Plugable USB C Laptop Docking Station, Dual Monitor 4K 60Hz for Apple Mac M1/M2/M3/M4, 2X HDMI or 2X DisplayPort, 100W Charging DisplayLink Dock, 2 Displays for MacBook, Driver Required (UD-6950PDH)

I work mainly from home and wanted a docking station that I could use to switch between my work laptop and my home laptop easily and that would work well with my monitors while allowing me to hook up a speaker and webcam. One of the challenges is that my work laptop is a Mac and my personal laptop is a Windows machine. I initially thought a Thunderbolt docking station would work well for me, but, while my work laptop can handle Thunderbolt, my personal laptop has an ARM architecture and cannot work with a Thunderbolt device. Enter the Plugable UD-6950PDH. I learned about it because I originally bought a Thunderbolt docking station from Plugable which didn't work for me and their customer support team was able to guide me to a device that would work for me even considering the power requirements that I had. They provided guidance on the software that I'd have to install to make it work with my two machines and made it super easy.Once I had this device, I then had an issue with audio dying. And to make a long story short, the webcam I was using was interfering with proper functioning of the docking station. But, what I loved is that the customer support technician that I worked with actually dug into the log files that I sent him to find out exactly what was causing the issue. Not a lot of customer support teams would go that far.This device merits 5 stars on the basis of the cusomer support I've experienced around it, but it also works great! I can use my two-monitor set-up (almost) seamlessly with my two machines. The docking station runs quietly and smoothly. I love it!

Great device!! Works beautifully

The whole purpose of Thunderbolt 4 was to be able to have an all in one port where you can connect almost anything to it and just have it work! Apple is supposed to be a company that always prioritizes user experience yet they don't provide their own dock and leave it to third party manufactures to make their own all in one dock. They baffle me on this one. The sad truth is the majority of third party thunderbolt docks suck! They either don't work at all or at best only work half the time! This Plugable dock works great with both my monitors plugged in every time I connect the thunderbolt cable from the dock to my 14 inch 2021 Macbook Pro! The only caveat is to get both my monitors to work I had to use the display port cable on both monitors into the dock and install the software. For some reason HDMI doesn't work with both monitors for me (could be a bad HDMI cable). I give it a 4.5/5 total! The only reason I don't give it a 5 is because on some rare occasions when I plug the thunderbolt cable back in my MBP it doesn't show the login screen automatically and I just have to manually turn my monitors on (they automatically turn off if they are not plugged in) then hit any key on the keyboard then the login screen shows up but otherwise other than those rare glitches both my monitors turn on automatically upon plugging in the cable and hitting any key on the keyboard and pass through charging works great too!

This worked well enough but there were a few incompatibilities that surfaced with the DisplayLink drivers. Ultimately, I went with one a little (a lot) more expensive since I end up using these for 6+ years. A couple of things to note for those looking at compatibility.Pros:* 2 External Displays worked just fine. I had one connected via Display Port (DP) and the other on HDMI, worked perfectly fine with 1080p @ 60Hz (all i have available to test).* Charging the M2 worked great.* USB 3.0 external drives had solid performance.Cons:* The built in OSX Nightshift feature does not work with the DisplayLink driver. You can use f.lux, but it will only work with DisplayPort connections. If you have a monitor that does not support DP, an HDMI to DP converter will not resolve this issue. It has to be DP from monitor to dock.* Hulu and various other video streaming services would render a black, audio would work but no video while watching in Chrome. I had to disable hardware acceleration to get videos to play properly.* You HAVE to install and RUN the displaylink manager. If you exit the application, you'll lose those external monitors. Running the application does require some resources, I think I saw the manager running about 12% CPU but i never noticed lag or anything like that while using it.* I could never get the unlock with Apple Watch feature to work properly, I believe it was related to general incompatibility with screen saver usage and the display link adapter.Generally, the hub worked great. To find one that had full compatibility I had to pay double the price $399, so if you don't want to pay that much and can work with the above quirks, this is actually a great deal on a solid hub.

I purchased this product to get my laptop off my desk and connect to 2 displays. I selected this product because it had multiple HDMI ports which was needed for my configuration. Setup was easy enough, but I had issues initially with the dock disconnecting from everything, and the only resolution was to unplug/replug. After a few days, these issues calmed down and I didn't think about the dock at all, which I think is the state you want to get to with a product like this.After changing my desk configuration though, issues abounded, with the dock disconnecting multiple times within a few minutes, interrupting productivity and becoming extremely frustrating. It does eventually seem to get to a workable state, but I'm not convinced yet of stable reliability with this product. Plugable's tech support mainly just suggests to disconnect everything, and reconnect in a certain order, but this doesn't always resolve the issues. If you value your sanity, I'd look elsewhere for a laptop docking solution.