Samsonite USB Cube

Comments about Samsonite USB Cube:

The desktop presentation and organization that The Cube added to my daily work flow was great. I needed the extra USB ports but mostly the CF card reader for my Canon 7D.

One day, the card felt funny going in and the cube would not recognize the card. Upon examining the CF slot in The Cube, I noticed a pin missing. It never showed up anywhere, even weeks later.

Comments about Samsonite USB Cube:

I bought one of these Samsonite USB cubes to use with my laptop when I travel. The laptop only has 2 USB ports available, and I need simultaneous support for a USB thumbdrive, a USB mouse, and various camera (media) cards. The USB support for the cube seems to work OK which is why I give it 1 star ... otherwise I would give it ZERO stars because the support for my media cards STINKS. I have NOT gotten the cube to solidly recognize either a CF card or an SDHC card under a Windows 7 system or any of 3 Win XP SP3 systems. Both of the cards were formatted properly under Win XP in a different media adapter and have a few test files on them and work perfectly in another Multi-media card port.

Interestingly enough, I actually CAN get the SDHC card (but NOT the CF card) to work solidly ... SOMETIMES ... when I boot my primary LINUX Mint 8 sytem from a Thumbdrive plugged directly into the laptop. It is a complex procedure to get the media cards to work, and sometimes the 'cube' gets confused and I have to reboot the Linux system to get it to work again. It still absolutely refuses to work at all with the CF card plugged in unless a USB thumbdrive is plugged in at the same time! The 'cube' is a really STRANGE animal.

There is absolutely NO contact or support information on the 'cube' or on any of the packaging material.

So, don't waste your money if you want reasonable access to media cards with this device.

Comments about Samsonite USB Cube:

So I wanted something handy to use with my Tablet while on travel. I was a little leery about ordering this due to the lack of information available. I even spoke with a staples rep who couldn't find any info (Not Good Staples). But I took a chance, and I'm happy I did.

OK, con's first. It is bigger than I thought, about 2.25"L x 2.25W x 1.5"H, Second, it doesn't feel very solid, but only time will tell on that.

OK, here are some specs that when I looked I couldn't find (From the Packaging):

*Complaint w/USB 2.0, DTR 480MBPS, Over current protection per port, plug & Play, pull string carry case.

"If you connect a high power device which gets all its power from the USB to one of the USB ports it is not possible to use the other USB ports anymore. A high power device is a device that draws more than 100mA, for example, external hard discs. For low power devices (less than 100mA) it is possible to connect three devices at the same time, for example, mice, keyboards, printers with AC adapters."

Supported OS: Win98SD/2000/ME/XP/Vista&7; Mac OSX v10.27 or higher for USB 2.0 mode.

Supported Memory Cards:
Slot 1 - CF I/ CF II
Slot 2 - SDHC/SD/MMC/MMCD/RS/MMC/Mini SD
Slot 3 - T-Flash/Micro SD+:M2
Slot 4 - MS/MS Pro/MS Duo Pro/ MS Duo
Slot 5 - XD Card
Then 3 USB ports.
It comes with a USB - Mini USB cable (No external power source)

I can't tell you anything about the carry case because mine did not come with one like it should have, Staples it making that right for me though.

Hope this helps!