KensingtonUH1400P USB-C 8-in-1 Driverless Mobile Laptop Dock, Universal, 8 Ports, up to 85W Power Pass-Through, Ultra HD (Single 4K @ 60Hz) High Res, Plug & Play, with Cable (K33820WW),Black

Works as advertised, worth the cost.

It does what it says, doesn’t get to hot and is discrete

I bought this to use with my M1 Max Pro MacBook and 2 LG Ultrafine 5K Monitors. I'll admit to being a total novice when it comes to docking stations but from the blurb this seemed to be perfect for my needs, if a little expensive.Unfortunately it doesn't work as I'd have hoped at all. With both monitors connected, none of them work. The MacBook shows as one being connected but you can't see anything on the screen. So as a workaround, I've had to connect one monitor via the dock and the other directly in to my MacBook. Far from ideal but at least workable.The fun doesn't stop there either. Under each of my monitors I have a Satechi monitor stand which includes a host of ports (highly recommended btw!). The original plan was to have these stands plug directly into the monitors, simple enough right? Nope! For the monitor that goes via the dock, I've had to connect the stand to the dock too. For the one that's plugged directly into the MacBook, it works flawlessly plugged into the monitor. So, again, not ideal but workable.If everything worked flawlessly with this set-up then I'd be a little miffed but wouldn't be overly bothered. Unfortunately I've noticed the refresh rate of the monitor plugged into the dock seems poor when running Safari - can't say I've noticed it on anything else yet - but on Safari, I can scroll down the page and just see a bunch of grey until I hit the refresh button (or drag the Safari window over to the other screen).Technical support is a bit of a joke too. I registered on the Kensington website and posted a technical question. Got a reply about two weeks later that said it's not possible to use more than one monitor with the M1 Macs - this was true for the MacBook Air and first MacBook Pro, but isn't the case for the 2021 versions.So I thought I'd update my ticket (as you're not supposed to reply to the emails). Click the link embedded in my email and it just takes me to a "Find Answers" page. Ignore that and log on then go to my products. I see the product I registered (kinda) as there's no description, just the date registered and the fact there was proof of purchase uploaded. Click 'Product Support' and get taken to a 'SORRY, THE PAGE YOU ARE LOOKING FOR CANNOT BE FOUND' page! The page *I'm* looking for? You mean the page you directed me to! So I go back, have to login again and try to Edit my product registration, wait a few minutes only for the page to timeout and take me back to the homepage.Frustration city!I've now had to log an issue about logging an issue, lord knows when I'll hear back and what the upshot of that will be.In the meantime, if anyone has any advice please comment. It may just be the cables I'm using, although I had a hard time finding some DisplayPort to USB-C cables, most I found are USB-C to DisplayPort.

I have this docking station attached to my Dell XPS 15 (9510) laptop via thunderbolt 4 port. It provides a charge to keep my battery topped up while I am attached. However, it has two deficiencies that I hoped it would cater for. The first is that if I power off the docking station via its handy power button, it does not also shutdown my laptop automatically. I have a DELL monitor that also has a built-in hub, which if I use on its own (i.e. without the Kensington) provides this feature (i.e. if I power off the monitor it shuts down the laptop). The other missing feature is similar but subtly different. If I connect the above monitor to a thunderbolt port on the Kensington docking station which is connected to my laptop, and then power off the monitor it does not pass through the monitor's feature to the laptop to power off the laptop. The absence of the above features means that I have to plug both the monitor and the Kensington directly into a thunderbolt port each on my laptop, thereby occupying two of the laptop's thunderbolt ports, in order to maintain the laptop power off feature via the monitor. More importantly, if I remove the laptop to use away from my desk this means I have to remove/attach two cables each time. It also means that I have to press two power off/on buttons - one on the monitor and one on the docking station. This rather defeats some of the convenience of having a docking station. So, come on Kensington you nearly had built the ultimate docking station but sadly failed on some important usability issues. In the interest of balance, I have to acknowledge that the station operates just fine once I am connected, except that the laptop, which expects 90W of power delivery, thinks that the Kensington is not supplying the full requirement of power even though it is spec'ed at delivering 90W. This is only a minor issue as it just powers the battery more slowly than if I was using the DELL-supplied power 'brick'.

The dock provides a good range of ports of different types. This makes it an attractive proposition for connecting peripherals to my MacBook Pro M1. So far everything I've plugged in via the dock has been recognised by the MacBook and works without issue. The PD port being on the front can be a mixed blessing. With my desk layout it isn't an issue, but others may find that it increases the effective footprint of the device.The only negative identified so far is, as other have said, the whining / buzzing sound that kicks in when my MacBook is turned off or in sleep mode. To address this you can either unplug the MacBook from the the PD port or use the power switch on the front of the dock to turn off the dock itself. This is fine if your MacBook is already fully charged but annoying if you want to charge it whilst it is shutdown. I also tried connecting my Windows laptop via the USB-C PD port, but because it doesn't draw power via the Kensignton's PD port, the whining sound isn't there. So maybe this issue is limited to devices that charge via PD.In any case, because of this issue I feel I can't give the Kensington dock a full 5 stars for what is otherwise a good device.

Wunderbare Dockingstation, die eigentlich sehr gut mit meinem M1 MBA arbeitet. Mehr als genug Anschlüsse, Ethernet, das wirklich 1GBs liefert und solide gebaut.Es gibt allerdings zwei Probleme, die Angesicht des Preises sehr, sehr störend sind: das Gerät fiept in einem sehr unangenehmen Frequenzbereich und, was noch störender ist, das Gerät schaltet sich einmal am Tag aus, bzw. die USB Ports verlieren die Verbindung - mit Ausnahme des Thunderbolt Ports an dem der Bildschirm angeschlossen ist. Das bedeutet, das was auch immer ans Hub angeschlossen ist, abschmiert und neu startet - was mir mitten in einer sehr wichtigen Konferenz passiert ist. Nicht sicher ob das Gerät fehlerhaft ist oder ob es ein Bug ist, aber es ist sehr sehr störend.

The switchmode lump-in-a-cord PSU is about as big as the hub, it's overspecc'd for 180W which is good.Thunderbolt / USB-C laptop power delivery is working on a Dell XPS13 well, without the original adapter.Thunderbolt 4 stuff works, I can use a 4K/60 thunderbolt 4 HDMI adapter on the far side of it.Ethernet is good at 1Gbps.USB3 hub parts are working solid.... and all this on Fedora Linux 34, so no problems there.Replaces a ratsnest of USB2 / 3/ C / Thunderbolt adapters filling the two laptop ports, into one laptop port in use and the original PSU can live in my laptop bag.There is no noise coming out of it.Basically it's completely successful at what it claimed to do, but holy overpricing, Batman... it's GBP280, you can get a low end laptop for that!