable hard drives, though.

After I have problems with this usb 3.0 ultra slim data hub no power version, anker offer me a new USB hub with power adapter to try if it going to work, and yes it works, my first generation USB 3.0 WD passport portable hard drive and Seagate portable hard

I have a keyboard, the Kinect, an External Hard Drive and a Headset that all require USB ports

so I could charge my Fitbit, use my portable hard drive, or download photos from my camera onto my computer.

I might be at fault because i have wd 4terabyte hard drive and 2 sandisk 120gb 3.0 usb mini slims attached at ALL times(sms)

Not quite sure what the problem is with the hub when connected to just the Toshiba P755 laptops and why separately powered USB 3.0 drives would be an issue

I assumed falsely I could use it to add two external hard drives to the port on my DVR

My laptop only has 2 USB ports, but with a wireless mouse, thumb drive, external hard drive, cell phone charging, etc, I needed extra space.

I have a hard drive, controller charger, wired controller, and phone charger all hooked using this convenient little doohickey

It is connected to the laptop through a USB Type C to USB Type A dongle and connected to the hub is a performance mx mouse, apple wired keyboard, and occasionally an external desktop usb hard drive (that has external power)

Where I ran into trouble was attempting to use several external USB 3.0 hard drives that have their own power

Just 2-3 months ago, I had TWO external drives get destroyed by an Anker powered hub.

it's not working with my portable hard drive, because it not come with power adapter and also this item is not qualify to return

Seems to occasionally drop off and on after several hours of operation, resulting in the hard drives I have attached disappearing then resyncing

:I had ordered this 4 port hub to connect two external slim line hard drives using one of my two USB ports on my MacBook Pro

I hooked up my external hard drive to

Instead of plugging the hub directly into the back of the iMac and having all the cables visible on your desk, the extension cable allows me to locate the hub where the hard drives and other devices are located - out of sight

I looked up the product description and sure enough, its say to avoid high powered devices such as external hard drives.

I can now finally have a hard drive, mouse and keyboard to use with my MacBook Pro.

It shows me that I still need connect the hard drive directly to ps4

but I use it to connect to my laptop and just charge my phone, Apple Watch and plug in a hard drive or speakers

I bought a second to use with external hard drives and my external video card.

I bought this USB hub to connect my external hard drive and phone to my PC

I plug external hard drives into this and whenever the hub is moved slightly, for instance by plugging in an additional hard drive, the hard drive that is plugged will be disconnected (and then I get one of those messages saying it was disconnected without ejecting it)

So it broke my new 4TB MyBook external hard drive, won't connect to anything that requires USB 3.0 even though it states having that capability, but they even add salt to the wound by not allowing returns on this product.

I connect 2 portable external hard drives to my laptop

Now, when my laptop goes to sleep all the hard drives connected through this 4-port get disconnected

I've kept three devices plugged into this USB hub consistently since purchasing - keyboard, mouse, and external hard drive

Extremely slim (half the form factor of my external hard drive) and takes up almost no space on my desk

It is really annoying when I am trying to use Lightroom to copy photos from the SD card to my external hard drive and suddenly it comes to a screeching halt

I bought this hub so I could sync two USB powered external hard drives which I have to use because my laptop hard drive is way too small to use as an office computer

I have headphones, hard-drives, and two additional chargers being attached and used at the same time.

Caused me to think that an external hard drive was defective and stopped working after 4 months with my snapscan

It was particularly bad if it had anything plugged into it that was drawing much current, especially a portable hard drive I had

My laptop only has enough USB drives for the mouse and keyboard

(It turns out that portable hard drives can cause similar problems with WiFi, but this hub compounded it.)So a word to the wise: If you're having problems with hotel WiFi, try unplugging everything from your laptop, and see if things improve

(Updated 10/17/18, after hearing from Anker Customer Service)I still don't recommend this hub for Macbook Pro owners (late 2016 model), as it creates radio-frequency interference, especially if a hard drive is plugged into it

Two drives that were connected to this hub have failed in just one week

I'd usually connect multiple USB external hard drives to this, but now it just doesn't work

It seems like that it could not work with the external hard drive for ps4

Fixed my issue with my external hard drives and Logitech keyboard/Mouse lagging on my PC!

I would often switch between my USB wireless mouse and my external hard drive in order to transfer files or work on space dependent projects like working with virtual machines

If you plug in a hard drive that may have to be the only device you can plug into it because it supports a total of 900mA.

After 2 months of use, the product is still perfect!Great cable flexible and sturdy, well enough space for all my USB ports, even the fattiest flash drives that I have fit well

If you need more ports for spinning hard drives you'll need a powered hub

my hard drives wont work with it, its basically useless

If I have my monitor connected and then plug in the hard drive, the monitor goes off.

For mouse, iPods, Kindles, external hard drives, and any other devices I have...It works

I would fully avoid this item unless you want to risk constant disconnection of your hard drives when you're away from your computer

I wanted something to hook my external hard drive up to my Apple Airport Router because I was tired of carrying it around the house

I use the hub for connecting on a daily basis (minimum 8 hours a day) USB hard drives, flash drives, iphone cable for charging, and dongle for wireless mouse.

It works fine and the speed for 3.0 is fair enough with hard drives and usb memories

Does not properly hold a connection, so not suitable for anything that requires a continuous connection (headsets, external hard drives, etc.

I’ve used this constantly, for backup hard drives, MIDI instruments, phone charging... a good all-around connector!

Have hard drives plugged in at once and worked great.

It dos not work with my external hard drive, with a thumb drive or with my receiver for my wireless mouse and keyboard.

Corrupts my hard drives

Once everything is hooked up it works fine, it carries enough power to run a 4TB portable drive, 3TB portal drive, 1TB portable drive, and a mouse.

Nice fast transfer speeds to all 3 of my hard drives hooked up to it, and no interruption to or from my midi keyboard which takes up the last slot

One word of caution: the paperwork indicates that, to avoid unstable connections, total connected devices should not exceed 900 mA. They provide a helpful chart, indicating that external hard drives are typically 900 mA themselves.

This does not allow me to connect an external monitor and external hard drive at the same time

I have a wireless mouse, external hard drive, thumb drive, and wireless keyboard all plugged in to my

I still have 2 open ports which work great for plugging in a flash drive to transfer files from the desktop to the flash drive

I can transfer data from my phone, to my external hard drive

4TB External Hard drive

(It turns out that portable hard drives can cause similar problems with WiFi, but this hub compounded it.)So a word to the wise: If you're having problems with hotel WiFi, try unplugging everything from your laptop, and see if things improve

Also my external hard drive would not connect to it, it had to be connected directly to the PlayStation

It was particularly bad if it had anything plugged into it that was drawing much current, especially a portable hard drive I had

This is my one complaint about another product I bought from Anker – a hard drive dock.

Unfortunately, this thing couldn't even power one of my external hard drive

Original review:Almost every time I plug in another device, it disconnects my two external hard drives, Very disappointed

I use it for a backup hard drive and to connect my keyboard to the computer

I love it :D, pretty useful in PC setups

well I only give 4 star because is does not work for my ps4, we

Other wise I will give it 5 star.