The working from home thread: tips and advice

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Soul in reply to @Fox

Issue with that one is that it doesn't have passthrough charge. Assuming the surface pro charges through the USB C port, you can't charge and use the hub.

Best to find one that has a USB C port on the hub that accepts power...

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Fox in reply to @Soul

Yeah I recommended that one because @hoefla doesn't need passthrough charge and they're more expensive!

I might though - I'm currently trying to get my head around it. I don't need a USB-C dock because my monitor is one. But practically the USB-C upstream cable goes into the back of the monitor. A short USB-C male to female would let me swap between my desktop and USB-C laptop but ideally I'd also like to be able to charge my USB-C phone, headphones etc.

So I think this means that a hub with passthrough charge would be best. I'd like to keep it all as clean as possible though...

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atz in reply to @Fox

I have a monitor with two USB-C ports (and a bunch of USB3) so I use one for thunderbolt to the macbook for power/video and then attach other peripherals via either usb or another hub. Backup drive also plugged into monitor on the 2nd usb-c port. Tidied up my desk a lot.

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