Ultra Stackables
Media Card Reader/USB Hub - Testing
Published: 15th January 2008 | Source: Ultra Products | Price: $220.00 |
Media Reader Performance
The media reader transfered at USB 2.0 speeds just fine, and fit almost any portable storage media you can think of. The particular SD Card I tested was actually a Wii Compatible SD card, which lies around the middle range when it comes to SD card performance. When tested with SiSoft Sandra, that proved to be true, seeing speeds and endurance around the middle of the field when compared to other SD cards.
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 Flash Drive Testing
HDTach is a free hard disk benchmarking program from SimpliSoftware. It is used to measure the Burst Speed and Average Read Speed of the flash drive. In this case, we've used it on the flash drive while connected to the hub, and while connected directly to a USB port on the motherboard.
Well here we can see that using the USB Hub versus the on board USB port showed absolutely no difference in performance, so it's safe to say you can't get much better than that. Definitely great to see with any USB hub, especially when it's not even the main draw towards the product.
Sisoft Sandra is a synthetic benchmark utility capable of reporting and benchmarking a wide range of system components. Once again for the flash drive we ran the benchmark three times to ensure accurate results, and here they are:
Here, we see the slightest difference with the port on the motherboard beating the hub by about 120 kb/s, this difference is obviously not even noticeable, but it is a difference nonetheless.
General Usage
The USB hub proved to be quite handy swapping portable media in and out. It was even used to connect my mouse for a brief period of time without problem. Surely can't list anything bad about it.
Most Recent Comments
Woo! Loads of replies!
I think these products are a waste of money!
I think these products are a waste of money!
Looks nice but surely those with existing external hdds etc. already have what these try to innovate?
If i had the money and i needed them i may think about it - but its merely stackable accessories
If i had the money and i needed them i may think about it - but its merely stackable accessories
i think they look sweet tbh
i like stacking things
i always chose stacking hifi componants, over a full system, a seperate cd player, tape, amp etc
i think this is a very innovative idea, even if it is based on an idea from the past...
if they come out in the UK i might consider these..
buy the one at a time as i can aford them
lol
good review mike
i like stacking things
i always chose stacking hifi componants, over a full system, a seperate cd player, tape, amp etc
i think this is a very innovative idea, even if it is based on an idea from the past...
if they come out in the UK i might consider these..
buy the one at a time as i can aford them
lolgood review mike
lol - ionicle, people generally choose stackable hi-fi's due to superior quality/sound/ability to customise the system!
Fair enough you like these reviewed items but not for me.
Fair enough you like these reviewed items but not for me.
And to look good
These look cool. Not for me but I can see why people would like them
These look cool. Not for me but I can see why people would like them
The creative industry uses these kinda things on a regular basis.
Whether a home user would use a whole stack, I dunno, but the option is there and I do tend to think, again, that the home user would have it in association with work.
Just as an example, one of our editing suites has like 6 or 7 Maxtor units, 500g+ each, daisy chained across the desk, with it`s obvious issues regarding seperate DC adaptors for each. This kinda thing would help here, they get swapped in/out a fair bit. Speed isn`t that much of an issue as they use firewire.
Average home user ? Nah, possibly as a kind of icybox idea, esata is nice tho, very nice infact. Home user would use 1 perhaps.
Nice`n neat tho.
Whether a home user would use a whole stack, I dunno, but the option is there and I do tend to think, again, that the home user would have it in association with work.
Just as an example, one of our editing suites has like 6 or 7 Maxtor units, 500g+ each, daisy chained across the desk, with it`s obvious issues regarding seperate DC adaptors for each. This kinda thing would help here, they get swapped in/out a fair bit. Speed isn`t that much of an issue as they use firewire.
Average home user ? Nah, possibly as a kind of icybox idea, esata is nice tho, very nice infact. Home user would use 1 perhaps.
Nice`n neat tho.
I think they look very smart too. Sure they aren't to everyone's taste, but they definitely cater for those who want to keep a consistent theme on their desk. Well done on the review too Mike, you did an excellent job!
Why was there no shots of them actualy stacked?
Also i dont get whats so good about them - at first i though oooh expandablity as i guessed you could just stack and extend the first unit, but it seems for each one you add it just becomes its own unit....
Also i dont get whats so good about them - at first i though oooh expandablity as i guessed you could just stack and extend the first unit, but it seems for each one you add it just becomes its own unit....
Nice job mike.
I reckon if they all went into one connector (prob usb...) then these would be a winner. Rather than faffing about with new drive/caddy combos every time you needed more space, just grab a new hdd and one of these enclosures and whack it in the stack.
.I reckon if they all went into one connector (prob usb...) then these would be a winner. Rather than faffing about with new drive/caddy combos every time you needed more space, just grab a new hdd and one of these enclosures and whack it in the stack.
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Originally Posted by name='Ham'
I reckon if they all went into one connector (prob usb...) then these would be a winner.
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U mean making one connection to the pc ?
The firewire ones here can do that, u just link the docks to each other.
The firewire ones here can do that, u just link the docks to each other.
That or you can just plug the USB part into the back of the media reader. Thanks for all the kind words guys. Also, there were I think 2 pictures of them stacked, just not a page dedicated to it.
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