StarTech.com Universal Laptop Docking Station, Hybrid USB-C/USB-A Dock, Dual 4K DP/HDMI, 100W PD, Mac/Windows/Chrome OS, NIC

I initially bought a startech 60Watt dock same as my wife's. I've used these for 7 years for my job in hardware/software testing. They are great and solid.So the 60W wouldn't charge (my fault for not checking my laptop) so tried to buy a 100watt then cancelled as the order was months away. Bought a cheap "ooh I can do 100Watt marketed device.... utter garbage" So i thought fine i'll just use my laptop charger with this cheapo dock. Nooo that doesn't work as I have the usb-c connected so it's thinking that is charging it, which is logical!RIGHT lets try Startech again : Great found one suitable and next day delivery and plugged all in and working fine instantly.Buy the best yes it's pricey but a £90 dock then needed a 100watt usb charger adding which are a minimum of £45 from a make I've never heard of and reviews suggesting it's not electrically safe!So buy this and be done with it. Like I say I've used startech at work in labs with them on 24/7 365 and not one device failed in 7 years.PS I have a lenovo X1. Hopefully this helps people as for 100W usb -c docks most of the products are completely branded in a way to capture you and do not work as a user needs.EDIT EDIT : 2 weeks later : Screens constantly flickering on off. None of these docking stations are perfect but having used startech before for years and the huge cost. I would have expected more. I'm now having the screens flickering on and off for the past 3 days every 15 mins. All will recover but this is highly frustrating and i have just had 1 bluescreen after connecting a usb headset.Very very unhappy i need all this kit to do my job. All my pc is upto date and the £30 dock that didn't charge was more stable than this £200+Sort it out startech

3 months in and So far so good.Been tested to it’s limits. 12 hrs min per day 5 days per week. Most times I forget to switch it off.It’s Permanently Connected to :Dual 27inch 1080p monitors4K cameraiPad always connected to fast charge portiPhone always connected the other fast charge portBluetooth mouse and keyboard dongleExternal hard driveHad laptop freeze twice but don’t know if it’s related to the dock. Laptop is 5 years old.Can’t grumble at the moment. Will update the review in 9 months.

I have used this with a number of laptops using USBC, USB3 and USB/Thunderbolt ports. The only problem was with an older laptop with an early combined USBC/Thunderbolt port. On that, the connection was slow or unreliable. Using a normal USB3 port on the same laptop is, however, very solid. USBC/Thunderbolt port on a new laptop is also solid.For best performance on big monitors, you probably need to use the latest DisplayLink drivers. However, the higher resolution and more monitors you use, the more GPU horsepower your laptop may need to play video. This is because Displaylink has to compress each frame of each monitor in real time. I run a 4K monitor and a 1440p monitor and it is fine for general use. But full 4K video is not as smooth as you might like, even on my fastest laptop with an AMD 4700U - perhaps one with a good discrete GPU might keep up.The built in USB ports seem to run my 4TB portable external drive OK (other docking stations struggle). The dock powers my laptops with USB PD charging OK (35w and a 65w devices).For this much money though, a few additional USB ports would be very welcome. I plug in a low cost powered USB hub for keyboards, webcams etc which does the job - but I have to plug in my external drive directly into the dock.