I've been looking for ways to reduce clutter on my busy desk and this made all the difference. Lots of ports and lots of room to hide cables underneath. A huge upgrade from my old decommissioned printer turned laptop stand 🤣

Anker really makes some of my favorite tech items. And I have to say, this one is not an exception.The core functionality of this is to, of course, get all those dumb cords out of the way and get the desktop much more organized. At that this performs more than admirably. Main use here is as a docking station type thing for my laptop. I'm able to connect the USB-C which handles both charging and display duties to the desktop screen. Works like crazy.Appreciated though are the extreme multitudes of ports. For Time Machine I have an external drive hooked up to one of the other USB ports, and I also make regular use of the SD reader. The latter is particularly valuable since the MacBook Pro doesn't have one of those integrated.More than that though, is how well it works with my dedicated gaming laptop. The hub, again, is magnificent.Build is rock solid.Love this thing to death. It's fantastic.

Versatility is +++

I've been wanting to up my home office game and thought having a combo monitor stand and USB C hub was the answer. I'm an Anker fan boy, so my only decision was getting the 12-in-1 or the 10-in-1.My first complaint is the price difference between the 12 and 10. I opted for the 10 in 1 since an Anker wireless charger is only like $15, so why pay more to have it built into the monitor stand?I opted for a 27" monitor and was surprised that the base was too big for the stand. I get the base doesn't need to be that big, but I feel like 27" is on the smaller side these days and the Samsung monitor stand is incredibly common.I see that the stand doesn't come with a power brick and cable, but given the price and the fact that we need a 100 w brick and compatible cable, that is a corner they shouldn't cut.This next criticism is partially due to the lack of foresight of my own, but the ports are all on the left. If you are right-handed and want to wire a mouse and/or keyboard, you have to run your cables around the back, which doesn't help reduce the clutter.The unit doesn't come with documentation, which, I get it, plug plugs into plug, but the ports are so poorly laid out, I was scratching my head about which USB C ports should be used for what. If I were to design this, the primary power source would be on the back or bottom.One of the better features is the cable channeling on the bottom with HDMI, the input cable, ethernet, and a USB port on the bottom.My complaints aside, it was the best option I saw for price and features.

I have a number of computers spread across two desks in my office/lab/makerspace. My secondary desk has a Mac Mini, a Beelink Windows 11 micro PC, and a Caldigit dock for Macbook Pro, along with a KVM switch to switch between them. The monitor is mounted on an arm, so I'm using this stand to hold the Caldigit dock, the mini PC, a multiport 240W USB power supply ( which also powers this dock), and some small speakers on top, while the Mac Mini and KVM switch are underneath. It really tidies up my desk and gives me more room to work with.The dock features are pretty robust. For now it's acting as the dock to my mini PC as I don't use the Mac Mini that often. I continue to use the Caldigit for my MacBook Pro dock.I have a number of Anker products and have always been impressed with their quality and presentation -- very "Apple like" in their fit & finish. This monitor stand dock, while a little pricey, is no different.