Anker® AH231 USB Hub with 9 USB 3.0 Data Ports + 1 Smart Charging Port (5V / 2.1A)with 12V 5A Power Adapter [VIA VL812-B2 Chipset and updated Firmware 9081]

Anker® AH231 USB Hub with 9 USB 3.0 Data Ports + 1 Smart Charging Port (5V / 2.1A)with 12V 5A Power Adapter [VIA VL812-B2 Chipset and updated Firmware 9081]..

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36 of 36 people found the following review helpful.
Fast, small, powerful USB 3.0 HUB
By Amazon Customer
So I read a TON of reviews and tried 3 different products before going with the Anker 9port + charge port. I have a few 3.0 devices and a few others (2.0). I was having trouble with another hub where I had a USB HDD that kept disconnecting under heavy load. I tried two others but kept having different issues, disconnects, speed, random errors about devices not working properly. They all went away with the Anker 3.0 9-port.

Pro's:
Function:
- FAST
- Every port works together with out issue
- Power brick is small enough and has enough cord to keep the desk looking clean (I used Velcro and put mine under a desk)
- Errors related to devices not working went away
- Under full load nothing disconnects or spins into oblivion.

Aesthetic:
- Slick, small, light but solid.

Cons:
Function:
- Ports are close together so chubby devices will eliminate an extra port.

Aesthetic:
- Power light seems to glow brighter on the side than on the top.

64 of 73 people found the following review helpful.
Head-to-head Hub Comparison for ASICminer USB Block Erupter
By Eric B. Wolf
I compared the D-Link USB 2.0 7-Port Hub to the Anker Uspeed USB 3.0 9-Port Hub and the Satechi 12 Port USB Hub for the purpose of mining Bitcoins with ASICminer - USB ASIC Bitcoin Miners. The Anker is considered the "gold standard" but is pretty expensive: more than $8/port. The D-Link works out to less than $4/port. The Satechi works out to almost $2/port.

For the tests, I used an Ubuntu 13.04 64-bit Desktop system with an Intel motherboard. Each hub was plugged into a USB 3.0 port. I compiled cgminer and libusb on the machine. Without compiling libusb, I found you can't get full speed out of the ASICminer.

The Anker Uspeed USB 3.0 9-Port Hub can run 10 miners. The miners are detected as soon as cgminer starts up and quickly stabilize at full speed. I've run 10 miners on the hub for several days in a row with no cooling issues and almost no . The hub actually will work powered off the motherboard. The power supply for the hub is a separate power-brick with standard 2-prong plug.

The D-Link USB 2.0 7-Port Hub can run 7 miners. About half the miners are detected on start up and the rest show up on the first hot plug sync. The miners take several minutes to stabilize in speed. One port seemed to have higher hardware errors. I suppose it's the sideways orientation of the miners, but I had to set a fan blowing across the miners to get them to stabilize properly. The power supply is an integrated power transformer. The two-prong plug is oriented at a 90-degree angle.

The Satechi 12 Port USB Hub appeared to be able to run 12 miners. Only one miner was detected at start up. The rest took several minutes but eventually popped up. Once the miners were detected, it took a fairly long time to stabilize. I almost gave up on them but after about 10 minutes, cgminer reported all 12 miners running near full speed. There were fairly high hardware errors on several ports but the throughput levelled out at full speed. Ultimately, the blocks submitted to the pool must not have been accepted. None of the miners seemed to be submitting good blocks. Seemed to work but didn't.

18 of 20 people found the following review helpful.
Update: new model makes everything right
By Doug Stevens
UPDATE:
After reporting problems with the switch (see below) to Anker, additional switch problems developed so I decided to accept Anker's offer of an exchange even if the unit was partially white. It turned out the model with the switch problems had been discontinued. They offered me an exchange for the newer model. I've used it for a few days and it works flawlessly. The switch is gone. The unit is a more compact. I would have preferred all 10 ports be USB 3.0 instead of 9 USB and 1 charging port, but with so many mobile devices needing charging, the new design will make sense for many users. Another point: a unit that has a vertical plug-in arrangement is so much easier to use, creates less clutter with cables, and wastes less space. Anker's customer support staff were prompt and helpful in providing the exchange.

ORIGINAL:
It pains me to write a review that says something is a great product -- except for one tiny detail that could be devastating. The Anker 10-port USB 3.0 hub impressed me in every respect for the first week or so I used it. But even when I first set it up I was worried that the switch was very poorly designed and could result easily in accidentally being turned off. Today I got my proof when I couldn't figure out what happened to a couple of my USB devices and then noticed that the unit was switched off. The switch is on the top surface of the unit and is a push button. The pressure to turn it on/off is minuscule, so light that one might wonder if it was actually on or off. Something must have brushed across the top of the unit and accidentally turned the unit off. No harm was caused, but if it had been an external drive operation of any kind, for example, the results could have been terrible. Perhaps I have a defective switch. Otherwise, I'd advise users to tape a little piece of cardboard over the switch so that it can flips over the unit to protect against the slightest tap.

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