





In my mind, the whole product is a "pro". But, a few details on the product: 1. The in-cap fan is great & prevents heat buildup during prolonged use. You can separately toggle the fan on-off with a push button. I haven't opened the cap up, but I think it's basically an off-the shelf in-computer-case fan so I'm sure you could swap it out if it eventually dies on you. 2. So far no problems at all with the thing dismounting/disconnecting from my laptop. Super nice to see because I have had horrible experiences with USB enclosure hardware. 3. Data transfer rate is also fine and raises no red flags. I haven't done any perf testing, just commenting that on regular use I'm getting 100-200 MB/sec so at that point if you're using a USB enclosure, you better not be complaining ;-) 4. Size. Thank Heaven there was ONE enclosure out there that didn't support BOTH 2.5" and 3.5" hard disks. All of those are considerably larger than this. So yeah, you won't be putting 3.5" drives in this thing, which is something I personally viewed as a "plus". YMMV.


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Appears to work fine for holding a drive I use in a zfs mirror


Great docking station allows me to hook up dual monitors and anything else I might need. Lots of USB ports which is great. Easy to set up and use.



Easy to setup Comes with a VGA to DVI connector Good number of USB ports, plus 2 USB charging ports, which makes this very versitle



I just plugged it into a linux box that I have that is always on for Syncing files between my machines, and it work great. Too early to gauge reliability, but the doors are simple to use and secure, the lights blink properly, and the data transfer speeds are what you would expect over USB. All good. Solidly built.



I'm an IT Security Professional. The Plugable Thunderbolt 4 docking station resolved my disconnection issues. My previous docking station was HP Thunderbolt Dock 1203 G2 was causing random connectivity issues where I would lose ethernet connectivity.