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20 Mar, 2026







£212.98 inc. VAT
AI-generated summary
For £177.58 ex-VAT, this StarTech USB4 dock is a sensible buy if you want a fairly painless multi-monitor setup in a UK office where IT doesn’t want faffing around. The big win here is “driverless” behaviour and the fact it’s designed to run three displays without making your laptop a science project. In day-to-day use—Excel dashboards on one screen, a CRM on another, plus video or docs on the third—it’s the kind of dock that just sits there and lets people get on with work.
That said, I’d only recommend it if your expectations match the typical business reality: it’s a solid single-customer/desk dock, not a replacement for a full workstation-class hub with every conceivable edge case. If you’re expecting crazy high-throughput storage docking, or you’ve got a laptop with finicky USB4/charging behaviour, you should sanity-check compatibility with your exact model before deploying broadly. Also, triple-monitor arrangements can be sensitive to cable quality and how your laptop handles video tunnelling—worth doing a quick trial on the devices you actually use.
**Who should buy:** office teams standardising on USB-C/USB4 laptops who need three-screen productivity and reliable, low-IT-overhead behaviour. **Who shouldn’t:** anyone with highly specialised peripherals, unusual laptop compatibility concerns, or who just needs a simple one- or two-monitor dock (they can usually find better value elsewhere).

STARTECH
StarTech.com USB-C Multiport Adapter, 4K 60Hz HDMI, HDR, 3-Port USB Hub, 100W Power Delivery Pass-Through, USB Type C Mini Docking Station, Certified Works with Chromebook - Windows, macOS, iPadOS, Android (104B-USBC-MULTIPORT) - Docking station - USB-C / USB4 / Thunderbolt 3 / Thunderbolt 4 - HDMI

STARTECH
StarTech.com Dual M.2 PCIe SSD Adapter Card, x8 / x16 Dual NVMe or AHCI M.2 SSD to PCI Express 4.0, Up to 7.8GBps/Drive, For 2242/2260/2280/22110mm PCIe M-Key M2 SSDs, Bifurcation Required - PC/Linux Compatible (DUAL-M2-PCIE-CARD-B) - Interface adapter - M.2 - Expansion Slot to 2 x M.2 - M.2 Card - low profile - RAID 0, 1, JBOD - PCIe 4.0 x16/x8 - red

TARGUS HARDWARE
Targus - Docking station - USB-C - 2 x HDMI, 2 x DP - 1GbE

Kensington
Kensington - Docking station - USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 / USB-C 3.2 Gen 1 / Thunderbolt 4 - 2 x HDMI, Thunderbolt 4 - 10Mb LAN