Great device for a modern laptop with only USB C ports. For your $45 (at time of review) you get enough expansion to do normal things like connect your drives or other devices like controllers. I use mine for audio, external drives, SDXC Cards, and sometimes ethernet. Obviously some of those require USB devices, like my USB sound card. I haven't had any issues with mine thus far, nor did I want to spend $150 on one of the more capable ones. Happy with this one.