Baseus Docking Station, Spacemate(Win) 11 in 1, Triple Display, 4K HDMI and DP, 10Gbps USB A/C Ports, Gigabit Ethernet, 100W PD, Audio, Laptop Docking Station for Windows/Dell/HP/Lenovo/Asus/Acer/Mac

[UPDATE: it works now!]. worked like a dream … for a week.
read the UPDATE at the bottom for the happy ending…*************INITAL REVIEW:BaseUS for Mac, running on a 2024 M4 Pro Max.Initially, it worked beautifully … for a week. I have an M4 mac and after installing the driver, it displayed to the laptop display and 2 separate monitors via HDMI. Also plugged in where a webcam to the USB-A, an ethernet cable, and power to the incoming USB-C port. I used the macbook’s power supply to power the hub.I was happy. For a week. I then left on a trip and returned a week later. Pluged my macbook back in and … nothing on either external monitor.I tried:restarting the macbookrestarting the monitorsrestarting the BaseUS (well, unplugging it, unplugging everything from it, waiting a minute, and plugging it back in)using only one monitor (each external in turn)I can validate the cables are working by plugging them directly into the macbook. I can also validate the monitors are working by plugging them directly into the macbook via hdmi.When both monitors are connected to the hub, the front panel lights show the external monitors are connected. The indicator lights also show when the webcam is connected, as well as power. and ethernet. The webcam is recognized and usable by the macbook. Only the displays are buggered.I tried doing the “press option while in the display control panel” trick to force the macbook to recognize the monitors. It did not work.As a final step, I tried with the 3rd HDMI port. (previously I’d only used 1 and 2)Connecting the HDMI to the third port, video appeared on an external monitor. (this, of course, does not work for me since I need two external monitors)I honestly don’t remember if I’d only ever used ports 1 and 2, but it seems perhaps both of those ports are bad. Poor soldering and the physical ports are buggered? The only pressure on them is from HDMI cables coming out the back and draping down to where they enter cable management … so really, no pressure at all.While I’ve seen multiple reviews regarding the company being very responsive, this is for work and I need a replacement soonest. I’ll be ordering another and returning this one to Amazon. Hopefully it was a one-off and the next will work. I’ll update this review once the next one arrives and I can determine if it works past a week.I’m leaving two stars instead of one because hey…at least the other features still work. ¯_(ツ)_/¯***********************************UPDATE: (spoiler: it was not a hardware problem. And they have *AMAZING* customer service!!)I received my second unit only to find … it was doing exactly the same thing as the one I already had! So something was up. I’d gotten rid of the previous one’s packaging because, hey, it was working great and if something did go wrong, I was sure the manual was available in a pdf somewhere. (sneak peek .. it was/is. I just somehow missed it)When it stopped working I searched high and low to find a manual. The BASEUS site had a page for the model, but somehow I completely missed the manual. Find it here: https://support.baseus.com/product/452/Spacemate-Series-11-in-1-(MAC)-Docking-Station?n=mxobwklbv9I opened up the manual (printed with probably 6 point type ferchrissakes .. my eyes are OLD, people!) with the new unit I received and – there it was – the note that the unit needed a driver and the magic link to find it. (here it is for some poor soul coming after me:https://www.synaptics.com/products/displaylink-graphics/downloads ). I downloaded the installer and re-ran it only to be kindly informed “You’ve already got the newest version.”Oh. Right. Ok, I knew that.So what’s the problem?! I can’t believe I got *another* unit that happened to be borked in exactly the same way that my current one is. (when the current one initially worked great)Now here’s the rub. These aren’t exactly “drivers” … it’s a driver set/program pack. When you install the driver it launches the controller program and everything works splendidly. However, if you subsequently reboot, the multi monitor feature of the hub stops working UNTIL you relaunch the program – DisplayLink Manager. DisplayLink Manager DOES have an option to relaunch at system restart. But was that enabled by default on install? (you can guess). So from where I sat, the unit just … stopped working. And nowhere – I mean *NOWHERE* online did I find someone saying “oh, yeah. You not only need those third party drivers – the controller needs to be running or things won’t work”.I was expecting a driver to be, well, a driver. Something that, once installed, I didn’t have to think about again. But even THAT could be forgiven if there had been documentation somewhere that detailed what needed to be done. Even the manual simply had a reference to the driver and nothing more. An additional line saying “make sure you set DisplayLink Manager to launch automatically after login” would have saved no end of trouble. Or even better – a big ‘ol notification at the end of the install.In the end, the hardware is fine.I was going to update the review, but only bump it to four stars. But I’m putting it at 5. Why? Because, for everything else that went wrong and frustrating and caused me to burn time … the company saw this review, contacted me, and offered to refund the purchase price. No hassle, no argument, no nothing. Just “we’re sorry it caused you inconvenience”.I can forgive an *awful* lot for proactive, respectful customer service like that. So five stars it is.

Solid feel. No surprises — it just works!
I decided to replace my old desktop computer (can’t run Windows 11) with a new Dell laptop. That drove me to buy a docking station to provide all the ports I need (4 USB-A, 2 USB-C, 2 HDMI, and audio). I purchased a different brand of docking station from Amazon, for about half the price of the Baseus Spacemate. After connecting it up, it seemed to work fine. All my USB devices worked, and both of my HDMI monitors (3440×1440 and 2560×1440) worked fine. But after the computer went to sleep and woke up again, only one of my monitors was active. Windows “Display settings” said there was only one monitor connected. I tried everything I could think of — rebooting, power cycling, plugging and unplugging every HDMI connector, and the USB-C plug from the docking station to my laptop. I tried several other things, including buying a 100W power supply to replace the 65W one that came with my laptop. No joy. It was time to try a different docking station.I went back to Amazon and found a Baseus Spacemate docking station that had the functionality that I wanted. It was almost twice the price, but I didn’t know what else to try. Amazon offered overnight, early morning delivery, so I bought it. When it arrived I had a very nice out of box experience. Even the cellophane wrapping around the box was done to precision. The box was a work of art, with everything fitting precisely, like a precision machine. It was the same feeling I have when unboxing a new iPhone, where they think of everything, and you want to keep the packaging.Regarding the docking station itself, It has the feel of a very quality unit — a good, hefty, solid feel. I liked it before I had connected up a single cable. After connecting everything up, I turned it on (using my 100W power supply), and it just worked — as advertised. It is only very mildly warm to the touch after running with everything turned on for a couple of hours. There are two downsides compared to the other docking station I had tried. First, the 2X price. Secondly, it’s quite a bit bulkier, and I probably wouldn’t want to travel with it. But in my case, if I’m traveling, I don’t need all the other peripherals, so I don’t need the docking station on the road. (OK, one complaint — the printing in the little user’s manual was WAAYYY too small for a person of my age to read.) I’m very happy with the Baseus unit, and I’ll soon recover from the higher price. I hope I’ll still feel the same way in a year.

Ricorda vagamente l’entità sconosciuta dell’iconico film di Kubrick, ma è una potente docking station a forma di parallelepipedo che dispone di ben 11 porte di comunicazione per la gioia degli utenti più esigenti. La scelta di un design verticale così esclusivo non mira tanto all’aspetto estetico quanto a rendere più ordinata la gestione dei cavi che possono occupare spazio sulla scrivania. Dispone di un grande display a LED che visualizza lo stato di funzionamento delle periferiche e ci informa su quale porta è collegato il dispositivo. Prevede inoltre un pulsante di blocco dello schermo per abilitare l’accesso selettivo al PC e proteggere le informazioni che non vogliamo condividere.Oltre al display, il frontale della docking station contiene un ingresso USB-A e uno USB-C contrassegnati dal colore arancione, segno distintivo che le porte di comunicazione funzionano con una velocità di 10 Gbps. Sul dorso si concentrano il grosso delle porte a partire da due ingressi HDMI + due DISPLAYPORT in grado di riprodurre filmati in 4K fino a 60Hz. Seguono una porta USB-A 2.0 per il collegamento di periferiche standard e una porta USB-A 3.2 per trasferimenti ad alta velocità. È inoltre presente un ingresso JACK da 3,5 millimetri per cuffia e un ingresso RJ45 per collegamenti LAN in grado di supportare velocità fino a 1 Gbps. Infine, come ciliegina sulla torta, è presente una porta PD da 100 Watt che, oltre alla ricarica rapida, permette di alimentare dispositivi ad alto assorbimento elettrico quali hard disk meccanici e lettori DVD esterni.Nelle prove sul campo la BASEUS non tradisce le aspettative. Una volta inserito il robusto cavo in tessuto all’ingresso USB-C del computer, la docking station viene riconosciuta secondo quattro diverse interfacce (BILLBOARD). Sulle porte arancioni i dischi SSD raggiungono velocità di trasferimento elevatissime anche se non equiparabili agli standard Thunderbolt. Un file di 10 Gb viene copiato ad una velocità iniziale di 800 Mbps per poi stabilizzarsi intorno ai 200 Mbps, tutto sommato nella media dei dischi con interfaccia SATA.Nel complesso, la docking station rispecchia caratteristiche di fascia alta e rappresenta un accessorio risolutivo per i portatili che non dispongono di porte aggiuntive con prestazioni elevate. A suo favore gioca l’aspetto esteriore, una scocca in alluminio pregiato dal design decisamente accattivante. Inoltre, grazie alla sua base magnetica sganciabile, può essere collocato in qualsiasi punto della scrivania senza occupare eccessivo spazio, facilitando in questo modo l’accesso alle periferiche. Nel momento in cui scrivo il costo non è particolarmente contenuto, ma è in parte giustificato dalla qualità complessiva del prodotto e dal marchio assolutamente affidabile.PRO- Elevata qualità costruttiva- Design originale in alluminio- 11 porte di comunicazione- 2 porte HDMI + 2 DISPLAYPORT (4K/60Hz)- 2 porte USB-A + 1 USB-C a 10 Gbps (3.2)- 1 porta USB-A a 480 Mbps (2.0)- 1 porta Ethernet a 1 Gbps- 1 porta jack 3,5 mm per cuffia- 1 porta PD da 100 Watt- 1 cavo USB-C di collegamento- Base magnetica sganciabile- Compatibile con Windows/Android/IOS- Guida rapida in lingua italianaCONTRO- Nulla di rilevante

Un portento!Docking station molto bella esteticamente e ricchissima di ingressi e/o uscite, che non sto a descrivere, in quanto basta leggere le info del costruttore.Utilizzo questa docking station per collegare il mio laptop con uno schermo in 4K e la risoluzione è perfetta.Visto che il mio laptop non ha molte porte, il collegamento tramite l’unico cavetto usb-c è perfetto.Quello che posso dire è che sulla scrivania fa il suo effetto e non occupa molto spazio: inoltre non ha bisogno di essere alimentata con un ulteriore cavo, ma basta collegarla con il solo cavetto usb-c al PC.Oltre al cavo hdmi video, la utilizzo anche per collegare il cavo di rete, un tramettitore usb, ma può essere sfruttata molto di più di come la utilizzo.Sul davanti è presente un display led che ci indica le porte che stiamo utilizzando: utilissimo.E’ presente anche una porta usb-c ed una usb-A: ho provato a ricaricare il telefono tramite questa porta ma la docking è andata in crisi e in effetti occorre un adattatore, non incluso.Altra chicca è la base magnetica, sotto alla quale è presente un potente adesivo (attualmente protetto da una pellicola trasparente).Sulla parte alta è presente un comodissimo tasto che mette in standby il PC.Infine, anche dopo ore di utilizzo, la docking non scalda affatto.Davvero un oggetto completo che toglie tantissimi cavi dalla scrivania.La consiglio vivamente.