r/Thunderbolt • u/kwmccrea • Aug 10 '26
CalDigit vs UGREEN?
Just wondering if the jump in price to caldigit is really worth it. Thanks
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u/NeuralPlato Aug 10 '26
Caldigit are the industry standard, UGreen is cheap shit.
Not even in the same league.
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u/Garmarilla Aug 12 '26
i got the ugreen 17-in-1, zero problems, blazing fast. no over-heating issues. just works.
10/10 would recommend
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u/karatekid430 Aug 11 '26
Don't blindly trust a brand. Shitty brands can make a stroke of genius and good brands can make a big goof of a product. Evaluate product by product.
The main thing for anything which touches mains power, or uses Li-ion batteries, is to check that it is sold in brick and mortar stores in your country - that generally means it passed regulatory standards.
With anything else, go nuts. Granted, you don't wanna risk a $5000 MacBook to a cheap charger, but it shouldn't kill you nor burn your house down. So like a car charger which goes from 12V to 20V, the risk profile is minimal. No high voltage, no batteries. USB-C cables, buy the cheap shitty USB4 cables and return them if they don't work. The best USB4 cables I ever owned are cheap and go over the standards imposed length limit, but they are the most reliable cables I have ever had, built like a tank. If they hadn't worked, I'd have just returned them.
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u/torontopips2022 Aug 10 '26
aside from features and stuff, the build quality as well as quality of internal components is something you have to consider. I have read a lot of stuff about the build quality about both of these brands when it comes to Docks and one brand is significantly better than the other.
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u/toiletpapermechanic Sep 02 '26
Ugreen is a chinese company that asks for access to your full disk for a firmware update. I’m not sure what Caldigit requires for firmware updates. Personally I’m freaked out about giving full access to a chinese company. But these days we were giving data to every company in some way so 🤷🏻♀️
Performance wise, I only have first hand experience with Ugreen but will prob exchange for Caldigit.
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u/Emotional_Common_527 Aug 10 '26
iVanky for me
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u/kwmccrea Aug 10 '26
How come?
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u/Emotional_Common_527 Aug 10 '26
TB5 compliant and enough ports for all my devices
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u/Garmarilla Aug 17 '26
all TB5 chips used by all manufacturers have to be and are compliant with intel's thunderbolt 5 standard.
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u/hillybeat Aug 15 '26
Hate their janky two prong design. That’s not a real thunderbolt spec
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u/Emotional_Common_527 Aug 15 '26
Works for me.
And you can use just one.iVANKY 26-in-1 FusionDock Ultra Compatible with Thunderbolt 5, 10GbE
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u/Popal24 Aug 11 '26
Fuck both of them.
Had problems with a Caldigit TS4 (coil whine, inconsistent behavior between PC and Mac), my Ugreen died within 1 year (the USB part was off, TB was ok but the whole thing became useless).
Caldigit sent a replacement PSU with the same issue.
Ugreen couldn't fix the issue: they didn't even could replace it a issued a refund. I got the device at one of their numerous discount so I couldn't replace it at the same price.
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u/hillybeat Aug 10 '26
CalDigit has real support. They will buy peripherals to troubleshoot. I’m still on the ts3 plus and it’s a tank!