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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 sitkack »

loopbit wrote: post #9
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.

Not only for macs... I have 4 raspberry pi4 powered through an USB hub and spent quite a bit of time looking for one that had at least 4 ports and that every port could deliver a minimum of 5V-3A. The US amazon had a few, but trying to find them (or similar) in several european Amazons was quite difficult.

You have some model numbers handy? Which one are you currently using?

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

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Post by cerberusss »

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…

I know you're right, but nowadays, everybody calls them hubs.

But if you really need the hub you describe, here's one that I think conforms to what you describe: https://www.coolgear.com/product/usb-31-typec-4-port-hub-or-...

For a little bit more, you can have 6 USB-C ports: https://www.coolgear.com/product/usb-3-1-dual-type-usb-c-a-8...

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

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Post by jayp »

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.

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

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Post by Eric_WVGG »

cerberusss wrote: post #12
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…

I know you're right, but nowadays, everybody calls them hubs. But if you really need the hub you describe, here's one that I think conforms to what you describe: https://www.coolgear.com/product/usb-31-typec-4-port-hub-or-... For a little bit more, you can have 6 USB-C ports: https://www.coolgear.com/product/usb-3-1-dual-type-usb-c-a-8...

my goodness… I wonder if that is legit or if the manufacturer had to break spec… thanks for the link!

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

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Post by thrwaway69 »

Trias11 wrote: post #7

I was thinking about adding few things to make it paid service: - allow people to enter keywords describing product - allow people to enter their own affiliate id - allow people to generate short url to dynamically generated page showing above All above would allow people to quickly generate and share chunks of specific amazon products to their following and monetize it. You could either produce sidebar with your own…

I was thinking about the same. If there are any affiliate marketing people in here, can you tell us more about your workload, RoI, setup and problems? :D
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