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Show HN: I built a website to better compare USB-C hubs found on Amazon

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Re: Show HN: I built a website to better compare USB-C hubs found on Amazon

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Post by nrp »

Eric_WVGG wrote: post #8
Eric_WVGG wrote: post #6

oh goodness… yes, fine work, but this site rubs my hugest tech pet peeve today There is not a single USB-C hub on this site. A USB-C hub would take one USB-C port and turn it into several USB-C ports. These are what are called port replicators. There are no USB-C hubs in existence, which is a huge reason why the standard is still struggling. Thank you for putting a selector for "how many USB-C ports" front and center…

(why are there no “real” USB-C hubs? some say that it is due to the lack of the existence of a chip that Intel is going to release "any time now" for like a year now… others say that the power delivery requirements of USB-C make this really tricky)

USB-C hubs are on their way. A couple of IC makers now have parts supporting that, so products using them are in the development pipeline: http://www.genesyslogic.com/en/product_view.php?show=69

I'm actually currently developing one as well that has a unique twist to it.

Re: Show HN: I built a website to better compare USB-C hubs found on Amazon

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Post by mmastrac »

jayp wrote: post #16
mmastrac wrote: post #4

Awesome work. Having just gone through this for my company, I'd recommend a few valuable bits of information: - Thunderbolt 3 support filter - Power delivery capability (usually 60W-100W if at all) Both of those are valuable for mac shoppers.

What did you end up buying? Any regrets? I got something from cable matters but think it is faulty and cuts out on PD at times. I am looking for a replacement.

I ended up buying a monitor with PD/TB3 rather than a hub as my setup was using a pretty janky old monitor.

The two "hubs" that supported all the stuff that I wanted were effectively docking stations:

- https://hengedocks.com/products/stone-pro

- https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07VL675DT

I also bought one of these (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hypershop/hyperjuice-wo...), but waiting on delivery. It's not a hub, however.

Re: Show HN: I built a website to better compare USB-C hubs found on Amazon

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Post by petepete »

jayp wrote: post #16
mmastrac wrote: post #4

Awesome work. Having just gone through this for my company, I'd recommend a few valuable bits of information: - Thunderbolt 3 support filter - Power delivery capability (usually 60W-100W if at all) Both of those are valuable for mac shoppers.

What did you end up buying? Any regrets? I got something from cable matters but think it is faulty and cuts out on PD at times. I am looking for a replacement.

I recently bought one for my ThinkPad.

I'd suggest to avoid anything DisplayLink at all costs, it's laggy on Windows and the Linux driver support is pretty bad (Ubuntu only, doesn't support the latest version, not open source).

I just use another USB-C to DisplayPort cable even though it should be unnecessary.

https://www.displaylink.com/

Re: Show HN: I built a website to better compare USB-C hubs found on Amazon

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Post by tgv »

Useful, but one thing: a USB-3 port can be compatible with a USB-2 port, so one might expect that 2 USB-2 ports can also be covered by a device with two USB-3 ports (as long as they have the same connector), but I don't think the search works like that.

Re: Show HN: I built a website to better compare USB-C hubs found on Amazon

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Post by pen2l »

mmastrac wrote: post #4

Awesome work. Having just gone through this for my company, I'd recommend a few valuable bits of information: - Thunderbolt 3 support filter - Power delivery capability (usually 60W-100W if at all) Both of those are valuable for mac shoppers.

I’ve got a carbon x (6th gen) and an iPhone X, I think what you want would work for me too. This is what I’m thinking of: https://www.amazon.com/Anker-Charging-PowerPort-Intelligent-...

If someone happens to have experience with this, share your thoughts please!

Re: Show HN: I built a website to better compare USB-C hubs found on Amazon

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Post by kylehotchkiss »

dep_b wrote: post #19

Why not Thunderbolt 3 hubs? Also card readers are interesting, pass through power might be as well.

Card readers are interesting but they need more UHS-II support on these hubs to get decent read times for modern SD card workflows

Re: Show HN: I built a website to better compare USB-C hubs found on Amazon

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Post by kylehotchkiss »

ec109685 wrote: post #10

This is great. I always wonder why amazon itself is so useless in this space. The only thing you can go is price and reviews there, without any good comparisons between products.

I like wirecutter for this. Their picks are rarely the most expensive and they try to recommend things that last long. I am happy they can make a dollar or two of my referral link pick for the research work they do.
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