IOGEAR 2-Port Compact USB VGA KVM with Built-in Cables, GCS42UW6

I purchased this splitter in October of 2018. I am a restaurant manager and the old splitter we used to switch between our back-office screen and our normal OS had died. This thing worked wonderful for 3 months but one of the usb ports completely stopped working yesterday. The bottom one has power and I can connect mouse/keyboard to it just fine and use on both screens. It also allows me to switch between screens still, but having one of the two USB ports down negates the switching feature. Unfortunate.

I was a bit dubious of getting a KVM switch because of all the bad reviews Id seen, but this one works. Every once in awhile, itll glitch on me (and then its just a matter of pressing the button on it and switching it from one machine to the other and then back again), but other than that, its worked fine. It was also really easy to figure out the installation of it too.

works great, very convenient to place on the desk. I have been using this for the past year and havent had any problems yet.

Works fine and as advertised

Very easy to hook up, display, mouse and keyboard work great with it.

I have had this device for several months and it has performed well. With its one button, anyone can use this device. The setup was very simple, assuming you can hook and unhook cables from a computer without getting confused. Great product that replaced a fancier, more complex device I had that failed.

This little baby was fabulous while it was working. I bought a new Windows 7 machine before realizing my employers software wasnt compatible with it yet; hence I needed to keep the 4-year-old dinosaur around awhile longer. Set-up was a piece of cake, and I was thrilled at the unexpected perk of gaining a USB port on both computers (one connection runs out for both mouse and keyboard). I spent the day blissfully bouncing back and forth between desktops with the simple press of a button. Until about 9 hours after installation when the mouse froze up on the old XP. I tried just rebooting it in hopes of fixing the problem, whereupon Windows started hanging in the middle of startup repeatedly. I then plugged it into an even older Gateway I keep around as a backup with the same results. I freaked out, thinking now I needed to track down a cheap used computer somewhere in town running XP just to be able to work. Fortunately it occurred to me to remove the Iogear and go back to my original connections. Problem solved. This is going straight back to the store and Im saving up some money for a higher cost (and NOT Iogear) option.

Needed something decent to configure two new computers for the kids. Skipped over ones with audio and such, didnt need that. Considered a DVI capable one, but since my use was just for configuring two computers at the same point in time, the VGA was fine with adapters connected to my two computers. It was one USB and one VGA per computer. I was leery about the single USB, thinking it might be better to have a dedicated output for the keyboard and the mouse separately, but it works. To be clear, the input has one each for keyboard and mouse, but only a single USB output per computer. Since it seemed bus-like, I decided to try to connect an external USB drive via a hub. Worked great. Have the hub connected to the mouse input, and the mouse and USB drive connected to the hub. Very convenient for external drive access including backups and HD imaging. Even the WinPE boot CDs recognized the USB drives along with the mouse and Keyboard. My computer has USB 2.0 and 3.0, but I used 2.0 ports for max compatibility. I have not seen it wake my computers from whatever standby, power down/not off, hibernation (not screen saver) or whatever, my new computers seem to go into after idle. I have to physically touch the power button on the sleeping PC to wake it up, then the KVM/USB is recognized again no problem. The only problem Ive noticed is when you boot the computers, only the one it is switched to detects the VGA enough to set to a high resolution on the monitor. When you switch to the other, it is in a lower resolution. Not really a problem per se, just the way windows works when it doesnt detect a monitor upon boot up. Hard switch only, no Hot button or keystrokes switching that I know of. No regrets.

Great KVM. Its not simulated so it works with any keyboard and machine. Its reliable and I havent had any lag. Wish the cables in the back were a little softer so that theyd be easier to manage around the desk, but thats just being picky.

Exactly what I needed to enable using my home setup with my work laptop. Working from home happens very suddenly. Doing my job on one small laptop screen was very challenging and time consuming. This does the job nicely, easily, and at a bargain price.