[General Accessories] Alberto96:
UCOUSO 14-in-1 USB C Docking Station with USB-PD

Unboxing

The Docking Station comes in a nice eco-friendly packaging, with a dedicated 18V power supply required to power-up the whole dock and two replacement rubber stripes with different sizes. Unfortunately it doesn't include a Type-C to USB-A adapter neither a Type-C Power Supply, something i would expect for this price target.

As regards the Materials, the main chassis is made of Aluminum, well polished with no imperfections, while on each side there is a plastic cover. Build Quality is just excellent, nothing to complain about.

On the upper, or front, side there is a plain surface with just the UCOUSO logo and the rubber stripe required reduce the slipperiness of the surface itself, otherwise the laptop would not stay in place.

While on the lower, or back, side there are four rubber feet and the indications for each port. It is weird that there is no model indication anywhere.

Starting from one end of the back side, there is 1x DC Input port (for the 18V power supply), 1x 3.5mm Headphone Jack (Generic USB Audio Card), 1x MicroSD Card Slot, 1x Full-Size SD Card Slot...

Here you can see how both SD Card slots are designed, unfortunately the full-size SD doesn't fit entirely (less than half of it), probably the only design flaw found for this product.

...4x USB 3.0 ports (VIA-branded USB Controller)...

...and finally 1x 10/100/1000MBps LAN Port (Realtek GBe LAN Controller), 2x HDMI Outputs and 1x Mini DisplayPort.

On one side of the dock there is a VGA port, while on the other side there is a USB Type-C input port for USB Power Delivery (not necessary, it works fine even without it) and the main USB Type-C cable.

Usage and Performance

Thanks to this adapter, i was able to test the product using my Laptop that doesn't feature any native USB-C port. Hopefully it will be included in the package for the next revisions, since it expands the product compatibility a lot.

As regards the internal hardware info, it is made of:

1x VIA VLxxx Chipset for the USB 3.0 HUB

1x Another VIA VLxxx Chipset for the Internal USB 2.0 HUB

1x Genesys Logic GLxxxx Card Reader (connected to the USB 3.0 HUB)

1x Realtek RTL8153 Chipset for the LAN Controller (connected to the USB 3.0 HUB)

1x Generic USB Audio Card (connected to a separate USB 2.0 HUB)

1x Unknown Controller for the Video Output Ports (unlisted)

Starting from the USB HUB, it works perfectly with no performance loss compared to the main USB ports, as shown here.

The SD Reader, even if not made by a well-known brand, is excellent, better than the Realtek PCIe SD controller i have on my laptop. Impressive, with no doubts. It supports SD UHS-III cards, tested with a Sandisk Extreme MicroSD card.

Conclusions

I won't stop saying that this is an impressive piece of hardware, but all comes at a cost. Overall, both materials and hardware are 100% premium, it doesn't lack any feature, but it lacks some accessories.

Can it be declared perfect? Surely not, but it gets close. Being a newly released product it is "normal" for companies to place it on the market at the maximum price (see Samsung or other brands with the new flagships), so if you can afford this masterpiece, then i can definitely recommend it, otherwise, wait for some discounts, hopefully coming in the next few months.

Still, if UCOUSO will include some accessories with the next revisions, no one would complain ^^.

Pros:

- Excellent Build Quality

- Impressive SD Reader Performance

- No performance loss using the USB HUB

- Full of any sort of I/O port

Cons:

- Really expensive

- No Type-C to USB-A adapter included for legacy support

- No Type-C Power Supply for USB-PD

Rating: 8.5

Packaging and Accessories: 8

Design and Materials: 10

Performance and Usage: 10

Price: 6 (based on Amazon price)

Official Product page: http://www.ucouso.com/product/alumi...ging-port-dc-4-ports-usb-3-0-docking-station/

You can find full-res images (I know, Quality isn't excellent) here: https://imgur.com/a/JranM​