The bane of any PC power user is needing more than two or three USB ports that come on notebook computers, and the horrors of horrors, is not having enough power to run all the contraptions I have connected to the PC or hub. The blessing has been powered hubs that have plenty of power to run external devices, charge batteries, and at the same time keep constant the power going to each port.
I did a lot of research to find the right powered USB hub to act as a trusted sidekick to my current PC setup. I needed power to charge devices such as cell phones. I needed level power to operate my external 2.5 external hard drive (and I did not want some cheap Chinese crap that might fry my hard disk), I needed LOTS of PORTS and LOTS of POWER.
Above all else, I needed the power monitored, steady, and correct because I'm super concerned about cheap electronics frying the memory sticks and hard discs connected to this powered hub. With this hub I feel safe and my data is secure, and not in danger of being corrupted.
As a bonus this hub comes with four "smart charging" ports. I use those ports to charge my cell phones. IMO the ports and this hub function the same as my flagship Samsung phone's fast chargers. I'm very pleased with the performance of the hub in this regard.
Yes, this costs a bit more than that fake Chinese crap that you can buy for $10. But that old saying applies to this device: "You get what you pay for."
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