Connect up to seven devices quickly and easily
Installs easily with Plug-and-Play convenience
Saves desk space with stackable, slim-line design
Supports hot swapping of all your USB devices
TT is a dedicated processor within USB 2.0 hubs that serves classic speed devices by translating their traffic from either low-speed or full-speed
This review is from: Cables Unlimited USB1870 USB 2.0 7-Port Desktop Hub with PowerAnother reviewer here complained bitterly about this USB hub because, and I quote verbatim here, "it looks as octopus" and that it wasn't sufficiently "stackable" for him/her. If you have the same mentality as this other reviewer, someone who would doubtlessly return their Bugatti Veyron because the cigarette lighter isn't the proper shade of vermillion or something, I'd suggest you stop reading this particular review immediately; this review will center around characteristics that are meaningful, relevant, and, you know, not idiotic, and will be of no interest to you.
NOT all USB hubs are created equal. There is enough "latitude" in the USB-2 specifications for a hub manufacturer to technically meet the specifications and produce a hub that is, for all practical purposes, useless. MANY hubs on the market, especially the dirt cheap ones, fall into this category. Essentially, they aren't worth the plastic they're made of. The differences between USB hubs is not often covered; everyone mostly assumes that USB hubs are pretty much all the same, a true commodity item, and nothing could be further from the truth.
This is a genuine multi-TT hub, and it works perfectly and reliably. True, if you plug it into power and fully load it with connections, since it's about the size of a pack of cigarettes, it WILL look something like an octopus, although with nine wires sticking out of it instead of eight. How it could possibly look like anything else is beyond me.
I loaded this thing up with 7, 1 TB hard drives and started simultaneous reads and writes to all of them. While the transfers were limited to the total speed of the USB 2 specification (which is perfectly reasonable), it worked perfectly and without a hitch. I then dismounted and removed two of the hard drives and replaced them with a USB headset and USB graphics tablet, and started the test again with the remaining five hard drives while listening to music on the headset and working with the graphics tablet in Photoshop. Again, it worked flawlessly.
Trust me... working flawlessly is something you want in a USB 2 hub, ESPECIALLY if you plan to plug in lots of external hard drives, and especially if they need bus power.
The device is very small and very light. The combined weight and stiffness of the cables plugged into it WILL result in the device not staying put. As disappointing as it may be to some people, gravity and physics WILL apply, EVEN to this well-built, excellent device. I would suggest using zip ties or a paperweight if this is really a problem for you.
If you live in the real world and have concerns outside of high fashion and advanced color coordination, and you need a USB hub, buy this one. It actually, and spectacularly, works....
This review is from: Cables Unlimited USB1870 USB 2.0 7-Port Desktop Hub with PowerThe real important thing here like another excellent reviewer mentioned here is the multi-transition translator where each port on this this hub has it's own translator. Why is this important? You don't deal with bottleneck or any slow speeds when plugging in more than one usb cable. For musicians or DJs who require many usb ports beyond the one available on your computer, this is the hub to buy. So if you are using multiple midi controllers or external sound cards you won't run into any latency problems or more importantly droppage of output. Also why it is important to use a powered usb hub as oppose to a usb only hub. Does it look like an Octopus with all cables yes, and do I care? No. Should anyone else care about how it looks? No. Is this designed to connect a USB flash drive? No. Is it designed to work with everything else that requires a USB port, yes. This one of the best things I've ever bought. I don't know about you, but I don't think there is such a thing as having too many USB ports....
This review is from: Cables Unlimited USB1870 USB 2.0 7-Port Desktop Hub with PowerBought this hub after reading an article on multi-TT USB hubs. Essentially if you run multiple USB 1.1 devices over a USB 2.0 chain, hubs having a single transaction translator will be overwhelmed and slow the entire chain down. This hub features multiple TT's and avoids that bottleneck.
Since using this hub, I have had no device disconnections, failures to connect or any of the other issues that had me swearing at the computer so often.
There are a few design issues with the hub as noted by the other review, but the fact that it simply works the way it is supposed to and that the price is great compared to other multi-TT hubs lands it a solid 4/5 for me....
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