SABRENT Powered USB Hub, 4 Port USB 3.2x1 5Gbps, USB 3 Splitter, On/Off Switch LED Indicators, 68cm (2ft) Cable for PC, Laptop, iMac, MacBook (HB-UMP3)

Due to an ever-increasing raft of USB devices I needed to equip my MacBook Pro 'desktop' installation with a solid alternative to an Inateck 5 port mini powered USB 3 hub which, although still running well, can be a little flaky during reboots and sometimes doesn't seem to wake devices properly after sleep, requiring a manual unplug and plug of the USB cable.I wanted to get something with individually switched ports, something robust with a strong enough PSU to accommodate all imaginable power drain over USB connectivity, something USB3, of course - not flashy but still stylish on my desktop.I've had a couple of Sabrent devices before and always found their products to be high quality and well-considered, and so as I studied the available possibilities over and over again, I found myself drawn to the Sabrent USB 3.0 Hub with 7 ports and, critically, 3 smart charging ports included. It seemed to have good reviews on Amazon and certainly appeared to be less susceptible to some of the niggles and unreliability that many users have found with other popular brands, many of which seem to be identical or very similar rebadges from what appears to be the same factory using the same configuration of the same devices.The Sabrent stood out for its good looks, and apparently rugged and professional appearance along with that encouraging volume of reviews, so I took the plunge and am glad I did.The package arrived with a surprising amount of heft to it. This isn't a light unit at all, the complete opposite of my 5 port powered Inateck USB3 Hub. The packaging is very professional and stylish, Anglo-french text and product shots in a tasteful design which presents a pleasing, sophisticated look to the product and - a nice treat - clearly designed to modern US/Europe standards rather than the cheesy, error-riddled and poorly translated efforts presented by other brands, and expressing that the contents were a more expensive product than the monotone or duotone printing on some of the 'brown packages' that we've come to expect in this market sector.The tasteful slip outer easily slides off the strong black box sporting the Sabrent logo, which opens to reveal a curiously lightweight hub unit with matt effect plastic sides, smooth rounded corners, and a tidy face place, gloss plastic and supplied with protective film in place to protect from scratches, presenting ten evenly spaced ports and their corresponding power on/off push switches and power status lights. Each status light is a blue rectangular LED and I didn't find them overly bright or lurid. One disappointment is that in the dark, unless you know the layout of the hub, there is no way of distinguishing the USB3 ports from the charging ports, and perhaps it would have been wiser - as other brands have done - to colour code the LED's and/or backlight the ports themselves. Minor things.The rectangular power switches feature a shaped button top which is about as close to a 'tactile' presentation as these strictly functional switches get. At times a couple of the buttons feel a little 'scratchy' on the sides of the faceplate during use, but that's a minor fit issue, and there really isn't anything of a gap around the buttons which would allow the ingress of dirt or grit into the mechanisms themselves. At first glance they look like they might be rubberised, but they're not - just solid, cheap-looking black plastic but entirely functional, and I have to say I appreciated the 'push' distance to engage the switch and the resistance to engaging the button - no accidental device disconnections by nudging the adjacent switch!Given the weight of the box, I was looking all around the hub for evidence of metal chassis, and there isn't any metal plating at all on this thing. It's definitely tough plastic, but how tough? Not sure. I don't think it would thank you for a thirty foot drop on to concrete or being flung at a wall, but in normal, every day use I can't foresee any problems. I think we'd do just fine with a drop from counter top to the office or bedroom floor without difficulty.The base of the hub is similar to the plastic in the sides of the unit, except with a very solidly placed rectangular outline strip of rubber, which is protected in shipping by an adhered, removable plastic film, which forms the non-slip component of the hub base, something which I appreciated, since my Inatech makes no effort whatsoever to offer desktop 'cling' and very easily pulls around all over the place given the slightest tug on the USB cables attached.Further exploration into the box reveals that Sabrent's policy has clearly been to put the weight where it really matters... They're confident that the hub is robust enough, and instead put the serious weight into the power supply... The ENORMOUS power supply. This alleviates my usual concerns about USB hubs - that the PSU's which drive them are so often little more than a phone charger plug in the wall, which give the sense that they might just pop at any moment. Instead, here we have a laptop-style two-stage power adapter, the power brick and the figure of 8 power cable, in my case with a UK plug on the end, along with the USB3 A/B cable to connect the hub to the host computer.There are no corners cut here, and you know with confidence that this brick can deliver the power - it's a 60w supply and the three charging ports with smart technology to automatically optimise the charge delivered claim to deliver 2.4 amps per port. This means I can now dispense with the additional Tecknet USB Charging Brick from my desktop and reassign it elsewhere in the house, with one less unit cluttering up my work space.I would happily recommend this product.Since my review is independent and self-funded I should also add for transparency that the unit I was first supplied with by Amazon had an intermittent fault where two of the ports were prone to random disconnections and cycling of the on/off status independent of the power switch.A very easy email communication with the vendor, SLJ Trading, Sabrent's Distributor, resulted in the very speedy exchange of the unit once stock was available, and the replacement has been flawless, as its manufacturer clearly intended. The efficacy of support only increases my esteem of the product and I'd honestly say I have no reservations about this product whatsoever.I notice that the design is very similar to an offering from Anker, and that Anker are one of the new wave of buzz-brands in this field at the moment. So what I would add in Sabrent's favour is that their offering does have the added benefit of the individually switchable USB channels for virtually the same price as the Anker - so let value-added features be your guide, rather than the familiarity with the brand name.

Easy installation works perfectly, also like the fact that when powered on the switches light up showing at a glance that it's either on or off.Also price is very reasonable.Overall very happy with product

If you want to skip all this and read the final comment, go for it.The blue screen I got is probably because I'm running another 15 port USB hub that is 13 ports and 2 charging ports, alongside this 16 port sabrent USB hub, so when I plugged a bunch of things in the 15 port hub and then plugged in 1 item in the 16 port sabrent it gave me a blue screen with error in USB driver conflicts. This could happen because of many things, for me, it is because my laptop ran out of memory resources and USB driver resources to be exact and my laptop being too old there are no updates for it and no updates for my old OS Windows 7 Home, so what I did which seems to have fixed it was switched the computer off, wait about 10–20 seconds then I unplugged everything and turned it on without anything connected to the USB ports.When the computer boots up into windows, and everything has loaded up completely, then I plugged in the 15 port USB hub, and then plugged devices in one at a time, Then plugged in the 16 port Sabrent hub and plugged in about 4 devices, all seem to work fine now no blue screen of death as I used to call it in the 90s. However, 3 ports in the 15 port hub do not work because the resources must be used with the 16 port sabrent, go figure not surprised it's 13+16 ports would be hard to get all ports used.For me the only downside to using this 16 port hub would be losing 3 ports out of the 13 port hub I have, but to be fair and honest I haven't used up all the 16 ports of sabrent yet, it may actually limit me to less than 20 ports total. Only time will tell when I fill it up, and I promise I'll update my review if I come across any issues like it can't take any more.In this case you are better off getting and keeping one USB hub in your system and 16 ports seems to be the better one as you can use them for anything data or power charging for phone charging etc...I do admit this looks good, and it's well-made to build quality is top-notch, storage capacity well if you can get all 16 ports to work and each one contains 8TB SSD you would have to be super rich, but it technically is able to take 8TB x 16 ports = 128TB or 12TB x 16 ports = 192TB I'm not rich enough to test this out, but in theory why not.The 90 watts should be enough power and if you don't turn on all 16 ports, it won't use all the 90 watts just being on, it only draws the power of what it's using. I don't think that 90 watts is enough to fill all 16 ports with power hungry USB ports, unless they come with their own power supply to help.I'd say this should have been 100-120watts to give those 16 ports enough room to breathe if filling it all up. If worse comes to worst you can unplug the others and just use this 16 port USB hub which should work on newer computers if it was plug and play with my old system, I see no reason for it not to work with a new system.Final comment:This is a sleek individual 16 port hub that feels cool to the touch, it is an aluminium shell around it, it's a good product and should be plug and play, any issues like blue screens maybe caused by individual user setups and personal computer issues.It can be used to charge phones and products, or data like hard drives and USB flash disks, each USB port is individually switched on/off indicated by a small blue light, that seems to be kept in its own slot meaning the light doesn't turn on in the next USB slot if the previous slot has a blue light on, so I didn't notice any light leaking out.It is exactly as stated on the product page it comes with a 3 pin plug and a 2 pin if you need to use an adapter, it came with a rear screen panel with screws and plastic anchors to fit it on, for some reason I can't see any way for me to use it with this hub this might be a unique setup thing, but it's included, and everything is as stated on the product page.Will update if there's any issues.