AnkerLaptop Docking Station, 14 in 1 USB C Hub, Triple Display with 2 x 4K HDMI, 1080p VGA, 100W Power Delivery, 5Gbps USB-A/C Data Ports for MacBook, Dell XPS and More

Awesome docking station that was really easy to set up. The cost vs functionality is well worth it. Im running two monitors from it through a laptop with a dedicated gpu. While in use, the hub dosen't get too hot and its currently mounted under my desk with velco no doubt with more airflow it would run a little cooler, but this does not effect functionality at all. I cant speak to its power usage given the laptop stays plugged in while at the desk. Its slim form factor would likely allow it to fit many different places, or if it was used on the go, to fit in most any bag.

I will leave my original review at the bottom. After I posted my original review Anker reached out and offered me a refund or a replacement. I opted to take the replacement and give them another chance to see if maybe the first one was just a bad unit. I'm an glad that I did. I have put the replacement in place exactly as I had the original and have been running it for a day now. It is driving two 1080p monitors and so far has not had a single issue. I have a 100w Anker USB C charger going into the hub and it is supplying power to my laptop. The hub does get warm to the touch, but that is expected and clearly noted as normal in the documentation. So I can give this a thumbs up and also have to give Anker a big thumbs up for standing by their products and having great customer support.Old Review:I guess I should have looked at the reviews a bit closer. I got this to drive 2 monitors. Something my machine is more than capable of doing with a RTX3070 in it. Hooking it all up the two monitors will come on and work but then randomly drop out. Sometimes it is just one sometimes it is both. They go black and stay blank. Sometimes they come back after a second. Sometimes they stay gone till I unplug the hub and plug it back in. The device is getting plenty of power as it is connected to an Anker 100w usb c power supply. In addition to the going blank, I have also noticed watching videos that now the video will get out of sync with the video on the monitors. This is very disappointing.

This docking station is impressively small, sleek, and compact. With 14 ports, it’s the perfect solution for any home office. It performs flawlessly, and like all Anker products, it boasts excellent quality and craftsmanship.

Great for adding Ethernet, HDMI, USB, and SD ports. Using one on MacBook Pro M1 and another on Windows 11 PC. On Mac, it adds missing Ethernet. On PC, it adds additional HDMI and USB-c capabilities that I use for two extra monitors. Two comments: it gets pretty warm in heavy use, so I would plan accordingly; and the input cable is short. It’s best under the laptop on a stand.

Before I retired I had a company high-end business Windows laptop with a physical docking station which made life much easier. Recently I bought a mid-range Windows laptop for which there is no physical docking station marketed; after doing some research I found that the Anker 14-in-1 hub meets my needs. I paired the hub with an Anker 100W charger (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0C1FZWT8M/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&th=1) and found that the hub + charger do the job perfectly.No more monitor flickering off and on like my previous cheap hub, Anker has a well-deserved reputation for quality products.Comments:1) The hub runs a little warm, but never too hot to touch, apparantly the metal enclosure acts a heat sink.2) One minor con: the USB C cable to the computer is very short, it may not reach if you want to hang the computer on the wall or even under the table.3) Don't be put off by the name of the wall charger "Mac Book Pro Charger", it works fine with Windows machines.4) I am running 2 monitors at 1920x1080 with no probelms at all but I haven't tried 4K yet.

I just got a brand-new Asus Vivobook S14 with Intel Core Ultra 7, 32 GB of memory, 1 TB storage. I have two (an Asus and a Samsung) 1920 x 1080 displays and an older Dell (1280 x 1024) display using VGA or DVI-HDMI cable. I used to connect the Asus laptop to the Asus display and the old Dell display using another Anker USB C hub with one ethernet port and one 1 HDMI port for the Dell display. The Asus display connected to the laptop using a built-in HDMI port. This old three-display setup worked well.When I received this new Anker four-display device, I first connected the Dell (via DVI-HDMI cable) to one HDMI port and the Asus display to the other HDMI port. After a short moment, the Dell display started going off and on. The interval was around 15 - 20 seconds. Windows still showed the laptop connected to two external display. I thought the DVI-HDMI cable may be incompatible with this new hub, so I used a VGA-VGA cable to connect to the VGA port on the hub. I then connected two other displays to the two HDMI ports. I only got visual on the laptop, the Asus, and the Dell displays. The Samsung display was dark. When I selected the option to extend the laptop display to the 4th display (Samsung), the Samsung display showed the visual, but the laptop display went dark. In other words, I only got three displays at once, not four. I checked the photos on the product page again and confirmed that the unit should have shown different visuals on all four (laptop, Dell, Asus, and Samsung) displays. By the way, I was unable to screw the two VGA cable thumbscrews to the device. It appears the holes were too deep inside the unit so the screws could not reach them.I have been using a bunch of Anker products. This one damaged Anker's reputation for sure.

Simple, easy, effective. Plugged in monitors, keyboard, sound, power, laptop and everything worked as expected. Thank you

Item functions as advertised but get's pretty hot with just a couple connections to the usb ports. I am returning it.