I used to daily a mid-2014 MacBook Pro that had basically everything: USB-A, Thunderbolt, headphone jack, SD card reader—the whole deal. But Apple’s been stripping ports for a while now, and that means if you want the same functionality on newer MacBooks, you end up with a pile of dongles on your desk. In this video, I break down the hub I landed on after searching around: the Satechi Multi-Port USB-C Hub V2. I go over build quality first—aluminum body, plastic faces, a thick rubber cable, and it comes in colors like space gray to match your MacBook. But the real reason to buy it is the value vs Apple’s first-party adapters. For $79.99, I get three USB 3.0 ports, HDMI, gigabit ethernet, USB-C/Thunderbolt 3 pass-through charging, plus both SD and microSD. I also tested speeds: my Samsung T5 runs about 296 MB/s through the hub vs 378 MB/s direct, and SD performance was solid on my Lexar card. My only real complaint is the SD card slot feels a bit shallow, and the hub gets warm during use—but overall, I’m happy with it and I’d take it over spending $100+ on Apple dongles any day.