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£48.41 inc. VAT
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The Kensington CH1000 USB‑C 4‑Port Hub is one of those “just works” office add-ons that makes you stop thinking about your ports. For a UK reseller customer paying ~£40 ex‑VAT, you’re not really buying speed or clever features—you’re buying reliability, decent build quality, and the kind of consistency that matters in day-to-day docking situations (meetings, hot-desking, classrooms, admin teams). If you’ve got a laptop with limited USB‑C options and you want a couple of extra connections for peripherals (keyboard/mouse, dongles, accessories), it’s a sensible buy.
That said, I wouldn’t recommend it if you’re expecting workstation-grade performance or you’re trying to run anything that’s unusually power-hungry or bandwidth-sensitive through a simple hub. Also, if you need to do frequent “USB-C hub + external monitor + lots of devices” workflows, you’re usually better off looking at hubs with explicit video support and stronger docking design (because incompatibilities show up fast in the real world). Overall: worth it for typical business connectivity needs, but don’t treat it like a full docking replacement.

2 USB-A Ports
Expand your device’s productivity capabilities by plugging your traditional USB peripherals like a mouse, keyboard or flash drive into any of these ports

2 USB-C Ports
Provides ports to plug in USB-C accessories like a smartphone or tablet, allowing you to make the most of limited port availability on the host device

SuperSpeed Data Transfer
Using USB 3.1 Gen 1 technology, the hub supports transfer speeds up to 5 Gbps, which is 10 times faster than USB 2.0

Plug & Play Operation
Simply plug the expansion hub into your device and it’s automatically ready to go with no need for an additional power source or driver downloads

Compact Design
The small footprint makes it highly portable so you can easily pack it up with you when you’re on the go

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