The Universal Solution For USB (Trust 420A 4 Port USB2 Hub)

Member Name: boredindunoon

Product:	Trust 420A 4 Port USB2 Hub
Date:	22/03/09 (137 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Excellent Build Quality, Small & Portable, Well Designed, Easy To Use.

Disadvantages: The Cable Is Too Short

Once upon a time, back when terabyte hard drives and quad core processors were things of the imagination, USB ports offered an easy and quick method of connecting devices to your computer. Back in these days having a small number of these ports used to be sufficient as they would typically be used only by your printer, scanner, and perhaps web-camera. But now there are a vast number of devices all of which require connection via a USB port. Everything from your keyboard and mouse, card reader, joystick, flash-drives, Bluetooth adaptors, digital cameras, some speaker systems, external hard drives, to more unusual items such as coffee warmers, USB rocket launchers and disco-balls (the list goes on and on.) Whatever number or variety of devices you use, you may find that your computer doesn't have enough USB ports to accommodate them all, and since it's not ideal to have to unplug and plug in cables every time you want to use something different, this hub in the ideal solution.

This Trust hub supports USB2.0 devices (which are faster devices), and offers an additional four ports for your use. It can be purchased from various retails such as PC World and eBay typically costing around six pounds.

Built quality is excellent considering the price and its construction seems very robust. While at the same time the device is very light in weight, I had to anchor it down on to my desk with a piece of blue-tack to stop it moving around. Its small size means you can carry it with you if needed or include it in your laptop case for use there. All things considered it's also a decent looking piece of equipment, and not something that you would be ashamed to have on your desk.

Thanks to the technology behind USB, installing the hub on my computer, and actually using it couldn't have been easier, you simply plug and play. An driver disc was included in the packaging on a mini-CD, and has been included for use in the event that your operating system is before Microsoft Windows XP.

The only real problem I've came across is that the cable on the hub is too short (only around 30 cm in length). In my case for use on my computer desk it wouldn't reach between the back of the computer and the desk's surface. I needed to buy an USB expansion cable which cost an additional four pounds from my local computer shop.

There are other solutions such as installing an PCI USB expansion card inside your system which will expand your USB capacity. But many people may not feel confident about opening and upgrading their own computers, and this wouldn't help in the case of laptops. This hub seems to offer a simple and effective (if no thrills) solution.

(I'm a reviewer on Amazon, and some my reviews are copied from there to dooyoo. Please feel free to check out my Amazon profile under my real name of Mr Andrew M Kerr.)

Summary: Thanks For Reading