Highlights
Quality
It really does help a lot with the limited ports of the macbook and the build quality is excellent
Quality product that does all it promises
Make sure you use a quality hdmi cable when trying to activate a 4k resolution since cheap cables might not work
On first opening of the product i was blown away by the quality of the item
Price
But all in all a good product at the price
Shipping
Original unit supplied didnt work but once made aware the customer service was excellent and the fast replacement worked without issue
Competitiveness
With an uitrawide 3440x1400 lg display it drives it at 50hz rather than 60hz the apple adapter does 60hz with this screen and e... Read More
There is no problem when using the same reader with a competitors product so its not the reader at fault
I paired this with an anker 5port 60w usbc pd charger as i wanted both hdmi and charging at the same time
Helpful InsightsBETA
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Besides the short cable that connects to the computer something i was aware of and am able to live with one major problem is that the product creates tons of wifi noise and noticeable loss of wifi signal the moment you plug it in
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Tested it with connected devices and without tested it close to the router and further away
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Update the friendly folks at anker got in touch with me and tried resolving my issue and they even went so far as offering a full refund
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
This is mostly down to a known problem with apples 2016 macbook causing the output to flicker repeatedly
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
As the severity of glitches seems to vary with the combination of dongle laptop and screen here are my findingswith my old 27 apple cinema hd display with a dvi adapter its utterly unusable alternating constantly between image bluescreen image bluescreen image bluescreen about a second for each cycle
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
With an uitrawide 3440x1400 lg display it drives it at 50hz rather than 60hz the apple adapter does 60hz with this screen and exhibits the standard hdmi flickering glitch after a sleep
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Doesnt do the tearingwiping that the dell does
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I went and shelled out for the official apple dongle as a baseline to compare it against