Anker(アンカー) USB-Cハブ PowerExpand+ 7-in-1 USB-Cハブアダプター 4K HDMI 100W電...

I found that this hub was not powering my 2018 13inch MacBook Pro. I initially thought it was the hub but after speaking to Anker support it might be a combination of things.

If you want it to power your laptop you have to be aware of a few things - this is going to get complicated. You need to know:

- The wattage required by your laptop in my case 85w (THIS WILL NOT CHARGE THE 15Inch MACBOOK - that’s 87w higher than this can deliver).

- The power requirement of the charger. If you buy a 60w charger the power delivery may not be 60w. In my case my Anker charger was only a 30w charger - an additional 30w was used to power the charger

- the power requirement of the hub. That’s 15w

So if you use the 100w charger that came with the Mac minus the 15w power consumption of the hub and you have 85w - just enough to power the MacBook.

I’m only giving 3 stars because they really don’t make this clear. Anker sell a lot of different power supplies and adapters and it would be great to see a table of the power supplies and this hub comparing what power output you will get.

Beware! Hooked it up (charger to PD port, hdmi, usb a) to my MacBook 16” and it worked fine for the first couple of hours. I started smelling smoke and my MacBook restarted. Upon powering it back on, none of the ports are working anymore.

Die Beschreibung und die Artikel-Fotos suggerieren, dass der Hub ein angeschlossenes Notebook über den Power Delivery Anschluss mit genügend Strom versorgen kann.
Leider ist dem nicht so. Ein angeschlossenes Thinpad T480 meldet, dass es nicht geladen werden kann. Und das it verbundenem Originalnetzteil. Der Hub selbst macht einen soliden Eindruck. Mechanisch Top verarbeitet...
Deshalb muss ich den Hub leider schweren Herzens wieder zurückgeben. Schade. Trotzdem toll von Amazon, dass er so schnell (das in der heutigen Zeit) geliefert wurde.
Vielleicht hat ja der Hersteller ANKER einen Tipp für mich. Denn ansonsten bin ich mit deren Produkten immer sehr zufrieden.

The build quality of this is overall very good although the PD connector is ever so slightly misaligned so that inserting a cable is sometimes tricky and requires holding at a slight angle. Otherwise build quality seems excellent.

*[EDIT] I’ve now tried this with a 30w/18w USB-C Anker 12v car charger and it passes charge power through to the iPad as expected. The previous charger I tried was an Anker 18w USB-C 12v car charger but for whatever reason it didn’t pass power through.

I’ve tested the SD card reader, the micro SD card reader, the USB A/3 ports (with an external USB-3 spinning hard drive) and the USB-C data ports, all work just fine now. I can get iPad audio out through the USB-C port whilst simultaneously charging the iPad through the PD port. Big thumbs up!!!

I’d say the only drawback is the cable is quite short and not swappable.

*[previous review] The reason for 4 stars*[now 5 stars!] is that this does not pass power through to my iPad Pro 11” as I’d hoped, so you can’t use the hub and charge the iPad at the same time. On first connecting the charging spund emits abs the battery icon goes green but then a second layer it goes off. I tried with two different power sources (one standard 2.4a USB-A car charger, and one anker PD car charger delivering up to 9v/2a) to rule that out but no luck. It’s possible it will work on a mains charger but I haven’t tried that yet.

My main objective when I purchased this USB hub was to replace a laptop docking station.
I bought Anker because I have used the brand before and the devices are always of a good quality.

Pros:
- much smaller footprint
- fully functional
- good value for money

Cons:
- The Hub failed within weeks of arriving, but it was replaced without any fuss and replacement unit is working perfectly. One of the reasons to buy good brands.

Bear in mind:
- As the Hub takes 20W of power, the power supply that works on your laptop, may not work if plugged through the hub. The 65W original lenovo power brick is enough to power a thinkpad laptop through the hub. However, the PowerAtom III only delivers 45W on PD, so you cannot use the hub to charge.

What would I improve:
- The USB-C cable coming out is a bit short for my taste. I'd prefer if the hub came with a PD-out port on the hub and a lead you could plug in. This would allow you to replace it with a different length if preferred.
- Who needs the card readers? All USB hubs in the market have card readers but very few people need them. It would make more sense to have an additional USB port instead.
- I seem to struggle to find a power supply, 100W, with USB-C output that is reasonably compact and priced. I'd love to see something like the PowerAtom III on a 100W version.

Conclusion:
I can now have all the cables nicely tucked away with a single lead out of the dock into the USB-C port in the laptop and I am very happy