“I was having problems with my mini PC - I was copying files from a DVD to a USD SSD, and it kept failing, I was able to copy either from the DVD drive to the machines hard drive, or from the machines hard drive to the USB HDD, but not directly. The ability of this USB hub to be powered has solved that problem, and as it is from the PiHut, I know that the quality willl be first rate.”
“Very useful place to put the dongle for the wireless keyboard/mouse, especially if you also need to attach, say, a USB memory stick. Could use a longer cable.”