If you’re a budding photographer you’ll relish access to the dual SD card ports, whilst the iPad Pro user can also charge through the single USB-C Power Delivery charging port whilst opening access to other supported peripherals. Through all 8 available ports, the AUKEY 8 in 1 hub offers a well rounded I/O port setup that suits your everyday needs on your MacBook, or the latest 11” and 12.9” iPad Pro with its USB-C connection. Offices, hotel rooms, for examples, come to mind where Ethernet may be a better connection to getting online than the Wi-Fi there.

This port is an added bonus for anyone finding themselves in a situation where Wi-Fi is poor, or limited and Ethernet is available. Next to this is an HDMI port that supports up to and on the far side is a USB-C power delivery port that supports up to 100W passthrough to your main device along with additional devices that are connected to the hub.įinally, on the far end of the hub is a Gigabit Ethernet port. Over on the other side, we have one more USB 3.1 Gen 1 (USB 3.0) port. On one side of the hub, you have 2 USB 3.1 Gen 1 (USB 3.0) ports and one SD and one microSD card slot, all ports support data transfer rates up to 5Gbps. It makes it an ideal companion when travelling or on the move.

The AUKEY 8 in 1 hub packs a lot of tech in a device that’s this small. The extruding cable that you connect to your primary device is 17cm / 6.69″ in length, which is just 44mm / 1.73″ shorter than the Anker 7 in 1, that we also reviewed last year, but it is still a good enough length to not feel constrained once it has been plugged into your laptop or tablet. The exterior casing is a mix of black on top and space grey plastic underneath. It’s colour, shape and size mirrors that of a Space Grey Apple Magic Mouse at 102 x 57 x 15mm / 4.02” x 2.24” x 0.59” and it weighs 109g / 3.84oz. The hub itself is relatively small in size, similar to many USB-C hubs out there. In the box, you’ll find the AUKEY CB-C71 8-port hub, an instruction booklet, a soft carry pouch and an AUKEY warranty card. The 8 in 1 USB-C Hub from AUKEY is sleek-looking USB-C hub that features a variety of additional I/O connection ports that allows you to connect your Apple MacBook or USB-C device with up to eight other devices or peripherals. If you are using a device that’s limited to only USB-C ports, you may be on the lookout for a USB-C hub that allows you to connect older devices and peripherals to your USB-C only laptop, or even an iPad Pro.

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