OWCThunderbolt 5 Hub, 3 x Thunderbolt 5 Ports, USB-A Port, Up to 80/120Gb/s, Up to 3 8k displays, 140 w Power & Charging, Compatible with Mac & PC, Thunderbolt 5/4/3, USB4 & USB-C

Works perfectly and a fair price, especially happy it can ramp up the power on its USB-A port in order to charge iPads and especially my superdrive, without connecting directly to my MacBook Pro M3 pro. I opted for this thunderbolt 5 hub, even though my MacBook is thunderbolt 4, to future proof myself. Thus, I can't really say I'd buy it again, because I won't need to, so instead I will say I highly recommend it. One caveat is, it's not exactly plug and play right out of the box, so I had to open up the MacBook and give the device permission to be used so that My BenQ monitor would fire up and the driver install to enable superdrive support is a little odd, because you have to roll back the software and driver to an older version for it to work, had to hunt around to find this little tidbit out. I won't hold that hiccup against it, because it is solidly build, silent, warm but not hot, and does everything OWC says it does. I can't really ask for more than that... What I'd like to see is updated software that includes superdrive & iPad/iPhone fast charging working or at least clear messaging about the software roll-back until they get it working in the latest software version.

This USB4.2/TB5/4/3 hub works well and supports all protocols from USB 4.2/Thunderbolt 5 back to USB 2/1.1 — I tested all of this. Note that you will need different cables and/or adapters to support Thunderbolt 2/1 and USB 3.0/2.0/1.1 on a Mac. Windows PC compatibility beyond TB5/4 and USB 4.2 is not promised nor can I test it. Anyway, this lets you add two USB 4.2 ports over USB-C (one pair of ports contains the uplink and replaces that port on your computer) plus a USB-A port for USB 3.0/2.0/1.1 only. Has enough bus power to charge nearly anything quickly. Why give it only 4 stars? It's design is nearly the same as the TB4 hub it replaces but some of the ports are in different locations on the unit. The old version had a logo that lit up different colors to let you know if your uplink is working and you are correctly connected—this one has an LED under the unit to let you know the status of your connection and that is not as good. Build quality is up to OWC's high standard. For the price, I hoped for more ports and an LED on the top. It's also nearly twice as large as the old version, no doubt to accommodate the larger charging capacity and new internal fan. Overall value is hard to say. USB 4.2/TB5 is twice as fast as the older TB4/USB 4 version. Good company and has a 2 year warranty. If your Mac/PC does not have TB5, this will not add it but if it does, you want one of these.

It's working great so far - no overheating, no disconnects, good speeds, rugged, and it was easy to setup straight out of the box. It's a bit expensive, but you get what you pay for, and that's a good hub in this case.

My software piano requires an analog interface, a solid-state drive with music samples, and a license dongle. These plus charging power means that the 3 USB ports on my Dell XPS are not enough; I need a USB hub. I tried four different ones, both externally powered and USB-powered hubs. Of those, the OWC Thunderbolt 5 was the only one that would allow my piano software to work when all three piano-specific devices were attached. Most of the others (but not the externally powered Anker) would work with the audio interface, but only the OWC had enough oomph to handle all three.

Does not work at all on my 2025 Mac Studio. Tried 2 of them; Different ports on the Mac; multiple TB 5 cables.Chatted with OWC and Apple. No solution.Too bad, the design and price were good

Works great. Solved issues with M4 based MacBook Pro. Well built. total plug and play operation. Connected immediatly. Works perfectly.

Work great with one exception which is a deal breaker, it doesn’t support Thunderbolt 3 on Windows, only for Macs. My work computer is so old that it only has thunderbolt 3, so I had to return it, unfortunately. If they ever upgrade my machine, I’ll buy it again.

this thing is awesome. not cheap but worth every penny. i have multiple Thunderbolt and USBc drives and with other hubs the drives would constantly "eject" remount and eject especially if the Mac was put to sleep. I currently have 3 drives running off this hub and everything stays connected. money well spent.