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amazon HyperDrive USB-C reviews
HyperDrive is a very familiar name with USB-C conversion cable products, with many different products to meet each user’s needs. The HyperDrive device line that I’m about to talk about is still a versatile USB-C Hub with many ports; an interesting feature, as mentioned above, is integrated wireless charging.
The full name of this product is HyperDrive Wireless Charger USB-C HUB, which is a wired conversion cable with a completely new function of integrating wireless charging on this Hub and supporting 10W fast charging.
Because it has fast charging, this new HyperDrive Hub is also larger and heavier than the usual product lines, but that’s enough for you to put your wireless charging phone on.
It looks big and thick because it has to integrate wireless charging, but the HyperDrive Wireless Charger is not too heavy, still easy to carry with you.
Regarding the current demand for USB-C Hub lines, the main and most popular ones are still for MacBook Pros from 2016 onwards, except for the MacBook Airline, which is all USB-C ports, the popularity and price of accessories are around the same. USB-C ports are still high, so Hubs were born so you can use the old connection ports.
HyperDriver Wireless Charger, in addition to the new wireless charging feature, still has eight common transfer ports, including 3 x USB 3.0, 1 micro SD, 1 SD, 1 HDMI, 1 LAN Gigabit Ethernet, 1 USB-C.
Because wireless charging is stable and has enough power, to use this USB-C Hub most stably, you must connect the power supply to the commonly used MacBook Pro to the Hub; the picture has a lightning mark, or the back says to connect the source.
Suppose you connect the USB-C Hub directly to the machine, and the power is in a separate port, as shown in the picture. In that case, this HyperDriver Wireless Charger is wrong and will not have enough power for stable wireless charging and will be short of power.
And this is the right way to connect, and you can charge wirelessly with the HyperDrive USB Hub.
If there is enough power to connect and charge wirelessly, the signal light will be blue, as you see in the picture.
If the plug does not go through the source, you can only charge up to 5W with wireless charging; in many cases, the power supply is not enough, it may flicker, and the display light will be orange.
If you don’t need to use the connection ports, HyperDrive Wireless Charger can play an independent role; normal wireless charging can still work, but if you don’t plug it directly into the computer, the ports won’t work. You can’t use three regular USB-A ports to charge three more devices like a regular power supply.
Conclusion and price
HyperDrive Wireless Charger is generally a versatile hub for those using MacBook Pro and adding wireless charging to charge.