Anker 7-in-2 USB-C HUB for MacBook | 5 minutes Review ▶︎

couple of weeks back i had reviewed macbook air m1 and as i had said with just two usbc ports you would need to have a usb hub or a docking station in order to connect external display or external devices like mouse keyboards and sd card readers and so on so that was one limitation which i had pointed out in my review so i tried with apple's multi-adapter which cost me about 6k and it was not that helpful because i had some issues with the hdmi also with just three ports it wasn't value for money and then finally i got anchors seven into usb hub so this one has got seven ports and it has got two outlets which connects to usbc on my macbook we have got an hdmi port the hdmi port can render 4k resolution at frame rate of 30 hertz and then we have got two usbc ports first one is a multi-function port mainly meant for charging as is depicted with the symbol it can charge up to 100 watts and also be used for data transfer up to 40 gbps you can also connect external display which will be rendered at 5k resolution and a frame rate of 60 hertz the other usb port is used for data transfers only so you can see they have got these two usb c ports and we also have usb a ports there are two usb type a ports finally there is an sd card reader and a micro sd card reader slot as well the build quality is good it's solid and it's sleek as well it comes in a pouch so you can store it safely let's connect it to my laptop and see how it looks like the macbook has got two usbc ports i'm going to just tuck it in like this now you got to be very careful when you are inserting it or removing it because this is kind of a rigid design and you don't want to mess up your ports this pretty much looks a part of my macbook and with the same color combination also it is very closely connected as you can see this device is an all-in-one solution it's got good build quality and it's kind of portable as well now let us look at some of the downsides as well so it would work for my macbook air m1 because it's got these two usb type-c ports close to each other everything well and good but what if i want to use this with another laptop maybe of a different model i guess this would not work and this would be a big big problem so you may want to check out for models which are flexible when it comes to their design because you don't want to end up spending money for you know just to get the same thing for another laptop another thing which i found is that if i connect multiple devices to the usb hub like i've done here i've connected ssd drive i've got mouse connected power cable already plugged in and the hdmi cable is also plugged in here so if i use it for let's say couple of hours or more it tends to heat up moderately although there is no significant heating on the laptop and just a little bit heating near the ports but no significant heating anywhere else so the performance also doesn't degrade i think it's because i have been putting a lot of load onto the system running and editing software a programming software all together and also the ssd drive is connected so there's a lot of data transfer going on and off yeah i mean if i'm putting load onto the hub with all the ports engaged there will definitely going to be some heating and nothing to worry because i have been using it for long runs and it does not damage my laptop or the hub so far so good so these were the few things to keep in mind like i do always in my reviews i tend to give out tips which could be helpful for any of my viewers if they are buying any of these devices they should know things upfront before buying it and i have been using it for a couple of weeks and i can say that it has been good so far i did not face any major issues all the ports working fine and with just 4 to 5k i think the price is somewhere around 4 to 5k in between it is value for money definitely makes things easier for me to work so why not all right thanks for watching [Music] you

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Keywords: Reviews, Unboxing, anker7in2, usbhub

Id: tOlVTHBaUB8

Length: 5min 11sec (311 seconds)

Published: Sun Oct 10 2021