Side by Side Comparison of: Brother vs Sabrent vs Case Star vs Hermitshell vs Co2Crea

So far so good! I've been using this for my business and it's really a useful little tool. I bought the certified referbished because 1 I repair electronics for my business, I've gotta support repair I mean come on and 2 I mean do you really need the new one? This thing looks brand spanking new, why waist money on a new one when you'll get the same deal for less? Unless... I don't know you're just weird maybe? Just get the referbished, just because it says referbished doesn't mean you're always losing out. If it seems fishy that's usually when referbished is a no go but this a good and honest company, plus referbished is environmentally friendly!

This is so much better than I thought it would be! It was easy to set up and it works perfectly and quickly. It is so tiny, it can be kept anywhere. I don't use it regularly, so I keep it in a desk drawer most of the time, more to keep the cod out of the socket than to get the scanner off my desk. It comes with everything you need, including a clear plastic sleeve for scanning small items. My husband has a giant flatbed scanner and I like this one much better!

I MUST SAY THAT THIS WONDERFUL LITTLE MACHINE IS A MUST+++ TO HAVE IN YOUR HOME... BEST OF ALL..IT'S VERY PORTABLE AND DOESN'T REQUIRE YOU TO BUY BATTERIES. NOW I DON'T HAVE TO PAY $1.00 FOR EVERY SINGLE DOCUMENT THAT I FAX! THIS MACHINE WILL SAVE YOU MONEY AND SAVE YOU LOTS OF HEADACHES! CAN SCAN DOCUMENTS IN ALL FORMATS:PDF, JPEG,GIF,TIFF.

I love this scanner. I'd had all in one machines in the past that either gave up the ghost on the printer side, or on the scanner side. I did not want to purchase another all and in machine. I purchased this scanner to scan documents both to save on my hard driver, and to fax out. I sent a fax through a pack n send store recently and the cost came to $11 for 8 pages. Ridiculous! By purchasing this item, I'll recoup that money in a year's time. While others have complained that this device isn't "intuitive", what do you want for a small compact scanner at this price? Anyone who is the slightest tech savvy will have no issues figuring out how to save documents.I haven't tried it with photos yet. That's a whole other ball of wax. I didn't buy it for that purpose.I love that it is so compact and takes up very little room. That is a huge plus. I can't imagine why I'd take it with me anywhere. My line of work doesn't call for that. But it is nice to know that if I needed to, I could.

Works great for my need, easy to use. Had the DS-600 before and the connector change from miniUSB to microUSB is good. I only use the scanner once in a while so it is nice to be able to store it inside a drawer when not used. Works well with Windows 10. Scan quality is great for my needs (receipts, financial docs, business cards, etc).One bit of complain is that with DS-600 it showed a preview of the scan for me to decide whether to stop, continue with the next one, or re-scan. Maybe I just haven't figured out the right setting but not a big deal as I just scan each page separately and combine them into a single PDF file afterward if I want to.

This is a great little scanner. I am using it to bring in all my old photos to digital format and it is working perfectly. Just insert the picture, scan it and name it. It's small enough to take everywhere with you if you are traveling and need it to go somewhere. Most of the time, I pull it out and plug it in when I need it and then put it away when I am done. It comes with a little bag to put it in as well so it doesn't collect dust.The software could use some fixing as the average computer user may have difficulty understanding how to name the pictures and where to save them etc. but I was able to move past that and it does not impact the functionality.I purchased this because I went to a laser printer that was not multifunction so I still wanted to have a scanning capability. This one is meeting all my needs.

Having used larger US hubs with my Raspberry Pi’s in the past (such as ones from Rosewill), this is a small USB 2.0 hub in comparison. The size is roughly that of a pack of stick gum, which is a good match for the RPi0. Sabrent offers the same exact design hub in both USB 2.0 and 3.0 flavors. As I’m just intending to use this with a RPi0, USB 2.0 will suffice as RPi’s only have onboard USB 2.0 anyway. The switches seem to work well and are a nice feature, especially if the ports are going to be used as a power source. The unit does have a 5V DC power input, if you want to power it. The input accepts male 3.5x1.35mm barrel (positive center) connectors. If powered, each of the four ports can provide up to 1A of power, so a 4A power supply would be a good match. Sabrent offers one, model PS5V4A, however it would be easy to draw power from many other sources. Construction of the device is fair enough. It is built of a hard “rubberis” material. Overall, it is a decent little hub. It should be Plug n’ Play with Windows/MacOS/Linux/etc.

I ordered the USB 4 port hub because on the front of my computer has only 2 USB ports. The rest is on back. I have a wireless mouse dongle in one of my front ports and the other I hooked up to this 4 Port USB hub. I also use wood double stick tape to mout this to the front of my computer tower. You can have USB items plugged in there and by pushing down the individual port button a blue light will glow and your item will be turned on. I am running windows 7 and this gadget works most of the time and sometimes it will not turn on. It seems like the power get to low to power up my devise. That could because my computer is older and still running half decent. I am happy with the purchase and it's a neat gadget to have if you want to have more USB front ports. I use this for my external hard drive, USB flash drive, USB desk speakers and what ever USB item I have.

Small enough to stash in a laptop bag or conceal in a PC build. The latter is actually why I bought this hub: to use with a few wireless dongles to add concealed Bluetooth and Logitech Unifying to my gaming PC. Combined with the NZXT IU01 internal USB hub, this Sabrent hub works well with the aforesaid dongles and works with any OS. I took a couple of Command strips and stuck it to the front of my case (NZXT H440) behind the vanity shroud and ran the wire inside through a conveniently placed hole to plug it into the IU01 board. That's it: that's all it takes. Now I get built-in Bluetooth and Unifying with essentially no signal loss. I like the individual power buttons -- I can disable the ports I don't need, hopefully reducing overall power draw.Probably far enough off the spec sheets to confuse the guys (and gals) at Sabrent, but I like it. :-)

I purchased this 4-Port USB 2.0 Hub with Individual Power Switches & LEDs (Black) almost two years ago and it still works great. Others have mentioned in their reviews that they ran into some issues with it disconnecting their external hard drives while in use. Fortunately, I can say that although I have had this happened to me before with this device, it has only happened once or twice in the whole time I've had it. The one or two times it has disconnected or improperly ejected my drive was when I either plugged or unplugged something else into the 4-Port Hub (I believe it was during a transfer, so it seems that the connection was disrupted from the additional source added or being taken away), or when I turned pressed or depressed one of the buttons to cut power to that USB port.Because I cited either of these activities as disrupting the connection to my external drive, I just do not mess with the on/off port buttons or plug/unplug anything during a transfer just as a precaution. (Note: the drive does not disconnect every single time that things are plugged/unplugged or the button for a port is pushed, I can usually use it like normal even when my external is connected. The drive has only disconnected due to this activity those very few times mentioned).I like the ability to "turn off" the connection to specific ports by using the buttons so certain drives though ejected are "unplugged."I have a MacBook Pro so having additional USB ports was a must with only two available on my computer. I would definitely recommend this product to a friend. The price is extremely good too considering the use I've gotten out of it thus far.

I recently got this hub to replace a slower, older one and to be able to leave things plugged into it while only taking up on USB port on my laptop. Once I got it, I decided to see if I could make it cry. I am impressed. I plugged in my KVM, a thumb drive, my cell phone and an external HDD just for fun. Each device either came up immediately or did so once I bounced the switch on the hub. My cell phone says it is slowly charging and recommends that I use it's charger but that is not what I connected it to the hub for. I wanted to see if I could move data back and forth between phone, laptop, external HDD and thumbdrive and yes, I was able to move a folder with it's content across all devices. Another important thing is that the external drive comes with one of those two headed USB plugs in case it needs more juice to run and I did not have to connect the power USB connector. The HDD is running fine, off the hub, with just the data cable hook up. This means I can leave stuff plugged into the hub and connect everything to me laptop with only one USB connection. The individual on-off buttons are just icing on the cake. I am buying a second unit.

I was amazed at the quality of this unit, (and I'm a gadget freak). It has solid USB connections. Nothing loose and cheesy about it. I attached it to the face of my tower PC with mounting tape. Looks and functions very solid. I'm an amateur photographer and am constantly disconnecting one-to use it for something else. Having this has saved me a great deal of frustration. I can even leave the cables plugged into the hub and just power off the L.E.D. power switches, so now I don't need to hunt for cables. I'm using it full time now for a month and have had no problems whatsoever. I'm VERY glad I got over some of the "if'y" reviews and bought this.

The scanners are great little machines. I purchased 5 for office staff to use with tablets while traveling.My fault with this order is that I needed 5 units, one for each staff member (5 different locations within the State), and I was only able to purchase 2 from any given vendor (not just in a single order, but for all orders at a vendor!) - and believe me I tried all over including @ Brother. I have no idea why there is such a restriction on the purchase of these things, but it is a huge, huge nuisance!

It's easy to use although when I first tried scanning my receipts for the business I didn't notice that apparently the default file path was to jpeg so I had to change that. Also, when scanning the first few receipts they came out unreadable until I changed the resolution from the main setup page. After doing those two things I haven't had any trouble. Another plus is I can rename some of the buttons to suit my purpose such as office expenses, supplies, car expenses, etc. That way when I scan a receipt using a certain button I've named and have set up to save to a certain folder I'm all set and know where it is later. Great little scanner for the price. Stores in my drawer until needed as I only use it a couple times a month. I haven't tried scanning anything but receipts so I can't say how it does for pictures. For what I need it works great and the price was right. I couldn't see spending $200 to $300 to scan some receipts.

The scanner works well on a Mac and I love the fact that it's powered by the usb, so I don't have to look for a power source to operate it. It also comes with a drivers cd, carrying case, calibrator sheet, and cleaning sheet. Unfortunately, I, giving it four stars because it the drivers were too old out of the box, so it kept messing up my Mac until I went to the brothers site and downloaded the latest software and firmware updates, which got the scanner to work without trouble. Furthermore, if you want to scan multiple PDFs, you need to make sure each page has automatically pulled in by the scanner or the scanner will not recognize the page and end your multi page and leave you with bunch of separate,multi page PDFs. I ended up having to download software to merge the PDFs into one. The scanner is fast and I was able to scan over 100 receipts quickly and load them on my computer. I recommend this scanner to anyone that needs a portable scanner that scans well and gives sharp images but the software will need to be updated to make sure it works properly.

This is a perfect scanner if you want something which doesn't take much space, and you don't need to scan a ton of things. It works great in both windows (I've tested on windows 7) and linux (I've tested on debian testing). I've used it for text and handwritten documents, pictures, and cards (e.g. business cards, library card). It comes with a plastic cover so you can scan things with irregular shape or pencil.Pros:- small (easy to put away, bring between the office and home)- quick- easy to useCons:- not good for lots of pages (no automatic feeder)

I like it for the convenience, and didn't mind it for the price, but the quality doesn't really change based on what you select for it. The resolution does, sure, but you're going to get the same image, just up-converted after the fact. I don't see really any difference between 200-300 DPI and 600 DPI with this scanner. I don't really need it, it's a PORTABLE scanner, i'll just use it for scanning text documents, but I'm bummed out nonetheless. that it doesn't perform as advertised.The software is OK, but it's not plug and play. Windows won't find the driver automatically, you'll have to insert the disc and run the setup. Don't use the included extra software options, they're kind of worthless and don't function well. Just the actual scanner program, which is OK and will get the job done.The only real thing I like about the software is that after you tell it to scan, it'll wait up to 30 seconds to automatically scan the next document, which is neat when you create a multi-page PDF document.

Couldn't be happier... kinda.First off - the scanner itself. The unit arrived carefully packaged and without any damage. I check stuff like that because I know I'll be writing an Amazon review at some point and want to say it. No rattlesnakes in the box. No ticking time bomb. Just a scanner. And those two air pillow thingies that I like to pretend that I'm gonna keep in an upstairs closet and use to ship Christmas presents until I remember that I'm a compulsive procrastinator and end up buying everyone Amazon gift cards and trying to figure out how to use Grandma's "Cross Stitch The Mona Lisa" kit for myself when I find it about mid February.I bought this scanner for what I hoped would be three purposes: scanning receipts, scanning a boat load of pictures at a moderate quality level so I could get rid of the shoeboxes and managing my daily influx of bills/mail/threats and other stuff that comes in the mail that I used to compulsively hold onto and move around the country with me but would rather scan and trash so I can compulsively carry around a single hard drive full of PDFs of that same stuff that I'll never look at again.I am happy to report that this scanner nails all three at a reasonable price point, which would have earned it a five star rating. There are a few annoying things (that didn't have to happen) that cost the star. I'll explain, but during the breakdown of each scanning experience.Receipts: This scanner handles the receipt scanning like a pro. I've set it up at the end of my desk, hovering over the edge and directly above a trash can. I come home at the end of the day and push the receipts in (after a little software interface - more on this later). It scans the receipts and gravity pushes them out into the trash can. The scan settings are perfect for this operation. Color or Black and White anywhere from 200 - 600 DPI. For receipts I am doing color scans (cause who doesn't love color and the file size on color vs BW is negligible) at about 200 DPI. It's honestly overkill but whatever. The scans are so good I'm using my phone on my computer monitor to hit the Walmart smart saver code box ($3.66 so far, RAWR!) after the receipt is long gone.Pictures: This one is a little tickier. I was hoping for a little bit better native quality without having to fuss with the picture inputs. I've eventually settled off on scanning in a TIF files and then mass converting to JPG. It seems to do a better job for some reason (the native JPG scans look a little wonky with the pictures, but the TIF's look fine). As with the receipts (but more relevant here) the scanner auto feeds. You put one picture in, it scans it and a countdown timer starts on your screen. As long as you get the next picture "grabbed" by the scanner in the next 30-60 seconds (user editable setting) it stores the first picture and scans the next. The scanner comes with a variety of input scan settings (jpg, tiff, pdf, etc) and does the processing work well. I'd rate this function at a B. I would have settled for a C, so I'm happy but if you are buying a scanner JUST for picture scanning I think you could probably do better. As a multi-function, this hit the mark. As a side note, I'm also scanning some lower quality items (recipe cards, clippings, etc) and those come out like a champ at the basic settings (200DPI, color).So, where is the bad?The software and a lame money grab by Brother. First up, the software.A multifunction scanner like this is designed to appeal to the home organization OCD personality. I am one of those. As a result, I am scanning a variety of things trying to clean up my house for the day when Better Homes and Gardens isn't going to come over and take pictures, followed by Lifehacker who nominates me as basket case of the year who can pull a receipt for the original copy of Netscape I bought in 1996 off my hard drive (which I can now do. Call me Lifehacker.) I want each of these files to go to a different place. Current receipts to one folder on my hard drive. Archive receipts to another. Recipes to a third. My family pictures to a fourth. The shoebox full of pictures from my in-laws to a fifth. Etc. This software can do it, but the basic software requires you to click a browse button and navigate your hard drive to change the directory every single time you change. And there is no memory related to a drop down box. At this point I've used all five directories. A drop down box would save a lot of time switching between projects. Or perhaps (if you really wanted to get crazy) a user configurable "What are you scanning now?" pop up when you opened the program. Let me pick out the directories, put a cutsie picture up there and let me do it easy. Don't make me look at "My Documents" and drill down fifteen directories to get to where I want this picture of my wife when she was three and was harassing her father to go. Small thing, but over time it's gotten annoying. So easy to fix.And I'm sure Brother would have fixed it if they weren't too busy writing their receipt organization program. The one that the CD said I could install - but only after I downloaded it - and the CD bounced me over to the Brother website and made me enter the serial number off the bottom of the scanner. Which I did. And then they asked for ten bucks.I can only assume that this software that I am supposed to pay ten bucks for will be as user friendly as the one you gave me. You know, the one without the drop down box or folder memory? Or maybe it doesn't have that, but I can go to another website and enter the serial number again and give you ten more bucks? A money grab. An upsell. A digital version of the annoying Best Buy salesman that wants to help you as you walk around the store (along with his fifteen friends) before you go stand in the line at the front of the store for thirty minutes as the one ill-tempered cashier helps everyone. And tries to sell you a warranty.Good scanner. Gets the job done. Slimy upsell effort and mediocre software. The three star to Brother is brought up by the solid hardware of the scanner itself. Four stars.EDIT: The button scanning is cool, but if you use it (insert the document, let the scanner grab it, press the button) it pulls the document into one folder that Brother set up. It's buried down in your "My Documents" folder. If you use this, you'll have to manually sort anything you scan to where you want it. So now I've got a sixth folder. That I can select if I browse, or just press the button. Meh. Easier to use the program and browse there than scan things in to a hard drive directory that Ponce DeLeon himself couldn't find and have to move them all manually.

CONVENIENT AND EASY TO USE:I have a Surface Pro with only one USB port. I am so glad I bought this 4-port USB hub! I can attach my printer, my 10-key pad, and an external hard-drive and leave it plugged in instead of having to keep switching them out. The buttons are also convenient. When I want to eject my external hard-drive from my computer, I can simply click the button to turn off that port after ejecting it. My external hard-drive can still be attached physically, but its port is turned off.SMALL IMPROVEMENT SUGGESTION:The only thing I would like to see different about this product is a longer cord. I was aware of the length at the time of purchase . But it would help if it was just a bit longer by a few more inches.OVERALL:I would buy this product again.

I'm very happy with this hub. It's nice and small and works just great. I own a Sabrent USB 3.0 hub as well, and my experience with it caused me to select Sabrent for this purchase, too.I would have given it 5 stars, but for one thing. The cable is very short, maybe a foot or so, which is great for laptops, but I'm using it on a workstation tower that is located under my desk, so I had to get an extension cable for it. No biggie, and I wouldn't let that stop you from getting this unit.NOTE: I was having trouble with my Logitech Unifying Receiver when it was plugged into the back of my tower (poor reception from mouse). I now have the receiver plugged into my Sabrent hub, which is located on my desk's work surface, and it works great!

Great product and an even better company. I purchased this 4-port USB hub solely because my Macbook only has two USB ports which put me at a disadvantage because I have multiple USB flash drives and other tools that require a USB spot. The first item I received was faulty in the sense that only one of the ports worked; however, after contacting the company they sent me a replacement which works amazing. This item is a must if you use the computer often as it allows you to have your phone, flash drives, external disk drives and even more things connected at any given moment.

I bought one, just to try it out. Well, in the end I bought three more!I didn't expect the size to be so small and when I got it, I immediately felt like it was a good purchase. It had a very modern design, travel sized, everything is necessary and nothing was over the top.It doesn't feel like a top of the notch hub, but it doesn't feel cheap either. I'd say it feels good, reliable.Second thing I like are the individual power buttons for each USB. Sometimes, you just want to keep things plugged in but turned off and it's so easy with this.Why did I buy so many? There are a LOT of people in my family.. I am usually the one that buys items and if it's good I buy a few more as gifts for my aunts/uncles and siblings, even friends. My sister has a surface pro 3 and brother with a surface pro - they both love this hub when I gave them one each.I would recommend this to anyone who needs a reliable; travel sized hub with good design.

I'm an iMac user. I love the design of the iMac, but hate that the USB ports are all rearward-facing. I figured I could remedy this with a cheap accessory like this Sabrent USB hub, which I purchased and taped with 3M double-sided tape to the underside of the iMac with the ports facing forwards.It works great! I love how you can turn on only the ports you're currently using with the touch of a button. The blue LEDs clearly indicate which slots are active (a minor complaint is that there's no way to turn the LEDs off except by disabling the port, which sucks a little bit and costs the hub 1 star, but wouldn't stop me from purchasing this item again). The transfer speeds are fast via 2.0, and my devices are always recognized in OSX. Perfect compatibility - just the way a USB hub should work. It even provides enough power to charge my iPhone 6/iPad 2.Would recommend. Perfect purchase if a) you're looking to relocate USB ports to the front of your computer or b) you just want to expand your connectivity options. Looks great, too, with excellent build construction.

Short Summary: Great USB hub concept. Truly a plug and playFeatures (9/10):It does what it state it does and simply works. Just plug and play.The switch makes it very quick to turn on/off devices. The idea is perfect when you dont' need to reach behind your computer to unplug/replugPerformance (8/10):Data speed transfer is consistent with other USB 2.0 hubs.I streamed a 10Gb mkv 1080p movie clip and also did some 1000 random file transfer and actual use is barely noticeably different from direct plug inPrice (8/10):A stellar price for the convenience provided. It's just incredible how cheap these hub get these days although you will find hubs out there without simple on/off function for similar price. You really paying for the function this time.Design(7/10):It's not a looker but it gets the job done. It will be better if the usb is more spaced out but it is not, making it difficult to plug in wider sticks. Hope they have a new revision coming for wider usb sticks.Conclusion (8/10)A very good purchase. If you have a bad back, this is one of your best friends helping you keeping it from getting worst. It's cheap and easy to use.If you find my review useful, please vote Yes. Thanks for reading!

DSmobile scannerThis is my 3rd DS mobile scanner, I really love these scanners for what they do, I will admit that I think they should last longer and apparently the software needs some improvement because the longer you use them weird things start happening and then towards the end of their life they will only scan one or two documents and then the program crashes and you end up spending a lot of time repairing the program and or restarting your computer and rescanning your documents. I will admit that I killed the last one trying to clean it. I also read another review that said they kept getting partial pages, I too had that problem but I figured out how to overcome, although I can’t figure out why this works but if you feed your document in from the bottom of the page it usually scans the whole page, when you do that you have to go into settings/options and check 90 degree rotation, it’s a pain and time consuming but fortunately it doesn’t happen often. This scanner has proven to be a challenge learning how to find and name my documents but after working with it all day I have finally figured that out as well but again I think there could be a better way, I haven’t figured out a way to choose a file location and name my file before I scan it, so here’s what I do...I just chose a file location and that’s where all my scans go and the program automatically assigns them a number, as soon as you are finished scanning a document a preview shows up on the left hand side of the screen and it will say image with numbers and .pdf or whatever file format you chose, if you right click underneath the preview of the last page of your document a window will open up that allows you to save and name it wherever you want it to go. Everything you scan will pile up wherever you chose to send them when you initially scanned them if you don’t go to that folder and delete them periodically. Is it frustrating to use...absolutely but it’s the cheapest, smallest scanner I have found and both are important to me particularly the size . When you finally figure out how to use it, it is great.

The product is excellent, and worked prefect. Scan's true to color and very clear. The only reason why I returned it was because of where the cord is, the plug for the cord is setup directly behind it the scanner, where the paper would scan thru. After returning it, I look at many other brands and notice that they all have the plug and cord setup the same way from the back. I will purchase this again, maybe when the company relocates the plug and cord to the side of the scanner and not where it's located now. Brother is an excellent product and great customer service too.

Quirky. for the price it is OK. i would buy it again. It's touchy you have to have the program on, paper in just right or it throws errors.

I'm going to cut to the chase. This scanner is great for basics but here's what I didn't appreciate about it.1. Drivers were NOT made available by Brother. You will have to run an .exe in order to load the drivers instead of the .inf file being freely available. What does this mean? You are married to the manufacturer scan software instead of using a preferred software such as Windows Fax and Scan or importing into a graphics program.2. It installs as a portable device and a disk drive, not an imaging device.

I had an earlier version of this scanner but it would not work with Windows 10 so I replaced it with this one. The earlier version had better software in that after each page scanned you had to option to re-scan that page but this version doesn't give me that option. Also - and it may be just me - but when I am scanning full sized documents it is very difficult to get them to feed into the scanner completely straight and if they are not straight then it doesn't make a good scan. The paper guides are set at maximum spread and if they were not then the document would not fit in at all. I am not saying that it is impossible to get a good scan with a full sized document, but it is difficult.

My only issue with this unlike my old Brother DS600 is when you can't feed multiple small items and have them appear on one page. While it will autofeed if you are scanning say 3 checks and you want all 3 to appear on one page it will not allow for that. As soon as one is feed thru it stops and waits for the next item to be fed and puts each on a separate page. With my old DS600 I could scan the first check and the feeder would continue to run for about 15 seconds with nothing in the feeder and allow you to keep feeding the equivalent of an 11" sheet of paper so I could get 3 standard size checks fed in before its 15 second cycle ended and thus get all 3 checks appearing on a single page. Seems like the DS600 always assumes each item is an full sheet of paper and possibly calculates how long an 11" sheet takes and thus keeps the feeder going for that duration. The DS620 probably uses a sensor that detects if something is in the feeder and if not it halts the cycle until the next item is fed and assigns it a new page. Its a 5 star scanner for quality but I gave it 3 stars because it lacks an important function for my purposes.

I bought this little hub 2 years ago because of its very informative reviews; it seemed very reliable for its cheap price. The hub was fantastic for about the first 3 months, up until two of the USB lights stopped working, while the USB connectors still worked. No big deal, just a minor annoyance. After another month or so, the cable stopped working, killing the rest of the USB ports. The product became pretty useless after 4 or so months and I could not have it returned or replaced.As for when the actual product came in, it felt rather flimsy and cheap from the get-go. The cable was a tangled mess and never got untangled over time, which may have contributed to it breaking down on me. The LED lights were very bright, which was a minor annoyance in night when I left my computer on, but I just covered it up. The plastic wasn't super durable, but unless you plan on throwing this around or sitting on it, it should be good enough. The USB ports were slightly wobbly, but nothing fell out so that was solid for me.The functionality of the HUB was standard: USB go in, USB work. One thing that didn't seem to work was my keyboard - a Cooler Master Quickfire Pro keyboard - which was half the reason why I purchased the HUB in the first place. Extreme letdown, but I plugged it into my computer's other USB port and moved on. The hub also charges incredibly slowly, so if you are here to purchase a hub that can also charge your electronics, this is likely not for you. My phone charged approximately 15% in about an hour.It was obvious that the USB hub wasn't going to last in the long run, but it served its purpose for the cheap price of $7 that I purchased it for. Other reviewers gave it very flashy and fantastic reviews, but it seemed like a 4-star product with 2-star lifespan but 5-star pricing. My experience may be on the minority side, but I would like to let people know about the potential for quality control issues this product might have.TLDR: great price for decent product that did not last for more than 4 months for me. May be better for others, but beware of quality control issues.

This thing doesn't do a fantastic job on its own. USB 1~2 standards dictate that a unit can deliver 100mA of current on average, and up to 500mA of current if the unit sends a request, and the host allows it. Now downstream if you have no power for your USB hub, you can only deliver 100mA per USB slot. So if your devices are not playing nice you may have dropouts in the USB Hub. Adding a power supply would fix this, but the power jack on the side appears to be non-standard. If you want a USB hub, I suggest spending a bit more and finding one that is powered. You will have fewer problems.

I needed a simple USB hub for my Xbox One so I could hook up more hard drives and controllers. Day 1 out of the box, my joystick was having issues when hooked up to the HUB. It would either not respond at all, or the controller would be constantly scrolling down over and over. I double checked to make sure the appropriate power button was active, and it was. Next, I tried hooking up a Rock Band guitar USB device that made the old guitars compatible with the new Rock Band. While the device works when plugged directly into a USB port, it would not work when running through the HUB. Lastly, I figured I would hook it up to my PC so I have more ports for charging USB devices to at least get SOME use from the HUB, but none of the devices responded when plugged into the HUB. After trying the USB HUB in 3 different scenarios, all with poor results, I gave up.UPDATE: The manufacturer sent me a replacement product for free, which I haven't had any issues with yet. So I've had a 50% success rate with this item.

For the price, this hub is pretty good. Read and write speeds are really great, but if you move around a lot of data, you wanna look at the USB 3.0 version. The LEDs look very cool and the hub isn't as big as it looks in the pictures. It's 8 cm long and 3 cm wide. DON'T BUY THIS IF YOU WANT TO CHARGE THINGS AS WELL, IT'S A VERY SLOW CHARGER!Update: It's been over two years since I had this product. The product definitely passed the electronics shelf-life test! And for that, I'm tempted to give this product 4 out of 5 stars, but I'm hesitant because of the charging issue. I've tried to test this product with various electronics to see if perhaps it could charge them well. With the iPhone 6s plus, the Samsung Galaxy Tab S2, and even Bose QC20s, the devices just simply refused to be charged by this hub. Read/write speeds are also pretty mediocre. For now, this product serves as a connection hub for my laptop. By this, I mean I've connected a USB Fan (works), a wireless mouse, a wireless keyboard and my printer. I tried to use this hub to transfer files from my laptop to a USB Flashdrive, and found it ineffective and slow and rely on my laptop's USB ports instead.All in all, final recommendation. Buy this product if you're looking for extra ports to connect wireless keyboards/mice, USB Fans, printers or other peripherals. Would 100% not recommend this device for device charging or file tranfers!

This is the second switch I bought. The first was a HDMI Matrix which failed to do its job, every time I used the TV remote to raise the volume on one tv the switch would suspend the or shut off the monitor i was actively using or it would switch channels. I then decided to switch to another company for my usb switch to make my other usb switch to work properly. and it is doing the job. Had to use an extension cable as the one on the switch is really short. Also It is cheaply built the Blue leds bleed into each other. You will have to use double sided tape or velcro to strap it down. I use it as a switch for my mouse and keyboard in the living room for computer #1 and I have another keyboard in my control room to control computer #1 and #2. In the technology today they do not make a 2 in 2 out usb switch.

I was pretty thrilled w/ the idea of turning 1 usb port into 5 based on the limited inputs on my laptop. The Sabrent unit came well ahead of the projected shipping time and that was a plus. I used the hub for about the 1st week w/o any problem. After that, I noticed that the ports themselves didn't seem to always make electrical contact w/ the devices plugged in which would cause my mouse to go unresponsive or my external hard drive to disconnect. I don't feel like I was doing an unreasonable amount of moving around when this occurred either but maybe this would be better suited for a less mobile setup. Can't really complain too much because of the great price I picked this up for, but there remains the inkling that spending a few more bucks would've provided me a product that I'd be more satisfied w/.Shipping Speed: 5Quality of Construction: 3.7As Advertised: 5

I was so excited to finally get a scanner that I hoped to use to scan lots of old photos. This scanner was easy to install and it certainly worked quickly. However, the photos as they appeared on screen had a deep yellow tone in comparison to the originals. There was an adjustment for brightness and contrast and neither one was helpful. I saved the photos I scanner to a folder on my external hard drive and took it down to copy a couple photos, hoping that it might be my screen. But it wasn't. They came out very yellow. Since my primary purpose was to scan photos for photo books, this will not work. Sadly, it is packed up for return.UPDATE: I immediately sent this printer back by UPS the day I packed it up. As of September 22, I am getting a notice saying they did not receive it. I have never had this problem before.

Frequently fails to scan a document because it says there is a paper jam (when there is no paper jam), and won't scan again until the cover is snapped open and shut.Often pulls paper in at an angle, and doesn't realign scan or properly trim blank space off side of document.The software is super janky on macOS. It has a terrible interface and often freezes.

Scanner worked fine. However, I could not install the Nuance PaperPort software. I went to the Brother website. The troubleshooter said I needed to install MSXML 4.0 and provided a link to Microsoft's download page. I went there and the installer failed to work. As a result, I could not combine multiple scanned pages into a single document, which makes the scanner much less useful. I returned this and got the Epson Workforce DS-30. The DS-30 prompts you to scan additional pages when scanning so that you don't have to combine pages after the fact. A much better option, in my opinion.

The software is not as refined as I was expecting. There are a lot of - I wish it would...Also, I'm running Mac OS 10.10 - so I don't know about other systems.First off, you have to manually engage the scanner. I wish that the software would automatically engage upon sheet detection. Then if you want to scan another sheet - you have to (again) manually agree to it. Not fun.Also the settings are weird.The fit and finish is really lacking - considering that the scanner has to be connected to a full computer to work.

This is a review of the scanner, not the vendor. This scanner may work well with Windows systems, but it crashed my MacBook Pro twice! The problem is the software supplied with the scanner stick. We followed the installation instructions exactly. Each time we attempted to scan an item, the scanner was able to pull the document through without issue until about the last inch of the page. At that point, the scanner stopped and then the Mac crashed. This was gong to be a great helper for my work, but it is causing more trouble than anything. I can recommend this vendor for their quick shipping. I cannot recommend the Brother Scanner.

I purchased this scanner hoping that I could use it to scan receipts and single sheets of paper easily. However, I had to send it back because it was so slow. It would stop part-way through a scan of a page and wait 10 seconds or more and then restart only to stop again. I seemed to be averaging about 2-3 pages per minute, not 8. The computer was also whirring away as though it was being overworked during the scanning. I tried doing all the things they suggested to optimise it, but gave up after a few tries and returned it. I will continue with the flat-bed Canon scanner I have instead - much faster and more options for adjusting the contrast etc. On the plus side it's a small, neat unit - shame it didn't work for me.

I bought this item solely to charge more then one phone off the same outlet. I chose this one in particular because it was cheap and had good reviews. Unfortunately it works horribly for charging. Don't get me wrong, it DOES charge. But 30 minutes to get a 9%charge is unacceptable. When I plugged the same cord directly into the wall box I got 9% in about 7 minutes. And that was with only 1 phone plugged in. I would guess that plugging in more things would slow it down even more but I'm not sure. I'm going to end up just putting this in one of our travel bags to use in hotels where we have limited outlets because it is far too slow to use on a regular basis.

When I charge my small led desk lamp, it draws the power from the light back into the unit, even when computer is shut off. A plumber would say it needs a check valve. This should not happen! Unfortunately, after I purchased this, I saw a better one that also has an Ethernet connector, which this one did not seem to like, the seperate one I had to buy gave me problems when it was plugged into this, it kept shutting down. I am using it for a fan, and a mouse, charging cell phone and the led lamp,, and no problem with them so far, except it sucks the power from the led light. Each flimsy low quality Chinese push button port has a blue light. I needed this for my new Chromebook, they only have a couple ports. Wish I would have bought the one that has the ethernet built into it.

It's pretty cheap. Within a few months the first button/port stopped working, and after a little less than a year only one port functions anymore.This is NOT with heavy use. It is in my classroom and I plug it in once at the beginning of the day and unplug once at the end. No porting it anywhere or tough use. For something that stays in the same room all the time with mild usage it certainly didn't last long.I am sure the selling point is that it is so cheap you can buy five of them for when they inevitably break, but my environmentalist heart can't get behind that practice. I'm on the lookout for something that can handle the demands of minor desk work. Sigh.

A little flaky...turn one connection on or off seems to momentarily disconnect the others. Not so good for external drives, but not a problem for keyboards and mice. Will not charge an iPad, but otherwise works fine with Mac.Updated for new model:Be aware that USB 3.0 (this xib and all other) can severely interfere with bluetooth and wifi. This is a known issue with USB 3.0 since it uses spread spectrum technology. For me, I have to plug this hub into the USB port on the left side of my MacBook Pro. When I plug it into the right side, my mouse and wifi do not work well.Another minor issue is that when used with a keyboard, the USB hub seems to go to sleep with the computer disabling the keyboard's ability to wake the computer after sleeping.

Did they really have to make it so small? I bought it with the only purpose - to be able to connect 4 thumb drives to my TV. The plan was to save my fitness videos by category to 4 separate USB flash drives and switch between them as needed. This would enable me to overcome the limitations ob the built-in player in my TV (it can see only a small number of files on a drive). Guess what? The distance between the 4 connectors is so short that USB sticks do not fit next to each other. One can only plug in 4 USB cables, but not 4 USB drives. A couple extra millimeters between the ports would've sold this problem. Now, I have to buy short extension cables to be able to achieve my goal. Why not do it right from the very beginning?Otherwise, the price is good and it is good that a hub with switches is available.

I've had this for a year now and it's starting to show signs of wear. When I connect devices they disconnect with no sign of any movement from the device or the hub. One device disconnected and then connected again while I was on the other side of the room.With my tiny Kingston jump drives it's fine, but when I connect devices via cable the hub misbehaves. I think it's just gotten very sensitive to movement, but I can't be sure.I really like the switches. Sometimes I can't tell just by the lights which one is on, but it's fairly easy to tell by looking which one is depressed, so it's all good.OK for what I paid for it, but I'm going to shop for something different this time. I would buy this one again if I couldn't find something made somewhere other than China.01/27/2015 Update: the company contacted me a couple of weeks after I wrote this review and asked for the order number. They said they would send a new one. I sent them the information and never heard from them again. Minus a star for poor service.

HORRIBLE SUPPORT. If you have a machine running Windows 10, 64 bit, I would RUN. I have spent multiple chats and phone calls trying to resolve my issues. The scanner scans - but WTF - where does it go??????? Not on my desktop where they assure me it is, not in their app, not in my neat program. They asked me to uninstall for the (seriously), 10th time. I AM DONE. Next stop is to blast them on facebook and twitter.

Advertised as being compatible with Windows, Mac, and Linux, this does not work with my Windows 10 machine, nor with my Linux machine.And yes, the Linux driver was properly installed. The XSane driver - provided by Brother on their website with detailed instructions for installation - doesn't even recognize the device is connected, though it works perfectly with a Canon flat-bed scanner.

The scanner snags the right corner of my page, which causes the whole sheet to turn and slide warping the scanned image. I have to scan multiple times and pray that it will feed straight to get the pages scanned without distortion. Incredibly frustrating. Will have to purchase another scanner.

This thing is horrible. It won't scan anything, keeps saying the paper is jammed and to start over. I have tried more than one item and get the same result. I'm sending it back.

The price was right on this scanner so I bought it to help with decluttering and scanning business documents. I figured that since it was a good deal I could overlook having to manually load papers. Unfortunately, it takes about 5 minutes to scan one document and the automatic paper feeder is finicky and doesn't always like to read the document so a good amount of time was trying to get the paper to feed into the scanner. The application itself feels dated and after every 1-3 scans the program would crash my MacBook. Save your money and invest in a better, more pricey scanner.

So far this is the worst scanner I have ever owned.In the middle of scanning a page this scanner will stop scanning, save the part scanned so far, and then continue scanning. This results in multiple files for a single piece of paper. This happens even though the cropping size is set to a fixed 8.5x11" This happens regardless of whether the destination is PDF or JPG. The paper is not running up against the edges of the scanner when this happens. There is no error message.I have contacted customer support once about this and received some unhelpful suggestions. I currently have an email out to customer support. If they can't help me resolve this issue I will be returning the unit and purchasing another from a different manufacturer. In the mean time I would not recommend this to anyone.

I bought this to use with my USB Cruzer flash drives. Unfortunately there isn't enough space between the slots to fit them. I can only use 2 - one at each end. So for my purpose this item is almost useless. The inputs should be spaced apart a little bit so you can use them. If you're using regular USB wires it'll be a tight fit but it works fine. I gave the product one star so people would know about this. If I wasn't using any flash drives, I'd give the product a 4 or 5.

I bought this because I needed a hub that would charge multiple phones at once, & it doesn't even charge one phone. The box it came in even says that I can charge multiple devices, that I can even daisy chain the hubs to charge more things, & it doesn't even charge one phone!If I have one phone attached to this hub with a cord, & plug the hub into the wall, & I run the phone all night long, the phone doesn't charge, it just stays at the same amount of battery life or even slowly loses battery life. Having that same phone plugged in the same way, but without this hub in between, & running the phone all night long, the phone charges as it should. It doesn't matter if I have the hub plugged into my computer, or directly into a wall, the result is the same. It doesn't put out enough power to charge even one phone.

Purchased the Sabrent 4-Port USB 2.0 Hub with Individual Power Switches and LEDs (HB-UMLS). The device only worked with my flashdrive. It did not work with my keyboard and my mouse. I work on a laptop but have a mouse and keyboard that I need to connect. Anyways, the device was useless to me because it couldn't connect those devices. The product description states that accessories such as a mouse or keyboard can be connected with this hub but that is not accurate information.

Nothing plugged into this would work. Took a look at the back of the package and saw, "Some power-intense USB devices may require a AC-Powered USB hub". Well, apparently that means anything you would actually want to plug into it. Mouse, Keyboard, wireless headset receiver and three different USB thumb drives wouldn't work in any of the ports.Well, fair enough, I can see how modern devices may require more power. It has a power port, what sort of AC adapter do I need to get? There is no input/output power information on the packaging or on the device model/serial number. So an AC adapter is a no-go.I tried plugging it into different USB ports (case ports in front are powered differently than the ports on your motherboard or back of the PC) and was able to get a ping for the wireless adapter, but the device was unrecognized by windows. All other devices didn't even register in the windows Device Manager.

I originally gave this product a great review, because for the first month or so I owned it it was fine. Lately though, it's started disrupting the connection with the devices I have plugged into it. I went to a forum to troubleshoot and someone suggested that I tape it to the table so it wouldn't wiggle around so much. I thought that it was a bit ridiculous to have to do that but fine, I needed to be able to use my devices so I went ahead and did that. STILL breaks connection after 2 minutes or less. The shaking from typing on my laptop causes the connection to break. I have stopped using it altogether because I have a hard disc with a lot of data and a few other things plugged into it, and don't want my data to get corrupted....It my seem fine at first, but DO NOT get this product, it's a dud.

I Got Defective ProductI plugged in my USB but it did not show on my computerUsb Hub was plugged in for 1 minutesPlastic Started to meltI removed the plastic and the board was hotWhen i measured it with thermeter it came out as 276/268 FWhich is burning pointI burnt my finger doing this testAnd I was Able to get Refund