StarTech.com 4-Port USB 2.0 Hub - Metal Industrial USB-A Hub - Din Rail, Wall or Desk Mountable USB Data Hub - TAA Compliant USB Expander Hub

Product Overview

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For £57.76 ex-VAT, this StarTech 4‑port USB 2.0 hub is one of those “boring but dependable” bits of kit you buy to solve a specific deployment problem: you need extra USB ports in an industrial-ish setting and you don’t want it flapping about on a desk. The metal build and the mountable design (DIN rail/wall/desk) is exactly the sort of thing that makes life easier for facilities teams, integrators, and anyone building small but permanent setups—think ticketing peripherals, barcode scanners, label printers, or other low-bandwidth USB devices that don’t need the latest standards.

That said, it’s USB 2.0 and four ports only, so I wouldn’t use it as a “general office hub” in 2026 where people expect fast external storage, webcams, or anything bandwidth-hungry. Also, don’t assume it’s ideal for high-power USB devices—if you’re connecting anything that draws significant power, you’ll still want to sanity-check whether the hub is enough or whether a powered hub would be safer. If your use case is mainly data from modest USB peripherals and you care about a fixed, solid mounting solution, it’s good value. If you just need flexible desk expansion, there are usually cheaper non-industrial hubs that do the same job—at the cost of not being able to mount properly.