THE BASICS: This review refers to the currently marketed Belkin 4-Port USB hub rather than its predecessor, which is pictured above. The function of this hub is to permit the addition of up to four 2.0 USB devices (or more via cascading, see below) and is self-powered (5V supply) avoiding an unnecessary tangle of wires. It retails at £19.99. THE LOOK: Small mid grey and black device has a single USB port at the front (particularly handy for plugging in devices like flash drives, cameras and iPods that you might want ready access to and removal of) and a dock of a further three at the back, alongside the power inlet and USB inlet (the ...  Read the complete review

The Belkin USB Dock Station is a very useful piece of equipment. It makes it possible to plug devices into your pc/laptop without shutting down. I have found it totally hassle free! It does away with the usual 'snakes nest' of cables and clutter all over the place, and can cope with USB, or parallel devices. The 4 port hub is expandable and it lets you connect over 100 USB devices, whether they are digital cameras, printers, modems, scanners, disk drives, speakers, or whatever. The station gives you 4 different types of port to connect to: 1. 4 USB ports for USB devices whatever they are. 2. 2 PS/2 ports for ...  Read the complete review

***This review is of the F5U021u model*** If you are running out of USB ports on your computer then this is a truly superb piece of kit, extremely useful and affordable. It is very small and light (less than six inches long, three inches wide and an inch deep), and comes complete with an A/C adaptor and a cable to connect it to one of the USB (Universal Serial Bus) ports on your computer. The HUB is appears very well made and solid, it is black with a frosted plastic front piece, through which you can see the red power light and four green port status lights. It will take up to four USB devices and uses up one on the computer (so if you have two on ...  Read the complete review