1 00:00:00,640 --> 00:00:09,519 everyone is making notebooks thinner at the expense of onboard IO the writing's 2 00:00:05,799 --> 00:00:12,920 on the wall the future is going to be a 3 00:00:09,519 --> 00:00:15,400 dongle full one so I can either live in 4 00:00:12,920 --> 00:00:22,540 denial or I can make your dongle shopping whether you self-identify as a 5 00:00:17,760 --> 00:00:31,240 Mac or a PC a little bit easier 6 00:00:31,240 --> 00:00:38,239 tunnel bear is the simple VPN app that makes it easy to browse privately and 7 00:00:35,800 --> 00:00:42,640 enjoy a more open internet to try tunnel bear for free check out the link in the 8 00:00:39,960 --> 00:00:48,199 video description let's take a quick look at all the contenders for dongle 9 00:00:45,520 --> 00:00:53,359 King I ordered from Amazon you'll find links in the video description before 10 00:00:50,280 --> 00:00:57,719 moving on to Performance in order of 11 00:00:53,359 --> 00:01:00,280 cheapest to most expensive this gting 12 00:00:57,719 --> 00:01:06,680 product may have multiple typos in the product description but with its promise 13 00:01:03,079 --> 00:01:09,840 of three USB ports and a wired gigabit 14 00:01:06,680 --> 00:01:12,439 network connection for 18 bucks it 15 00:01:09,840 --> 00:01:19,640 definitely needed a closer look the mochin USBC to USB 3 adapter caught my 16 00:01:16,119 --> 00:01:24,320 attention because at only $20 it offers 17 00:01:19,640 --> 00:01:27,400 four USB ports and a female type c to 18 00:01:24,320 --> 00:01:31,640 handle higher draw devices or charging 19 00:01:27,400 --> 00:01:34,640 pass through this VG a and USB hub from 20 00:01:31,640 --> 00:01:38,000 AI stood out as a great option for 21 00:01:34,640 --> 00:01:41,600 business since it still has four usb3 22 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:45,240 ports and adds VGA for the boardroom 23 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:48,759 projector for only $6 more or quite a 24 00:01:45,240 --> 00:01:51,960 lot more if you want the HDMI version an 25 00:01:48,759 --> 00:01:55,159 HDMI option for less than that one this 26 00:01:51,960 --> 00:01:56,360 QE Trend adapter looks like a pretty 27 00:01:55,159 --> 00:02:02,280 good deal at $28 as long as you don't expect to add a 28 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:04,799 ton of USB devices then if you want to 29 00:02:02,280 --> 00:02:11,200 add SD card reader functionality you're looking at stepping up to this model 30 00:02:06,880 --> 00:02:13,560 from Lambo or hm I actually ordered the 31 00:02:11,200 --> 00:02:17,160 same product from two different brands to see if they were truly identical and 32 00:02:16,400 --> 00:02:23,200 they are I also picked up this unit from hu 33 00:02:20,920 --> 00:02:28,680 because of its solid reviews and availability in rose gold even though it 34 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:30,760 seems a little overpriced on paper and 35 00:02:28,680 --> 00:02:35,640 finally there's the Le I ordered a couple of months ago for my Blade laptop 36 00:02:33,360 --> 00:02:40,440 the tedious shopping experience for which inspired this video the Juiced 37 00:02:38,920 --> 00:02:46,319 systems bizub so we'll start with what all the 38 00:02:43,480 --> 00:02:54,280 devices have in common they are all lower cost USB 3 not Thunderbolt 3 39 00:02:51,280 --> 00:02:57,319 meaning bandwidth and power delivery are 40 00:02:54,280 --> 00:03:00,000 both limited so don't expect to plug in 41 00:02:57,319 --> 00:03:05,680 multiple high power devices and get get the full experience unless you invest in 42 00:03:02,599 --> 00:03:09,760 an external power brick my attempts to 43 00:03:05,680 --> 00:03:12,159 get around this with another port on the 44 00:03:09,760 --> 00:03:15,959 laptop my attempts to get around this with another port on the laptop like 45 00:03:14,120 --> 00:03:21,360 I've seen with some external drives in the past were unsuccessful though your 46 00:03:18,720 --> 00:03:27,560 mileage may vary they all feel reasonably well built with everyone 47 00:03:24,400 --> 00:03:30,400 except Ai and Moen opting to take it a 48 00:03:27,560 --> 00:03:36,760 step further with a metal housing and every single one of them was completely 49 00:03:32,799 --> 00:03:39,000 driverless on both PC and Mac this is 50 00:03:36,760 --> 00:03:43,159 especially important for network cards or SD readers where you might be 51 00:03:41,120 --> 00:03:48,560 plugging them in for the first time out in the field where there's no Wi-Fi to 52 00:03:45,400 --> 00:03:50,319 download a driver from Windows update 53 00:03:48,560 --> 00:03:56,560 all the dongles have a short pre-attached cable eliminating one point 54 00:03:53,159 --> 00:03:58,480 of failure and some manufacturing cost 55 00:03:56,560 --> 00:04:03,200 but making them a little bulkier to store and meaning you can't repurpose 56 00:04:01,040 --> 00:04:09,439 the included cable to charge your phone in a pinch and all but the cheapest 57 00:04:05,840 --> 00:04:11,879 dongles used a single continuous metal 58 00:04:09,439 --> 00:04:18,160 jacket for the housing of the connector instead of this less expensive type now 59 00:04:15,439 --> 00:04:24,720 let's talk about the differences for my USB transfer test I used Angel Bird's 60 00:04:20,840 --> 00:04:26,520 SSD to go pkt 1 tbte the angel bird 61 00:04:24,720 --> 00:04:31,080 folks provided us with these for video editing when we're at shows and they are 62 00:04:28,560 --> 00:04:36,560 lit AF they have excellent performance consistency and gave me easily 63 00:04:33,039 --> 00:04:39,880 repeatable results every Hub performed 64 00:04:36,560 --> 00:04:42,759 nearly identically with my 10 gbyte test 65 00:04:39,880 --> 00:04:49,080 file taking about 30 seconds to transfer from the SSD to the desktop curiously 66 00:04:46,120 --> 00:04:52,440 Apple's MacBook Pro USB 3 Performance was better across the board than the 67 00:04:50,880 --> 00:04:58,840 Razer Blade late 2016 when transferring between ssds the 68 00:04:56,199 --> 00:05:04,120 more robust hubs flexed their muscles a little bit not necessarily in terms of 69 00:05:01,800 --> 00:05:11,280 speed but in terms of completing the race at all I'll forgive requiring extra 70 00:05:08,199 --> 00:05:16,000 wall power to handle a couple of ssds 71 00:05:11,280 --> 00:05:19,160 but Hutu moin and Q Trend all failed 72 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:22,720 this test miserably for a variety of 73 00:05:19,160 --> 00:05:24,360 reasons as for HDMI output all of these 74 00:05:22,720 --> 00:05:31,919 hubs are HDMI 1.4 so up to 4K 30 htz and all but the Q 75 00:05:29,160 --> 00:05:37,080 trend performed exactly as expected with that one working on the PC but not on 76 00:05:34,280 --> 00:05:42,160 the Mac for some reason all the hubs with SD card readers were able to max 77 00:05:39,039 --> 00:05:44,919 out our 90 megabyte test card from 78 00:05:42,160 --> 00:05:50,600 Kingston no one was trying to sneak a USB 2 card readership in there which was 79 00:05:47,440 --> 00:05:53,319 nice but the same can't be said for 80 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:59,840 Ethernet if you were hoping for full gigabit speeds the gting is too good to 81 00:05:56,520 --> 00:06:02,680 be true it's faster than 100 megabit but 82 00:05:59,840 --> 00:06:08,520 not nearly as fast as the Juiced systems so conclusion time then I'm 83 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:13,160 feeling great about the choice I made with the Juiced systems Biz Hub it runs 84 00:06:10,800 --> 00:06:18,160 a little warm and it's one of the most expensive but it's a compact onepiece 85 00:06:16,039 --> 00:06:23,800 solution that saves me from carrying additional dongles for proper full-speed 86 00:06:21,280 --> 00:06:30,080 gigabit Ethernet and reading SD and micro SD cards the AI adapters blew me 87 00:06:27,599 --> 00:06:36,319 away with their power efficiency they were the only ones that could reliably 88 00:06:32,639 --> 00:06:39,639 power two ssds on both Windows and Mac 89 00:06:36,319 --> 00:06:42,240 OS without 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