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UGREEN publishes the small print and omits the specification

Both halves of a UGREEN desk

On the network side: a two-machine DisplayPort switch, an eight-socket gigabit switch, a ten-socket powered switch with two uplinks, a 2.5-gigabit Type-C adapter and a UPS built for the maker’s own enclosures. On the storage side: a two-bay network enclosure, a two-bay dock, single-drive housings for 2.5-inch SATA and for NVMe, and a two-slot card reader that plugs straight in without a lead.

The details the rest of the shelf skips

A sleep timer stated at three minutes. A detachable lead measured at 50 cm. A thermal pad and a status light counted as parts. The cloning rule set in bold inside a first bullet, where the destination has to exceed the source. An extended reach quoted at 250 m with the rate it costs printed beside it. A card reader that prints 170 MB/s and, in the same breath, that the card has to be capable of it. And a KVM that says outright it carries no HDMI socket, and names the laptops it will not drive in pairs.

The page that describes a subscription

The network enclosure publishes a bay count, a television output and an arithmetic of cloud-subscription savings — and no processor, no memory and no Ethernet socket. The matching UPS publishes a constant 120 W with no volt-ampere rating beside it, states a transfer of zero seconds without naming an arrangement, and counts none of its sockets. Both are sold on what they replace rather than on what they are.

Every UGREEN unit reviewed here

  • UGREEN 35372EU, ten-socket gigabit switch with eight powered sockets and two uplinks

    802.3at and 802.3af · up to 30 W per socket · 60 W total · eight powered · two gigabit uplinks · 6 kV surge protection · extended mode 250 m at 10 Mbps

    A ten-socket switch with eight powered sockets and two uplinks, whose extended reach is stated together with the rate it costs, and whose cooling is never described.

    Best for: A run of cameras at the end of a long cable, where reach matters more than rate and where two spare uplinks are wanted for a router and a recorder.

    ≈ 38 €

  • UGREEN 35499EU, eight-port gigabit switch sold as plug and play

    eight RJ45 sockets · 10/100/1000 Mbit/s · fanless · desk or wall · no case material named · no switching capacity printed

    An eight-socket gigabit switch whose listing names the standards it meets and the fan it does not have, and never says what the case is made of.

    Best for: A desk or a cupboard that needs a few more wired sockets, where silence matters and where nothing plugged in will ask for power over its network cable.

    ≈ 14 €

  • UGREEN NASync US3000, 120 W published with no volt-ampere figure beside it

    120 W constant output · no VA rating published · 12,000 mAh lithium pack · transfer stated as 0 seconds · app monitoring and automatic shutdown · sockets not counted · waveform not published

    A unit built for one maker’s network storage that publishes a watt figure and no volt-ampere rating at all, states a transfer of zero seconds without naming an arrangement, and never counts or types its sockets.

    Best for: One of the enclosures named in the third bullet, where the matched 120 W output is the point and nothing else will be plugged in behind the unit.

    ≈ $110 / £106 / 110 €

  • UGREEN AK700, two-computer DisplayPort switch driving two screens

    two computers · two DisplayPort screens each · 8K at 60 Hz · DisplayPort 1.4, no HDMI socket · four USB 3.0 at 5 Gbps · button or desk controller

    A two-computer switch that carries two DisplayPort screens for each machine, states plainly that it has no HDMI socket, and names the machines it will not drive in pairs.

    Best for: A two-machine desk with two DisplayPort screens, where the peripherals should follow whichever machine is in use and the picture never passes through an HDMI socket.

    ≈ $90 / £70 / 63 €

  • UGREEN NASync DH2300, two-bay enclosure sold on what it replaces

    two bays · sold without drives · NFC pairing named · HDMI output with 4K · no processor, no memory, no Ethernet socket published

    A two-bay enclosure whose page publishes a bay count, a television output and an arithmetic of cloud subscription savings, and not one figure about the machine itself.

    Best for: A household that wants its photographs off a subscription and onto its own hardware, and that is willing to ask the seller for the specification the page leaves out.

    ≈ 199 €

  • UGREEN UG-USBC-25052, 2.5-gigabit Type-C adapter in an aluminium shell

    up to 2500 Mbps · 1000/100/10 fallback · USB-C · aluminium housing stated · driver required on Windows · no USB generation printed

    A 2.5-gigabit Type-C adapter with an aluminium body, on a page whose plug-and-play bullet ends by saying that Windows needs a driver installed.

    Best for: A recent laptop or tablet with a Type-C socket and no Ethernet, where the adapter will sit plugged in for hours and the metal shell earns its place.

    ≈ $26 / £18 / 22 €

UGREEN accessories reviewed here

  • UGREEN grey 2-in-1 card reader with a USB Type-A plug, a Type-C plug and SD and microSD slots

    UGREEN 2-in-1 reader, USB-A and USB-C, SD 3.0, two slots read at once, 5 Gbps and 170 MB/s stated

    The reader on this shelf that qualifies its own headline number in the same breath as printing it: 170 MB/s, and a note saying you get it only if the card can do it too.

    Host interface standard
    Not published as a USB generation — no 3.0, 3.1 or 3.2 designation appears in the title or the bullets. What the title does name is SD 3.0, which is the card-side standard rather than the host one, and the second bullet gives the host link as a rate instead: up to 5 Gbps
    Stated link rate
    Up to 5 Gbps — stated in the second bullet, with up to 170 MB/s named for use with a UHS-I card. The same bullet carries the maker’s own note in brackets: the 170 MB/s figure holds only where the SD or microSD card supports that speed as well. It is one of two listings on this shelf to attach a written condition to its own figure
    Connector type
    Type-A and Type-C on one body — stated in the title and in the first bullet, which describes connecting a memory card to a computer or a phone through either interface
    Internal or external form
    External — a compact body that plugs straight into a socket. The fourth bullet describes it as a direct plug-in adapter with no lead, and the fifth names low weight and portability as the point
    Slot count
    Two — stated in the first bullet, one for full-size SD and one for microSD
    Formats accepted
    SD, SDHC, SDXC, microSD, microSDHC and microSDXC — stated in the first bullet, with cards of up to 2 TB named. No CF, MS or XD support is claimed anywhere
    Simultaneous slot access
    Both slots at once — stated in the first bullet, which says the two slots allow two cards to be read at the same time. It is written as a capability rather than left to be discovered
    Stated protocol support
    UHS-I — named in the second bullet as the card mode the 170 MB/s figure applies to. No UHS-II mode is claimed, and the title names SD 3.0 as the card standard
    Cable arrangement
    No cable — the reader plugs directly into the socket, stated in the fourth bullet as doing away with tangled leads and bulky multi-function adapters. The third bullet adds a practical caveat: a case on a phone can stop the Type-C plug seating properly, and the maker recommends removing it
    Amazon reference
    B07D1J88CF (same reference on 6 Amazon marketplaces)
    EAN
    6957303857067
    • States in writing that its 170 MB/s figure depends on the card as well as the reader
    • Both slots readable at the same time, published as a capability
    • No USB generation named for the host side, only a rate

    Best for: A camera and a phone using SD and microSD, moved onto a laptop and a handset from the same small body with nothing to unwind.

    ≈ $10 / 6 €
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  • UGREEN black 2.5-inch SATA drive enclosure with a detachable USB-C cable

    UGREEN 2.5-inch SATA enclosure, USB C 3.2 Gen 2, UASP, TRIM and S.M.A.R.T., ABS with EVA foam, 50 cm lead

    The enclosure that publishes the small operational details nobody else prints: a sleep timer set at three minutes, a lead measured at 50 cm, and a foam insert holding the drive against scratches.

    Supported drive size
    2.5-inch SATA SSD and HDD — stated in the title and in the first bullet, with the fifth giving a ceiling of 6 TB and naming televisions, routers, a PS5 or PS4, an Xbox, a MacBook, an iMac, a laptop and a PC as hosts
    Supported drive height
    9.5 mm and 7 mm — stated in the fifth bullet as the two heights the enclosure accepts
    Bay count
    One — a single 2.5-inch drive, held by the EVA foam described in the third bullet
    Interface standard
    USB C 3.2 Gen 2 — stated in the title and in the first bullet as a USB C 3.2 Gen 2 port
    Stated link rate
    Up to 6 Gbps — stated in the title and in the first bullet against the USB C 3.2 Gen 2 port. Six gigabits per second is the rate of the SATA III standard the drive speaks rather than of a USB 3.2 Gen 2 port, and the listing prints the two against each other
    Connector type
    Type-C — stated in the title and in the first bullet, with the fourth adding that the 50 cm USB-C cable is detachable so that it can be tidied on a desk
    Power source
    From the lead — no mains adapter is named. The second bullet describes the drive being powered down after three minutes of inactivity, which is a power behaviour rather than a supply
    Case material
    ABS plastic with an internal EVA foam pad — stated in the third bullet, which credits the ABS with good heat dissipation and shock resistance and the foam with holding the drive and protecting it from scratches during installation
    Cooling
    Passive — the third bullet credits the ABS housing with good heat dissipation and names no fan and no vent. It adds a built-in protection system against overcurrent, overvoltage and overheating
    UASP support
    Stated — the first bullet names the UASP protocol and says it offers up to 70 % more speed than ordinary USB 3.0 when paired with a UASP-capable host controller. The second adds TRIM and S.M.A.R.T. support
    Tool-free access
    Tool-free — the fourth bullet says the tool-free construction makes fitting or changing the drive quicker and more convenient
    Amazon reference
    B07D2BHVBD (same reference on 6 Amazon marketplaces)
    EAN
    6957303821709
    • Publishes the sleep timer as three minutes rather than describing it in words
    • Names the cable length, 50 cm, and says it detaches
    • A 6 Gbps figure quoted against a USB 3.2 Gen 2 port, and the two are different links

    Best for: A 2.5-inch drive that lives permanently on a desk beside a computer, where the sleep timer and the short detachable lead both earn their keep.

    ≈ 9 €
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  • UGREEN black dual-bay drive docking station with two slots and a clone button

    UGREEN dual-bay SATA dock, USB 3.0 at 5 Gbps, offline clone, UASP, S.M.A.R.T. and TRIM, 2 × 16 TB

    A two-bay dock that puts the cloning rule in bold inside its own first bullet — the destination has to exceed the source — and publishes three protocols where most docks publish one.

    Bay count
    Two — stated in the title and in the second bullet, which describes simultaneous operation of two 2.5-inch or 3.5-inch drives for synchronous data transfer
    Supported drive sizes
    2.5-inch and 3.5-inch — stated in the first and second bullets
    Supported drive interfaces
    SATA hard discs and solid-state drives — stated in the first and second bullets. No SATA revision is named
    Solid-state slot support
    Not published on the listing — no M.2 position is named. Solid-state drives are supported in the two SATA bays and no separate slot exists
    Offline cloning
    Stated — the first bullet describes fast copying between two drives at a single button press with no computer connected, and adds in a marked note that the capacity of destination drive B must exceed that of source drive A
    Interface standard
    USB 3.0 — stated in the title and in the third bullet
    Stated link rate
    Up to 5 Gbps — stated in the title and in the third bullet, which calls it a theoretical transfer speed
    Connector type
    Not published on the listing — no socket and no cable is named in any bullet
    UASP support
    Stated — the third bullet names UASP, S.M.A.R.T. and TRIM together as the protocols supported. It is one of two docks on this shelf to name all three
    Power supply
    Not published on the listing — no adapter, no voltage and no current is named, on a dock stated to run two 3.5-inch drives at once
    Per-bay controls
    Not published on the listing — no power switch and no per-bay indicator is named in any bullet
    Amazon reference
    B0FPM32XNZ (same reference on 5 Amazon marketplaces)
    EAN
    6941876284924
    • Puts the capacity rule for cloning inside the cloning bullet, in a marked note
    • UASP, S.M.A.R.T. and TRIM all three published
    • No power supply named, on a dock built for two 3.5-inch drives

    Best for: Moving a system onto a larger drive, where the capacity rule in the first bullet is exactly the thing that has to be got right.

    ≈ 24 €
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  • UGREEN silver aluminium M.2 NVMe SSD enclosure with a USB-C socket and a status LED

    UGREEN M.2 NVMe enclosure, USB 3.2 Gen 2, 10 Gbps stated, aluminium with a thermal pad and an LED

    An aluminium NVMe housing with a thermal pad and a status light, sold against a list of named drives, whose own speed sentence prints megabits where the figure looks like megabytes.

    Supported drive protocols
    NVMe PCIe M-key and M+B key — stated in the second bullet, which names 970 EVO, 970 EVO Plus, 970 PRO, Crucial P1 and P2 and Corsair MP510 as compatible drives. M.2 SATA drives are not named as supported and are not named as excluded either
    Supported drive lengths
    Not published on the listing — no 2230, 2242, 2260 or 2280 designation appears in any bullet. The second gives a capacity ceiling of 4 TB and a list of drive models in place of a length range
    Interface standard
    USB 3.2 Gen 2 — stated in the title and in the first bullet as a USB C 3.2 Gen 2 interface
    Stated link rate
    10 Gbps — stated in the title and in the first bullet, which adds in the same sentence that the enclosure can reach read and write speeds of up to 950 Mbit/s. The unit printed is megabits per second; this page reports the figure as it appears and does not convert it
    Connector type
    Type-C — stated in the title and in the first bullet
    Case material
    Aluminium — stated in the fourth bullet, which credits the high-grade aluminium housing with excellent heat dissipation
    Thermal arrangement
    A built-in thermal pad working with the aluminium case — stated in the fourth bullet, which says the pad helps the drive shed heat and protects it more effectively
    Tool-free assembly
    Tool-free — the fifth bullet says installation takes seconds and needs no tools, thanks to a built-in locking catch, and adds an LED indicator giving an overview of the operating status
    Cables supplied
    Not published on the listing — no lead is named in any bullet, and no requirement is stated for one either
    Amazon reference
    B09T97Z7DM (same reference on 6 Amazon marketplaces)
    EAN
    6957303895410
    • Names six specific drive models it has been matched to, which no other enclosure here does
    • A status LED on the case, named only here and on one other listing in this hub
    • No drive lengths published at all, on a format defined by four of them

    Best for: One of the six named drives being turned into a portable one, on a machine whose USB-C port is already known to be a fast one.

    ≈ $18 / £16 / 16 €
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