JIKIOU USB C to HDMI Multiport Adapter, USB Type C Converter

 

Firstly it’s a great price, albeit in hindsight doesn’t have all the ports I’d like. The colour is just slightly darker than my Macbook Pro Space Grey.

The only issue I had was the USB C port didn’t work for any of the devices I tried – camera, microphone and SSD drive. I didn’t try it as a power port, but failed to work as USB C but putting the same devices into the USB 3.0 ports via an adapter worked fine. The same occurred with another Hub I tested, but my old Anker Hub is fine.

This ran the HDMI screen when using the USB 3.0 socket without issue (in the past some hubs just give up when trying to multi task using the same hub!).

The connecting cable is tiny at only 12cm between the hub and USB socket, which is fairly useless to hide out of the way and as it’s so short, it just tries to straighten out when plugged in, so hard to tuck away at the back of your laptop hidden away. It’s supposed to be Aluminium finish, but does feel really plasticky, or maybe the spelling mistake of “aluminum” is their get out clause.

Speed Tests:
SSD drive in USB 3.0
1Gb write = 26.1 secs (41 Mb/sec)
1Gb read = 26.5 secs (40 Mb/sec)

External card reader via USB 3.0
1Gb write = 75 secs (14.2 Mb/sec)
1Gb read = 57 secs (18.7 Mb/sec)

The read test on the external card reader was surprising as it was half the speed of my old hub, but besides that the speeds were virtually identical.

It’s an OK hub, annoying that the USB C doesn’t work, therefore not great at expanding on the stupidly limited native Macbook Pro ports, but great as a USB C to HDMI dongle!