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How to Back Up Your Business Phone System
9 Mar, 2026







£27.88 inc. VAT
AI-generated summary
The Kensington UH4000 is one of those boring-but-reliable little add-ons that solves a real daily problem: you need a couple extra USB ports and you don’t want to fight with drivers or flaky power. In a UK office, at £23.23 ex-VAT, it’s aimed at “practical” buyers—office staff with a single laptop port bottleneck, people using a USB dongle (headset/monitor adapters), or anyone who just wants dependable expansion rather than gambling on bargain hubs. Kensington’s name usually correlates with solid build and consistent behaviour, and this should be fine for typical peripherals like mice, keyboards, printers/scanners, and USB storage.
That said, I wouldn’t buy it if you’re expecting it to behave like a charging hub or to power anything power-hungry. A basic 4-port USB hub will still be limited by the laptop’s USB power, so if you’re hanging multiple external drives, docking-style devices, or anything that spikes power, you’ll likely want a hub with external power instead. Also, if you’ve got lots of high-bandwidth gear (e.g., external SSD enclosures + webcams), you might notice more “why is it lagging?” moments—again, not a hub for heavy lifting. For the price, though, it’s a good choice for straightforward port expansion where reliability matters more than fancy features.

4-Port Hub
Expand your device’s productivity capabilities by plugging your peripheral accessories into any of four available USB 3.0 ports

Plug & Play Operation
Simply plug the expansion hub into your device and it’s automatically ready to go with no need for an additional power source or driver downloads

Universal compatibility
The adapter is compatible with devices running Windows XP or above and macOS 10.6 or above

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