9 reviews for Maximize Productivity: 13-in-1 Anker USB-C Docking Station!

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   James Williams – October 24, 2025

   Excellent Docking Station with Plenty of Ports
   I picked up this Anker 13-in-1 Laptop Docking Station, and it’s been a game-changer for my setup. It has tons of ports, including USB-C, HDMI, Ethernet, SD card slots, and more, making it super convenient to connect all my devices in one place.The build quality feels solid, and everything works smoothly. The HDMI ports support dual monitors without any lag, and the charging pass-through keeps my laptop powered up while using multiple peripherals. It’s also plug-and-play, so setup was quick and easy.If you need a reliable docking station with plenty of connectivity options, this is a great choice. Works perfectly for work, gaming, or just decluttering your desk. Highly recommend!

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   Amazon Customer – October 24, 2025

   Works Great with Windows and Ubuntu/Linux
   I have had no issues running this with my work laptop HP Laptop running Windows 10 and my Dell Inspiron 17 running Ubuntu 20.10/Windows 10. Both laptops charge, and all ports seem to work well. In general, the worst part of the USB-C format is the confusing amount of different laptops that seem to implement it in different ways. Not this product’s fault; as I said, it works well with Dell and HP while my HP Laptop dock runs with both laptops, but under Ubuntu or Windows 10 on my Dell, it falls short. The HP Dock is a Thunderbolt dock, and my Dell is a Display port marked with a DP; the DP Port on my Dell does charge and allows all ports to work with this dock. I mention it because USB-C gets confusing, and mileage may vary depending on the laptop itself. My Hp is marked as Thunderbolt, and my Dell as Display Port, and this product runs wonderfully with both. I found I could get a 4k Display using the DP port on the back of the dock in Ubuntu, but I found it a little problem some and instead switched to using the two HDMI ports instead. Sometimes 4k would flicker, but that can be my older KVM Switch (1080P KVM). I don’t mind the two 1080p screens as the dock makes it so easy to switch computers. I wonder why the HDMI port only seems to pump out 1080P and the display port 4k from my experience. Still, my HP dock didn’t do 4k at all, so this dock outperformed it. I have even booted my Dell and HP Laptops with a live USB of MX Linux, and with no configuration, it worked. I just changed the display settings a bit.So to sum it up.1) Easy to use – NO Drivers to install!2) Works across Windows and Linux.3) Affordable and better than my work HP Thunderbolt dock.4) Works with USB-C marked PD or Thunderbolt.Finally, I would like to say the PD port can get confusing another port format for USB-C. At first, I thought it did not work as I plugged in USB-C devices, and it was not recognized. Then I upgraded to a new Samsung phone with USB-C PD charging support, and it charged and was recognized from the PD port on the dock. So the device has to support USB-C PD. As I said, USB-C is confusing. Now, what are you waiting for? Buy this best Dock on Amazon; it is excellent for Windows and, more importantly, great with Linux. If you have Thunderbolt, the big thing you get from a Thunderbolt dock is the quicker data transfer speeds, but you need to know your laptop supports it. For me, I don’t care about my work laptop having maximum data transfer speed. As I said, Thunderbolt does work with this also from what I can tell.1/26/2024 – I am updating this because I also wanted to note that this works great with the Surface Pro 7. The only exception is the built in wired network does not seem to get recognized, but I don’t care. I am using WIFI anyway. So Sound, video, and all other devices work perfectly.

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   M – October 24, 2025

   DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT.
   **UPDATE** Now my rear USB port has died–the only one of two standard ports that didn’t hiccup and glitch. This thing worked FAIR (front USB port always glitchy) for about a year and a half–MINUS any Mac capacities–and now is essentially an aftermarket power brick. The combination of misrepresented functionality (no Mac support despite showing Mac use), faulty design (front USB unreliable, irregular power supply to dual monitors), and poor reliability (multiple ports and functions dead within 18 months) have serious undermined my former respect for this brand.DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT.(ORIGINAL REVIEW:)Disappointing.First, it was not clear to me when I purchased this that it would not allow me to extend screens from my MacBook. There is now a slide that shows that all Mac screens will be identical. It’s possible I missed that a year and a half ago at purchase, but I think I would have noticed. In any case, claiming this is Mac compatible is inane. I don’t know anyone who purchases a docking hub so they can see 3+ screens of the SAME THING.Mac users, beware.I was willing to attribute that to careless comparisons on my part—partly based on a very high opinion of Anker in general. BUT unfortunately the problems do not end there.Though there are two standard USB ports, the way in which this device is wired makes it difficult to use them. If I place my keyboard dongle in the front USB port, and insert a flash drive into the USB-C port next to it, there is suddenly an irregular lag to my mouse movements. I cannot work all day with my mouse lagging.Of course I can move the dongle to the rear of the unit, but now my printer cable is projecting from the front and that’s the whole point of having rear USB ports. In short, why design the ports in a way that they interfere with each other?ANOTHER ISSUE is flickering in my monitor screen sometimes. I looked online and the only solution I found is turning down the refresh rate because “60 Hz on each screen is a lot for the hub to handle”. I thought 60 Hz was pretty much standard so again I’m not sure why a device would be advertised as handling up to three screens if two was going to tax it. This problem also seems intermittent but it ought to happen never.LASTLY, just this past week, the device suddenly can no longer extend more than one screen on my Windows work computer. I’ve tried two computers and multiple cables but whatever I do Windows will not recognize that I have two monitors attached and allow me to extend them. Both monitors are actually live and connected but show the same image, so somehow the hub has lost the ability to differentiate between them.Now the hub is useless. I have disconnected my second monitor from the hub and connected it directly to my laptop. I have actually moved my keyboard/mouse dongle and attached it directly to the laptop as well. This removes all purpose for having a hub at all. And again, this is for my Windows work computer—my MacBook has all these issues but would not extend screens even when the hub was fully functional.I bought this because I had faith in the Anker brand and because it was slightly less expensive than the hub Apple promoted on its website. I regret this purchase. Now I have a $150 hub that combines only two of the five cable connections I connect and disconnect every time I move my computer from work to home.Very, very disappointed. Pay more to get a better and more reliable product.

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   Nick C. – October 24, 2025

   Money well spent!
   GREAT! The Anker 575 is an amazing product. Its size is much smaller than I anticipated. However, it is a high performing docking station. I connect my MacBook Air to my external monitor to edit photos, and the quality and speed to the display is amazing. It simultaneously charges my laptop, connects it to an external display and downloads the photos from my SD card without skipping a beat. It can get a little warm when having all three of these tasks going at once; however, it handles very well for long periods of time. It is very simple out of the box and very easy to set up. I recommend this for any students or photographers that are want to expand their work space.

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   iPadUser – October 24, 2025

   No funciona al 100%, no es compatible con mi PC de HP, no funciona para el Monitor, todo lo demás como teclados externos, micrófono funciona bien, pero lo principal que es la conexión entre laptop y monitor no funciona bien.

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   Chad Infeld – October 24, 2025

   This is for the “Anker Docking Station, PowerExpand 13-in-1 USB-C Dock, 85W Charging for Laptop”** Update March 9th, 2023 **So pretty much everything in the original review stands, but there is one issue that I touched on originally about the display refresh rate and resolution that I can clarify now.To get the resolution how you want it, you need to set the monitors to the same refresh rate first, then once the resolution is set and applied, change the refresh rate. That being said, I’m not sure if the refresh rate actually changes or if it just says it does.** End of update **So I just got this about an hour ago, and everything just worked! Both in Ubuntu 22.04 and Windows 10.Here’s my setup. Everything is plugged into the dock and only the single USB-C dock cable is plugged into the laptop.Laptop: Dell XPS 13 93701TB SanDisk USB-C SSD (for booting into Ubuntu)2x Monitors + laptop monitor (One monitor is Ultra Wide 2560×1080 144Hz, other is 1080p 60Hz)- Note: I’m using one DP port and one HDMI portWireless keyboard/mouseSpeakersEthernet connection for InternetFirst of all, I was using a Dell TB16 dock before this but I had multiple issues with it. Long story short, I don’t recommend the Dell docks, especially if you use Linux.** Long story about Dell TB16 Dock **Using the Dell dock, my monitor would randomly go out, and the network only connected at 100mbps, the soundcard is super quiet (even at max volume), it’s always on and can get noisy when it heats up (it has a fan), the cable is built into the unit (non-replaceable) and is only about a foot and a half long (coming out of the left side of the unit) and the unit itself is rather large. Also, I boot off a USB-C SSD drive for Linux (which allows me to plug the USB SSD into almost any computer and boot into my Ubuntu OS); For whatever reason, I could never get it to show up as a boot option when plugged into the dock, even with ThunderBolt boot support and pre-module stuff enabled.** End of the Long story about Dell TB16 Dock **Now the Anker dock on the other hand is about a 1/4 of the size of the Dell dock, connects @ 1GB with no problem, allows me to boot off my USB-C SSD, has a power button to turn it off when not in use, it’s silent, works without having to install any drivers on either Windows or Ubuntu, comes with a decently long USB-C cable (3 ft?) to plug into the computer (which can also be replaced and yes it charges my laptop too) and the sound volume is great.There is one oddity that happened, but I was able to fix it easily enough and it’s likely not a problem with the dock but a software issue in Ubuntu. When changing the resolution + refresh rate in Ubuntu, it didn’t properly scale the resolution (the resolution was right, but much of it was cut off or shrunk down as if the monitor itself didn’t change resolutions but the computer did), I had to change the resolution + refresh rate to something else, then to what I wanted to make it work. To be clear, it worked when I plugged it in initially, but changing it to my preference required multiple changes to set it in properly. Once set, it worked as normal.I highly recommend this dock!

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   tp – October 24, 2025

   I’ve had this dock for almost a year now (a year this month). As with all the WFH situation, it was purchased for that scenario and did it’s purpose. Though it did get hot, the functionality was still there and I had no complaints.A few weeks ago, as per my morning usual, I roll out of bed and log onto work, except I noticed nothing was on. The dock was powered off (which I never power off). Any attempts to power it back on was futile. I even disassembled it from my work setup to try another outlet, different host device, etc and nothing. What I did notice was that it when it was plugged in, it was emitting this high pitch sound. Yeah, it sounded dead.After mulling around a bit, I decided to reach out to Anker. I thought maybe it wouldn’t go anywhere .. but seeing how I paid a hefty price for this, I wouldn’t expect it to die within a year.Anker supper was amazing. After supplying the proof of purchase and proof of the defect (It turned out it was the power supply that gave out), they asked me to ship it back to them and refunded me the shipping cost.Once I did, a new one was dispatched and I received it today. Looks like a different power supply as well compared to the previous. I quickly hooked everything up and everything appears to work fine. I hope this one lasts longer!Everything was done quick and efficiently with no hassles. I appreciate the customer service, 5 stars for that.

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   Richard Smith – October 24, 2025

   This docking station has proved to be perfect for my MacBook Pro, especially because it permits the connection of multiple displays. I am able to have all of my external devices: drives, controllers etc. connected and ready to go as soon as I hook up my laptop.

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   Guy Bédard – October 24, 2025

   Compact, performant et très utile.