Solider, faster USB hub with peculiarities and hence deductions in the B-Note - UPDATE: Scrap !!!

**** UPDATE from 06/08/2014: I hereby reduce the rating of 4 stars to 1 star. The HUB has been about 4 weeks in use and has to start working properly and especially all the way up to those described in the original review defects. I have (the rear) five permanently (permanently attached) and three used by the 10 ports as needed. After about two weeks I noticed that the USB port on the front left is no longer functioning properly - it has been transferred "only" data, the extra power for charging an iPad was no longer on. Meanwhile, the only function that the average of strengthening USB ports - the other two recorded a total failure. Likewise, the two USB ports on the right, and I have one of them try never used after again! Likewise, the port is rear right, failure, what is noticed by a permanently attached device, which then suddenly no longer wanted to work. In addition, the HUB requires more time now essential to be activated when you start the computer. I run my Logitech wireless mouse over, with the result that I can use the mouse only after 30-60 seconds - preceded the now.

The fact that after only 4 weeks half of the ports has already recorded a total failure, and the stroke itself is now recognized apparently only very slowly from the computer, oblige me to my review on 1 star correct. I am glad that I will not let this carry on apparently unreliable HUB my Time Machine backups. I am so far fared well with AmazonBasics products, but this one I can under these circumstances not recommend and advise caution! I would not say anything when the product of right from the start this would have quirks - a production error can occur always times. But that seems unfortunately rather low quality. The ports are down across the entire stroke distributing, whether they were used or not. At the usage, it can hardly be so - regardless of should a USB port of a hub is already endure, that you subtract from time to time it connects something and again ...

**** Review from 05/17/2014
The AmazonBasics USB 3.0 Hub provides 10 USB ports, three of them (denoted by FAST) are front and for the (fast) load energy-hungry devices. Two normal USB ports are right, the remaining five USB ports are rear mounted. The power supply in addition to the host USB cable is connected to the left. Along with the dimensions of the USB hubs (approximately 14.5 x 7.5 x 2cm) arises already a relatively high space requirements.

However, I find the arrangement is not necessarily unwise. The three ports on the front are designed for charging of devices and thus easily accessible. If you want to connect times a USB flash drive, simply plug it to the right and thus is nothing big forwards away. Devices that you remain connected, find their place on the rear ports.

Sogesehen everything first well - only the connections for electricity and host on the left side I find inconvenient. These two ports would have been lifted back better. Surely you could have built the machine even more compact, if you had installed the ports do not cross, but edgewise or so may displace the connections for electricity and host backwards.

Also unfavorable is the "on / off switch", which is a sunk in the housing DIP switches ultimately and is not to be adjusted with your fingers without aids such as a pen or small screwdriver.

A peculiarity which struck me: my iPad3 will be to the front ports (no matter what) exclusively loaded when the host cable is not connected to the computer.

(While the hub connected to the computer) are separated during operation, the power supply is also briefly disconnected the computer: Another peculiarity. Apparently the hub switches connected internally to the circuit and separates briefly the data connection. So copy data and sometimes just should disconnect the power let you prefer.

The first recognition under Windows and OS X took a relatively long time. On OS X, I thought at first the hub would be broken. A driver download required neither Windows 7 nor OS X 10.8.

I've done a few test speed under OS X, and have compared with my previous USB 2.0 Hub determined the following speeds. Note: I have a 64GB USB 3.0 Stick used for the tests, the values ​​of the previous stroke are given in brackets)

Copying a 5.15 GB movie: 117.0 MB / s (38.8 MB / s)
Copy of around 500 photos with approximately 1 GB: 15.9 MB / s (9.3 MB / s)
Copy of around 2,370 Office files of various types with a total of 800 MB: 8.5 MB / s (5.7 MB / s)

I have repeated many times these tests and the stick then deleted again and prevent performance differences because of the level. What stands out: the greatest Performance Plus has the hub for large files. Many small files are transferred faster than with USB 2.0, but these are not quantum leaps.

So all in all a solid, fast stroke with little peculiarities with which one can, however, life. Deductions in the B-Note there because of the size and the arrangement of the connections upgradeable and the strange behavior of the charge devices with an increased current consumption. Interruptions, there was no - I've worked through the hub for several hours in a VM and found no problems.