For the price, this is a stellar dock, with a good blend of display options, relatively high-performance I/O (including downstream Thunderbolt ports), and power delivery.
There are “better” models by Ivanky, CalDigit, Ugreen, Wavlink and others, but most cost between $100-500 for the privilege of Thunderbolt 5, and a balance that leans more heavily toward displays, or faster networking, or pure port availability. Those might be great for the niche users who require asymmetrical display benefit from the newer Thunderbolt, or those who want 10Gbe networking, or whatever. If you need something like that, perhaps the downstream ports could still work, but that’s up to your needs.
But for a fraction of the price, this one has a spot on my desks - One with a Lenovo Windows laptop for work, paired with some 4K displays; And the other is attached to a M series Mac, with calibrated displays for personal and hobby work like photography. And even with two, the cost was less than my former CalDigit dock, which was great. But the value for this is terrific for most general users.
Two thumbs up for value, and performance
Yep, almost pulled the trigger too, but my MacBook M2 apparently isn’t compatible based on the last bullet in the product description.
I bought the same dock before last Christmas on here. Price was higher but the deal was still better than most thunderbolt docks. I’m using it with an M1 Pro MacBook fine. Only issue is occasionally you have to disconnect and reconnect if you’ve let it go to sleep mode, monitor doesn’t want to wake up. Minor issue for a cheap dock imo.
I can’t say for certain 100%, but I think the M1/M2 note is that you can’t do dual monitor as well as the internal display up to the M2s. Might need the DisplayLink software to make it work.
I’ve actually done three on my M2 MBA using an external (Viewsonic 4K OLED, bought here factory refurb), and AirPlay to an Apple TV to extend.
I’d snatch one of these but … I don’t think I need it, even with my Mac Mini upstairs.