Thunderbolt 3 Dock with Dual HDMI/DP

Works very well with apple silicon MacBook Pro. Connects at the full fat 40gbs as advertised. Plug and play, works right out the box with my MacBook. EXCELLENT value for money. If you are looking through the mess of available “docks” for an m1 or any apple silicon Mac, and you cant seem to find one that works as advertised without spending $200, this is what you want. It is real thunderbolt, no USB4 shenanigans where it works with some machines and both with others. It’s real thunderbolt 3 and supports multiple monitors on apple silicon. The build is solid aluminum and high quality. It is compact and comes with a little stand to reduce the footprint. Literally the best price to performance of ANY dock I have tried and works flawlessly. Only complaint is that it technically connects in TB3 mode over TB4 but this doesn’t matter for real world use and isn’t likely to affect your use-case.

I purchased two of these Thunderbolt 3 docks on the prime day special deal. This dock build quality is excellent with a metal build and comes with a vertical stand that is solid. It has extensive ports which includes the following ports at the rear : 2 HDMI, 2 Display ports, five 5Gbps USB A ports, an Ethernet port, a Thunderbolt 3 port for the host computer with 96W power delivery and a power port. The front of the dock has an sd slot, a tf/micro sd slot, a 10Gbps USB C port, a 10Gbps USB A slot and an audio in/microphone port. This is a full featured Thunderbolt dock. It also comes with a short Thunderbolt 3 cable to connect the dock with a laptop and a robust power supply for the dock. I connected the dock to my MacBook Pro 14 inch with M1Pro and a 29 inch wide screen monitor and everything worked great. The Ethernet port delivers fast connectivity and the multiple usb ports are great to connect my wired keyboard and mouse as well as an external SSD. I would highly recommend this full featured high quality Thunderbolt dock! I am pretty happy with its performance so far. ‘I use the second dock with my MacBook Air and it works flawlessly too!

I can't believe this product doesn't have a bunch of reviews. It absolutely met every expectation I had for it. Basically, my work sent me a 2021 M1 MBP 16'' and I needed to switch between it and my G14 Zephyrus gaming laptop when I finish work. I tried looking at the CalDigit one but it has no HDMI port and Amazon estimates that it will take 5 weeks to ship. Ugh no that's too long. Pluggable also has a really good one with 6 USB ports but it does not support charging. I am supper happy to find this one because it ships fast, has a good amount of USB ports and HDMI ports, PLUS IT HAS CHARGING AND IT LOOKS SLEEK AND BEAUTIFUL. It's not completely white but more like a silver color. Still goes really well with my white desk. The quality seems to be very good and sturdy as well. I plugged in all of my cables and everything worked flawlessly. HOWEVER, I haven't tested dual monitors with the MBP. I heard that the M1 MBP is designed in a way such that dual monitors can't be used at the same time, so I am very aware of this fact AND do not intend to use this hub for dual monitors for my MBP. I believe it should work fine for other laptops. If you want to use dual monitors with your M1 MBP, you are going to have a very hard time. I think you have to install DisplayLink or something to make it work. Otherwise, I think this hub is totally worth it.

This isn’t the newest model of Thunderbolt dock, but it may be the most affordable one out there. My laptop for work was recently upgraded to one that supports Thunderbolt (don’t ask how old the previous one was). I was using a USB-C hub at home with two monitors, one being a 4K display. USB-C did not have enough bandwidth to drive both monitors, so I had multiple cables running into the laptop. After keeping an eye out for a while, this Cable Matters Thunderbolt 3 dock turned up on sale used (but very good) for only $70! That was too good to resist. I’m now running my work laptop (a Dell), and a personal one (a HP) I picked up later, with only a single cable connected and driving both monitors, keyboard, mouse, camera, and Ethernet. One thing that sets this dock apart is the amount of connectivity it provides. Five USB ports on the back allow connecting every accessory I needed and still having a port left over. The video output can be either HDMI or DisplayPort to two monitors, removing the need for any adapters. The metal case adds a touch of class that you don’t see with many competing products out there. I also like that the Thunderbolt upstream port comes out of the back, so the dock looks better sitting on a desk. The Thunderbolt cable it comes with is rather short for that setup (at only 2’ long), but it is easy to pick up a longer cable to fit your needs. I picked up a 5’ cable with a right-angle connector on one end for under $20. There are two issues that caused me to drop one star off of the rating. First, there is no power button on the dock. I normally don’t keep my laptop display open, but I have to open it to turn the laptop on if it is hibernating. Most docks have a power button that can activate the laptop. I know that Cable Matter’s newer Thunderbolt dock contains this button, but at a considerably higher price. The second issue I had involved support from Cable Matters. My 4K display was flickering on and off when running through the dock if set to 60Hz refresh. This happened with two different laptops. If I run the HDMI cable directly into the laptop’s HDMI port, there was no issue. Of note, I do use a KVM switch and there was no flicker if running direct from the laptop or from my desktop through the KVM. If I bring the refresh rate down to 30Hz, there is no issue with flickering. I contacted Cable Matters and to their credit they came back to me quickly. They asked me to try bypassing the KVM and go directly from the dock to the monitor. In that configuration, it worked at 60Hz. At this point it was clear that the issue was communication between the dock and the KVM. Cable Matters washed their hands of the issue at that point, even though the KVM worked fine at 60Hz with other sources. Support could have put more effort into understanding why this setup was not working with their dock. As long as I’m content with using the laptop’s power button and running my 4K monitor at 30Hz, I can’t ask for more in a Thunderbolt dock. Considering the price I was able to get it at, there is no way I would trade my new setup. Update, three months later... Reworked my home setup. Added a second 4K display, replaced my KVM with a dual DisplayPort one, and rewired everything with DisplayPort cables. Both monitors are running 4K at 60Hz from the Thunderbolt dock through the KVM. Have tried it with both of my laptops and it worked great for the Dell and HP. No more screen cutouts. When it comes to PCs, HDMI is dead to me. I'm leaving the review at four stars due to both issues mentioned earlier, but I would definitely recommend this Thunderbolt dock if you can pick it up at a reasonable price. Fortunately, even new, it is at a better price than most comparable offerings. If it was reissued with a button on the front it would be a definite five star product.

I have tryinig to find a working docking station for my Macbook Air M4. I tried a couple of recommendations from Macworld and other vendors but none worked to play dual monitors. I was looking for USB hubs and/or docking stations that used a single USB C stations. I ordered and received this docking station the next day. It was impressed by weight and stand right off the bat. It was super easy to set up - just connect power and plug into your Mac. Both of my dual monitors worked in extended mode along with the Mac. Finally a dock that worked. I then tried installing a SSD drive and Pluggable SSD enclosure drive. On the other docks only one or the other would connect. Wiht this dock no problem. The network port also working flawlessly giving me a wireless node connection speed to 800 Mbps from my 1 Gig fiber modem over my wireless ASUS node. Best connection I have ever had. For those of you needing a dock for your new Macbook Air M4 this will meet the bill. I also like the fact that Cable Matters is US based company.