[SOLVED] USB hub with a detachable cable?

zoroa
2025-11-19T15:59:17Z

My life story before the recipe.

Been working on cable managing my desk, and figured that mounting a USB hub behind my monitor would be an easy way to keep some ports in reach without them being on my desk.

I don't need anything fancy, just a couple usb ports. I thought it'd be pretty straightforward to find a cheap hub, that either had a long integrated cable or let me bring my own to route from my monitor to my desktop.

Boy was I wrong.

It seems that the vast majority of USB hubs have integrated cables, and those cables are super short. Detachable cables seem to only become common above my budget (~$50), and also include a bunch of features I don't need (charging, networking, display out, etc...).

"but /u/zoroa, why not just grab the first hub you see, a usb extender, and call it a day?" As far as I understand, USB-C male to USB-C female cables aren't compliant with the USB standard and can potentially cause issues. My google-fu isn't good enough to tell whether the same applies to USB-A male to USB-A female cables, so I'm just assuming that they are also non-compliant.

I'm looking for a USB hub that:

Has at least 4 usb ports

The USB ports are all along the same edge of the device. (For easy access even when the hub is behind my monitor)

Can be bus-powered (i.e. doesn't need to be plugged into an outlet)

Has a detachable cable for the connection from the hub to my computer

It'd also be nice if it:

Was USB 3.0

Cost less than $50 USD

Had a mix of USB-A and USB-C

Didn't look ugly

I've spent a couple hours looking, and the only hub I've found that hits my hard requirements the 4 port and 7 port variants of a hub from StarTech.com . I was curious if anyone was aware of anything better in this price range, before I just pull the trigger.

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