Saves you from the world behind the hard drive... (Belkin Hi-Speed USB 2.0 4-Port Hub)

Member Name: ross88guy

Product:	Belkin Hi-Speed USB 2.0 4-Port Hub
Date:	28/06/05 (276 review reads)
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Advantages: Use more than one, Stackable , Reliable

Disadvantages: One of the wires faces the wrong way for table top use.

The Belkin Hi-speed Usb hub has made using Usb devices almost a pleasure instead of the usual battle with wires and cables which inhabit the dark recesses at the back of my hard drive!

The hub allows you to connect up to 4 Usb devices at the same time to your computer or laptop.
It was a lazy Saturday afternoon when I got the dreaded call up the stairs that all people who are competent in the art of computing dreads! Yes I am talking about the call from the wife or mother, (the same ones who regard I.T as a waste of time), instructing the weaker member of the family (or the only member who isn’t out) to remove all the pictures that they have taken on the collection of digital cameras they possess, and to put them on a C.D or print them out. Just so they can show their so called friends blurred and out of frame photos of some woman’s hairless baby that nobody gives a monkeys about!!

“the writer takes a breather as he is overcome by emotions resulting from the years of mental torment he suffered as a result of the event mentioned above”

This has happened every other Saturday for as long as I can remember and is as unavoidable as the setting sun.
The real torment was caused by the endless switching of Usb cables and adaptors to get the printer, scanner, digital camera, DVD writer, optical mouse and other devices which I do not know the reason for their attachment in-between the 4 Usb ports I had on my p.c
Just to add extra stress to the problem, the manufacturers of most old computers insisted on putting the Usb ports on the rear of the impossible to move hard drive, in the most awkward to reach place, and at the most awkward angle and proximity they could think of! (how do these guys sleep at night) This makes unplugging and plugging the cables in so tedious, one has to be a master of some ancient Chinese martial, arts in order to hold the position required to reach the sockets.
Further more, the manufacturers of the individual digital cameras made sure that the cables were all different types with different adaptors so one has to replace the cables every single time they want to use a different camera. And of course the cables are always too short to let the camera rest in a logical place, and force it to be balanced precariously on top of your CD collection.

Finally one day I had had enough. I stormed up to my local p.c world (yes I know they are vastly overpriced but I was mad!) and demanded to the shocked pimple faced attendant that he either find me a suitable way to solve my problem, or I was going to streak through the “small appliances” section of the store (ha ha). He quickly reached behind him to pull out this box with the words “Belkin Hi-Speed Usb Hub” on, and I knew I had found the first love of my life!

I rushed home and feverously ripped open the box to find a shiny black, attractive looking oval. There was no complicated instructions or software and there were no annoying fliers included in the package (which I was annoyed about because I enjoy burning them) It was a simple matter of plugging in the hub to the mains, and then feeding the connecting wire through to a Usb port on my tower.

Now I can use all of my appliances at the same time and if I wish I can switch cameras from the comfort of my desk chair rather than crawling around in my desk.

The only problem I have had with the hub, was a few months ago when I repeatedly was getting messages every time I plugged in my flash drive which stated that the Usb device had caused a power surge. However this problem was rectified when I reformatted the hard drive on my old p.c. the hub is currently in use with my shiny new laptop and is invaluable as I can literally plug in one cable to my laptop and be instantly connected to my printer and portable music players ect.

I highly recommend this particular hub as it is not only stylish and reliable. But it also has the facility to stack additional hubs of the same type on top, making the number of Usb ports you could have limitless! For around £20 its amazing I didn’t buy more than one!





Note: in this review I was experimenting with a new informal style of writing that is more suited to my character. Please tell me what you think because I don’t want to make a fool of myself!
Cheers Ross :)

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