[12V 2A 24W Power, Industrial Grade] QZ Active Powered USB Hub, 4 Port USB Hub with 12V 2A 24W Power Adapter, USB 3.1 Gen 1 1

Works well 👍. Each port supports hdd or usb without getting disconnected...

This review is primarily intended towards iOS users. To cut the long story short, kudos to the designers of this product...IT WORKS and works like charm (I was able to run 1 Terabyte HDD on iPhone SE 1st gen). So the long version goes like this: As soon as I got the product, I connected my seagate 1TB HDD to the iPad Air 2020. To my horror it didn’t work. The HDD did not show up in my native files app. I tried the 4th port (provides a higher amp). Nope, it didn’t work. The 128gb pen drive did though. But it works anyways on the iPad Air 2020 without an actively powered hub. Disappointed, with no option to return the product, I ordered a replacement and shot a frustrated email to QZ. A QZ executive replied back the next day and patiently listed possible reasons for the failure. The moment my eyes went onto the issue of NTFS formatting on iOS, I knew this had to be the most probable cause as I had read the same elsewhere as well. So, now I had to format it into FAT32. Windows 10, natively cannot do FAT32 format on storages more than 32 GB. I didn’t know that and took some time to find a alternative formatting application. Finally I did a FAT32 quick format on the entire 1 TB (I didn’t create any partition within the HDD). And guess what, the iPad showed my HDD as a storage drive on my native iOS files app using the QZ hub. I know what some of you are thinking...iPad Air 2020 DOESN’T require any active powered hub to read an external drive (at least up to 1TB I guess and mine is not an SSD). Yes you read that right. Bummer!!! I had no idea. After formatting it to FAT32, it’s just plug and play with an adapter which coverts USB A to C WITHOUT additional power. But I was more than happy to see my old iPhone SE Ist gen showing the HDD in files app using the hub. And I guess even the iPad will be happy that the HDD is running from external power. The possibilities are endless now. Unless, apple goofs up in future updates. So...it works, quality seems to be good, sturdy enough for regular use. In terms of value for money, what can I say. I was going for a NAS to sort out file transfer issues on iOS (I mostly work on raw photography files). There is no comparison to the money that I thought I had shell out for a NAS. Even when compared to other hubs, this thing costs 1/10th. Hope it continues to work for some time. GO FOR IT....

The product is nice. I use it to connect mouse, keyboard to my laptop. And even charging my phone. It works as promissed. The only 1 issue I feel is that it goes off as there is a power-cht at my place. even after being connected to my laptop by usb cable, it does not provide any connection to the use devices connected to it. It goes complete blank without power supply. Rest it is working nice and no lags or disconnects any more.

Good product

I purchased this powered USB extender to connect my IPAD and IPhone lightning connector to the PC-USB input of my Rotel 1592 mkII for Hi-Res playback. The reviewer in YouTube had suggested another brand, which was not available in India. I purchased this with trepidation as Apple is notorious for being incompatible with virtually any product outside the Apple ecosystem. The powered hub worked without a hitch. The only minor niggle is that it is so lightweight that the weight of the connected wires can topple it.

I connected two drives, one SSD (Crucial BX550M 512GB using SATA to USB connector) and HDD (WD elements 1TB). There were no speed drops during transfer and it all went seamlessly. It's a great product if you're looking to extend your system's storage (well, not as minimal as internal disks but still). Edit: After few weeks, it wasn't able to detect the SSD/HDD. I contacted the QZ support and they kindly helped throught the process. I sent the package back to them as requested for faults, but they found as such no faults on their end. They refunded the unit's price instead. Thats something I liked about the support and would make want to buy again from them :)

Read this if you care !!!! Not worth 1500. It is an okay okay product. Product lacks earthing support !!! Device wont run without adapter and external electricity. No electricity means device wont work at all. When you run too many usb devices like Soundcard, Midi Controller, Mouse , Keyboard,Hard Disk. etc you need and externally powered USB hub. This thing is perfect for this job but the power adapter is two pin plug which electrifies the laptop and audio recording also catches noise. External electricity has the potential to damage USB devices. In Rs 1500 they could have done much better. In Rs 1500 anyone can easily get a three pin adapter powered usb hub which can also run without the adapter. I am happy with the delivery and product packing though. But I wont buy the product again.

...I can conclude that it’s a great USB Hub. Build-quality is quite good. The USB cable that comes along with it is also quite rugged and durable. However, the reason for the 4-Star instead of the 5-Star rating is due to the power adapter. The pin that connects to the hub isn’t the most stable fit. A few days into using it, I had to start fiddling with it just to make it stay on. But once it was on, everything worked smoothly. I’m a music producer/live performer and connect my audio interface and MIDI controller (both bus-powered) to my MacBook using this hub. Power is stable. Data connectivity and transfer speeds are also never a problem due to USB 3.0 in case I need to transfer files to and from hard drives or pen drives via the hub. All-in-all, if you can get over the one minor caveat, I’d say this is a great purchase!