Features:

  • The Anker Advantage: Join the 20 million+ powered by our leading technology.
  • Quick Sync: Enjoy data transfer speeds of up to 5 Gbps. Transfer an HD movie in seconds.
  • Sleek and Sturdy: An aluminum unibody provides premium protection with a slick look—no seams or screws.
  • Versatile and Portable: Easily pocketable, as small as a candy bar. Secures to your desk with the included hook-and-loop strap.
  • What You Get: Anker USB 3.0 4-Port Aluminum Hub, 2ft USB 3.0 cable, hook-and-loop installation strip, welcome guide, our worry-free 18-month warranty and friendly customer service.
Worth the higher price for the quality

Let me start this out by saying I rarely review, I purchase a lot, and I fuss about the appearance and performance of my workstation more than most. I was a little wary paying ~$20 for a usb hub with only 4 ports. However, I figured compared to the $5-10 dollar options and the news about faulty USB C stuff, I had better not skimp on accessories made in China. This showed up in a quality-feeling recycled cardboard box, opening it has a little card with a sun and happy statement. I loved this (I'm an Oregonian, and like recycling and wish we had more sun). The device feels solid. The Aluminum Hub seems well built, the felt bottom is great for my glass desk, and it has a rubber middle to ensure it wont move around on the clean surface. The green power light is lit, and I wish I could turn this off, as my desk has nothing green to match it. The ANKER logo comes off with a little bit of rubbing alcohol and looks fantastic after removed (Black aluminum and the blue USB 3.0 ports). This also came with velco that fits perfectly under the device and does not hang over! This is very uncommon in my experience as most devices have some odd shaped piece thrown into the box, or none at all. They clearly know their product and anyone who cares about the way their desk looks will want to have some way of securing things in place. I have one gripe, and that the cord is not replaceable. It is built into the housing and a usb extension cord would be required to reach a distance. I would give 4 stars, but the happy card that was in the box bumped it to 5. Anker was not a company I knew about, but now I will start my shopping with them for my accessories in the future.

Love this Multiple USB Port

I received my Anker hub yesterday.....and installed it in about 30 seconds this morning. Everything worked great, right out of the box (well packed!), and I love it that the size is small and unobtrusive beside my computer (so easy to take when traveling). Finally, finally, I'm not continuously switching out thumb drives and devices that are charging! I just wish I could run my backup disc drive off the Anker, and I wish I had more ports because I'm already maxed out with just 4, and I wish I could turn on and off various ports. Does Anker offer such a product?

Performs as expected

No surprises here. This product is exactly what you expect it to be and performs as it should. Its a sufficiently sized USB 3.0 cord to a 4 USB hub. The cord also comes with little velcro loop for better cable management. I have mine set up at the edge of my keyboard. It is unattached, but if you want, it comes with 2 sided adhesive to make sure it stays put. I haven't done any speed or performance tests - if anything was critical to me I would most likely opt to have it directly into a 3.0 port. However, it performs really well with miscellaneous devices. I have bluetooth, phone charger, USB drives, and micro/mini USB cords I frequently use simultaneously and haven't had any issues. The product itself seems sturdy and well built. It has a very sturdy aluminum feel with a nice matte finish. The ports also seem manufactured well and very clear to see so you don't fail to insert the correct way multiple times. Overall, its a pretty simple product. But, from my experience its easy to drown in cheap, mass produced crap with little simple gadgets like this. So, a product like this stands out to me.

Solid Hub for Thumb Drives

Works great! However, if you plan to use this with an external hard drive, especially one that doesn't have it's own power supply, you'll hear a clicking noise from the external drive as it's not getting enough power. Anker makes a larger version that uses an external power supply (also on amazon) that works better for this purpose. But, if you're just going to use it for thumb drives, it's perfect. The foot print is small, comes with hook and loop backing to keep it secure, and the indicator light on it isn't obnoxiously bright.

Anker makes great products. They price points are extremely difficult to ...

I use it every day at work. I've connected flash drives, hard dives, mobile phones, and other interesting things to it. I've used it on a laptop, the back of a Dell monitor with a USB bridge, the back of a raspberry pi, and with all three: Mac Windows, Linux. Bought two. Then I later bought a 7-port powered version. I have one at home and more USB ports at work than I can count. Anker makes great products. They price points are extremely difficult to beat when you consider two things: 1) if you purchased it or it was a gift, Anker will back it up with warranty for longer than anyone else. 2) Workmanship and quality that is equal cannot be found in competitor products (I've looked). I have purchased numerous cables, USB hubs, a battery bank, etc.... Every one of the products has been awesome, except for one cable. That gave me the experience of the company taking care of me with that warranty I mentioned. DO NOT chose a competitor. These guys will take care of you.

An Awesome Quality Hub For Those Who Need A Few Extra Ports!

I am a fan of Anker products, because it seems like everything I buy from them, is made of quality. I own both a Anker 16,000 MAH battery charger, and an Anker 5-port wall charger, both work great. One of the sad things about my Acer notebook from 2012, is that the company decided to only give me two USB 3.0 ports, the other two are only USB 2.0 ports. They obviously chose to do this for reasons of cost reduction, since USB 3.0 technology was still brand new then. I'm sorry, I have at least 4-USB 3.0 devices, and I'd rather not wear out my only remaining USB 3.0 port in my notebook from repeated installing and removals. Anker makes several different models of USB 3.0 hubs, there is the plastic 4-port hub, the aluminum 4-port hub such as this one, the 7-port hub, and the 13-port hub. I read the reviews for the plastic 4-port hub, and many described overheating issues, so I decided that stepping up to the aluminum hub was the safer option. Also, I like how this hub has its own built in 2 foot USB cable, that way I don't have to use up a port to plug into my notebook, like many other hubs on the market. This unit has some heft to it, about 1-pound, what you receive in weight due to the aluminum construction, you also get excellent heat dissipation. The unit never got hot to the touch, and it was only luke warm on occasion. I also like the fact that the unit comes with hook/loom velcro strips, this made it easy to secure the hub to my desk, so that the wires from cables connected, do not pull it down. I have an older USB 2.0 hub plugged into my notebook as well, and it doesn't have said velcro strips, and even with the use of duct tape, the old hub is still trying to fall behind the desk! My computer is a 2.2GHZ quad core I7 machine with 16GB of RAM, and has a 512GB SSD drive. I am running on a Linux OS that doesn't have the typical bloatware you find slowing down your Windows system's. Any device that I plug into the hub, instantly mounts and pops up on my screen within 1-second. Linux usually comes with a set of basic utilities that is an absolute must for any distribution, one of those utilities is called, "Disks." Once the drive is mounted, all you have to do is go into the Disks utility, select the drive to be benchmarked, then click on the "GEAR" icon, then select benchmark test. For this benchmark test, I chose 2 samples per read/write, and I chose a solid MIB of 1000. I have performed this test several times, it averages between 154 - 155 MB\s for the read speed, and 18.8 - 19 MB\s for the write speed. I am using a super fast Patriot Supersonic XT 16GB flash drive for this test. NOTE: This is a data hub, not a charging device. If you have a phone, tablet, that requires a 2-amp charge, or a 3.5" external hard drive, this hub will not work for you. If you have those types of requirements, you will need to step up to the 7-port hub or better from Anker, that supplies a DC adapter power port, for supplying the required amps. So far I haven't had any issues with this hub, and it has performed as expected. I highly recommend it 5 out of 5! UPDATE: December 5th 2018 Its been over a year since I purchased this USB hub, and I wanted to give you an update on how its doing. Going with the aluminum version was a very smart choice. In all the time I've had this hub, it has never once overheated on me. Its also been very reliable as a hub itself, I've been able to transfer data from my camera's, SSD hard drives, you name it. In November of last year, I purchased a condenser microphone with a phantom amp and stand kit. In order to use it with my notebook however, I needed to buy a USB audio card in order to process the microphone signal, as built in notebook mic ports can't process the 48v phantom power. I am happy to report that this USB hub did a perfect job of supplying an external audio connection capable of processing my audio requirements in USB 3.0. In my humble opinion, if your looking for a little USB hub that can do it all, and be reliable doing it, you can't go wrong with the aluminum 4-port hub. If you need more ports, by all means purchase the 7-port or 13-port hubs from Anker, but if you only need 4-ports, this is the way to go. My rating stays at a solid 5 out of 5 stars.

OUTSTANDING Customer Service

While it seems to work as a hub, it functions more like a USB 2 hub than a USB 3 hub. After being frustrated by the slow transfer speeds between my 2 USB external hard drives (1 TB WD elements and 500 GB WD Passport), I finally connected the drives directly to my 2 USB 3 ports on the motherboard. And guess what, actual transfer speeds went from 20-30 MB/sec to north of 100 MB/sec. And yes, the hub was initially connected to one of the USB 3 ports on the MB. Unfortunately for me, by the time I figured this out, the window to return the item had closed. I give it a second star because at least it works. UPDATE TO 5 STARS: After my negative review, Anker customer service reached out to me and offered to send a replacement unit at no cost, with no tobligation to use or re-review. I did test the replacement unit, and it is blazing fast on transfering a file between my two USB 3 external drives (north of 100 Mbs). I guess I was just unlucky to initially get a defective unit, but no manufacturer can guarantee a 0% failure rate. As a result of outstanding customer service, and a unit that works as it should, I am upping my review to 5 stars. The lesson I learned is that if you have a problem with an Anker product, contact Anker customer service - they made it right for me.

Okay. Let me say this. Anker is an amazing company.

I purchased this product 10 months ago for my 2011 iMac. When I tried using it with my apple products my nothing synced or charged. Only my non apple products, such as thumb drive, android, external batteries, and earbuds synced and charged fine. I thought this was a problem with the hub since when I would directly plug in my phone to the computer it worked fine. Therefore I never tested the issue again. Now, 2 days ago the amazon review reminder popped up and asked me to write a review, so I did and wrote an average 3 star. Today I received an email from Anker apologizing, advising that this hub which does not come with an outlet plug to use an external power source therefore is not meant for charging but mainly data transfer, but advised if I am not satisfied that they would exchange the product. I figured this was a cheap hub, that it was a "you get what you paid for type situation." Nevertheless before I replied to the , I tested the hub again and everything works!! All devices sync and charge. Honestly I think there was a software update to my iMac that allows it to work because 10 months ago I tried everything. Anyways. Great company who stands behind their products and customers. Thoroughly impressed.

Couldn't read devices (Please read update)

It doesn't pick up on any device I plug into it though the hub itself does show that it is being powered when plugged in. A really big shame since it has such a great design and weight to it. The ports themselves are also a little too tight for my comfort and I feel like I'm having to really force any USB into the hub. From what I can tell from other comments, the company seems really reliable and I may have just gotten a bad device. At this point, my review is based only on the product I received and not any experience with customer service or communication with the makers. UPDATE: Just as the other comments have mentioned, the company was really helpful and sent a new hub that seems to be working as intended now. Currently every slot reads and I have a flash drive, a mouse and a keyboard all plugged in and am seeing no lag. I'll update if anything changes over the next week or so. The company took the initiative to email me with a few troubleshooting questions and when none of them worked they sent a new device in the mail. Still the same item with the same design. Ports are still a little tight but honestly they hold well without me having to worry about the taller devices tilting and I don't expect it to be an issue. TLDR: Originally rated 1 star for not working but bumped to 5 as the replacement works as intended. The devices plugged in work well without performance issues so far, I still really enjoy the design of the device itself (the bottom grip is a nice touch too). Customer service was helpful and took the time to contact me to seek problem solutions.

Great little USB 3 hub, but you may face a Windows 10 issue you hadn't anticipated.

This Anker 4 Port USB 3 Hub is connected to one of the computer's rear USB 3's jacks. It does just what it is supposed to do, i.e. providing convenient accessibility for my USB 2 and 3 peripherals. It can also charge devices such as cell phones, although I don't use it for such. But we arrived at this point with some effort--not due to anything wrong with the device. When I first hooked the hub to the computer's USB 3 jack(s),only USB 2 devices were recognized. A call to Anker had a replacement hub in my hands over a weekend. Same result when I plugged that one in! Figuring by this time that the problem lay elsewhere, I spent some time on the internet and eventually found that Windows 10 (or one of the updates thereto) enables the computer to ",,,turn OFF this device (the computer's USB 3 Root Hub) to save power. Once that feature was disabled the Anker Hub worked perfectly. I Called Anker again and told them that the problem was not in their device, but within Windows 10. They graciously declined my return of the replacement they had sent to me. Good folks at Anker. My thanks to them for a great, attractive product Hoping it might be helpful to others who may run into this problem, you can disable Windows 10's ability to shut off USB 3 Root Hub by going to Device Manager and double clicking ROOT HUB (USB 3.0). Select PROPERTIES and click the POWER MANAGEMENT TAB. Then Unclick (clear) the little box that enables the computer to turn off the USB 3 ROOT HUB to save power. Then Click OK.

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