ORICO USB 3.0 Hub [5Gbps], 7 Port USB Hub with 3.28Ft USB-C Cable and USB-A Adapter, USB 3.2 Gen1 Splitter for iMac, All MacBooks, Mac Mini

I needed to connect hard drives far away from my PC and this product did just that.

The SD Card reader is not USB 3.2 and only runs at USB 2 speeds causing slow transfer speeds.The USB ports are USB 3.2.

Nice long cord

I am getting 950+MBps throughput to an NVME based USB 3.2 G2 drive. This is exactly what I was looking for.

As a web developer, I often get material from clients on USB thumb drive. I also need to copy images from my camera into my computer. Both those are far more easily accomplished with this device than with the internal USB ports and card reader in my computer. I keep this right next to my keyboard.I had to use a longer USB-C cable to allow me to place the reader where I wanted to but that's no big deal. I also used some double sided tape to secure the bottom of the reader so that it stays when I pull a thumb drive or SD card out, because the ports are a bit tight. Again, no big deal.

I have an older PC with a "problematic" ASMedia USB 3.1 Gen2 controller (ASM1142) attached to a Windows virtual machine, and I've been looking for a 10Gbps hub with a mix of Type-A and Type-C ports to make this connectivity more accessible to where I sit at my desk. There are a few options that all appear to be based on the same family of device controllers from VIA Labs—including this one, which also has optional, supplemental 5V===2A power, and comes in a suitable form-factor for my use-case.Overall I'm quite happy with the results. My main complaint is that the supplemental power and host ports are on two different sides of the unit, so you end up with some potentially ugly cable management issues. It would be much easier to work with if they were both on the back or at least on the same side. Additionally, the included 10Gbps cable is painfully short, especially if you intend to bring USB connectivity up from under a desk and/or from around the back of a large PC.If you don't need supplemental power or if you're looking for something more portable, there are cheaper options based on the same or a similar chip. Otherwise, this is an excellent and affordable solution!Other notes:* I'm using an old Google Pixel USB-PD charger to deliver the 5V===2A supplemental power. It seems to work fine but I need to bring my USB-C power meter gadget to the office just to double check. (It would have been quite nice of ORICO to include a power adapter in the box, but at this price point I'm fine digging into my box of old phone chargers and wall-warts.)* If you're using the included USB Type-C to Type-A adapter, make sure the 10Gbps logos are aligned as depicted in the product images, otherwise it won't work at full speed.* When I first hooked up the hub to the ASM1142 controller, I was getting constant disconnects and reconnects in Windows. Ultimately what I had to do was uninstall the ASMedia drivers and revert back to the default Microsoft drivers for this controller. That solved the issue—which had nothing to do with the hub itself, but it's something I had to deal with and it feels worth mentioning.* I was able to use the free UsbTreeView program to monitor connection speeds in Windows. When I attach a device capable of 10Gbps to the hub I can see the connection speed being detected as SuperSpeedPlus, which is much easier and more reliable than trying to do a speed test or what have you.