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Your cart is empty.This device eliminates the cost to have multiple sets of USB devices for each computer. It also cuts down cable clutter of your work area.
Fabrizio
Reviewed in Italy on March 23, 2025
buon prodotto, fa quello che deve, consigliato.
E. C.
Reviewed in Canada on November 3, 2024
Worth it. Has worked very well. Had 2 for years.
Abbas Jaffarali
Reviewed in the United Arab Emirates on August 8, 2022
AUG Month Best Product Money Can Buy! Made My Life Easier!! 4 PCs with Only One Mouse and Keyboard!
Steven Morehouse
Reviewed in Canada on March 27, 2022
I was a bit skeptical since I have a full RGB keyboard and a wireless mouse, and some people were saying (with switches in general, not just this one) that wireless doesn't work well with switching or their RGB wouldn't work. I dunno, for me it exceeded my expectations. I push the button and I'm working on my home system. Press again and I'm on my work laptop. The switching is fast and solid, with no issues at all.I assumed I would have to plug in the 5V DC-in, at least to have enough power for the RGB, but I mistakenly thought it was a micro USB. It is a mini-USB and I didn't have one. Wired it up without power and it works fine. I imagine that depends more on the USB power provided by the host systems. YMMV, of course.I'm pleased.
JESUS S.
Reviewed in Spain on August 21, 2020
Lo utilizo para compartir teclado y raton (ambos logitech retroiluminados) entre dos PC. Me decidi por este modelo porque me gusta mucho que el botón este separado del switch, casi todos los demás lo tienen en el propio dispositivo lo que te obliga a tenerlo encima de la mesa con más lio de cables.
RAth13U
Reviewed in Mexico on July 13, 2019
Funciona bien. Materíal de calidad y se reconoce por las computadoras sin problemas.
limited789
Reviewed in France on April 4, 2018
le produit est génial pour partager des imprimantes en usb. seul bémol les cordon usb fournis sont un peu trop court je trouve
JHzlwd
Reviewed in Canada on August 26, 2017
Considering for how long USB 3 has been around it's odd how such a useful product like this is so difficult to find. There are lots of "2 to 1" units but not many like this. The GUS434 is for people like me (and Al Gore) who have several computers on their desktop and need to share USB peripherals easily among those computers. You connect up to 4 peripherals and then can switch these (as a group, not singly) to any one at a time of up to four computers. This avoids the frequent (in my case, anyway) annoyance of cable swapping or unreliable cascading of "2 to 1" units. It's a real relief having found this. IOGEAR includes all the long cables you will need for attaching your PC's.A couple of things to note:1 - The unit has no dongle so must draw power from the target PC's USB bus. If your peripherals also require bus power, it's possible there might not be enough. Self-powered peripherals like large disk drives and scanners will always be OK. Many dongle-less devices such as card readers draw negligible power and will not pose a challenge.2 - The PC selector is a button on a small box connected by a very long cord to the unit. This facilitates flexible placement of the unit but means another wire running across your desk. I like this feature but some might have preferred a switch on the box itself.3 - Someone is going t ask "Why not just network your peripherals with the numerous adapters out there?" I have tried this but networking robs your peripherals (especially USB 3 drives) of their speed. Just way too slow. This unit preserves the performance you paid for in going USB 3.Might seem pricey for what amounts to a switchable hub but if you have multiple computers, worth every penny.I'm betting Al Gore already has one ;-) Easy 5 stars.
Jeff
Reviewed in Canada on May 10, 2017
Great product, very sturdy and the cables that come with it are good quality. It's a little pricey for what you get (this was one of the cheaper 4-computer models I could find, and 3x the price of a two-computer switch), but it works quite well. There's about a 3-5 second delay between switching to a computer and having the peripherals work, and this seems to be the case with both Windows and Linux machines. Overall I quite like it, and would buy it again.
Mister James
Reviewed in Canada on September 24, 2016
For the cash, this is a great little unit that is doing the trick nicely. I've been using it for weeks now without issue.I have a desktop workstation and a laptop and have the following attached as shared devices via the IOGEAR:- Headset - Web cam - Keyboard - Mouse These peripherals work well and are easy to switch back and forth between the machines due to the convenient toggle button. All the wiring is under my desk, and I no longer need to switch cables back and forth between the two.I have a great monitor with multiple inputs, so I click the switch on this IOGEAR hub, tap the input button on my monitor and I'm good to go.
ThatGuy
Reviewed in Canada on June 22, 2016
The product itself works great, sort of. I received the item quickly and setup was a breeze. It switches easily between my two computers. Apparently I didn't inspect the item well enough when I received it and was only using two of the four ports for the first few weeks. Then I went to plug a usb drive into the 4th port only to find it was damaged which I discovered 3 days after I could have sent it back to Amazon for replacement. Now I have to send it to IOGEAR for replacement at my expense and it's costing 1/2 of what I paid to buy the device in shipping fees! Not only that, I now have to go without the switch for weeks until IOGEAR sends out the replacement instead of doing what Amazon would do ship the replacement first then request the original item back. It stinks that in order to get a warranty replacement I have to pay to send it to IOGEAR especially when I have barely had the product a month. Would seriously reconsider buying IOGEAR devices in the future.
CRussel
Reviewed in Canada on April 18, 2016
This little thing does exactly what it says it will do -- switches USB ports between two computers. One computer is a Microsoft Surface Book, the other an older laptop used as a server. Both are plugged into my 4k Philips monitor (which this does NOT switch, obviously -- I have to do that by hand). I have a PS/2 keyboard, with a PS/2 to USB adapter, and a wireless Logitech mouse that I use for the two computers. I plug the wireless dongle into the IOGear USB switcher, along with the PS/2 to USB adapter for the keyboard, and the switch is virtually instantaneous. No issues with the wireless mouse (I was expecting an issue, I admit) and no issues with the Surface Book getting wonky, even though it's also dealing with the Microsoft Dock. So, final result? Couldn't be happier. For a change, something JFWs.
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