Belkin USB 2.0 Plus Hub (7 Port) F5U307-WHT
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Customer Review: Excellent Quality, Fair Price
Summary: 4 Stars
I liked this Belkin seven port USB hub so much I ordered a second one last week for my wife's Windows XP PC. I'm using mine on my Macbook Pro running Leopard. The quality is great and it's a no brainer to setup since they include the USB cable for connecting to the computer. Note this is a powered hub, so you need an outlet close by. I would have given it five stars except I have a hard time keeping them in place all the time once I plugged in a few devices. Amazon had this priced at about 60% of what BestBuy wanted for the same device. Can't beat Amazon, and you can't beat Belkin for quality!Customer Review: Perfect for my iMac
Summary: 5 Stars
Since my iMac only had 2 USB ports available after I plugged in the keyboard, this was perfect. It plugs in so that you don't lose power on bus powered devices. I have my printer, iPod, CF Card Reader and other items all plugged into the hub and has been functioning perfectly. It stays a little warm, but this hasn't been a problem. I love it when I need to plug in a jump drive... before this I had to turn the iMac around, pull out another plugged in device and plug in the USB drive, use it and then move the computer to take it out. The hub makes this so freaking easy.Customer Review: Seemed to work fine, then it died.
Summary: 1 Stars
I really liked the design of this hub. And I still do. Too bad it is uselss now. It seemed to work fine in the beginning. After about a year, I noticed that my shared printer would occasionally stop working. I had the hub connected to an Airport Extreme, and that way I could share the printer over my wireless network. The hub was the last thing that I suspected, until I tried using an older 4-port hub in its place, and then things were working again. Sure enough, it was the Belkin hub that had died. This looked like a good deal in the beginning, but not any more.Customer Review: Defective item
Summary: 1 Stars
Port on rear of the hub does not fit mini USB connector securely. I suspect hub can't be trusted to connect devices without cutting them off abruptly and possibly damaging them. Maybe it could work OK if I resorted to electrical tape to secure the connection. My impression is that Belkin put more effort into the heavy-duty packaging than into quality control for the hub. Unfortunately, I waited past Amazon's 30 day return limit to set it up so I have lost the $35.71 I paid. Waiting was my own mistake but I now know to avoid Belkin products in the future.Customer Review: Defective for the 3rd time since 11/2008
Summary: 1 Stars
I bought the 1st one in 11/2008. It failed in 02/2009. Belkin sent a replacement but I had to pay to ship the old one back.
Installed the replacement on 02/20/2009. It failed on 02/24/2009. After I complained, they sent another one with a call tag so there was no charge to me. Installed it on 03/16/2009.
Now the 2nd replacement has failed (05/18/2009). Same problems, running very Hot, loses connection, etc.
Submitted a complaint to the Consumer Products Safety Commission. Only a matter of time before one of these causes a fire for someone.