Small laptops and tablets can be really convenient especially if you do spend a lot of time travelling.
But the portability of having a small computer device comes with its downfalls.
One of those being you miss out on a lot of the ports the extra USB ports the ethernet ports that come with a larger computer.
Thankfully, this is a really easy problem to solve.
This is the UGREEN USB 3 ethernet adapter and this device gives you three USB 3 ports and you also get an ethernet port.
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When I was shopping for a USB hub i must say that this option from UGREEN was one of the more expensive ones I could buy.
It does have more features than other options and if you pay a little bit more, you do expect to get a higher quality product.
So I definitely was expecting to get a high performing, durable and quality well-made device.
So the body of this hub is made out of a shiny black plastic. At the front, you have the UGREEN branding and three blue lights.
At the back of the hub there's more branding, the UGREEN website, the model number and some product information.
So UGREEN is a digital accessories brand; they're owned by UGREEN Group Limited. It was founded in 2012.
UGREEN mainly manufactures digital accessories, charging equipment especially lightning cables as well as audio devices.
There are four rubber feet here for placing the device on a flat surface.
This is a great idea, but in real world use, because this cable is so short, I didn't find the device actually rested on the desk or any other surface.
In addition to the three USB ports, you can also connect an ethernet cable directly to your computer using this hub.
Wireless is okay for most things, but sometimes you just need an ethernet port to be able to connect to the internet or even just to connect to a Local Area Network.
With this hub, you can connect one USB 3 port into three USB 3 ports with high speed.
Now this device plugs directly into a USB-A port but you can also get this same type of hub with USB-C.
This is the one that I got because that's the type of ports I have on my computer.
But if you have USB-C, you can actually get the same hub as this with the USB-C input instead of the USB-A.
I will include links to both of those hubs in the description below if you wanted to check them out.
You can also buy this in the slower USB 2 standard, so if your computer only supports USB 2, you're not going to get USB 3 speeds just because you're plugging in a USB 3 device.
So, unless you're buying this device to future proof it so that you can use it with your next laptop or tablet, maybe you could save money and just get the USB 2 hub.
It's probably worth mentioning that this USB 3 hub is backwards compatible and this means it will work with the older USB 2 ports or even USB 1.
There is an additional jack for power on the side here, but I've never had to use this and not had a problem.
If you did need this power plug you would have to purchase it separately. It wasn't included in the box with this hub.
Getting a hub that contains both ethernet and USB's, you're really opening up your options and it makes your device much more versatile
and gives you the option to plug in more devices if you need to.
Let's do a quick test with the data transfer speed and see if using this hub slows down the transfer of data to my computer.
First of all, I'll test the device with a USB plugged straight in to the USB slot and see how fast the data is transferring.
Now let's do the same test this time using the hub and see if the speed is different.
I really have no complaints with this hub, it's just plug and play.
There's no software required, you plug it in and it just works straight away. I've been using this for over a year and haven't had a single problem.
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