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Laptops are getting ever thinner and lighter, and seemingly losing a lot of input and output ports on their crash diets. So if you have a slimmed-down notebook and still want to get comfy with a bunch of extra accessories and hardware, a USB-C dock is a must.
This Kensington USB-C dock comes with tons of ports and support for double 4K monitors, and it’s shockingly cheap at $49.62 for Prime Day on Amazon right now. That’s less than a third of its $180 retail price.
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The Kensington SD2480T USB-C/Thunderbolt 3 dock truly has a ton of ports, so I’m just going to list them out sequentially for you:
2 x DisplayPort 1.4 ports (single 8K@30Hz or dual 4K@60Hz)1 x USB-C port (10Gbps)2 x USB-A ports (10Gbps)1 x USB-A port (5Gbps)1 x USB-C host port with 60W charging1 x SD and microSD card slots (UHS-1 speed)1 x Gigabit Ethernet port1 x headphone/microphone jack
Note that while most docks offer a mix of HDMI and DisplayPort, this is double DisplayPort only. If you want to take full advantage of it and your monitor doesn’t have a 4K DisplayPort port, grab this HDMI adapter (which supports 4K resolution at 60Hz).
This Kensington dock has enough flexibility and bandwidth to max out most laptops’ single-port power and charge them up at a decent 60-watt pace. The biggest and most powerful gaming laptops might be able to run 4K displays at even faster rates, but for less than $50, you really can’t do better for a small and capable Thunderbolt dock.
Though this deal is on during Amazon Prime Day, it doesn’t look like you need to be a Prime subscriber to get this $49.62 price. You might want to move quickly, though — USB-C docks are in high demand, and one so heavily discounted might go out of stock soon.
Get this USB-C dock with dual 4K support for 72% offBuy now on Amazon
Author: Michael Crider, Staff Writer, PCWorld
Michael is a 10-year veteran of technology journalism, covering everything from Apple to ZTE. On PCWorld he’s the resident keyboard nut, always using a new one for a review and building a new mechanical board or expanding his desktop “battlestation” in his off hours. Michael’s previous bylines include Android Police, Digital Trends, Wired, Lifehacker, and How-To Geek, and he’s covered events like CES and Mobile World Congress live. Michael lives in Pennsylvania where he’s always looking forward to his next kayaking trip.
