{"title":"Docks \u0026 hubs","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"portwell-dock-12-usb-c-dock","title":"12-Port USB-C Dock","description":"\u003cp\u003eA twelve-port dock that drives two 4K displays and charges a laptop off one cable. Aluminium body doubles as the heatsink.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePassing 100W to the laptop while running twelve ports off one upstream cable means the dock, not the machine, does the power conversion. That is why the aluminium shell is the heatsink and there is no fan to hear or to fail.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 10Gbps upstream link is shared by everything downstream, so a fast external SSD and two 4K displays at once will compete for it. On a desk that is mostly displays, keyboard and network, that ceiling never comes up.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 150W adapter is sized so 100W can go to the laptop while the rest of the ports still have headroom. A 100W dock shipped with a 100W brick has nothing left over for the drives hanging off it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo years covers the electronics. The part that usually fails on a dock is the upstream cable, and this one is detachable and 0.8m, a standard length you can replace anywhere. The body will get warm under two displays, which is the heatsink doing its job.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BuyScout","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48079007908003,"sku":"PORTWELLDOC1-01","price":109.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0772\/8440\/9507\/files\/portwell-dock-12-usb-c-dock-primary.webp?v=1788396227"},{"product_id":"portwell-hub-7-usb-c-hub","title":"7-Port USB-C Hub","description":"\u003cp\u003eA bus-powered seven-port hub for a desk that does not need a full dock. Fits in a laptop sleeve.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBus powered means it takes what it needs from the laptop instead of a wall adapter, so there is nothing extra to carry and nothing to plug in at the far end. The trade is that it drives one display rather than two.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe captive cable is short on purpose, so it tucks behind the machine instead of coiling across the desk. If you need two monitors or a dedicated power brick, the twelve-port dock is the one to look at.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt 4.7 by 1.8 inches it fits the same sleeve pocket as a charger, which is the whole reason to pick a hub over a dock. There is no power adapter in the box because there is nothing to plug one into.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEighty-five watts of passthrough is full charge speed for most 13 and 14 inch laptops and short of what a 16 inch machine draws under load. Check your own charger's rating before assuming this replaces it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BuyScout","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48079008759971,"sku":"PORTWELLHUB-01","price":59.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0772\/8440\/9507\/files\/portwell-hub-7-usb-c-hub-primary.webp?v=1788396230"},{"product_id":"portwell-dock-4k-dual-display","title":"4K Dual-Display Dock","description":"\u003cp\u003eA display-first dock for people who need two monitors and little else. DisplayLink, so it works on machines that only drive one screen natively.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDisplayLink compresses the video in software and sends it over USB, which is how this drives two 4K screens from a laptop whose port only supports one natively. It costs a driver install and some processor time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat trade is worth making on a machine that cannot do dual displays any other way, and worth avoiding on one that can, since a native dock will always be lighter on the CPU. Check what your laptop supports before choosing between the two.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDisplayLink needs a driver on macOS, and that is a genuine ongoing dependency: a major OS release can break it until the vendor ships an update. On Windows and Ubuntu it has been more settled.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe vertical stand is in the box because this runs warmer than a passive dock — compression costs processor time at both ends — and standing it upright roughly doubles the surface shedding that heat.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BuyScout","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48079008792739,"sku":"PORTWELLDOC2-01","price":149.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0772\/8440\/9507\/files\/portwell-dock-4k-dual-display-primary.webp?v=1788396234"}],"url":"https:\/\/demo.buyscout.ai\/collections\/electronics-docks-hubs.oembed","provider":"BuyScout","version":"1.0","type":"link"}