Thunderbolt 3 Laptop Docking Station

Great at bringing together all your gadgets. There are plenty of ports available including HDMI and VGA as well as the typical USB ports etc. For a general hub it’s good and relatively small in size, quite weighty when you taken into consideration the power block. The only downside I would say is that the actual Thunderbolt 3 cable is too short and a longer cable can set you back a bit. Once it’s set up it can be a great piece to have everything hooked up to especially with the 85W power delivery but it is fairly expensive for my day to day needs.

Connected to a 4 year and 1 year old HP laptops. No.power to the either USB and Type c so useless for peripheral such as key boards and mouse or Bluetooth devices. These have to be plugged into laptop. Does power laptops and provide 2 extra monitors.

2 independent monitors 4k and hd + webcam + speakers + USB hub + LAN + laptop charging - all via a Thunderbolt 3 cable. Bulky & heavy, but solid. It's not meant to be portable. Quick and easy to set up.

It is not working with my computer, is not able to make my second screen to work, sadly this screen works perfectly fine when is concerned to the computer, but what really annoyed me is that after connect this to my computer anytime I turned it on my computer seems to have some drivers missed, and after check about this drivers alert I get on internet it seems to be a malfunction or a virus. I really disappointed with this item that I feel is damaged my computer....

Easy to use and simple to understand works well

The Kensington SD5200T is a Thunderbolt 3 docking station that allows you to utilise the massive 40 Gigabit bandwidth of the Thunderbolt 3 technology to connect an array of devices through one single cable. It seems to be geared to more professional environments such as office spaces, but is also suitable for home use as well. Thunderbolt 3 uses the exact reversable connector as USB-C, but it is important to be aware that you need a device with a Thunderbolt 3 compatible port as this dock won’t work from a regular USB-C port. For my testing, I used this dock with my Macbook Pro that has four Thunderbolt 3 Ports.The dock has a variety of I/O ports that can all run off the included power adaptor and a single Thunderbolt 3 cable. You get 1x Gigabit Ethernet port, 1x USB 3.0 port, 1x USB 3.0 with 2.1a charging port, 1x microphone port, 1x headphone port, 1x Kensington Lock port, 1x Thunderbolt ports, 1x Thunderbolt computer connection port with 85-watt power delivery, 1x 20W DC-IN with included power brick, 1x Displayport++ and 1x USB-C 5Gbps port with 15W charging. You can buy additional adaptors to convert Displayport into HDMI ports if your display does not support it, but it would have been nice to see a HDMI Port built into the dock itself as Displayport++ Daisy Chaining is not supported in Mac OS, and if you want to drive two screens with a Mac you need a Thunderbolt to HDMI converter as well as a Displayport to HDMI adaptor.The dock has a slim and compact design that looks and feels premium with the outer brushed aluminium and chamfered edging, and the top has a moulded matte plastic case that does not detract from the quality of finish. The dock is very lightweight, however the included power brick weighs considerably more than the dock itself. This isn’t a problem in a static environment but if you plan on taking this dock with you on the go then you may want to consider the added weight of having to carry an external power brick, as the dock wont function without it. The power brick does come with a UK & European plug, and you get a decent amount of cable length from the Adaptor to the Dock. What’s not so good is the super short 0.5m Thunderbolt 3 Cable you get in the box, it would have been nice to get at least a 1m cable so bear this in mind as you might need to purchase a longer Thunderbolt 3 Cable.Connecting the docking station to my Macbook Pro was pretty much plug-in and play and everything started working straight away without needing to install any additional drivers. My Macbook started charging straight away and was ready for use. I ran a test on my external SSD and saw full speeds with no slowdowns. Driving is display is easy through Mac OS and works just as you’d expect it would where you arrange your display locations in system preferences and it remembers the configuration next time you plug it in. The dock gets very mildly warm when in use, due to it transferring power to all of the connected devices.The Kensington Dockworks software is an optional additional piece of software that can automatically turn off Wi-Fi when you plug in and automatically connect you to ethernet. The problem is that this isn’t seamless or instant, it takes a good 20+ seconds for it to disconnect from Wi-Fi & reconnect using Ethernet which may not sound like a lot of time, but in this scenario it takes you offline and it could be massively inconvenient, especially if you were doing file transfers or video calling. To be honest, I wouldn’t bother with this software as you can set a service order in Mac OS automatically sort network connections which works a lot better. For Windows devices; your mileage may vary and you might need to use the software, so it’s good to know that Kensington has thought ahead for this but the execution is not perfect, however it could improve with software updates over time.Overall, this is a good Docking station solution that makes it easy to connect multiple peripherals and devices through one single cable. If you found the photos & this review helpful, please consider clicking on the helpful button below, it helps me out!

This is expensive. No two ways about it.All thunderbolt 3 docks are.Sadly I don't feel this really makes use of thunderbolt as much as it could.The design is also crap.The audio input and output should really be both on the back and front, the front only has a USB C out not a Thunderbolt port, the back only has 1 USB A and only gigabit ethernet not 10gb.Just make sure this really fits your use case before buying it, because for the money I'm not convinced at all.