Not all hubs are created equal. Not in the slightest.

So you bought a new laptop like MacBook Pro or a Dell XPS 13, but it only has USB-C ports, meaning you can’t connect a lot of the accessories you’re used to, like a wired mouse, your smartphone (to charge), a micro SD card (from your camera, or a portable hard drive. This is a problem, especially in this work from home environment where we need our laptops to function more like a desktop.

The solution is pretty obvious: get an accessory that can turn one of your laptop’s USB-C ports into many. However, when shopping for one of these laptop accessories, you’ll notice that they vary price — like a lot.
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