Plugable 2-in-1 USB Splitter with Dual USB 2.0 Ports, Compatible with Windows, Linux, macOS, Chrome OS, USB Multiport Hub for Laptops

Have limited usb ports on pc so I use splitter for keyboard and mouse usbs. Works great.

EASY TO USE AND IT WORKS AS ADVERTISED

Works great for me

The plugable usb 2.0 hub designed to accommodate 2 usb devices where only one was previously accessible, is a great product. Unfortunately it did not suit my purpose. I bought the item for use in my car usb port. Upon plugging two devices into the hub, my car stereo immediately informed me that i had exceeded the maximum power allowed for the usb port. I would assume that would be because the car designed the usb port to use one device at a time. No fault of the hub. Ideal use would be for a laptop or computer i would think.

Does what I need it to do

works

Tried to use this with an external HD that works fine when plugged into a usb outlet on an older notebook. But with this adaptor (even with nothing else plugged into 2nd port) It will not power hard drive.It works fine for things that require little to no power.If you want to use this with a usb powered hard drive, you will need to have either a dedicated power cord to hard drive, or what worked for me since my ext hard drive cable actually has two usb ends on it, I plugged one into power and the other into usb hub, this worked fine, but I would rather not have to have another cord and another item sucking power. Next time I will look for a heavier duty cord that will carry a little more current.

I've plugged both my keyboard and mouse into this in order to free up a USB slot, and I have not noticed any drop in responsiveness.UPDATE 2015.12.26This USB splitter is still working great, although on extremely *rare* occasions (I can probably count on one hand how many times) the computer didn't respond to any keyboard input at bootup, even though the lights on the keyboard were on. The simple solution was to unplug and replug the keyboard or the splitter, and then everything worked all right. I don't know if the splitter was at fault, or if it's because my old Logitech mouse might be going bad, or because my Microsoft keyboard doesn't like the fact that I'm using a competitor's mouse. In any case, I'm still quite satisfied with this USB splitter.On the product page there is literature and there are comments stating that you shouldn't connect multiple data storage devices (that aren't self-powered) to this USB splitter for various reasons. I have not tried to use it for data transfer, and personally I would recommend against even trying since USB splitters/hubs, which don't have their own external power supplies, tend to drop power to one storage device while transferring data to/from another storage device. This kind of behavior has the potential to damage storage devices, or at the very least annoyingly disconnect and reconnect them repeatedly (complete with operating system notifications).