4-Port Powered USB 3.0 Hub, LED Power Switches (HB-UMP3)

This product works great. Like another reviewer mentioned, there are times where coming out of sleep and it is powered, it requires unplugging and plugging back in for the system to detect it. Normally it would be a negative but it happens. Formerly in IT responsible for approving products, there is no perfect product because of the huge amount of possible combinations out there and it shows in product reviews of the product because you will hear of the one combination that did not work. The hub has no problems with 2 other DELLs, 1 HP Envy, or a Lenovo laptop and a dozen desktops just this oddball Spectre. Back to the review: This product works well and the individual buttons are quite helpful. For those really picky about build quality, the blue LED light is only bright on the side facing the ports but the clear ring circles the buttons. The buttons have a little more play than buttons on a PS4/xbox controller. We have 2.5 of these (more later) and the male and female plugs are snug and solid feeling. They all come with unique serial numbers and has a decent build feel to it. The use of the buttons helps wear and tear on cords and plugs since I don't have to pull out USB units I am not using. Since I travel and this laptop, keyboard, mouse, fan, etc. is my primary computer, this inexpensive feature saves wear and tear on $1000+ of equipment. My personal experience is that keeping things on when you don't need them puts more wear and tear on the device and the laptop's circuitry. Another nice feature is that the hub works with or without the power plug. If you just need usb power for your fans without hooking it to a computer, you can use it unplugged. If there is enough power for the ports, there is no voltage/amp difference on which port you plug it into which is a problem on cheaper hubs. (Tested with multimeter) About the 2.5 units, the first one I received threw error messages on my HP Spectre, At that time, I got an email for a review from Sabrent and although I wasn't sure about cause of the problem, they quickly sent me a replacement. The problem was the power brick but I got the replacement with almost no downtime. Pro: Individual buttons helps fine tune power use Can be used as passive power or with optional AC power for devices needing more power Light on active port(s) right on button so you know at a glance versus others on the side or just one light overall Great customer service (May 2017) Con: For the HP Spectre, waking up from sleep sometimes requires reseating plug, not a problem if powering off Lights around button could be more uniform but I'd rather have something than nothing

Works well. Small footprint. Individual power on and off is a big feature. A little pricey for what it is. 2 yr warranty when you register on line.

I've had this unit for just about 9 months now, so this is with daily use, lots of on and off on ports with USB sticks, USB SSDs and USB hard drives. I picked this up with the express purpose of replacing 2 failed Anker USB hubs. Both of the metal body units has shorted internally. This seemed a good choice being it had the buttons so I could unmount and then turn off power to the drive, and it being plastic bodied meant I wouldn't need to deal with shorting. The blue lights are a nice touch since they let me know at a glance what is enabled and what is not. Overall it worked as expected and did great for what I use it for. Using the power supply with it meant I could run some rather high draw HDDs on it, but it did fine with 1 or 2 units when not using that power adapter. Now as a note, a big reason for the 5 stars is the Sabrent customer service. I had one of the buttons and a separate buttons light go out. The bad button just wouldn't stay activated anymore and another ports light wouldn't let me know when things were activated. I used this with heavy use once every 2 weeks, turning them on and off multiple times on that day, sometimes 10-20 times, and regular days they'd be turned on and off 1-2x. After reaching out about this issue and a similar button failure on a USB 2 version of this, they had a new one at my door in 2 days. They checked in, kept in touch throughout, checked in again after it was marked received to make sure it worked. Absolutely stellar as far as customer service goes. As far as the unit goes, it would be a 4 star unit, because of the failures and because it's clearly built to the $ with plastics being the most prominent thing. All in all though, I doubt I'd change anything about that except fixing the button fatigue failure issue. It's been a great unit for the money.

Use it every day - LOVE LOVE LOVE it. It makes my 2 USB port laptop much more productive. I just had too many needs for USB and not enough ports. I like the way this one has on and off options, so I can control that without unplugging a device. PRO's: The price was RIGHT. Makes it possible to have all your USB devices accessible at the same time - no swapping around, YAY The pro quality make it good enough to put up with the con's, although If I saw a way to fix the con's I'd do it ASAP. CON's: The cable that goes from the Hub to the power outlet fits kind of wonky. That almost made me think the right cable was not included. It fits too loose and doesn't even go all the way in - a bit bothersome but tolerable. The power lights can be a bit distracting (although very pretty) and they blink rapidly when there is no power, but it is still plugged in. I think that could be a LOT slower - or even just one small red light showing that it is not connected to power. The cord to connect to the PC could seriously be longer. It's VERY short, 10" total! There's no way to keep it out of the way. With the connecting cord designed the way it is there is no way to opt for just using another cable - the one end is 1/8" and the other is USB. Would love an extension. Would I recommend? YES - even with all the Con's it still does the job - another I bought did not. I could only actively use one port at a time - I can use all of these at once with no problem. Would I buy it again? Yes if there wasn't another brand, doing what I want to see improved, for the same price.

I have a Dish Network Wally in my travel trailer. I wanted dvr capabilities, so I purchased a one terabyte external hard drive to attach to one of two usb ports on the Wally. This didn’t work. Then I added the plug in powered USB splitter, this allowed more power for the external hard drive to work as a dvr on the Wally. It also made room for my Dish wi-fi unit. It’s compact and allows you to turn on different USB ports. I would recommend using it.

This powered hub is fantastic. I was using an un-powered one and my external drive was struggling to do simple tasks like copying files. This Sabrent hub resolved the issue, and the nice thing is that it's lightweight, too. Love the buttons and the LED lights. My husband saw it and wanted one for himself! Highly recommended!

It works as it should, no power when the switch is off. Only had it a few days so far so good

Works well and the disconnect buttons are very handy, hower there is an issue in that it backfeeds power to the host connection. That may work well with most PCs, however on a Raspberry Pi 4 and 5 this voltage interferes with the power controller on the Raspberry Pi and prevents it from booting. You must either disconnect the hub from the Raspberry Pi until it starts booting or remove the power from the hub until the Pi starts booting. Neither is a good solution for unattended operations. The solution is to interrupt the +5V power line while leaving the ground (P-) and the two data lines (D+ and D-) intact. Unfortunately you can't open the case or the plug on the hub to cut the P+ line or insert an isolation diode so the easy fix it to use an inexpensive M/F USB power blocker. With that inline the Raspberry Pi boots reliably every time. This device will work fine as an unpowered hub but in that case you would not use the power blocker. Update: still having issues with the Raspberry Pi 4 booting reliability even with the power blocker installed so voltage must also be feeding back on the host data lines. Had to isolate this hub from the Raspberry Pi with another non-powered hub to get it to boot reliably. Taking off a star for that.

Todo lo que he comprado de la marca Sabrent me ha dejado holgadamente satisfecha. Desde la presentación del embalaje hasta la calidad de la terminación y componentes, son productos «en serio». Este hub ha resuelto una necesidad de comunicación de dos discos USB sobre un router usado como server, que solo admitía un puerto USB de salida. Intenté conectar dos discos de 5T con un hub común, pero no levantaban por falta de potencia. Este hub potenciado permite montar hasta 4 discos USB en la única entrada USB del router, con asombrosa sencillez. Solo enchufar y habilitar cada puerto con su respectivo botón de carga (cada puerto tiene un interruptor individual, algo estupendo). El router levantó los discos al instante sin ningún problema de conectividad, y los discos fueron identificados por la PC como unidades de red individuales, con excelente velocidad de acceso desde otros dispositivos. Es muy pequeño de tamaño, y no ocupa lugar en una mínima mesa o balda donde está el router. Es cierto que el cable es corto, pero para el uso que yo le doy, que es tenerlo al lado físicamente del router, sobra longitud. Se ve de buena calidad y muy buen desempeño. Estoy muy satisfecha y lo recomiendo para cualquier necesidad de hub USB. Vale cada céntimo del precio.

Ce hub 4 ports USB-A est un vrai produit de qualité : il maintient la vitesse de l'USB 3.2 (5 Gbs) sur les 4 ports, ils sont munis chacun d'un interrupteur et comme le hub a sa propre alimentation (chargeur fourni) il peut fonctionner avec des appareils qui ne sont pas capables de fournir assez d'alimentation pour les périphériques USB, ce qui était mon cas. Aucun Hub USB-A pas cher ne fonctionnait avec mon appareil, celui-ci a fonctionné du premier coup !

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Given the price this is a excellent piece of USB-hub. I have it as a hub for a Raspberry PI4 which is running Zwave dongle and it works as planned. I also have other devices connected to it.

The SABRENT 4 Port USB 3.0 Hub is the unexpected hero of my desk. Plugged it in, hit the little LED switches, and boom my camera stopped flickering like it was trying to send Morse code. Even better, it teams up perfectly with the LINDY 43271 5 m USB‑C to A active extension, like a techy buddy‑cop duo that actually gets the job done. No dropouts, no drama, just smooth sailing. If your webcam is having a meltdown, this hub might just be the therapist it needs.