How to choose a best docking station(port replication) ?

At present, the prevailing docking stations brands are Philips, Anker, Weallans, Xiaomi, Lenovo etc. Generally speaking, Philips and Wellans are recommended for the aim of cost performance. Anker and Lenovo are generally selected for the aim of brand and performance. However, no matter what product is selected, we should think about the product itself and clarify our own needs firstly. Choose the corresponding product attributes.

Basically, there are 3 steps to choose a docking station:

First, clarify your own requirements and the required interface type.

Second, Learn about the interface of your computer and see if the port replication can meet your needs.

Third, Select the appropriate docking station. In the stage of defining the requirements, it is mainly necessary to know which devices you need to use outside the docking station. The conventional ones are keyboard and mouse, network cable, SD card, SSD, display etc. the interfaces required by these devices are mainly classified to 4 purposes and 8 categories. It can be said that buying the docking station is buying the interfaces, so you should first understand what you need.Here we go below.

After that to check over the interface performance of your notebook, focus on the interface protocol. Generally speaking, the most common thing to pay attention to is to know whether the computer supports thunderbolt 3. If not, you can only buy an ordinary docking station, and can not get high-performance transmission. Well, maybe you might need to think about buying a new notebook. If the computer interface is equipped with thunderbolt 3 protocol, you can choose a a port replicator with thunderbolt 3 and grasp a stronger performance.

Finally, think about the price and brand. For almost buyers, we recommend a few of docking stations based on cost performance rule. These docking stations are prevailing and with the highest praise at present. I believe it will be helpful to you.

In terms of the prices ranges from 30$ to 300$, we help you to choose the docking station suitable for WIN notebook / MacBook / iPad! Here recommends several docking stations worth buying. You can choose according to your needs. First recommendation of ordinary docking station: the most recommended is Weallans. The biggest feature of Weallans in low-cost port replicator is first-tier-brand performance and excellent heat dissipation. As I know that Weallans is the OEM supplier of both XIAOMI and LENOVO. People who have experience on the docking station know that many brands, such as UGREEN, have serious heat problem. Good heat dissipation is very important still. Here recommends two for you. Weallans A1002 and Weallans B0707 have lower prices. In addition to VGA interface, other common interfaces are available. As long as you don't have a projector or old-fashioned display, this one is the most recommended one. It has high cost performance and complete interfaces. Price is 35$ only.

Weallans A1002

TYPE-C TO USB3.0*2+HDMI+VGA+SD+TF+PD 7-iN1

Weallans C0914

Type C TO HDMI+USB3.0*1+USB2.0+SD/TF(2.0）+CF(2.0）+PD with Light

For high performance, I prefer to recommend Weallans thunderbolt 3 series, D0201 and D0302 are docking stations certified by XIAOMI and LENOVO. After rigorous testing by the two companies, the quality is very guaranteed. They are 12 in 1 thunderbolt 3 docking station from Weallans, and the price is about 325$, which is relatively expensive, so I don't often recommend it.

D0201

D0302

However, Weallans has newly launched a 7-in-1 lightning docking station, which has greatly reduced the price, At a price of 225$, you can enjoy high-quality thunderbolt 3 docking station, which is still very good.

These above are the docking station products I recommended. I hope they can be helpful to you.