Hi all, I'm planing to get a mac soon but I'm unsure which USB C dongle to get.

I originally intended to get this. It has all the ports including VGA and LAN


But then I saw this review https://youtu.be/ajTUqSXzZis?t=165
which says that most dongles will get very warm when in use. And he recommends this instead.


However, the kinston one doesn't have VGA and LAN. I would need to get a separate HDMI to VGA, and a LAN dongle.


Here are some questions:

1. Is it better to get a big all in one hub, of multiple smaller hubs?

2. Is it normal for dongle to heat up? How bad is the heat? Which is the largest culprit, display ports? Or even normal use with wireless mouse dongle will heat up?

3. There are cheaper unknown brands out there, are there prone to overheat? Or are they good enough I can skip the branded ones.

4. Ang dongles to recommend or avoid?

I’m using this for like almost a year. Didn’t regret. Just that not so convenient if to carry around. To me is fine coz I just let it setup on my home and office desk.
https://s.lazada.com.my/s.1A9Me

Wow that looks massive.

How do you power your laptop? Any difference with plugging in the charger through the hub or directly to the laptop USB port?

If plug to the hub, feel like charge slower than plug directly to the macbook.

If you have budget the the turbohub ssd all in one hub

I bought one from Satechi via Amazon a while back, it has a lot of ports and even those get hot after extended use. Still works fine for me though.

ugreen USB-C hub (+HDMI)

I'm using this from ugreen for ~5 months, so far so good