Usb 3 hub for mac

Has anybody found a reliable USB 3 hub?
Thanks
Larry

mini201200 wrote:
Data corruption due to power can effect ide, sata, SCSI, SAS include disk in raid storage device, internal raid devices, JOBS and many more conbinations not just USB Hub attached devices.
If the industry agreed with never using external hubs for hard drives they would elimate them from there montherboard designs altogether.
Faulty logic and a wrong premise.    Thats like saying "you can get hurt in a car accident with or without a seatbelt, so it doesnt matter"
USB hubs are error-fault multipliers.
To give an analogy you might understand,......your stuff can get lost in the mail on its way to its destination,  ..........using a USB hub is like giving your mail to a drunk homeless stranger to carry to the post office first.
mini201200 wrote:Unless you have a really old USB board Motherboards have USB hubs,
Thats a faulty comparison to a cheap (they all are) error-multiplier external USB hub.

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