PSA: Your USB Hub Might Be Hurting Your Laptop’s Battery
Summary Bus-powered USB hubs draw constant power, draining and degrading your laptop battery. Running high-power drives, phones, or monitors through unpowered hubs risks overload, heat, and damage. Use self-powered hubs, enable battery-saver, and keep charge between 20%-80% to extend life. Laptops are pretty essential as on-the-go computers, but don’t always come with all the USB ports you need. That’s why USB hubs have become a go-to solution for so many of us, turning a single port int...





