Thoughts on the Corsair TBT100 Thunderbolt dock?

[adib]

Anybody is using the Corsair TBT100 Thunderbolt dock? What's your thoughts on it?

It looks like the dock ticks all my needs:

• 85 watt power delivery
• 2 HDMI 4K@60
• Gigabit Ethernet
• 2 USB-C downstream ports.
• 2 USB-A downstream ports.
• SD Card
• Headphone jack.

It lacks a downstream Thunderbolt port though. But I still have three more of that in case I need it.

The device costs significantly less than the Caldigit TS3 plus (asking price is about USD 281 in my area).

I wonder how it performs in the real world? What's the pitfalls? How reliable it is?

 

[NatatorD]

I've been very impressed with mine, with one of the latest MBPs and an LG screen ... until this week, when I've run into a couple of small problems:

1: If you plug one of the Apple Magsafe chargers, the round one for phones, it doesn't charge the phone at all. Have tried both USC-C outputs. Not overly impressed with that I admit. Can get around it by inputting power directly, rather than through the dock, so though it would be nicer to power the way I want it really isn't a deal killer.

2) I have a small soundbar I put under the monitor. This has audio input (3.5mm jack), which comes out of the 3.5mm jack on the dock. It also has USB-A input for power. If I try and take the power off the dock I get awful interference on the speaker. I'm still looking into this but it seems to be ok if I power it directly, rather than via the dock. Don't take this as a negative though as it may well be the speaker's problem, rather than the dock.

Overall I'd give it 4/5 stars. It loses the star due to the Magsafe issue, but overall I'm fairly happy with it and build quality seems excellent.