Side by Side Comparison of: Netgear vs Sabrent vs Western Digital

I decide to try this little adapter, after my Tp-link died on me.*****Pros*****1. 5ghz, unlike my d-link it picks up 5ghz with little work.2. Comes with all the accessories. (The usb extension wire, and little mount clip. Just no drive cd not a deal breaker)3. Range, this little bad boy as better range then my last adapter and so hasn't drop connection once.4. The extension usb cable is a good length.*****Cons*****1. No driver cd2. Plug in play, doesn't work on windows 10. Had to download the drivers from netgear so make sure you have an internet connection3. The serial code was crossed out with a sharpie. So no support for me.This a great little adapter, with decent range. And for the price, how can one say no.(Only tested on windows 10)

So far so good! I've spent $13.00 on worse! Had to try it because of the price and wanted to access the 5 Ghz band on my dual band route, which I couldn't get to with my inexpensive Win 8 Asus laptop ($249.00 from Best Buy last year). I am happy with my decision. Packed plainly in a Netgear non-retail box (brown cardboard with Netgear logo on it.). Came in USPS with over-packed bubble envelope. Packing great, arrived in one piece!Downloaded a 50 mb file from Netgear support page, fired it up, it asked me to plug the unit into the USB port. Viola! works fine. I disabled the onboard wireless adapter, which was also giving me occasional disconnects and always low speed test results. This piece is great. BTW, comes with an extender USB cable so you can plug this into the cable, then plug the cable into your computer. Gives you flexibility, instead of a rigid USB dongle sticking out of the side of the computer, waiting to be hit and snapped off (dread the thought!)

Purchased recently, certified refurbished. Working perfectly so far, and I don't anticipate any problems, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed as it only came with a 30-day warranty. I'm willing to handle that risk since I bought this at at approx. $15, less than half of the retail price.Heads up: The adapter I bought was the WNDA3100v2, NOT the WNDA3100v3. They're the same as far as I can tell, but they each require a different driver, so hopefully someone will read this and save yourself the half hour of frustration I went through installing the wrong driver.

I love this this product and would recommend this product to anyone who needs it. It might take a minute to get everything running but look online and go by the directions and you should have no problems getting it together downloading the software and it working the right way but its a wonderful product to buy and cheaper then the stores same product, so it was WEll WORTH my money and time to get it on cause it's such a wonderful produce.On Nov 4, 2015 6:27 PM, "Amazon.com Reviews" <customer-reviews-messages@amazon.com> wrote:>>  >  >  >  >  >  > How did this item meet your expectations?>  >  > NETGEAR (WNDA3100 v2) RangeMax Wireless-N Adapter Dual Band (Certified...>  > Netgear  >  > Start by rating it>  >  >  > Review your purchases>  > Check out amazon.com/ryp to find past purchases to review.>  >  > We hope you found this message to be useful. If you'd rather not receive future e-mails of this sort from amazon.com at toccara1981@gmail.com, please opt-out here.>  > Reference 155034970. (c) 2014 Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Amazon.com, 410 Terry Avenue N., Seattle, WA 98109-5210.

I bought this for use with my DishTV DVR receiver. Plugged it into the USB port of the DishTV box. It was recognized and began the initialization process in a step by step manner. It works great. The one thing I did that also helped was to use a 3 foot USB cable to move the Netgear away from the back of the DishTV box. The signal strength was okay but much better moving it just a short distance from the DishTV box.It does not have to be hooked up all the time. I use it to download shows to the DVR and I watch them later. Needless to say, once the shows are downloaded, you can remove it if you like. It is nice to be able to download, store it on the DVR and watch later.

My previous model (NETGEAR RangeMax Wireless-N Dual Band Adapter WNDA3100 v2) quit on me but it was to be expected. I was not very careful with it. Anyway I needed a replacement and came across this refurbished model. I'm very, very leery of refurbished anything but the reviews were mostly good. I rolled the dice and ordered one. Received it well packed. It looked in great shape. Did a re-installation of the software since I kept the CD from my old one (you won't receive a disc) and it is working flawlessly so far. Plus I saved a bit of coin getting the refurbished model. That's always good. Keep the extra dough in your pocket and try this factory refurbished wireless adapter.

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.

Super fast, works as intended. Why 4 stars? Well, you would think that someone that ordered this was doing it BECAUSE THEY NEED TO GET ONLINE, so a note in the box telling them where to go download the drivers instead of putting them on a .50 CD is a bit of a pain in the butt, I had to tether to my cellphone and download a pretty hefty driver pack....other than that, fast shipping, and I'm on it now.VERY fast, I'm satisfied....that whole driver thing was a little chintzy though -

I was given a Panasonic 2012 TV. I put it in my bedroom and needed Internet to be able to use it. I have an old Sony Wifi Bly ray player that was not picking up good enough signal to avoid buffering to the point of uselessness. The Panasonic wifi adapter was very expensive so I looked around and found this. It was under 12 dollars and works fine for me. I only occasionally use it but when I am in the mood to rainy day snuggle with pups in bed and watch a Netflix or Amazon movie it has worked fine. Price point was so good I wasn't expecting much but it works well without any buffering stops so far!

Came on time. Package was clean, secure, no dents. The UBS item was beautiful without a flaw.Downside was it comes with NO software to install. You must go to their website to download it which will be difficult for some since they are purchasing this to GET ON the net. The directions with the item concerning this are short & may confusing confusing & anger some who aren't familiar with this type of computer work.For those who can get online & download the software the must then have a way of moving it between the devices/computers.Good news is that the correct software is easy to find among the list on the site. It's also rather simple to install onto the computer. The UBS item gives 2 options after installing on how to access the internet. Pick the one you prefer & voila! :-D

Had issues at first but found out it was ZoneAlarm causing the problem. Had to unistall ZoneAlarm then the Netgear WNDA3100 installed just fine. Reinstalled ZoneAlarm after I got the wireless going and haven't had any issues since.

It was fine. The only problem was my PC didn't locate it as a disk drive. So when it recognized it as new hardware, it couldn't install the software to run the install. I had to go to a different PC with internet connection, find the website, download the correct install program, save it to a removable harddrive, then attach to the PC that didn't have internet the harddrive, then run the install software. Then in recognized the wireless router.It shouldn't have been that hard to set up.

This device is simple to install and works very smoothly with my Netgear Dual band Router. It kicked up the WiFi speed of the computer from 19 MB/S download to 53 MB/S and from 5 MB/S Upload to 29 MB/S. This was achieved using the 5 GHZ band. The actual incoming speed from the Modem is 55 MB/s Download and 29 MB/S Upload. In fact that was the reason that I purchased this item. My other laptops and desktop as well as the tablets can all receive the 5 GHZ signal. When I observed the difference in performance from the 2.4 GHZ compared to the 5 GHZ it was a no brainer to bring this computer up to that band. Very satisfied with the result. Easy Installation. Great Price. Web surfing speed has tripled. Well worth the effort.p.s.: make sure you do not have a 5.8 GHZ cordless phone. It will interfere with the WiFi 5 GHZ band.

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!

I purchased this for my desktop computer. I was setting it up in the basement (a floor down and about 50 feet away from the wifi transmitter on the first floor), and wanted something that would pull a strong wifi signal. This worked okay. My laptop gets decent signal at my desk, and this dongle doesn't get as strong of a signal as the laptop. Disappointing for a desktop that I planned to use for gaming. Would have been okay for a computer that is used only for light internet browsing.I ended just routing a really really long ethernet cable and no longer use this product.

Works for my laptop but for whatever reason is not compatible with my desktop (older model)

Works but only after a great deal of effort to obtain the correct driver software to install and after installing it properly. Turns out there's two different packages that get downloaded and only one of the two will do the job...and the instructions on the web don't tell you which! Arg.Shipping and package arrival were fine however!! And package info didn't even tell you to go to Netgear to get the drivers!!

I loved the price and the product, only problem is that windows 7 hates the drivers and will freeze up on occasion but it hasn't been enough for me to stop using it. Still a great product, just write better drivers!

I have this in work shed with desktop computer. 30 feet from house, works ok. will stream music at low bit-rates but Netflix etc,forget about it!It would be nice to have more range,but that's not what its built for

I am running Windows 7 and when in a skype video call the wifi adapter completely crashes. In the Windows event viewer it reports "Error 11, Disk: The driver detected a controller error on \device\Harddisk4\DR4" and the adapter only starts working again upon restarting the computer. Unplugging it does not work and it is not possible to disable/enable from the network controls, you cannot restart/stop the Netgear WNDA3100 service, and attempting to do anything with the drivers causes Computer Management to freeze. Reinstalling drivers from the latest software pack (2.2.0.3) did not solve the problem. Notably this problem does not occur when using other video chat services such as Google Hangouts.Besides this odd little hiccup the device works perfectly. Despite being under heavy load (5Megabyte/s down, 2Megabyte/s up) for an extended period of time there has been no other crashes outside of using skype. The device dutifully picks up both of my 2.4 and 5ghz networks and connects to each of them reporting a strong signal (between 160 and 240 mbps when connected).I would love to give this decide the 5 stars it probably deserves, but having it crash so painfully indicates that there are still things to fix with the firmware and possibly the device as a whole.

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

This thing disconnects a ton. Most of the time I't wont connect to my wireless modem at all. My modem is an Arris (Time Warner / Spectrum). It may work with other modems but I would stay clear as it's a gamble.

After like only months I think it just disconnecting continuously. It just stood working, until I have to unplug the USB and plug it back in. I've had it for almost a year now, and for some reason I've just chosen to live with it. It's so incredibly annoying.

this worked fine, but now it's 11 months later and it's done working....... not happy any more

I don't know if it was because it was refurbished, or didn't work well with Windows 10, or what...but I had issues with this thing from day one. And after two weeks of getting progressively worse with its connection stability, weird firewall issues(no problems with the new stick I got blocking programs), and terrible tied-in program, I just gave up and bought something else. Don't know what else to say about it in specific, but I did switch from this thing to a Panda N600 and it plugged and worked without a problem, going on a week now.

I had the n300 adapter which was giving me connection issues so I bought this one and it hasn't disconnected since.updatedkeeps disconnecting to my browser.

I was hoping this would solve some problems ive been having with my current wifi adapter. It works well, except it doesnt perform at the 300mbps as advertised, only 144. My download speeds have also been cut in half compared to my original adapter, which also got 144mbps, so im not really sure why that happened. Needless to say, i am dissappointed with this purchase, but will keep this adapter as a backup since it is so cheap.

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.

Product arrive today without any kind of documentation. After installing the drivers the item was not recognized by both of my computers. I can't believe the lack of control from this company, sending refurbished products that don't work. Do not recommend

Terrible Adapter, came in some nondescript cardboard box with it's Serial Number marked out with a permanent marker. After testing and seeing a top speed of 5 MBps, I went ahead and bought a new router to see if my results improved with a resounding "No" after setting up a new AC router. Do Not Buy

I bought this product, it worked fine. Then I upgraded to Windows 10. Now it doesn't work at all. Microsoft support as well as Netgear Tech support both claim that it will not work with Windows 10.Period. End of story. No other options have been offered by Netgear except basically saying "Too Bad". This came without warning. I feel like i have been duped into buying a defective product with no recourse to recover what I have lost. If you ever want another dime out of me for anything, "Too Bad".

For what ever reason that I can not figure out, this WiFi adapter keeps dying out. It just "stops working". In order to get it to work again, I have to unplug it and plug it back in.I'm thinking of sending this back either for a replacement or buy something else. I will see what Amazon will do for me as I have never had a issue with any products on their website before. I will update this if I decide to get the same product again in hopes it just might be a faulty product? My decision will be on getting another of the same is if they will allow me a "test" time period and if it fails again to allow me to return for something else.With some research, this seems to be a known issue: [...]I'll first try their work around which is to go to your power management settings, and disable USB selective suspend setting. If this works, I don't plan to add any stars as this thing should work right out of the box without hassles!Updated -- Forget that work around that i found on the internet. It does not help :/ .. I've found multiple "work around methods" and they do not solve this issue.I'm forever thinking this is a complete waste of money for this product. It has this known issue that if you just google it, you'll find lots of complaints. I really wish I would have googled the reported issues that I saw on this amazon comments area!

tried to stream netflix on our 2011 panasonic tcp42s30 viera tv. the adapter was unable to reliably hold the router signal. it seems it had extreme difficulty locking onto & maintaining the ip address and/or default gateway id. except occasionally it would play an entire movie uninterrupted as long as ff or rev were not used. sent it back and amazon credited our account and covered the return shipping. hats off to amazon. now looking for an authentic panasonic adapter at a reasonable price.

Started having connectivity problems after 2 months, stopped working almost completely after 3 months. Great while it lasted. Wish the warranty was longer or that there was a way to exchange it, maybe I received a faulty one :(

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