HP Thunderbolt Dock 230W G2 w/ Combo Cable (3TR87UT#ABA), black

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For starters simply finding the correct dock for my new HP laptop turned out to be a bad science project. NO description of any kind on HP websites to specifically define to customers WHICH port replicator goes with WHICH laptop. In fact the HP website is nothing short of a labyrinth of opaque worthless instructions and endless do-loops sending you to more and more useless pages with NO opportunity to ever figure out how to speak to a human being. This after paying over $300 for a docking station.Device often does not boot properly. IF you plug in the dock to the computer (with computer lid down) the device allows boot through bitlocker then the screen goes blank because the computer is only projecting to the built-in monitor. Once you open the laptop you can boot into windows however now the laptop will NOT recognize ANY of the attached screens. You need to shut completely down and reboot with the laptop open and NO docking station attached.Disconnecting the computer also causes major hassles. I have 3 large monitors and when I either disconnect or re-connect, it’s often a matter of minutes before this desperately slow device decides to wake up. And that’s if it wakes up at all.Getting all of the proper drivers on this installed was also a major hassle. No matter how much IT support I got from my organization the IT group readily admits this device is notoriously bad.Computer lag once the dock is attached is EXTREME on all screens including the laptop built-in screen. The dock is either totally underpowered or the computer cannot handle it. In any case the dock sometimes renders the entire setup nearly useless. This is perhaps the single most infuriatingly bad part of this entire disastrous design. It’s possible that some rocket scientist at HP decided to put a graphics card in the replicator itself and it is over-riding the laptop (I have a Zbook G4). After perhaps 5-6 months of trying to get this thing to run I’ve totally given up hope that this workstation will fulfill even the most marginal expectations. Even typing up something in MS Word or Outlook is often near impossible simply because the screen is so phenomenally slow to update. And when it does update, often 30% of the keystrokes are missing. Really HP? Thanks for a trip back to the computing stone ages.Cables that work fine with the laptop refuse to work at all with the dock. These included display port to DP, HDMI to HDMI, HDMI to Display Port, VGA, and impossibly – the NEW USB C to HDMI cable ordered specifically to work with this dock.The top of the device is also the power button. As others may have mentioned every time you try to connect something or check a connection it’s often the case you inadvertently turn the device off. Aesthetics are meaningless when they cause such confusion and / or frustration.There is very little about this product and its quality that is redeeming. Especially in light of the absurdly high price and the fact that for some laptops this is your only HP solution. This HP product is a disgrace to the brand. I guess what makes me the most upset is that docking stations have always been one of the most mundane innocuous computer peripherals out there. You simply set them up one time and they work. Historically they were also relatively cheap. HP has really taken this design in every conceivably bad direction possible. Poor design, poor performance, and a contemptibly bad price.Pros: Maybe the combo cable? But then again most docking stations connect with relative ease so this is not a big gain.Suggestions for improvement. Based on all of the issues I’ve encountered with this device the only thing I could think of for improvement would be to somehow add about 700 lbs to the weight of it. Perhaps then it could be effectively used as a boat anchor.Never again will I own an HP computer UNLESS my corporation requires it. Note: I’m a HUGE fan of all the HP printers I’ve ever owned. Went with a Brother brand about 10 years ago and after about 5 years I tossed it and went back to HP. Maybe HP just needs to stick with printers…

I was looking for a Thunderbolt dock to get back to a single-cable dock solution like I had when I was smart enough to have a Surface and not a laptop. This is not the latest Thunderbolt 4 dock, but Thunderbolt 3 is more than enough for my current needs.The biggest downside is that there is no audio out. (Apparently, there's an optional HP expansion module that plugs into the top of the dock to provide audio out, but good luck finding it. I don't really need audio out from the dock for this computer, so it's not a showstopper for me, but you should know about this limit.)Note: This unit comes with the "combo cable" which is really just a Thunderbolt 3 cable and a coaxial power cable molded together. With a couple of minutes of simple screwdriver work, you can remove the case bottom and cable clamps and replace the combo cable with a standard Thunderbolt cable. (I used a 1 ft cable with a handy 90-degree connector). Since the Thunderbolt connection can also supply power to the computer, this works fine if you want to avoid or don't need the coaxial power plug.)It's working well, and saved me over two hundred bucks (I bought the renewed model, which is a steal), so I was happy to buy and replace the Thunderbolt cable and give up audio output. Recommended.

This works great. I have it connected to my monitor keyboard and mouse. I now have just one USB-C connection to my laptop. I really like that it is able to power my laptop too. Considering the price that I paid, I think it's a very good deal.

This doc works out of the box without having to download any software on my Macbook. I'm using it with a Corsair USB A mechanical keyboard and Logitech G502 mouse. Works great.I was hoping that it would be easy to switch between devices by plugging in a USB4 (Type C) cable and plugging into my Desktop or Laptop HP computers. There is a USBC on the face of the Dock, but the only one which seems to work for the display is the built-in cable (which isn't very long).I ended up keeping it because it does what I need for my Macbook and it charges it. There's no lag, and I'm happy with it in that sense.I got it on sale for 50 or 60% off. If I had paid full price, I definitely would have returned it.(My HP is from 2018, so maybe it works better with newer models. I don't know.)

Ordered this to replace a dell docking station that I was having issues with and the was underpowered for my HP laptop. This docking station is compact and looks good on my desk. I was presently surprised that the order included a power brick so I don't have to worry about having to unplug from the docking station and can keep the original in my bag and just grab the laptop to be on the go.The docking station comes with 2 Display outputs and an VGA output. It would have been preferrable that the VGA was an HDMI output. Had to order another cable to make this work with my monitor setup since not all my monitors had Display port inputs.Overall I have been very pleased with this docking station and it has more than enough extra USB and Type-C ports to free up slots on the actual laptop.

The dock worked well initially, however, stopped working in less than 4 months. Extremely disappointing.