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5.0 out of 5 stars A good looking hub, no complaints, 26 Feb 2008

By	Pinclips (England) - See all my reviews

When I was looking at hubs for Christmas, this was one of the few 4-port hubs on Amazon that didn't have any reviews. It was also one of the cheapest, which made me think that perhaps it wasn't up to much and other people knew something I didn't. But I ordered it anyway and I'm glad I did.

It was �5.50 (plus �3.45 p+p) dispatched by Hibaba. It arrived within the week in a padded envelope and the whole bundle fitted through my letterbox. The box itself was efficiently packed and included a 1.5m A-B USB cable and an AC adapter with 1.5m lead. The actual hub is about the size of a deck of cards.

It is compatible with my PC running Vista (plug and play, no problems), and operates at Hi-speed (up to 480Mbit/s). I've used it for connecting memory sticks, a digital camera and my phone (all at the same time) and it works great. I'd never heard of Strand or Hibaba, but I've no complaints so far.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Does exactly what it says., 29 April 2008

By	David Brearley (UK) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Delivery excellent. The hub has been used with a Vista Home Premium Acer Laptop. Devices connected: ipod, HP iPAQ, USB pen storage, USB pen storage with readyboost - all work ok. Great little device.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A mixed bag of a device, 26 Sep 2008

By	James B. Spink "Jim" (Kent, UK) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)

This is a bit of a mixed bag of a hub with some good and bad points.

Starting with the good points the device is competitively priced, working out at less than a tenner including postage and packing from Hibaba. For that outlay you get the hub itself plus the USB A-B 1.5m connecting cable and a decently made power supply. It is well packaged and comes with full instructions in both English and French. It is ideal for connecting a number of high power USB devices at the same time as it can be self powered, but it can also be used with just the USB bus power for single items or multiple low power devices. There is a red LED indicating power, either bus or from the adaptor, and green LEDs for each of the four ports showing usage. So far so good!

On the negative side the USB ports are quite close together so using multiple wide devices is not possible. It will only suit multiple devices which are the width of a standard USB connector - so if you have chunky WiFi adaptors, dongles or memory sticks you may not be able to fit them all in at once. This is, however, quite a common problem with several other hubs as well - but more annoying here because this hub is self powered lending itself to multiple device use.

I use this hub on two fairly old Dell Dimension PCs, one still running Windows 98se and the other running XP and I have similar problems with both of them when using this device. Although the hub works fine if plugged in and unplugged when the PCs are up and running, if not then I have problems. Firstly, if the hub is plugged in when the PC is running and then the PC is subsequently shut down, with the hub still connected, the PC does not auto power off. Windows closes OK but the PC power remains on.

Secondly, if the PC is started up with the hub attached it will not boot up - it gets to the pre-boot display but will not search for a boot drive until the hub is unplugged. Whether this is a fault with the hub or a compatibility problem with the Dells I do not know. However, I have used other hubs on both PCs with no problems. Obviously this is not a problem when using a laptop but may be worth bearing in mind if you want to leave the hub permanently connected to a PC.

Would have been a five star product, but a point off for these niggles.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Failed within 3 months
I bought this in mid November 2008 from Amazon and it has now completely failed after a fairly erratic performance. Read more

Published 4 months ago by Wessex Man

4.0 out of 5 stars Good value
Bought one. It works fine. Just bought another for my son.Better packaged than the last.It is useful to have a hub that can be used with or without power unit. Read more

Published 7 months ago by Robert

5.0 out of 5 stars Plug in and Use!
Lovely product, very small, easy to hide away. Simply plug in to your PC and use.

I would suggest using the power adapter to reduce strain on the computer's power... Read more

Published 7 months ago by O. Teichmann

5.0 out of 5 stars Really good buy!
I was quite impressed about this product, once you get over the P&P charge. It's really good! There is a red light indicating when the product is on, and four green lights which... Read more

Published 9 months ago by D. Gambetta

3.0 out of 5 stars Good hub but beware of relatively expensive p&p
I am very happy with the hub - it works well, is lightweight and it was delivered promptly. However, I want to let others know about the p&p charges. Read more

Published 9 months ago by P. Brown

5.0 out of 5 stars Great little hub, compact and reliable.
Works with our without external power (external power only needed for high power accessories)

No problems whatsoever, great purchase

Published 11 months ago by B. Tristem

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Value
Lightweight plastic hub yet sturdy with good, solid USB sockets. Supplied USB connecting lead and mains power adaptor seem well made too. Read more

Published 11 months ago by AJW

4.0 out of 5 stars No complaints - so far!
You must be in doubt about the product considering most people haven't heard of either the seller or Strand devices - so was I. Read more

Published 13 months ago by SuperSellerUK

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