Josh
29 de diciembre de 2024
Possibly the best USB-C dongle I own
I’ve been using this dongle for the better part of a year now, and I’m legitimately blown away by its quality, ESPECIALLY for the price. To illustrate my points: this has replaced my Anker 555, which is a really phenomenal USB-C adapter.Firstly: the HDMI port DOES work with 4k60Hz. My big qualm with Anker dongles and docking stations is that, in my experience, they tend to only support up to 4k30Hz on older displays. My monitor at work is an ancient Asus ProArt 32 inch 4k, and it supports 4k60Hz. The Anker 555, 565, 575, and 310 all limit the monitor to 4k30Hz, which is a real pain. With this Acer dongle 4k60 runs perfectly fine across any monitor regardless of age or HDMI version (assuming the HDMI version in question supports 4k60 in the first place.)Additionally, I’m quite fond of the dongle’s port layout. It’s considerably slimmer than competitors, and I appreciate that the only port on the back is the PD in port. HDMI on the end opposite to the attached USB-C cable, and then the data and card slots on the side facing you.I work as a photographer, so I have to move a lot of hefty files around. I’ve been thoroughly impressed by the stability of this dongle’s connection, and I’ve even measured transfer speeds at up to 6Gbps when *ONLY* using an attached thunderbolt SSD. This isn’t how I normally use the dongle, of course, but after being impressed by the data transfer stability I wanted to measure it’s cap, hence the use of an SSD that exceeded the dock’s bandwidth limitations. This, while impressive, is not me saying that the dock has higher bandwidth than advertised. Rather, this is an indication that the dongle is a high grade USB 3.1 connection, where this sort of performance can be occasionally found in certain scenarios.I’ve found the dongle’s PD pass through charging to be reliable and safe. The dock, as expected, gets warm while in use, but it’s never been hot in my experience.Top it all off with the thoughtful placement of the PD port on the rear being positioned to connect the attached USB-C cable when not in use and you have a phenomenally designed, easy to use, and reliable product. 10/10, no complaints from me. This product has placed Acer on my list of trustworthy brands, 100%.Ver másVer menos
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