10 Best USB and Firewire Hubs for Windows
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Out of thousands of reviews for 140 products, over 300 people recommended USB and Firewire Hubs specifically for Windows. These 10 are the most highly recommended products we found.
Zonet ZUH2215V 4-Port
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$5 - $13
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59 People Recommend
"good price,good product but had a really hard time installing correctly under xp sp2 ...for updated ps2 drivers go to via website :…" - Tigerdirect.com User "windows xp found it without a problem.…" - A Customer from Plainville, CT at Buy.com "xp knew what was going on and the device worked right away !cons: noneother thoughts: get it if you need more usb ports.…" - Newegg.com User |
D-Link DUB-H7 7-Port
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$27 - $33
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31 People Recommend
"-(1)- this hub *does* work with vista, however it is not 'certified' by d-link and therefore not a logo'd product.…" - Tigerdirect.com User "the problem with my old hubs (they were also powered hubs btw) was that although they claimed to be 2.0 hubs i kept getting messages from windows that one of my usb devices would operate better if i…" - alex from new york city at Buy.com "it was automatically detected in windows-xp.…" - A Customer from West Lafayette, IN at Buy.com |
Belkin F5L009 5-Port
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$100
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9 People Recommend
"i thought i would give this a try...what a great product...just plug it in, load the software, turn on your printer, and it works!!!...what a concept!!!...if only vista was this good...awesome!…" - A Customer from Olmsted Falls, OH at Buy.com "(running on windows vista and a belkin router) i would definetly recommend this product to anyone who just wants their computer to be wire free.…" - Bestbuy.com User "i have a vista laptop and an xp desktop, and both of them are sharing all my usb devices without any problems.…" - Mwave.com User |
CTG 7 Port 2.0 Hub Aluminum
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$27 - $35
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8 People Recommend
"i've had no problems with this hub on either my vista or xp computer.…" - Jeannie from Hillsborough, NJ at Buy.com "it's extremely lightweight, and my dell xps has had no issues with it or any peripherals i hook up through it.…" - mjw from Piscataway, NJ at Buy.com "it is truly plug and play with windows vista home premium.…" - Overstock.com User |
IOGear GUB201 1-Port
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$19 - $30
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7 People Recommend
"i only wish windows would recognize the usb switching faster but that has nothing to do with this product.…" - Amazon.com User "also note that vista takes 3-5 seconds to recognize the usb devices, although mac os x can recognize them in about a second.…" - Newegg.com User "other thoughts: using it with 2 windows xp computers, one is 15' away from the switch, the other very close, but the printer is about another 15' away from either computers.…" - Newegg.com User |
D-Link DUB-H4 4-Port
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$19 - $26
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7 People Recommend
"(edited june 20th by myusername) i currently hook up a 6 in 1 sandisk card reader, microsoft sidewinder precision 2 joystick, hiti photoshuttle printer, logitech optical mouse and a lexar jumpdrive…" - Mwave.com User "summary: i currently hook up a 6 in 1 sandisk card reader, microsoft sidewinder precision 2 joystick, hiti photoshuttle printer, logitech optical mouse and a lexar jumpdrive using the d-link hub and…" - Onsale.com User "it is a dell dimension pentium iii 450 mhz with windows 98.…" - Mark from Cincinnati, OH at Buy.com |
Belkin F5U307
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$30 - $61
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5 People Recommend
"the ac adapter is one of those large ones, so make sure you have room in your power strip if that's what you use.vista recognized it right away and it was ready to go.i like the fact it has 2 usb…" - Mwave.com User "opened the pack and plugged to usb of my xp laptop and everything i had attached to the hub came alive in a second.…" - snsrini from Edison, NJ at Buy.com "i liked this belkin seven port usb hub so much i ordered a second one last week for my wife's windows xp pc.…" - Amazon.com User |
Linksys ProConnect 2-HUB4 4-Port
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$21 - $33
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4 People Recommend
"took longer to cold boot than it did for xp to recognize the hub.…" - Newegg.com User "i received the device and had it up and running on an xp system in 15 minutes which was mostly spent connecting the cables.…" - Amazon.com User "plugged it in and windows picked it up right away.…" - Newegg.com User |
Toshiba dynadock Docking Station
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$80 - $95
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4 People Recommend
"this works great - the latest drivers for vista are better than the ones that shipped with it, and i am using it to display my third monitor.…" - TerryeH from Denver, CO at Circuitcity.com "no problems with vista and additional monitor.…" - ABeal from Birmingham AL at Buy.com "the only real complaints that i have is that it changes your monitor back to windows standard and the vista aero doesn't work.…" - Amazon.com User |
D-Link CR200 3-Port
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$41
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3 People Recommend
"i was running an engenius 200mw external usb wireless adapter through it for a few weeks until vista couldn't initialize the adapter on boot-up.…" - Newegg.com User "no drivers nessecarry under xp 64.…" - Newegg.com User "pros: worked perfectly out of he box with my xp based system.…" - Newegg.com User |
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