Seeking a reliable adapter for Late 2020 Macbook Pro (M1)

[MrTk]

Folks:

Just purchaged two M1 MB Pros for my twin boys who will be going to college. BB had a really good deal ($899 each).

Anywhoo....I would like to sent them off with an adapter so they can easily drive an HDMI monitor in their dorm as well as connect, as needed, to other devices (i.e. printers, mouse, etc).

I found a $34.00 Anker USB Hub (7-in-1) with 100W power delivery that looks like it would provide more than enough connectivity. I know, Amazon reviews are really trash but its hard to ignore 10+ reviewers saying this Anker adapter fried their Macbook Pro ports, bricking some laptops.

So I thought I would ask this trusted forum if any of you have had success with a Thunderbolt-compatable hub lately, one that would work with an M1 MB Pro laptop. Or perhaps it is safer just to always plug their Laptops directly into power with one port and then not use the adapter as a powered port.

Thoughts?

TKH

 

[jav6454]

Have you looked at USB Hubs Apple sells from 3rd party?

Also, Apple offers a USB-C to HDMI, USB-A and USB-C adapter.

Click Me

 

[Novius89]

I remember before some macOS update, some power delivery hubs could brick the MacBook.

I had this anker for my mba. Sold it and got the Apple av adapter.

Couple of weeks later a macOS update came that fixed the issue apparently

 

[resolutiontime]

I'm using a Monoprice adapter.

 

[MrTk]

Thanks, everyone. I'm leaning towards trying either a Targus adapter or perhaps the apple one jav6454 posted above.

Do any of you know if the Apple HDMI and USB adapter draws power like so many 3rd party adapters do? Most I find draw 15w, so if I ahve a 61W power adapter I'll drop to getting 46W only.