Kensington DomeHub 7-port USB 2.0 Hub with FlyLight
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Manufacturer: KensingtonModel: 33118
Product features:
- Weighted base and non-skid feet stay put
- Seven USB ports to connect up to seven devices
- USB 2.0 delivers up to 40 times the speed of USB 1.1
- Free FlyLight included
- Works with USB 2.0 and 1.1
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Customer Review: Overall, the best hub available!
Summary: 5 Stars
Tired of itty bitty lightweight USB hubs that won't stay put? This one will, and has 7 ports - including a handy-dandy top mounted port that allows use of a keychain USB flash drive without having to reach behind or fight the other cables. Front mounted indicator lites and rear mounted connectors make this a very desk friendly device.
The downsides (but see update below):
1) The wall wart is definitely NOT plug strip friendly - this the 21st century, no excuse for this one. GRRRRRR!!!
2) The input port is not connectorized, instead it has a (approximately) four foot USB cable permanently connected. This is fine if it works for you, a drag if it doesn't. In my case it was 6" too short, so now I have 5 feet too much after I plugged in an extension cable. Sigh...
3) Another minor point is that flash drives' access LED will be turned around the wrong way so you can't see them (when plugged into the top connector) - I don't know if there is any kind of standard for this so I don't know if this is the fault of this particular hub's configuration, or that of the flash drive in question.
UPDATE February 2010:
I've been using this hub daily at work for several years, and it has held up well. The top-mount connector has multiple mate/unmate cycles every single day and is still going strong!
So, I purchased a second one for my home system after a 6 port Belkin died. Kensington has listened, and improved the product! Not only is the the wall wart now VERY plug strip friendly, but the top connector has been turned around so that access LEDs on flash drives can be seen from the front! YAY!
I still think the input port should be connectorized and the silver color is so 1970s (Matches my 1979 TRS-80 perfectly!), but these are nits. Now that I'm working in an I.T. position, I won't recommend any other hub! I hope they come out with a similar USB 3.0 version when the time is right...
I have had no problems whatsoever with cables unplugging themselves, and its powered everything I've plugged into it. The front mounted LEDs have quit working on my older one (5+ years now as I write this), but the hub still works fine.
With these new improvements, I now give it 5 stars.
Description of Kensington DomeHub 7-port USB 2.0 Hub with FlyLight
Kensington K33118 7-port USB 2.0 DomeHub K33118USB USB HubsDigital Cameras and Photo Categories
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