I found this docking station easy to set up, and it functions exactly as I had hoped. Additionally, it has a small footprint and a sleek design.

I have several devices permanently connected to the docking stations: a 22" display connected with a DVI cable, a 2.1 bluetooth speaker system, and a USB receiver for a Logitech wireless keyboard and mouse combo. By attaching a single USB connection from either my personal laptop, my work laptop, or my desktop PC, I have an instant connection with the monitor, stereo system, keyboard, and mouse. Everything works perfectly. I have my displays extended, and I easily drag different application windows to the connected laptop's display and to my large, permanently connected display. And, when I connect an additional device, such as an external hard drive, the device functions perfectly. My personal laptop has a 1920 X 1080 display, and I am getting that same resolution on my large display when I connect the laptop to the Plugable unit.

The docking station malfunctioned once, very briefly, but I quickly found help on Plugable's support page. Specifically, my 22" display was failing to connect. Everything else was fine. I had used the docking station the day before, and everything worked at that time; this malfunction came out of the blue.

Fortunately, Plugable's support page mentions this specific issue, and they suggest resetting the device by simply unplugging the power and any USB cables, and then reconnecting. I did that, and suddenly, everything worked perfectly again.

I set up the docking station in my home office on March 2017. As I write this review (August 2017) I have only experienced that one malfuction. I could not be more pleased with this docking station, and I wholeheartedly recommend it.

I've been using this for almost a year - the hub still works as well as it did when I first got it. The monitor displays were easy to set up and it does what I needed - lets me use my "desktop" setup off my laptop when I'm at my desk.

My only complaint may be this hub, or it may actually just be USB 3.0 in general, I'm not sure. But I was noticing significant lagging/dropping off issues with my wireless keyboard and mouse (dongles were both plugged into the hub). I replaced it with a wired keyboard and voila! it works great (do you have any idea how hard it is to find a decent wired keyboard anymore?!). I currently have the wireless mouse dongle plugged directly into my laptop. Its not the ideal solution because when I take my laptop to other locations, I have a different wireless mouse I keep in my bag (which means I have to keep up with both dongles).

Overall, this hub is a good solution...I'm just hoping they keep making improvements ;-)

Excellent! One of the unexpected benefits of this device is that it has a sound card which is considerably better than the one on the Toshiba laptop connected to it, so all the audio stutter and external loudspeaker issues I was experiencing have vanished, to be replaced with rich, accurate sound. The set up was easy, once I had rebooted the laptop to properly register the drivers. The video looks fantastic and the displayport drivers are handling the 1080p second screen with aplomb - sharp images and no noticeable lag. I'm *very* pleased with this purchase.

This works extremely well with my Samsung laptop. I'm surprised at the complete lack of delay running so many items through a single USB 3 port. I have one HD monitor, keyboard, mouse, speakers, and ethernet plugged in and everything works perfectly. I'm particularly pleased with the functionality of using the laptop's monitor as a dual monitor. When I don't need dual monitors, I can close the laptop and the monitor plugged into the docking station works as a single display. Very nice.

My one complaint is that the only audio output on the docking station is the headphone output on the front of the device. Every other cable is able to plug into the back; the speaker cable plugged into the front makes the whole thing lopsided on my desk. I would prefer an actual line-out for speakers on the back of the device.

The first one of these I purchased failed within the first month. I began to have intermittent ethernet connectivity problems. Plugable asked me to download a bit of software to log the problems, but then the unit simply failed to turn on so I never got to log anything. Needless to say I was a bit frustrated. I wonder if the Amazon gorillas at the warehouse drop-kicked the unit across the floor before shipping it out to me. However, Plugable Tech Support responded with amazing speed. Within one day they had shipped a new unit out to me via Priority Mail, as well as providing me with a pre-paid shipping label to ship the old one back. The new one is up and running with no problems. I own my own business and I use this unit as my docking station for my company laptop, so that I can bring the laptop home and work on things in the evening. The Plugable is connected to a CAT5 ethernet cable. I have a dual-monitor setup running both monitors at 1080p (1920x1080). I have USB connections for keyboard, mouse, a web cam, and a Western Digital MyBook external storage drive. I have experienced no problems with monitor response, including watching You Tube videos. I have no problems with ethernet connection speed (other than the failed first unit) and no problems with mouse or keyboard response, etc. It works very well, and I am going to consider the first unit as a fluke. Stuff happens,and they stepped right up to it. I highly recommend this product.