CalDigitUSB-C 10Gb/s SOHO Dock - Up to 4K 60Hz, HDMI 2.0b, DisplayPort 1.4, 10Gb/s USB A & USB C, UHS-II microSD and SD Card Readers, Bus Power and Passthrough Charging, Steam Deck Compatible

The greatest selling point of this hub is that the primary connector isn't soldered to the hub, which means if the time comes the connecting cable breaks, you can always swap it out.Not having an ethernet port is a bit of a loss, though I find an ethernet to usb/c dongle works similarly with competitive gaming-level results.Also works great with a steam deck. I did notice that sometimes, the hdmi port wants to be plugged after the steam deck and the external power has been plugged into the hub before it starts working. Not a dealbreaker since it doesn't affect transfer speeds. The displayport never had this issue for me though.Item feels solid, the all-metal housing feels great to hold and very clearly dissipates heat well during usage. Despite getting warm, it never got painfully hot, even after 12 straight hours of use.I'd recommend it for people who want a hub with two good ports for display outputs, and the assurance of a long-term replaceable main cable for their USB hub. As someone who uses their steam Deck daily, this has been an absolute godsend. Can definitely recommend it. If I had to be nitpicky about it, I'd say the lack of an RJ45 port feels weird, but again, it's not a big deal.

I was looking for a way to connect my Surface Pro 8 to a 4K monitor and an ultrawide 1080p monitor at the same time without splurging for a massive dock that cost hundreds of dollars. This is the perfect solution! A portable hub that gives you a quality 10Gb/s cable and actual 4K + 1080p extended desktop for a very reasonable price, it fit my needs perfectly. It also comes with a USB-C and a USB-A data port, perfect for plugging in an external drive or a wireless receiver for peripherals. I have yet to really do much data transfer via the hub, but the display output works like a charm. I'm not much of a card storage person, but the hub has that as well. I can see this being perfect for the mobile professional, despite me not needing to travel with it.

I had recently ordered the CalDigit SOHO dock to use for my wife's Lenovo T490 laptop, in order to charge the device, as well as extend to 2 24in IPS monitors. Unfortunately, I had trouble with the getting one monitor to display while using the display port. This could have been due to the fact that the monitor only had an HDMI input. To workaround this, I bought an Active Display Port to HDMI adapter, which worked on the first day I hooked it up. Both monitors display extended displays, and the laptop screen served as a mini 3rd display. However, this was the only time I succeeded in getting both 24in monitors to display. Since that day, whatever monitor used the Display Port would not show up, although the monitor was detected by the SOHO dock and the laptop. Not sure what the issue was, but I ended up needed a quick fix, so I returned the SOHO and and purchased a doc with 2 designated HDMI ports.With all this said, I had zero issues when only extending to one display. The dock performed well, I had great connection, it kept the laptop fully charged, and I was able to use the other ports. I loved how small this dock was. Lastly, I can't say enough good things about CalDigits support! They helped me with a few workarounds and were quick responders. I still believe this is a good product (especially for the price), but just wanted to share my experience when trying to extend 2 monitors using HDMI/DP configuration. I think it could work, but not without a lot of "know how", patience, and troubleshooting. For this reason, I am giving it 4 stars.

This is the third USB-C hub I bought. I wish I had picked it up first and saved the money! This is the hub to buy if you plan to transfer data from UHS -2 SD cards. The other adapters are not UHS 2 compliant and the speed difference is like night and day. The following are the speeds I got while transferring 32GB of data from a San Disk UHS 2 SD cardOther adapter with SD card directly plugged into Adapter : 15 minsOther adapters with SD card plugged into a UHS 2 card reader and the card reader plugged into the adapters : 6 minsThis adapter: 2 mins

The issue: plugging a 55" LG OLED monitor into the HDMI port on the docking station causes the top portion of the menu screen to be clipped. However, when I plug the HDMI directly into 16" MacBook Pro M1 it works great. I've had similar issues with Kensingtons SD5780T Thunderbolt 4 (also clipping the top of the screen). I spent a lot of time on this. Went though Amazon and Apple support calls, tried different display settings, refresh rates, cables so on.. before giving up. Since my monitor works fine when connected directly to the HDMI on the MAC - the Apple rep determined this issue had to be the docking station. To confirm this I used a HDMI to USB-C adapter. When I plug the HDMI adapter into the mac thunderbolt port - the monitor looks fine. However when I plug the same adapter into the thunderbolt port on the docking station - the menu is clipped off the screen. Bottom line: If you have a M1 Mac - you may not be able to use the HDMI port feature on this docking station. BTW, I haven't found a docking station or hub that will allow me to directly connect to an HDMI port (they all clip the top portion of the image). My guess is this is a communications issue with the new M1 chip. It's possible another workaround would would have been to use an "Active" Display port to HDMI adapter and plug that into the docking station - but I never got around to testing it. I've returned both Caldigit and Kensington docks back to Amazon. You will find a similar review under Kensingtons SD5780T Thunderbolt 4.