iSOUL USB Hub 3.0 4-Port, Ultra Slim USB Adapter Splitter
iSOUL USB Hub 3.0 4-Port, Ultra Slim USB Adapter Splitter Data Hub for Laptop MacBook Mac Pro/Mini iMac PC PS5 Surface USB extender Flash Drive HDD- 2ft Long Cable (Dual TYPE C/USB C Hub & USB Hub)
I use this with ssd external hard drives which I do not wish to keep powered up all the time when the computer runs.
Switching them off with the button is more convenient than having to unplug them every time (one needs to remember to eject the drive though, before pressing the button, so to avoid risking to corrupt the data).
In terms of access speed, it behaves well, just as good as other USB 3.0 I tried.
The cable is nice and long.
I did not try the USB-C port.
It is plasticky, but not too fragile, and the current price of 9 (with a voucher) is very good.
I use this with my laptop, but recently took it on holiday with me, as there is usually only one plug socket, but more than one USB item to charge. This let’s you charge up to 4 items at one time. With no isdues
I found this USB hub extremely helpful.
On a typically day i don’t really have any additional devices plugged into the computer, but anytime i want to play a PC game or livestream it’s always a right pain having to pull the tower out so i can get access to the USB ports to plug in my wireless mic transmitter & stream deck.
I love how thanks to this USB hub i can now leave everything plugged in & have them ready to work when needed at the press of a button which saves me having to mess around with the wires every time.
There’s a USB-A & USB-C connector on the end of the cable to power it.
It has 1x USB-C & 4x USB 3.0 ports on the hub that’s controlled via a push buttons that light up, so you can easily see which buttons are in the on position.
I’ve been using it for almost a month now with zero issues.
Overall i’ve been really happy with it.
4.0 out of 5 stars Worked perfectly, very happy with it.
Pros:
– Can individually turn off each ports power with nice big buttons
– Easy to see which port has power due to LED light around it’s respective on/off button
Cons:
– The length of the power cable is quite short, I’d have liked it to be around a meter longer
I do typically like iSoul stuff and this is no exception, for the price point, this is a nice little USB hub then benefits from the functionality from the switches, that allow individual ports/outlets to be turned on/off.
Thais is not for everybody, but if you’ve connected a LED strip of something, it is quite handy. Otherwise this is simply a functional USB hub.
After adding a new Android head unit to my car and having already fitted another compact USB3 hub to the back of the unit to add much needed extra ports I found myself still needing some high speed data and charging ports that I could access easily from the front somewhere. When I saw this it looked small enough to tuck away but within reach and it also looked smart enough to not look out of place in my Jaguar.
This hub is very nicely made with clean lines and no burrs, each of the USB3 ports can be individually switched so can be very useful for manually switching LED strips if required. At the front of the hub are four USB3 ports plus one USB-C so once mounted all of the ports are facing the same direction therefore it can be fixed in place out of the way but with all of the ports remaining accessible. Attached to the hub is a decent quality input cable which for a change has a good length to it so it will easily reach to where it’s needed.
I now have all of the extra high speed USB ports that I need for power switching and data input to my android head unit which comes in very useful both for everyday use and also for when the firmware needs updating or even just for side loading apps and maps.
Terrific USB3 hub for under a tenner (at the time of writing).
Recommended.
Now officially a home worker this is great as I can have my usb fan on as well as everything I need. I like the fact I can switch on & off easily with this.
Although this hub is twice as much as an aluminium one I got recently, it makes up for it with the individual buttons to activate/deactivate a port. Each has it’s own LED so it’s easy to see which ones you’re allowing power to or not. I really like this because so many have an always on LED that won’t switch off when I sleep my PC, which being in my bedroom, is extremely annoying. I also like being able to “safely remove a device” and power down that port to remove it, some things fit very tightly and you hear them disconnect and reconnect before getting them fully out. This method reduces my anxiety significantly.
It’s a nice looking unit, extremely lightweight (read kinda cheap feeling) and although it feels sturdy and unbending, if you squeeze the top and bottom between your fingers, it does flex some. If you travel with this, you want it at the top of your stuff, not underneath something heavy. The cord is a functional length if you want to use it on a tower PC rather than just a laptop, or if you don’t want to take up deskspace right where your mouse might be on a laptop. The buttons feel nice to use, but the cable is the typical stiff kind these devices often have, which given how light the unit is, does make it difficult to position exactly without it moving where it wants to.
Worked immediately I plugged it in to anything, and had no problems transferring data from a USB stick or NVME SSD, however I think you can really only get away with having a single SSD/HDD at a time, at least if you’re using the USB A rather than the C. It does provide a C port that you can plug a charger or something into to give it some extra juice which is nice, so it can become a powered hub should you need (without having to locate another power socket and run a wall wart from it).
Overall I like this unit, I’d definitely be willing to pay extra for buttons and not have a light that never goes out, I do think at the price point though, an aluminium shell might have been nice? Recommended.
4.0 out of 5 stars Lightweight, no bright lights at nigh
This USB-A hub features individual on/off buttons for the ports. These light up blue when the port is active. Build quality seems OK – the hub is lightweight plastic with a slim body and usefully long cable to keep it from hanging out of my laptop port.
Performance has been fine, the ports are USB 3.0 so data transfer speed is better than 2.0. My only complaint is that the ports aren’t far enough apart. They are fine for slimline sticks but most of my memory sticks are wider than the ports so there isn’t room to connect two of them next to each other, only in alternate slots. If it wasn’t for that, I’d give this hub five stars.
4.0 out of 5 stars Useful switches, nice and lightweigh
This is a cheap little USB 3.0 hub that looks like exactly that. It does not have an external power supply so it can only be powered from your desktop PC ports (preferably the motherboard ones on the back of your PC).
This reduces the usefulness of this device massively, and makes it only really suitable for low-power peripherals such as mouse and keyboard, memory sticks etc. The stated power ‘across all ports’ is 5 volts/900 mAh. Basically this will not charge anything using more than a couple of watts, so avoid using SSDs and HDDs with this, it’s not going to be reliable and could damage the drive contents.
If you stick to that advice then it does have some upsides. The switched ports are useful for having multiple devices attached when you don’t need to use them all the time. No need to unplug, just press the switch and that port disconnects. I found this useful for having more than one input device present, as it stopped wifi/BT interference from idle devices. I could leave USB sticks in and disable possible remote access with a single press. The 2ft plug with choice of connector type is also a nice inclusion.
So if you are looking for a simple syncing/transfer hub then this should be fine. If you want to actually charge anything, look elsewhere.
This had a split type A/C connector and doesn’t come with any additional cables.
As a USB hub for very low power devices and data transfer it’s very good. It allows more or less full speed data throughput and the 4 ports can be individually switched on and off.
When it comes to powered devices the details are very shady indeed. The instructions say it has a power input but also says it does not have an external power port, there clearly is an external power port on the unit. The listing has a diagram stating it can not power more than 2A but the listing says a maximum of 900mAh should be drawn across all ports. It’s all very confusing as to what they are talking about and how much power can be supplied and drawn if an external power source is added.
I’m currently just using it as a hub for data transfer/low power devices so the above dose not bother me but they really should clarify what the real limitations are.
The build quality is ok, it’s light and the buttons don’t feel very positive but they work fine. It’s annoying that due to the lightness and the rigidly of the cable it doesn’t like to sit flat but this improves when you plug devices in.
Overall this is a decent switched hub given the price but they need to update the instructions and listing to make it’s power delivering capabilities clearer.
4.0 out of 5 stars Good in some ways but confusing instructions about power supply.
It’s a decent hub which has a four USB-A female ports and an input female port for a USB-C power cable. Now having said that the instructions can be confusing in that the female USB-C port says ‘input’that ‘input’ can throw a few people off. Basically I read it to me that you can attach a power supply with a male USB-C cable to support the power going into this device. So if you are just using some small capacity USB sticks/drives whatever then all you need to do is plug the male USB-A cable into a laptop or other device (PC) and feed off the minimal power provided from the other device. However if you wish to use a large capacity SSD or HDD then to maintain power stability and not corrupt your MBR (Master Boot Record) header then use an additional power supply. Personally I would only use small capacity storage devices with this hub. This hub has one good thing going for it and that is the ability to switch off a USB device plugged with the press of the button so that you don’t have to eject it (faff around) by using a mouse to have to click on the device on the screen. That one fault with USB-A ports is overridden by those buttons. Personally I still think this hub is a bit overpriced for what it is, it’s also quite fragile looking made of cheap plastic and the buttons aren’t that positive a feel either. It’s good to see a longer cable than on other hubs, and those buttons do elevate this hub from hubs that don’t have the button override facility but still, if the hub was made more sturdy then I would be a little more inclined to pay 12.99.
I am still not sure about this switches. Yes, I can leave the flat scanner and the printer plugged and the barcode scanner and a USB stick.
And leave all off except the stick just by pressing a button. That has at leastthe advantage that I do not need to disconnect the cables and the scanners and printer do not start when I switch on the computer, and I do not need these devices for now. The host connection in USB A and C is nice.
The manual is not bad but also not good, it has two points good to know:
1. The product installs it own driver, which may take a moment, but the text say no installation …
2. The other note is about power hungry devices at the four USB A ports. This hub has a USB C port beside them, and the image on the carton says “power in”. This image is NOT in the manual. But this:
“This product does not have an external power port, therefore if more than 4 devices of large capacity devices are connected, the connection may be interrupted or rejected.” More than 4 into 4 plugs?
Basically I read there: As same for other hubs as well, powerhungry devices (like external CD burner or hard drives) can be too much, the laptop or computer feeding the hub could run out of juice and the hub stops working correct.
For that reason there are hubs which have a power supply, some with a round plug (correct), some with USB C socket. That C is an issue. Because if I understood the manual right, that is just a PD charger (up to 100W) for the host device, NOT a power supply to the 4 USB A connections …
That is allright as long as you know that.
But why is the advert text different?
“To maintain connection stability, the total current drawn by all devices linked to the 4-Port USB 3.0 Hub must not exceed 5 volts 900 mAh. It is recommended to use an external power supply for connecting external hard drives. This USB hub (4-Port USB 3.0) cannot charge devices, but only Sync them.”
I am not surprised if the manual is right and this sellers text has some misunderstandings.
Update of manual and product description needed I guess …
I use this with ssd external hard drives which I do not wish to keep powered up all the time when the computer runs.
Switching them off with the button is more convenient than having to unplug them every time (one needs to remember to eject the drive though, before pressing the button, so to avoid risking to corrupt the data).
In terms of access speed, it behaves well, just as good as other USB 3.0 I tried.
The cable is nice and long.
I did not try the USB-C port.
It is plasticky, but not too fragile, and the current price of 9 (with a voucher) is very good.
I use this with my laptop, but recently took it on holiday with me, as there is usually only one plug socket, but more than one USB item to charge. This let’s you charge up to 4 items at one time. With no isdues
I’ve been using this hub to connect a series of SSD’s to my computer and its done the job very well.
It feels quite lightweight but seems up to the task, I find the illuminated switches very handy as I can see which drive is selected easily.
The price seems very good, especially with the 4 off voucher currently available.
I hope you find my review helpful.
I found this USB hub extremely helpful.
On a typically day i don’t really have any additional devices plugged into the computer, but anytime i want to play a PC game or livestream it’s always a right pain having to pull the tower out so i can get access to the USB ports to plug in my wireless mic transmitter & stream deck.
I love how thanks to this USB hub i can now leave everything plugged in & have them ready to work when needed at the press of a button which saves me having to mess around with the wires every time.
There’s a USB-A & USB-C connector on the end of the cable to power it.
It has 1x USB-C & 4x USB 3.0 ports on the hub that’s controlled via a push buttons that light up, so you can easily see which buttons are in the on position.
I’ve been using it for almost a month now with zero issues.
Overall i’ve been really happy with it.
Pros:
– Can individually turn off each ports power with nice big buttons
– Easy to see which port has power due to LED light around it’s respective on/off button
Cons:
– The length of the power cable is quite short, I’d have liked it to be around a meter longer
I hope you find this review helpful
I do typically like iSoul stuff and this is no exception, for the price point, this is a nice little USB hub then benefits from the functionality from the switches, that allow individual ports/outlets to be turned on/off.
Thais is not for everybody, but if you’ve connected a LED strip of something, it is quite handy. Otherwise this is simply a functional USB hub.
After adding a new Android head unit to my car and having already fitted another compact USB3 hub to the back of the unit to add much needed extra ports I found myself still needing some high speed data and charging ports that I could access easily from the front somewhere. When I saw this it looked small enough to tuck away but within reach and it also looked smart enough to not look out of place in my Jaguar.
This hub is very nicely made with clean lines and no burrs, each of the USB3 ports can be individually switched so can be very useful for manually switching LED strips if required. At the front of the hub are four USB3 ports plus one USB-C so once mounted all of the ports are facing the same direction therefore it can be fixed in place out of the way but with all of the ports remaining accessible. Attached to the hub is a decent quality input cable which for a change has a good length to it so it will easily reach to where it’s needed.
I now have all of the extra high speed USB ports that I need for power switching and data input to my android head unit which comes in very useful both for everyday use and also for when the firmware needs updating or even just for side loading apps and maps.
Terrific USB3 hub for under a tenner (at the time of writing).
Recommended.
Now officially a home worker this is great as I can have my usb fan on as well as everything I need. I like the fact I can switch on & off easily with this.
Although this hub is twice as much as an aluminium one I got recently, it makes up for it with the individual buttons to activate/deactivate a port. Each has it’s own LED so it’s easy to see which ones you’re allowing power to or not. I really like this because so many have an always on LED that won’t switch off when I sleep my PC, which being in my bedroom, is extremely annoying. I also like being able to “safely remove a device” and power down that port to remove it, some things fit very tightly and you hear them disconnect and reconnect before getting them fully out. This method reduces my anxiety significantly.
It’s a nice looking unit, extremely lightweight (read kinda cheap feeling) and although it feels sturdy and unbending, if you squeeze the top and bottom between your fingers, it does flex some. If you travel with this, you want it at the top of your stuff, not underneath something heavy. The cord is a functional length if you want to use it on a tower PC rather than just a laptop, or if you don’t want to take up deskspace right where your mouse might be on a laptop. The buttons feel nice to use, but the cable is the typical stiff kind these devices often have, which given how light the unit is, does make it difficult to position exactly without it moving where it wants to.
Worked immediately I plugged it in to anything, and had no problems transferring data from a USB stick or NVME SSD, however I think you can really only get away with having a single SSD/HDD at a time, at least if you’re using the USB A rather than the C. It does provide a C port that you can plug a charger or something into to give it some extra juice which is nice, so it can become a powered hub should you need (without having to locate another power socket and run a wall wart from it).
Overall I like this unit, I’d definitely be willing to pay extra for buttons and not have a light that never goes out, I do think at the price point though, an aluminium shell might have been nice? Recommended.
This USB-A hub features individual on/off buttons for the ports. These light up blue when the port is active. Build quality seems OK – the hub is lightweight plastic with a slim body and usefully long cable to keep it from hanging out of my laptop port.
Performance has been fine, the ports are USB 3.0 so data transfer speed is better than 2.0. My only complaint is that the ports aren’t far enough apart. They are fine for slimline sticks but most of my memory sticks are wider than the ports so there isn’t room to connect two of them next to each other, only in alternate slots. If it wasn’t for that, I’d give this hub five stars.
This is a cheap little USB 3.0 hub that looks like exactly that. It does not have an external power supply so it can only be powered from your desktop PC ports (preferably the motherboard ones on the back of your PC).
This reduces the usefulness of this device massively, and makes it only really suitable for low-power peripherals such as mouse and keyboard, memory sticks etc. The stated power ‘across all ports’ is 5 volts/900 mAh. Basically this will not charge anything using more than a couple of watts, so avoid using SSDs and HDDs with this, it’s not going to be reliable and could damage the drive contents.
If you stick to that advice then it does have some upsides. The switched ports are useful for having multiple devices attached when you don’t need to use them all the time. No need to unplug, just press the switch and that port disconnects. I found this useful for having more than one input device present, as it stopped wifi/BT interference from idle devices. I could leave USB sticks in and disable possible remote access with a single press. The 2ft plug with choice of connector type is also a nice inclusion.
So if you are looking for a simple syncing/transfer hub then this should be fine. If you want to actually charge anything, look elsewhere.
This had a split type A/C connector and doesn’t come with any additional cables.
As a USB hub for very low power devices and data transfer it’s very good. It allows more or less full speed data throughput and the 4 ports can be individually switched on and off.
When it comes to powered devices the details are very shady indeed. The instructions say it has a power input but also says it does not have an external power port, there clearly is an external power port on the unit. The listing has a diagram stating it can not power more than 2A but the listing says a maximum of 900mAh should be drawn across all ports. It’s all very confusing as to what they are talking about and how much power can be supplied and drawn if an external power source is added.
I’m currently just using it as a hub for data transfer/low power devices so the above dose not bother me but they really should clarify what the real limitations are.
The build quality is ok, it’s light and the buttons don’t feel very positive but they work fine. It’s annoying that due to the lightness and the rigidly of the cable it doesn’t like to sit flat but this improves when you plug devices in.
Overall this is a decent switched hub given the price but they need to update the instructions and listing to make it’s power delivering capabilities clearer.
It’s a decent hub which has a four USB-A female ports and an input female port for a USB-C power cable. Now having said that the instructions can be confusing in that the female USB-C port says ‘input’that ‘input’ can throw a few people off. Basically I read it to me that you can attach a power supply with a male USB-C cable to support the power going into this device. So if you are just using some small capacity USB sticks/drives whatever then all you need to do is plug the male USB-A cable into a laptop or other device (PC) and feed off the minimal power provided from the other device. However if you wish to use a large capacity SSD or HDD then to maintain power stability and not corrupt your MBR (Master Boot Record) header then use an additional power supply. Personally I would only use small capacity storage devices with this hub. This hub has one good thing going for it and that is the ability to switch off a USB device plugged with the press of the button so that you don’t have to eject it (faff around) by using a mouse to have to click on the device on the screen. That one fault with USB-A ports is overridden by those buttons. Personally I still think this hub is a bit overpriced for what it is, it’s also quite fragile looking made of cheap plastic and the buttons aren’t that positive a feel either. It’s good to see a longer cable than on other hubs, and those buttons do elevate this hub from hubs that don’t have the button override facility but still, if the hub was made more sturdy then I would be a little more inclined to pay 12.99.
I am still not sure about this switches. Yes, I can leave the flat scanner and the printer plugged and the barcode scanner and a USB stick.
And leave all off except the stick just by pressing a button. That has at leastthe advantage that I do not need to disconnect the cables and the scanners and printer do not start when I switch on the computer, and I do not need these devices for now. The host connection in USB A and C is nice.
The manual is not bad but also not good, it has two points good to know:
1. The product installs it own driver, which may take a moment, but the text say no installation …
2. The other note is about power hungry devices at the four USB A ports. This hub has a USB C port beside them, and the image on the carton says “power in”. This image is NOT in the manual. But this:
“This product does not have an external power port, therefore if more than 4 devices of large capacity devices are connected, the connection may be interrupted or rejected.” More than 4 into 4 plugs?
Basically I read there: As same for other hubs as well, powerhungry devices (like external CD burner or hard drives) can be too much, the laptop or computer feeding the hub could run out of juice and the hub stops working correct.
For that reason there are hubs which have a power supply, some with a round plug (correct), some with USB C socket. That C is an issue. Because if I understood the manual right, that is just a PD charger (up to 100W) for the host device, NOT a power supply to the 4 USB A connections …
That is allright as long as you know that.
But why is the advert text different?
“To maintain connection stability, the total current drawn by all devices linked to the 4-Port USB 3.0 Hub must not exceed 5 volts 900 mAh. It is recommended to use an external power supply for connecting external hard drives. This USB hub (4-Port USB 3.0) cannot charge devices, but only Sync them.”
I am not surprised if the manual is right and this sellers text has some misunderstandings.
Update of manual and product description needed I guess …