Expand the dual USB Type-C ports on your 13″ or 15″ Apple MacBook Pro with the space gray SIIG Dual USB Type-C Hub with Card Reader and Power Delivery.
This hub features a USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-C port with data transfer rates of up to 10 Gb/s. The port also supports USB power delivery up to 87W, so you can keep your MacBook Pro charged. There is also a USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type-C port and two USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type-A ports, which provide data transfer rates of up to 5 Gb/s. There is also a SDXC/MMC memory card slot and a microSDXC card slot as well. The hub is bus powered so you don’t need a separate power adapter. It is also Plug and Play so you don’t have to install any drivers.
June Grant (verified owner) –
I purchased this for the sole purpose of being able to connect a third party mouse to the new Macbook Pro M1 and am happy to report that it does its job perfectly. The USBc ports are a nice touch; no loss of modularity or function by going the hub route at all, and transfers are still nice and quick off of CF Express cards. Further, the SD slots are always welcome. Thus far, no shortcomings that I can see.
Nelle Metz (verified owner) –
Adding USB-C ports as the only option for connecting peripherals on a MacBook Pro has been a highly unfortunate connectivity decision by Apple. The USB-C standard has attempted to take a Swiss Army Knife approach to peripheral connectivity but has dead-ended with no chipsets that support USB-C hubs. Most hubs that plug into a USB-C port give lots of options for connectivity EXCEPT more USB-C ports, which, in some cases, further robs USB-C connectivity on the Mac. Enter this wonderful little gizmo. I still get two functional USB-C ports (two for data, with one of them supporting fast charging), two USB-3.1 ports, plus regular and micro SD card slots. Now I can plug my Logitech wireless mouse transmitter into a USB-3 port on the SIIG hub without having to use an Apple USB-C to USB-3 dongle and wasting one of my USB-C ports for the mouse. It has an aluminum body, looks like a high quality build, and works as advertised. I wish I’d found this little guy about five years ago. I would buy it again and highly recommend it!