StarTech.com 10 Port USB 3.0 Hub - Industrial Grade - ESD/Surge Protection - Powered & Mountable USB Expander Hub (ST1030USBM), Black

This is great product for extending the number of ports. You can charge lower powered devices (not ipads etc) unless you provide extra power via the additional socket. I understand that it's really intended for industrial situations and can be mounted on a din rail but doesn't look out of place wall mounted in an office. It's very well made and works well. It comes with a cable to connect to the computer and a plug for the power socket - I've not used that part. Overall 5 star. It is however extremely expensive so you would really want it over anything else.

I bought this Hub to power all my USB camera equipment for astronomy. So far, I've got 2 cameras, a filter wheel and a com port. That's a mixture of USB 2 and USB 3 devices. All plugged in and running nicely off this hub. The wide range of Input voltages means that I can power it from a leisure battery without having to worry about the exact voltage that I'm putting in. Expensive, but it's stable and seems to be reliable. (I can forget that it's there.) I'm planning on adding a USB GPS, and a USB hard drive at a later date. So 7 ports is perfect.

This is a very well made and specified Hub. I would suggest opening the case & changing the lower board jumper from bus to external power. This will allow the hub to be freed from the constraints of bus power to using the connected PSU power. A number of low powered devices on the bus would not connect (perhaps an overload from many devices) but since this has been done the operation has been flawless. It would have suited my purpose to have been slightly shorter as I was fitting the hub into a case but other than that I have no complaints.

Very good product. 12v input power is must for my astrophotography setting. Delivers the quality as advertised.

It is an extremely reliable usb 3.0 hub with a steady 50 MB/s transfer of data between 2 WD passports. Supports ports with enough juice to load it up with mobile devices, disks, and game controllers.IT works on Windows 7, not sure about Mac

No adaptor, pointless !

I bought this to replace one that I damaged. It is a perfect replacement.

It's mountable! What's not to like? Seriously, works fine for me. All ports functional, nice solid mating, etc.

I recommend this item if you need a real industrial grade performance.This item comes without a power adapter, which makes the perfect sense to me.For general purpose it works without a power adapter as usual passive USB HUB.To take advantage of the surge protection of this item you need to power it up.As described in the technical details you may use DC power supply from 7V to 48V, which obviously makes a difference in the cost, so the customer can choose the right one.I specifically needed an industrial grade of performance, as previously I had about a dozen of USB HUBs, but even a best one of them still "kicks out" some connected devices when I connect a Dual-Dock with 2 14GB disks in it.I bought power supply (DC 48 V, 3.5 V, 120 W). Following instructions - it took 20 minutes to connect power to this item. I am using this item for the first day, very intensively. So far - even under the extreme conditions, utilizing all 7 ports, including the Dual-Dock with 2 x 3.5" disks - no "kick outs".I bought another (4-port) StarTech.com 4-Port USB 3.0 Hub - for my other PC. Both HUBs work at industrial grade performance.

When you replace a USB hub, you have to carefully enter the great wire forest next to your computer, and replug everything WITHOUT pulling or disturbing other wires. This unit is pricey, but for that money you won't have to enter that forest again for a LONG time. The power cords included fit several global power outlet standards. Generous power feed to ports.

Excellent Product