My new laptop only has 2 USB port and after using one for my mouse, one for external hard drive, nothing left for charging my phone, this thing is the perfect solution

Has 4 ports but can’t handle an external hard drive and thumb stick at the same time

I keep my External hard drive and my mouse plugged to this hub

I first bought the one without external power, then bought the one with external power, thinking that that would be preferable for hard drives

My wireless mouse behaves strangely when connected to this,and an external hard drive did not stay connected to my computer when connected via this hub.

Watched videos from the external hard drive and there was no buffering issues.

Just received this hub, broke it right out, and plugged in 2 hard drives, a USB speaker, and a thumb drive

I have a bunch of hard drives that don't seem to be

Also using a wireless keyboard and wireless mouse with a usb flash drive and a 3.0 hard drive

I love that I can turn off certain devices to save my RAM from overworking when it doesn't need to as I have multiple hard drives for different things plugged into it.

I would recommend this unit to anyone looking for plugging in multiple sticks or external hard drives.

As soon as I plug in my external backup hard drive my mouse arrow head no longer moves smoothly across the page.

I've only see this on my hard drive because of the disconnect/reconnect messages, but can't tell if this is happening on other devices

I wanted to use this for transferring photos directly from my cell phone thru my Surface to my external hard drive, since my Surface has minimum storage capability.

I wanted USB 3.0 speeds for both input and output when copying between various combinations of flash drives, external hard drives, and an SSD drive.

The port power buttons were a nice feature for disabling flash drives that I don't want cluttering my desktop when I'm not using them (Linux).

As a precaution, do your best to avoid plugging in high power devices into this hub (i.e. A portable hard drive) and only plug this into a USB 3.0 port.

I only used it to connect my printer and external hard drive to my laptop

, I utilize the Sabrent 4-Port USB 3.0 Hub on my laptop computer for an external computer-mouse, usb flash drives, and external hard drives

In my case I was using this to connect multiple hard drives to my

My web camera does not like to stay connected, and neither does an external hard drive or an audio interface

I can't even connect my external hard drive anymore

After a month, the port the disconnecting drive was plugged in finally stopped working and won't ready any drive or flashdrive

I had a second drive being powered by a separate port on the computer so not to stress the single power port too much

so I have several external hard drives and this allows me to have them all hooked up with a faster transfer rate... great buy

Nice addition to my PC, have so many hard drives so this Hub was just the ticket

I bought this hub to allow use of multiple 2Gb USB external hard drives in the lone port on the back of my HDTV

Perhaps I didnt read closely enough (and yes I went for the cheap option, but Sabrent is a known brand) but it won't recognize 2 unpowered external hard drives at the same time.

replug the external hard drive in every time

I was unaware at the time that even the back ports of the Xbox provide power even when the console is off, so that quiet external drive spun for almost a year without me knowing it.

Wish I had realized this was the problem before I spent $400 replacing a "dying" hard drive in my computer.

Plugged-in my Razer Megalodon, external hard drive (1TB), gaming mouse

It seems to work fine for devices that don't draw power from the USB, but my external hard drive, which works just fine on a USB 2.0 port, wouldn't work

I would have multiple things connected but i cannot say if it drains the laptop battery since i only used it for bluetooth transmitters and external hard drives

I've been running a smart card reader, thumb drive, external hard drive and phone charger through it for a couple of months with no issues.

My two external hard drives have their own power adapter, as does the LifeCam, so they only use the Sabrent device for communications--I purposely use devices with their own external power sources, so as to not overload my computer's USB port, or the Sabrent device

It's not a power issue, since only one USB drive draws power,

I only have 2 USB ports on my computer, I use one for the mouse and the other usually for connecting to my external hard drive

works good with my HP laptop when I need to transfer or store data onto external hard drive

I needed a powered solution to run several hard drives simultaneously.

They were a match, but it seems that plugging anything else into this hub in addition to the hard drive makes it drop its connection constantly

I'm not sure if overheating would damage the drive

I bought this device primarily for use with external USB hard drives that are powered by USB.

left plugged in to computer since I had a crash years ago that affected hard disk as well as external drives.

I pulled the same trial by not using the USB Hub and just going through my Macbook USB ports just to check, and it worked fine so the issue is not existent with my hard drives

Now I can charge my controllers, use my external hard drive, and keep my psvr connected without having to swap wires all of the time.

Very helpful with my used a hub for many hard drive connections

After a while it fails to power the only thing plugged into it, my portable drive

I like that I can plug in 4 separate external hard drives and can turn on just the ones I need at that time

Its frustrating to use with mice, potentially damaging to your data to use with a hard drive.

When more than one portable hard drives are plugged in, and as you turn them on one by one, the initiation of one powered port can disconnect other powered ports, which is not ideal.2

The reason I'm giving only 3 stars is some specific drawback, when both a hard drive and a (Logitech) wireless mouse/keyboard dongle are connected to it

So this HUB will work for cheap SLOW drives, but don't try and use it with those very fast SSD drives as it will NOT handle the speeds

Needed a way to connect several external hard drives to my laptop and I want each one to have it's own

My hard drives can now transfer at full capabilities.

When more than one portable hard drives are plugged in, and as you turn them on one by one, the initiation of one powered port can disconnect other powered ports, which is not ideal.2

I purchased it for an upcoming business trip where I will require several external hard drives connections to my laptop without the availability of a docking station I normally use

But when I try to connect a Macbook Air Super Drive / external hard drive, for CD music listening, etc, the Sabrent USB device fails -- it is unable to draw enough power from the computer to power the hard drive.

I do think that you still have to plug in external hard drives to the actual laptop USB ports though (because of power needs), but I can do that with the second port on the laptop while all my other peripherals connect to the Sabrent in the other port, so that works ok too.

I have two external hard drives, a Microsoft LifeCam, and a third monitor plugged into it (using a USB 3.0/2.0 USB to VGA adapter), which it supports without any difficulty.

I connected four hard drives (two with their own separate power adapters, two without) with no issues.

The external hard drive is self powered with its power source so does not depend on power from the hub.

Transferring a file to a portable drive only works if it is the only thing connected.

I personally use it on my Xbox One to hook up an external hard drive and a keyboard for typing.

Even with just the external hard drive as the one device connected to the router, it fails, and a CD will not load.

After extensive use on my personal computer (going close to a year now), I've found that the Sabrent dramatically reduced transfer speeds from my USB 3.0 external hard drive and the connection dropped at regular intervals

I use this like a docking station for external items like my DVD player, hard drive and external keyboard.

I've been using an older USB 2.0 Hub for a while in spite of having upgraded to numerous USB 3.0 capable devices (most notably a couple of external hard drives).

Having individual LED power switches is such a pleasure, especially when you have external hard drives that you don't want running all the time (or having to plug in when you need them).

Running an external hard drive off of this is a little scary, but it has been fine so far.

I use them to power external hard drives that only get occasional use for backup and to run a small fan that circulates air past the big hard drive array

This gave me the ability to have connections to add additional thumb drives and hard drives that I have downloaded a lot of old movies and pictures.

Works well with the PS4 Pro, but if you have an external hard drive you want to use with this, don't.

Full capability with wireless mouse, external hard drive, and flash drive.

I use it for an external hard drive and it works great, no change in speed of use.

I have many video hard drives and this makes switching a breeze.

Keyboard, mouse, pair of external hard drives, USB headset for teleconferencing

With 2 external hard drives, speakers and a wireless

As a precaution, do your best to avoid plugging in high power devices into this hub (i.e. A portable hard drive) and only plug this into a USB 3.0 port.

It has no problem with data transfer with the optical drive or the hard drives, transfer rates are the same as when they were directly connected to the laptop

If you plug in another hard drive while having a hard drive in the thing cuts off the hard drive that's already inside and reboots all hard drives

I have it plugged into my PlayStation 4 so I can have more ports for my headset and external hard drive and charger for my controller

and it's a pain in the neck to disconnect the hard drive all the time when I need my mouse and keyboard to stay connected to even use the printer)

but soon I discovered that one of these were actually downloading the content from my hard drives whenever I was not using my computer in spite of a big brand name AntiVirus software already running in the background

HOWEVER, if you want to use this for an Externally Powered USB Hard Drive (with power saving features), then please note the following issues.

(I'm a photographer and use Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop daily, so I use my hard drive to store my RAW

Using an external hard drive would be out of question

I would try to open folders in my external hard drive and it would read "This folder is empty", even though it wasn't

For instance, had I have a hard drive or USB stick drive connected to the hub and this disconnect was to happen when I was transferring data it could corrupt to cancel a data transfer

I have my wireless mouse dongle plugged in and every time I try to connect a hard drive or drive bay to it at the same time there won't be enough juice to power both simultaneously

It works fine for some devices, but definitely for me, not my usb mouse, usb scanner and an external hard drive.

This gives me enough expansion room to run a wireless mouse, headset, recording mic, and external hard drive simultaneously.

and I got tired of hearing irrelevant drives powering up and down every time I connected or disconnected the hub.

It frequently disconnects and reconnects for just a moment which for a mouse is ok, but if you are transferring data on or off of the hard drive, that disconnection interrupts the whole process

Something about the connection seemed bad and my external hard drives and mouse that were plugged into it were constantly going in and out

If at least two of the connection buttons are pushed down then none of your external hard drives will show up on your comp

When I plugged in my 4TB WD hard drive, it improperly ejected the card reader/SD card

Any attached USB device failed, from an internet dongle, a flash drive, to a back up hard drive (in a Sabrent case).

Since one of the devices was a bus-powered external hard drive, I was on the lookout for a *powered* hub

my external hard drive keeps disconnecting!!

I use a couple of portable USB drives for data only and use the internal drive only for loading OS and applications

In my case I was powering a portable drive and a flash card reader

And even though I could connect my mouse and extra fans to it, when it came to my external hard drive

I work predominantly from hard drives and had to unplug them often

It makes my Xbox more usable since I have a headset, two wired controllers and a external hard drive

I am having trouble with the two hubs I've bought: my hard drives are dropping their connections to the computer - through these hubs

For example, when I plugged a portable hard drive in, the moment I pushed the power button to that port, my audio interface plugged into a different port disconnected briefly, before reconnecting

When you have hard drives attached this is NOT good

but I can't even get this thing to work with more than one connected hard drive even without the mouse dongle connected, very disappointing, not sure what they're going for here since they offer so many ports to use.

It's strange that this $10 hub fails with a hard drive yet an old, cheap $2 non-powered USB 2.0 hub that I have works flawlessly

so I wouldn't have to disconnect my external hard drive each time I needed to print

Even if I could deal with "bong-bONG" and the on/off and windows trying to reinstall every few seconds, I am worried it will damage my drives with all the power fluctuations.

When I run a WD MyPassport external HD through it, the speed is unaffected, because that cheap 100 dollar 4TB external hard drive only has a maximum speed of around 100 MB per second, and it still gets that speed through the HUB.

Cannot print or access my external hard drive through this device.

Does what I want, however, it is not a good connection for things like an external hard drive

It was exactly what I needed to connect my mouse and hard drive to my laptop

This product is extremely inconsistent in terms of it's ability to house more than 1 hard drive at a time

I read the specs for this hub and compared to the specs for my USB hard drive

When I perform some file transfer to the hard drive, the keyboard signal is no longer received by the computer (while strangely the mouse still works)

Product charges fine but my external hard drive not headphone will work properly while plugged into the splitter

Work perfectly as a hub, connection is strong and not loose, please make sure to buy their other version of this product (the one with the power adapter) if you’re planning on using a Hard Drive or Solid State Drive on either of the 4 open ports.

They seem to connect at an angle and I am pretty sure if I jammed them in... both the usb switch and my drives would break

I like its simplicity and the 'on-off' switches, which allow you to isolate any flash drive from your system without unplugging it

It allows me to plugin my portable SSD drive to maintain both data files and backup my MacBook with the Apple Machine App.

They needed to be powered to avoid pulling power from my laptop since I pull in a webcam and an external hard drive

The compact design works great for my application, no issues with a mouse, keyboard, external hard drive and Dymo printer connected

I ordered this product so because my external hard drive was taking up a USB slot so it would be convenient to be able to charge my controller and my phone at the same time once again

My hard drive is composed of mostly pictures and basic canva graphics, so nothing large

Hub cannot support more than two external drives simultaneously, and the data transfer is slow to moderate for a 3.0 usb

The switches also make things so convenient for me personally because I like to use external hard drives and instead of having to eject my multiple hard drives when I'm done using them I can just safely turn off the switch by pressing them making it hassle free for me!

I don’t have to plug and unplug all of my hard drives all the time.

It works great with my external hard and portable hard drives.

Boot sequence = hard drive

If you are planning to plug things in such as a hard drive, do not get this hub

These hard drives do not do this when I plug them directly into the USB ports on my laptop.

Work perfectly as a hub, connection is strong and not loose, please make sure to buy their other version of this product (the one with the power adapter) if you’re planning on using a Hard Drive or Solid State Drive on either of the 4 open ports.

I have a laptop cooler, a stand with fans, external hard drive, and a mouse which all needed ports

But I do not want the drive to be continually accessible to my PC in case my laptop gets compromised.

An external hard drive is also taking up another one

I use it mainly on my desktop for creative workflow where I use a lot of USB drives, USB microphones, and USB hard drives for creative content

This Sabrent 4-Port USB 3.0 Hub works so well with all my USB 2.0 external hard drives and my new USB 3.0 HP laptop PC.

This is a good usb hub and is easy as a plug and play device.is not powerful enough to power my WD external hard drive

I can turn off my hard drives with pressing the button on the hub whereas without the hub they would stay on when I turned off my computer.

and I bought this because I believe the problem isn't the drives but the hub

I have a bunch of hard drives for different projects that I do not want hooked up to my computer all the time

External hard-drives should be connected to an external power source

I used it with two external hard drives, a wireless mouse and keyboard combo and all of them work flawlessly

This product is ideal if you have hard drives that don’t have a power button

I am using this hub on my laptop's USB 3 port and running an external hard drive off of it

I'm a composer powering two 2 Tb hard drives, one 4tb hard drive, one 500G hard drive, and 3 SSDS (two 1Tbs, one 500G) using the Sabrent USB 3.0 4 Bay 2.5” Hard Drive/SSD Docking Station with Fan (DS-4SSD)

For example, when I plugged a portable hard drive in, the moment I pushed the power button to that port, my audio interface plugged into a different port disconnected briefly, before reconnecting

I do not have any external hard drives

My phone wouldnt connect through it, my hard drive wouldnt connect through it

My setup is three powered desktop hard drives, two that mirror each other, one that has some older stuff on

Very useful I like it.