TP-Link 8-Port 10/100Mbps + 3-Port Gigabit Desktop Switch with 8-Port PoE+

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At £63 ex-VAT, this TP-Link 8-port 10/100 + 3-port gigabit desktop switch with PoE+ is the kind of “just works” office add-on I like—cheap enough to spread around, but capable enough that you won’t feel boxed in. The value is mainly in the PoE+ side: for small sites or light SMB use, powering a handful of IP phones, Wi‑Fi access points, or cameras is usually the whole point, and this does it without needing a separate injector or messy cabling. The gigabit uplink/extra ports are helpful too if you need a faster connection to a NAS, server, or another switch—so not everything is stuck at 100Mbps.

Who should buy it: someone equipping a small office, warehouse office, or branch setup where you’re mostly running 100Mbps end devices, but still want a couple of gigabit connections for the “busy” stuff, plus PoE+ for multiple endpoints. Who should *not* buy it: if you expect lots of gigabit traffic across many devices at once, or you need deep networking features (VLANs, routing, management, etc.), this won’t be your long-term backbone. Also, if your PoE demands are high, sanity-check your power budget before you commit—PoE+ can be brilliant, but it’s not magic. Overall: for straightforward PoE-powered deployments and basic switching, this is good money. For anything more ambitious, I’d look at a higher-tier managed gigabit PoE switch instead.