Thunderbolt 3 Travel Dock

Toting along a compact travel dock such as this will let me go to a bigger monitor or even TV screen without much hassle. I liked that this is made by a top tier tech firm - SABRENT. They support their stuff and I can expect flawless performance due to the quality they've built in. I use a number of Sabrent NVMe SSDs without trouble.This is quite small but capable if one has a notebook that uses a Thunderbolt 3 output port (Mac for example). Check out the listing for a better view of the specs. For tucking this into a suitcase or travel bag I'd recommend putting it in a quart ziplock freezer bag to keep dust and grit away from the different ports. That is a cheap way to protect a pricey piece of gear!I Recommend this Sabrent Thunderbolt 3 Certified Travel Dock Dual Display Compact Docking Station | HDMI 2.0 4K | DisplayPort 1.4 8K | SD Card Reader | Ethernet Port | 1 USB 3.0 Type-A Port | for Mac and PC (HB-THUC). Top product for my notebook travel (and home) use!I hope you’ve found the information and my review helpful.

I have used many products by Sabrent over the years, so I trust the quality of their products. This dock is fairly expensive for the number of ports that is has, so make sure you really need the capabilities that this dock provides. The two reasons it is expensive are because it supports Thunderbolt 3 at up to 40Gb/s, and it also has dual monitor support at a 4K or higher resolution (The HDMI port supports up to 4K and the DisplayPort supports up to 8K). I have never seen an 8K DisplayPort monitor, but I am sure they exist. I actually ordered this dock to connect two older monitors that I have to my laptop, which only has Thunderbolt 3 ports. One of the monitors requires DisplayPort and the other supports HDMI. It is rare to find a dock like this with support for DisplayPort, so I was lucky to find it. It is working perfectly for me. But if you only need to connect one HDMI monitor to your computer and also need a few regular USB ports, you can save a lot of money by getting a USB-C dock (The same connector as Thunderbolt 3 but much less expensive). Keep in mind that this dock does not support pass through charging, so if your laptop only has one Thunderbolt 3 port, you will not be able to charge it while using this dock at the same time. This dock is better for systems that have at least two Thunderbolt 3 ports.

I am a fan of Sabrent products, especially their USB C/Thunderbolt accessories like the NVMe enclosures. This travel hub is an officially licensed, Thunderbolt 3 accessory and it has an Intel made, TB3 controller. This is good because Intel and Apple are the two companies that created/developed the Thunderbolt 3 spec.I think that the display options you get with this are the major selling point, everything else you could find on a cheaper USB C hub. If you don't need the DisplayPort 1.4 and HDMI 2.0 features, then I wouldn't recommend buying this, to be completely honest. The value proposition just isn't really there because the only other ports you get is a single USB A 3.2 gen 2(up to 10 Gigabits), Gigabit Ethernet, and a UHS-II SD card slot with read/write speeds up to 312MB/s. There is no passthrough USB C Power Delivery charging, no USB C port for data either. You would think that they would have at least given you another USB A port.The size of this could also be a justified reason for purchasing, because it is on the smaller size (especially for Thunderbolt 3 docks/hubs). The cable folds under and the connector tucks into a little slot on the underside of the dock. They didn't include a pouch which seems like an obvious thing to give you when this product is being sold as a "Travel Dock". I don't mean to be too critical, this is a well made and reliable product, it performed exactly as it was supposed to when I tested it with my MacBook Pro 13". The Intel controller and official license means that this accessory will be one of the best you can get in terms of quality and reliability.The features of the DisplayPort 1.4 port include 8k/5k@60Hz, 4k@120Hz, HDR, HDCP 2.2 and VESA Adaptive Sync (FreeSync). The HDMI 2.0 port only Supports 4k@60Hz and below, nothing else was specified like HDR so it might not support that feature.