CalDigit Thunderbolt 4 Element Hub - 4X USB4 Ports, USB 3.2 Gen2 10Gb/s, Single 8K or Dual 4K Displays, 60W Charging, 0.8m Cable

The reversible design is a great touch that makes this dock a standout for a clean desktop device. Well thought out specifications and choices to achieve a vision. Works well with a Dell Precision 5380 and Asus Zephyrus G16 2025 both with an Intel Thunderbolt 4 controller, as well as an Asus G14 2024 with an AMD processor and USB4. All devices were able to charge and daisy chain USB-C adapters with displayport passthrough. Data transfers have been a breeze with the TB4/USB4 datalink easily saturating the USB 3.2 Gen2x1 10Gbps controller of my external storage.

TLDR: A pricey but fantastic USB hub that's worth the cost for PC users, despite a few minor quirks. It was a lifesaver for decluttering my desk and works flawlessly.I was a little hesitant to buy this hub at first. Looking at the company's website, it seemed like it was more of an Apple or laptop accessory, and my use case was for my PC. I just had way too many things to plug into USB-A and USB-C ports. My setup was a mess, with extension cables and adapters running everywhere. I've used cheap USB hubs before, and they underwhelming at best.This product is fantastic. It saved me from "USB extension cable hell," and every device I've tried works perfectly through it. It's not cheap, but for me, it's worth every penny.I did run into a couple of minor issues, though. First, there was something odd about the way it arrived, especially considering the price point. It's not a big deal, but it was strange. I won't get into the details, since those kinds of comments can sometimes keep a review from being approved. Either way, there was definitely a degree of nonsense there for me.The second thing is that if you're in a very quiet room and you're sensitive to sound, this hub makes a slight noise when it's plugged in. My wife noticed it, and when I get close enough, I can hear it, too. I always have earbuds or headphones on when I'm working, so it doesn't bother me at all. It's a very personal thing, kind of like not being able to deal with a fan or white noise.Neither of the above issues was enough to knock off a star for me, but it's maybe helpful (at least the second one) to know before you buy.I hope this review helps other PC users who are in the same boat. You're not "rolling the dice" with this hub. I can't recommend it enough.

If you need more ports, the Caldigit Express Thunderbolt 4 hub is a very good solution. Since it has its own power supply, it also solves a potential issue with too many peripherals attached to a Mac Studio’s ports causing intermittent disconnects. I had this problem with an external NVME SSD enclosure, and adding this hub solved the problem. My setup successfully recovered from two power outages, powering back up and reconnecting to all my monitors and peripherals. Note, my setup also runs on a UPS to ensure proper shutdown and restart of my computer.

Use with multiple SSD to connect to an iMac. Reliable. Compact. Enough power to also connect an Apple DVD burner while connecting 3 SSD via Thunderbolt.

The CalDigit Thunderbolt 4 Element Hub is a well-built and reliable hub. I’ve been using it with my Mac Mini M4 Pro, and it performs consistently — excellent data transfer speeds, stable connectivity, and clean power delivery.However, I wish it had more Thunderbolt 4 ports instead of four USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A ports. Having more 40Gb/s TB4 ports would have made it perfect for high-end setups with multiple external drives or displays.Overall, it’s a great hub for most users, but power users might want more Thunderbolt flexibility.

Update: I've lowered this review to one start because for some reason some how, using this with linux on a 2017 Macbook, broke it so it can no longer charge. All usbC ports no longer charge the mac book so its basically dead.This hub murdered my computer.tl;dr My two monitors and displays work beautifully on Linux Mint 22.1, it refuses to accept input from any device that uses USB-ALong Version:I have a Mac M1 that is my work machine and a 2017 Mac Pro that runs Linux Mint 22.1 (which is is Ubuntu based, and Ubuntu is Debian based), and I have two monitors that are thunder bolt/USB-C, keyboard, mouse, microphone and webcam. When I am not using the work machine, I would like to use my setup with my non work computer. This dock pitched its self as a solution to that, which was just swap one USB-C plug when you want to use the other computer, given the this version of Linux did support display over USB when plugged in directly.On the M1 Mac running OSX, everything works no issues. When I tried it with the the 2017 Mac Pro, the monitors work great, but for some reason it will not forward the inputs of my keyboard, mouse, microphone and webcam all of which are USB-A.I haven't had time to diagnose this but since I can't use my keyboard and mouse (gonna need those to diagnose it), I had to plug my old crappy wavlink dock which while has issues with displays never had an issue with input peripherals (ie, keyboard, mouse, microphone and webcam.).I know "Linux" is not officially supported, but that's just a sorry excuse these days for cheeping out on labor and paying people. You can support 90% of Linux distro's by just supporting Debian and Arch. Any other bespoke distro and that user can probably fix their own problems.Two stars because it did work on OSX, which is a UNIX system btw....