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Hey all. I’ve been looking for a small, basic USB-C hub with pass through power. Like literally just 4 USB-C ports, a short cable and a USB-C power in. No extra nonsense, just a minimal way to connect an SSD, a monitor, and power to my deck, and charge a peripheral if necessary. It seems unreasonably hard to find! Any suggestions?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

I don’t use this for my Steam Deck ever but it works great for my MacBook. I found mine cheaper on eBay.

https://ezq.com/usb-c-slim-gen-2-hub-adapter-6-in-1-details.html

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

To be honest, I haven't really seen any usb-c only hubs. All the Steam deck focused ones are covered up with USB-A ports and at least one HDMI.

Looking on amazon, I see this one and this one. Is that the kind of thing you're looking for? Edit: ok, looking at those further they don't actually support video over usb-C. Here's one with 4 usb-c ports and video output.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

That last one is exactly what I’m looking for, thanks

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Tragus makes one. It's okay. Out of 30 users I hear that they sometimes need to reseat it when it stops working. Might be related to the users connecting it to a docking station and reconnecting a laptop to it once or twice a day.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I’ve had a scootch through their website, but it seems that all their products have hdmi/USB-A on them somewhere, I just want USB-C and pass through power. Was there a specific one of their devices that does that? I may well have missed it, they seem to make a whole lot of stuff!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

Ahh, that's right, they are c to a.