Good product with enough ports for a couple daily usage
341039
Hi

I purchased it as the present for my friend. They liked it very much. Good quality and nice package. It charges the phones and tablet fast without too much heat. I would like to give 5 stars to it.

Michael
402913
I only got this thing because my lovely new laptop thought 4 USB ports would be enough. 4 probably is enough, if you're not using your laptop like a desktop and making it the main computer. It might even be enough if I preferred the track pad over a real mouse or the laptop speakers over good speakers.

The Anker Bus-Powered port allows me to plug and unplug different flash drives without having to unplug the speakers or the mouse first. It gives me a little more freedom when I'm stationed in one area for a long time and just need a flash drive long enough to copy files over. It is a little finiky in that if it gets knocked, it "resets" the entire line of flash drives attached, but that's to be expected.

If I changed anything, it would be the color of the LED light from blue to red. Red is easier on the eyes and not as "loud" in a dark room.

I like the product, I will recommend it, and I would make this purchase again, but I can't say that I "love" it (hence the four stars instead of five).
3782418
More modern computer towers tend to have several USB ports both front and back. But many users, including me, do not care to install permanent devices where they can get in the way at the front of the tower.

The Belkin Hub solved that, by using one port for 4 devices. They in no way interfere with operations of others on the hub As an example, my 4-port hub carries our Canon scanner but also the very important connection device used to reach our WIFI Gateway.

I recommend this product to solve a lack of USB available ports.
769041
I bought this for two features - USB 3.0 and 7 USB ports.  I have three USB 3.0 drives connected, a Logitech mouse and a cell phone.  I plan to add a Blu-ray drive in the near future and an external keyboard, so all of  the ports will get used!  All of ports work, but with a caveat that the hub doesn't always support hot insertion of a device. The disk drives transfer data a lot faster (I have a Win8 Ultrabook with a USB 3.0 port that shows the transfer speed).

I gave it four stars instead of 5 because of the hot switching issue.
Update August 2013 - This hub has stopped working as a hub. I can only connect one device to it. If I connect more than one device the hub stops working. Power cycling helps for a little while, but I think this design is flawed.  Too bad.
4299547
Save space and time with this economical and well-built USB power port .
1883523
I bought this to go with my laptop, which I leave the docking station with DVD-RW drive at work. I use this at home or on trips occasionally. Although it has 2 USB plugs to assure that it gets enough power from the PC, I didn't have any problem reading the disks with just 1 plug used. For laptops without a lot of USB ports, you may consider using a cheap USB charger for the 2nd USB plug so the drive can still get enough power it needs. I haven't burned any disk using this, so I can't comment on its burning capability.
4496233
This is a cool little powered usb hub.  My Dell Precision T5400 does not have sufficient usb ports so I bought this to expand to the modern requirements for at least 10 ports.  So far, I have a Wacom Tablet, keyboard, mouse, CCTV, Logitech USB Headsets, Occasionally two 8 gig usb sticks, and cable for Smartphone & ham radio programmer.  I have room for lots more now.
2230305
easy hook up and user-friendly needs more auxiliary port in backit a little noisy when going through different operations  clunking noise when you pause fast forward or overall good value though
2082719
Great ports, good quality, make sure you have a good drive adapter mine didn't have a way for me to screw this drive into the adapter
3496091
This product's head is on the rather large side.
I have used each port (one at a time) and they are very reliable for my Surface Book, however the square head is rather big and there are rectangular (elongated in cable direction) products that are easier to carry. If this is part of a permanent setup (in which case, you may not need three ports), this drawback may not affect you.
3009045
I use this for my bedside table where I keep my Nexus One Dock and a small pair of USB Powered speakers. The USB oulets are great becuase you can plug in almost any USB device and power it. It came with a 2 or 3 foot USB mini cable, however this is pretty much useless since most new devices use the smaller Micro USB now.

The swiveling plug is great, it's a bit difficult to move, but this might be a good thing. The housing is a durable plastic, and it weights more then you'd think.

As the other reviews state, this is not exactly the size I had in mind when I saw "Mini", its about the size of a paperback book, but when you consider the functionality it's actually quite small. If it was smaller, it might not be as durable or well built, which from my experience is important for a travel size anything. However, I'm not a frequent traveler, so the size does not bother me, but if you are you might want to consider it.

I would like if it had a fourth plug on the end for bulky AC Adapters. The spacing here is better then most surge protectors, but most standard plugs still won't fit next to a adapter brick.
923151
It's good enough to solve the problem of not enough outlets.  Only thing that I wasn't expecting is the limitation on the port usage.  One port is for charging Apple items, and the other is for charging everything else.  When I first connected the cables, I had them backwards and found charging/syncing challenges.  It was resolved easily enough - once I read the insert details, but I really wanted to run and iPhone on one port and a iPad on the other.  Oh well.  Truly, I don't think it's a big enough issue to fret over, but feel that it is a detail that should be clarified.
When/if I run into the outlet shortage again, I would order this item again.
3803829
These are great little ports for the price! It isn't lightening fast charging speed, but it gets the job done.
2793502
I love that it provides both Standard Ligher ports as well as USB.

The mounting is not very good and it now resides in one of my cup holders
291779
I'm reviewing the "4 AC & 2 USB (Swivel)" product in black.

This is a nice little device to instantly turn one of your normal 2 outlet electrical plugs into a surge protector with 4 outlets plus 2 USB charging ports. The unit easily plugs into both outlets (though only one is used for a power connection; the other is used for stability) and covers up the entire outlet.

The rotating outlets is a big plus that makes it a lot more useful in many cases.

There's an LED light on the unit that lights up when the unit is protecting so that's reassuring (surge protectors don't last forever and should be replaced when the protection light and thus the protection ability is gone).

Using my USB power meter and iPad Air 2 as a charging test, I tested the charging outlets. Normally my iPad Air 2 can suck up about 2.15 Amps while charging with the screen off. When I plugged it into the "MOBILE" USB charging port, it drew about .95 amps. In the "TABLET" port it was more like 1.95 amps, so use the mobile port for less power hungry devices like the smaller ones and use the TABLET port for the more power hungry devices like tablets. I'm deducting 1/2 star because it it would be better if both charging ports could supply the same amount of power, and perhaps supply a little more power as well to maximize the charge rate and minimize the charge time, but this isn't a big deal.

Other:
* Made in China
* Handles up to 15 amps and 1800 watts

Overall 4.5 stars and rounding up to 5.

NOTE: I was sent a free product sample for review. I was not paid or told what to write.

UPDATE 2015-02-12: I noticed, when plugging in at least a couple of items that had polarized plugs (one blade wider than the other), that the slots on this device for the larger blade seemed too small. The plug did fit but I had to use more force than should have been needed... therefore I am subtracting 1 star for this, making this a 3.5 star unit and rounding up to 4.
270188
This built quality feels good. I like that there are one LED light per port. So you know if a device is online or not. No issue with the USB3.0 connectivity.

The ports also provide decent power to charge devices that don't have high power requirements. This is not for power hungry devices like tablets though. For phones that support USB C, this device won't charge them in rapid mode either.
1569374
Easy to connect and disconnect.  All of the ports work well as far as I can tell, and I have not had any complaints with the product.