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USB-C hubs that I’ve used have been garbage. They’ve all crapped out after less than a year or so of use. The Dell USB-C docking stations I’ve had have been fla
by procarch2019 5y ago
USB-C hubs that I’ve used have been garbage. They’ve all crapped out after less than a year or so of use. The Dell USB-C docking stations I’ve had have been flawless. Not sure what the diff is as my Dell puck USB-C hub sucked (went through 2 of them in a year), but the docking stations are solid.
The one difference I see is that the docking stations are meant to be independently powered and I think it has its own fan. I’m sure the internals are different too, but I don’t know how. Curious if anyone knows more about the difference between the hardware/firmware on the hubs vs the stations.
- cptskippy 5y agoI have used two Lenovo Thunderbolt docks, a Cable Matters, and a Dell; they all had some odd behavior but the Dell was by far the best. I think the use of Display Port a plays a big factor. The Cables Matters and Dell docks only had dual HDMI and had far fewer issues.
- tgpc 5y agoBelkin TB3 Pro dock customer here. Is it garbage? no. Does it like to go wrong in new and mysterious ways every couple of days? yes
- seba_dos1 5y agoThe article is about crappy network switches though, the USB-C hub did nothing wrong :P
- tapland 5y agoMy Dell hub keeps randomly turning off the DP monitors. Cooling it hasnt helped, and it does it with both 1 or 2 monitors connected and on various laptops and OSs