Powered USB Hub - ACASIS 16 Ports 90W USB 3.0 Data Port, Individual On/Off Switches, 12V/7.5A Power Adapter, 5Gbps High Speed, USB 3.0 Hub for Laptop, PC, Computer, Mobile HDD, Flash Drive

I have used many active powered USB HUB, this one takes the cake. I use a lot of USB external hard drives (wd my passport, ext SSD, etc), and the problem is always, a single HUB (even active powered one with its own power), usually can only handle a few high powered device (in my case, the external hard drives). This HUB however, seems to be able to power all of the devices plugged into it.

If you need USB. bus power, this is the one to get. I have a bunch of power hungry stuff plugged into a racing simulator. Multiple sound cards, steering wheel, pedals, shifter, peripherals etc. etc. Stuff would freeze once in a while - this solved the problem with room to grow. I was using 3-4 USB hubs before. So much cleaner! Every port gets its own full (probably up to 2.4a) DC supply. Go to town. The switches next to each port remember their state if power is removed.

You get what you pay for with this USB hub! I plan to order another one.

I wanted a way to control external hard drives so that they wouldnt be powered on al the time. This thing is great. I have 6 USB drives hooked up but am only using one USB port on the computer Hit the button for that USB cable, the drive comes online. Do a Safely Remove on that drive and hit the power button for that drive, and its gone

The first thing I noticed is that the thing is made of metal. This is something not often seen in this day and age. This includes the buttons as well and they even light up. All ten ports have power and can be used for data as well. Now some hubs that are self powered still shutdown when the computer is off, but not this little guy. I have a USB fan plugged into one of the ports and it kept on going after I turned off the system. Personally I feel that is a plus because things can charge independently. I have had it for almost a month and feel it was a worthwhile purchase. Update a little over a year later. My need for a larger hub arose, and although I considered other brands I went with the 16 port model from the same company. Other than having more ports, it is just as well constructed and works perfectly.

I just purchased two of these. One for a laptop with only three USB ports; the other for an older desktop server with ten or so USB ports, but only two USB ports. Both the hub and power adapter are heavy-ish in a good way -- they seem solidly built just judging by the weight. I plugged everything in, and they so far seem to be supporting all my USB 2.0 and 3.0 devices just fine. I have not really tried to measure speed or throughput. But they appear to be well built, and having 16 ports where I had just one before is very helpful. To this point I have connected only 9 devices, mostly portable external drives and flash drives; but also have used them to connect a cell phone via USB. (I tried connecting one flakey, small office HP printer and didnt get a connection, but that printer has been having on-again/off-again connection problems for about six months, so its likely the printers problem [it is *now* connected via Ethernet, though a few months back *that* was not working]). As for this hub, again, solid and seems to work fine.

With all of the external peripherals people use these days, this powered octopus is a must! Great for connecting with lots of external SSD, hard drives, printers & scanners, microphones & cameras, card readers, and list goes on, without loading down your PCs power buss. Ive had this for a few years now and it still works great. In fact, I dont know what Id do without it!

I like the individual power buttons. I used this usb hub to flash multiple thumbdrives at once with an image. Worked great!

Decent product. Functions as advertised. 2 things I would change about it: 1: I would make the bottom heavier, some of my cables are heavy enough to pull the hub off the shelf. I turned it the other direction so it would lean towards the wall instead. 2: I would put screw-holes into the base, so that you could attach it to the wall rather than put it on a shelf.

Just what I was looking for. Plenty of ports for all of my devices!