D-Link DUB-H7 High Speed USB 2.0 7-Port Hub
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Customer Review: Like it so much, I'm buying another
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought one of these in December 2006 with great trepidation. I was skittish because I had purchased two other USB hubs (granted, rather cheap ones) before that, and both had failed within a couple of months. So when I bought this one, I spent extra to get a 2-year warranty to go along with it. I was determined that if this thing failed, by gum, I was going to be covered!
I needn't have worried. I plugged the thing in as soon as it arrived, and it worked flawlessly from then until now, more than four years later, when it's still working perfectly.
I guess I wasted my money buying that warranty.
The product works so well for me that I'm buying another one to use with my new Apple Time Capsule combo wireless router/network hard drive (it has a USB port and I'm hoping to be able to connect two printers and two exernal hard drives to be able to get to through my network).
This USB hub has worked flawlessly with my PC, and while I can't testify as to whether it will work as well with a Mac yet because I haven't tried it, how different can it be? USB is USB, right?
By the way, if you're considering a USB hub, you might want to spend the bit of extra money to get a powered hub. Some USB devices (like portable hard drives) draw their power through the USB connection, and if you have an un-powered hub, they will then draw their power from your computer's USB port (through the hub).
I'm happy with this product. Five stars, no question.
Customer Review: Really Great Piece of Hardware
Summary: 5 Stars
I purchased this product about 6 months ago when I was fed up with all the cables I had to string around just to connect 7 USB cables to my computer. I had to use three different 4-port USB devices and daisy-chain them together (which caused me to waste two ports just in connecting them to each other!)
This product, however, did the same amount of work as my three 4-port USB hubs for 1/3 the cost, 1/3 the hassle, and 1/3 the power cables taking up socket space on my power strip.
Not only is this 7-port d-link more efficient, there is one other key difference. The ports are vertical instead of horizontal. This means that it takes a lot less space than an equivalent 7-port horizontal hub. Why is this? Because it is more efficient use of space. As a result, you can ALWAYS fit your USB microdrive in the usb slot without crowing out a neighboring slot. Sometimes the USB keychain drives are too wide, and it is difficult to insert one into a hub without pressing into the USB item next to it. With the slots being vertical, instead of horizontal, this is never a problem.
One more thing, the power adapter is pretty small, and it is a "sideways" adapter. This means that with optimal placement you might just be able to place it where you only cover one wall socket on your power outlet/power strip.
I am very happy with this purchase, and I would recommend it to anyone who needs more than one four port USB hub. I'll never go back to the 4-porter again...
Customer Review: Works great, but looks old
Summary: 5 Stars
My main purpose for getting this hub was that I needed a large number of USB ports for my Macbook. Two just wasn't going to cut it, and my macbook is currently acting as my 'desktop', and getting to the ports is quite a hassle. I've been using some other cheaper ones from retail stores, but they've all failed, or were too slow. I'd been looking at this one, but was turned off by the color scheme, as my desk space is black glass and metal, and this looked ancient in comparison.
I'm very glad I got the unit though. Once I got it installed, I tested it out by plugging in three separate external harddrives, two self-powered and one USB-powered, a usb-video-converter unit, a flash drive and my ipod (six items total), and was able to convert a video, sync my ipod touch and transfer files from two drives to one all simultaneously, very easily. My unit didn't heat up much, which was a problem with my last one.
My biggest complaint would be the mess of wires- because I still need to plug in flash drives to some of the last spots, the usb hub is in relatively clear sight of anyone in the vicinity, and can spot all the usb wires very easily. I have some things I can use to remedy the problem, but overall it's rather unsightly. No stars deducted though, because it's not something one can complain about.
Don't waste your money on anything cheaper like I did- just hop on the bandwagon and you'll have gotten yourself a great deal.
Customer Review: A solid performer
Summary: 5 Stars
You'd be amazed at how many things can go wrong with a USB 2.0 hub. Happily, none of those nasty things happen with this D-Link hub.
Plug it in to the USB port of the computer, plug the power into a 110 v AC outlet and you are good to go with 7 USB 2.0 devices. (It will handle USB 1.x, but remember that a slow device will slow everything else down. That's the nature of USB, not a problem with the product. This is a hub, not an intelligent switch.)
The USB hub itself is relatively small, which is nice. Some manufacturers make these things way bigger than they need to be. This one is compact, but has good clearance between each of the seven USB connecters. By the way, all the connectors are on one side, which is much to be preferred to those units where the USB ports are spread out on two or three sides, which simply adds to cable clutter.
Construction is as solid as it can be for a mass produced unit of this type and price.
The supplied USB cable is about 6 feet long.
My only criticism is that the power adapter is as relatively large wall wart kind and takes up too much space on a power bar. Unfortunately that's the way it is with most manufacturers of this kind of product.
On the whole, a well designed, well constructed product at a fair price.
Jerry
Customer Review: Works great!
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm now using the D-Link hub with (7) external devices: (2) HP laser printers, a Canon ink jet, a Canon dye transfer, a 250 GB Seagate drive, a 1TB Verbatim drive and a OWC DVD/CD burner. All work fine together. I can transfer files between the two hard drives, or burn a CD at 32X speed with the source file on one of my external HDs, and it all works.
However, all of the external devices are "self-powered" so they do not tax the D-Link power supply, and all are USB 2.0 devices. I have no idea if this would work if a USB 1.0 or 1.1 device was added to the mix, but I doubt it.
This is the most trouble free USB hub I've ever used. I've owned one for (3) years with no problems and just purchased a second D-Link hub.
The only "strange" thing that ever happened with this hub was that once I had a short power drop out that powered down the hub, but not my computer or my external HDs (which were on a UPS) which were connected through the hub. One of the ports on the hub stopped working and the green LED next to the USB socket for that port went out. All the other ports worked fine. Powering down the hub did not repair the "bad" port, but disconnecting all connections and then powering it down for a few minutes did get the hub working again, and it's been fine ever since.