--Update 2: Long story short and after much troubleshooting, the original issues noted below are NOT the fault of the dock and were the fault of the Orico SSD enclosure- which I replaced with a Minisopuru 40GB unit. The dock's TB4 ports now run as well as my Yoga 7i notebook's ports. From my original review, the OEM reached out to me and provided excellent customer service. I would purchase from this firm again. --Update 1: The dock's TB4 ports are ~ 20% slower using the same TB4 device connected to the very consistent, notebook's TB4 ports. Using the same TB4 devices, I did receive a Windows message about the TB4 dock port(s) being slower than the device... I power cycled the dock and the message went away with the TB4 ports speed back up to 20%+ less than the notebook. The dock's Type-A 10Gb/s ports work as expected with an ADATA SE880 20Gb/s external SSD testing at the dock's 10Gb speed. --Original Review: Overall I am pleased with this Satechi dock. The first two purchased Wavlink docks failed miserably and I replaced them with this Satechi dock (purchased used- very good) that has initially worked well. All ports tested, except the two HDMIs (do not have a free monitor to test with) and work well-ish. All three TB4 ports test ~ 10%-15% slower with the Orico/Corsair SSD unit than when directly connected to the Yoga 7i- but are stable and consistent. The USB Type-A 10 Gb ports were only tested with my 5Gb SSD enclosure and the speeds were the same as with the notebook. The 3.5mm audio port worked well with my headphone and the SD card reader read music files well, but I did not check any speeds. The Speedtest.net tested Ethernet port speed was as expected on this notebook. Testing hardware: Corsair MP600 Mini 2TB in an Orico TB4 case with fan. Lenovo Yoga 7i Windows 11 notebook. Testing software: ATTO Disk Benchmark. File size: 256MB, Direct I/O, Bypass write cache, QD 1. Read more
After much research I decided on this docking station for my situation. First I did research on the MacBook and what is required to use multiple displays. For context, I was using a Win device with a dual monitor setup. I needed the MacBook to essentially replace the Win device and keep using the dual setup I had. After much research I knew that to accomplish what I wanted, I would need an M3 Pro chip Apple device. Do your research for your desire. Then I researched how to make my situation work. I chose an M3 Pro chip Apple MacBook Pro to accomplish multi-monitor support for my desire and to not have to replace current setup. This Satechi docking station accomplished exactly what I needed. I have the 14" MBP w/M3 Pro and I use the docking station when needed to display on my two external monitors. When connected I can have the laptop open and have three displays; laptop screen and dual monitors. If I close the laptop I lose the trackpad and keyboard but the dual monitors work. I can leave the laptop open and use the built in keyboard/trackpad and three displays are available. Then there is a need for external mouse/keyboard with laptop closed. I use an external bluetooth mouse/keyboard combo to fix this but even with laptop still open I just use the external mouse for efficiency. Laptop open means three displays, yay. The M3 Pro works for that, not sure about any Apple M3 (not Pro) or below, please research. The main flaw is having a MBP connection to the hub will mean the battery in your MBP will remain fully connected and charged. Research has shown that with rechargeable devices, depletion of a charge can be beneficial. Having your device at 100% charged all the time could lead to degradation to battery life. Researchers please don't abolish me.. All in all, this docking station has done exactly what I expected; dual monitor support and the laptop screen too is bonus. There are multiple additional ports available on the hub such as flash/USB that I haven't needed, but the dual displays and interoperability with my MPB have been fascinating. Read more
Dock works as intended, gets a bit hot when doing its thing. I like having the SD card and power button on the front. Build quality is phenomenal. Satechi is a company I'm going to trust as much as Anker moving forward. Read more
Setup was easy and product was slick. It worked for a day, it started over heating. Blank screen from second day, trying to figure the issue and testing monitors individually and they work. Satechi is not working from second day, restarted my MacBook Pro M3 Pro twice to test but no use. Update: bought new Dell D6000 docking station but I have received damaged, I have decided to give another shot with Satachi, setup was easy and looks it worked this time. Giving a second chance with Sarachi. Canceled my return Satachi. Returning the product. Read more
Everything but the HDMI ports work fine. The HDMI ports have no native support, at least under MacOS 26.2. The app is not a good solution. Read more
This is the perfect dock for my Macbook Air. I can simply plug in the UCB C cable and connect my laptop to my two 4K monitors. It also has two USB 3.2 ports as well as a SDXC slot which runs as a Thunderbolt 4 interface. This makes it easy for me to use my laptop to also do photo editing using the two monitors with blazing speed. Read more
Works as expected, really great, solid product. Everything about this Thunderbolt 4 dock is elegant and nice. One thing i do agree with some other reviewers: The placement of cables has not been thought out well enough on the dock which makes it difficult to position the dock on a table or elsewhere so it would look nicer but not messy as it does. On the other hand... great dock. Read more
I shopped around for a while and finally found the right docking station to run my triple monitors for my MacBook 💻. Great purchase and worth the money! Read more
