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• Rated 5 out of 5 stars

  Compact, affordable, and impressive docking hub

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  • Top 250 Contributor

  I wasn't sure what to expect with the HyperDrive Flex MagCharge USB-C hub, given how much it advertised and its very affordable price, but I have to say I'm extremely impressed with the results. This hub is absolutely perfect for people who are on the go, whether that's business travel or commuters who constantly shuffle between home, hotels, and offices. You might have a dock at your office, or one of your satellite offices, but if you're not sure, you can just grab this and you're on your way. What makes this Hub so awesome is that it works perfectly with your USB-C powered laptop and the cables that come with it. Here's the components you need: 1. A USB-C/Thunderbolt laptop, like MacBook Pro, Surface, or Dell Premium that only have USB-C/TB ports and nothing else. 2. The charging cable and power adapter that comes with it, ideally one that has USB-C male on both ends of the cable that can unplug from the AC adapter. 100W is ideal, but you can use both more or less. 3. HDMI cable, extra USB cables to plug in your peripherals. 4. The HyperDrive Flex Hub. 5. Maybe a mouse and usb-a dongle for it, or a BT mouse works too. That's all you need. You can easily fit all of these items and the HyperDrive hub in a laptop bag and it adds very little bulk or weight. This provides a TON of connectivity, you can either plug the AC adapter to the wall, then to the input on the HyperDrive flex directly if you just want to charge your iPhone with the Magsafe charger. Or you can plug the AC adapter into the laptop, then plug the USB-C cable from the HyperDrive to a USB-C on your laptop and this provides storage connectivity, power to any device connected to it, and video. I did run into some limitations that you should be aware of, the HyperDrive Hub should be considered a convenience hub and not a PERFORMANCE hub. What I mean by that is that you are not going to max out the specs of anything you are connected to, you're basically going to get the minimum specs but a lot of connectivity options. Here's what I mean: 1. When I used the 100W PD input on the HyperDrive Flex with a 140W Insignia Wall charger and then plug the HyperDrive Hub cable to charge the laptop, I got a slow charger pop-up on my Precision laptop. Using the 140W Insignia wall charger or the OEM 60W Dell charger directly to the Precision, I didn't get a pop-up. The Hub has a tiny sticker on the white USB-C cable that says the output max is 20V-4.25A so 85W max output, but it must be doing something less than that because the laptop complains about slow charging. 2. The HDMI output is max 4K/60 which is actually pretty impressive. I was able to achieve this on my external 4K monitor and no issues here. This is probably the most surprising feature of a dock this small and inexpensive and really unlocks it for something you can use to bring your office functionality with you on the road. 3. The USB-C transfer speeds through the hub are significantly slower than what your laptop may be capable of. My Dell Premium is capable of TB4 speeds or 4GB/s, with an external Sandisk G40 disk I was getting 3000/2500GB/s read/write, but with the Hyper I was only getting 466/466MB/s read/write. Without looking I'm pretty sure that is USB 3.0 original speeds. So don't expect to replace your photo editing scratch disk workflow or high speed data transfers from this hub, use direct to laptop if possible. And, on top of all that, it has a nice quality MagSafe charging pad that folds away nicely, has a soft pad so it won't scratch your phone, and doesn't get hot like some of my other chargers. The total size of the dock is about 4" square. I have docks provided by my work and they are huge and heavy. This is neither. In addition to the points to be aware of above, the HyperDrive Flex does not include a detachable USB-C cable or a charging adapter/wall wart. It would be nice if they included one as an option but I could see this adding another $40-50 for a 100W charger, and if you already have a USB-C AC Adapter you can make do without it. Great Road Warrior and travel companion, I'm really happy with how this HyperDrive Hub completes my Dell Precision setup for travel and as a docked workstation.

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  Posted 2 months ago by TechBuyer

• Rated 5 out of 5 stars

  Great accessory for Macbook Pro users

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  The HyperDrive Flex is a USB hub, card reader, and Magsafe compatible charger. I am using it with my Apple Macbook Pro M3 Max. It is a great addition to this laptop because it only comes with 3 USB/Thunderbolt ports. This device adds more ports to my laptop and can charge my phone. This also has an HDMI port that lets me extend my display to an external monitor. I am using an Alienware monitor, and I set the resolution to 3840x2160 (4K). In the rear of the HyperDrive is the HDMI port next to a 100W PD port. I can charge my laptop. Now when using an external monitor, you do not have to keep the laptop plugged in. However, if you use the external monitor as the main display – closing the laptop, you will need to plug it in or the display and laptop will go to sleep. I have a media file just over 4GB in size. I transferred it to the SanDisk Extreme Plus 190MB/s card. I was getting about 94 MB/s transfer rate. This also has a USB-A and 2x USB-C ports. I used the Qi charger with my Pixel 10 Pro. From 49-84% was just under 2 hours. I did not expect it to be fast. But what I like about it is I can prop up my phone, charge it and watch content while working on my laptop. This allows me to not take up space with a window open to watch media with my laptop. If you want to charge quicker, you can use the remaining USB-C port to charge it. The Magsafe charger can fold in as well, giving it a small footprint when storing it in my backpack. I like this device, and it is a great complement to my MacBook Pro. One thing I wish it had was a longer USB-C cable. I wanted to use it as a bedside charger for my phone and other devices.

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  Posted 2 months ago by sherwinmdev

• Rated 5 out of 5 stars

  Powerful & Versatile Hub for iPhone/iPad/Computer

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  This little gadget wields power far beyond its size.  It can do so many different things and fill so many roles in your tech life. From allowing you to watch movies from your iPhone (or any phone really) on your TV to serving has a USB Hub for your iPad to being a wireless charger for your iPhone or Pixel 10 phone to extending your PC Laptop or Macbook screen to an additional monitor - it really does it all! And it works great. Favorite things: - Love how small and compact it is - Plug & Play for mirroring my phone (including streaming vids) to my OLED TV - Decent number of ports  - Built in MagSafe Charger Stand that also works for wireless earbuds - Includes SD Card Slot  What could be better: - Not a huge fan of the color/look - Wish it did have at least one more USB port - Wish it had a MicroSD Card Slot as well - Doesn't come with a power supply This is a great little device starting with the fact that it IS so little. When folded up this could fit so easily into even a small shoulder bag to take with you wherever you go.  While I wish it had at least one additional USB port and a microSD card slot, it's perfectly adequate to meet most of your needs, especially for use on the go. It's extremely versatile in how it can be used which is great! Because this is a USB-C hub and because all our pocket computers (aka smartphones), Tablets, and computers are USB-C driven, you can use this with any of those. Starting with any iPhone or higher-end Android, you can plug this into your phone and basically use your phone as a computer. When attached to this most iPhones, Samsung Galaxy Phones, Pixel phones or other higher end Android phones will recognize SD Cards, Wireless Keyboard/Mouse USB Receivers, USB Drives, and even an external monitor via the HDMI cord. For many people this could replace the need to even have an actual computer!  What I love is besides using this for such a utilitarian need like that, it's also great if you're traveling and you want to hook your phone up to a TV via HDMI to watch Netflix. And when you go to bed at night you can use this as a wireless MagSafe charger phone stand so long as you have your own power supply for it! When folded down, you can also throw your wireless charging earbud case on here to get charged. This hub will work with an iPad or Computer much like I mentioned above with your phone, but of course with the way those work you can extend your screen so that you have dual monitors to work with. And any USB peripheral devices will work. You can let your device power this or you can connect this to your own power supply for passthrough charging of your tablet/computer.  It would have added a lot of value to me if an adequate power brick and USB-C Cord were included, but I did already have my own so not a huge deal. I'm not a huge fan of the color and look on this. I guess they wanted to be unique, but I would have preferred a metal aluminum silver type of finish, but that's just a personal thing and definitely not a deal breaker.  I am overall impressed with the way this works. It's super small and portable, but packs in quite a number of features meaning you can buy this one device and use it for a lot of different things which definitely adds value for the cost. Just keep in mind you'll need to buy a separate 100W PD Power Supply and USB-C cord (if you don't already have one) to use it to the fullest.  This is a well made and thought out hub from HyperDrive that works as promised.

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  Posted 1 month ago by holllywoodfrodo