Dell WD19TB Thunderbolt Docking Station with 180W AC Power Adapter (130W Power Delivery)

Currently using this for my work laptop so I dont have to constantly manage wires. Works. Running with dual monitors, some usb accessories, as well as speakers. Sometimes the second monitor does flicker randomly though.

Does not seem to be designed by people who might actually use it. Most annoying, the thunderbolt cable comes out of the left of the dock and the DELL laptops that I have all have the Thunderbolt port on the left... so no matter what you do, the cable has to wrap around the dock or wrap around the laptop, in which case it is barely long enough. Also, this needs a USB hub to go with it, as it only has 2 USB3.0 ports, one in the front and one in the back. Unless this has changed recently, DELL laptops need driver updates to support Thunderbolt, so this does not work out-of-the-box.

I ordered the WD19TB that has the audio connector. What I received was the WD19TBS which is the updated version where they removed the audio connector. As far as I could find to read on the differences, the absence of the audio connector is the only difference. So now I was thinking I would have audio connected with my dock, which is very important to me, and do not because the item I got is not what is described. The item even looks different, of course.

No significant issues. Just follow the directions when first using. Laptop needs to have the drivers downloaded before the docking station will function.

This docking station did everything I needed. It is fully compatible with my Dell laptop. The only downside at first was that it is crazy expensive. Now it turns out that the NIC has failed. the rest of the device still works, so I am using a USB adaptor for the internet connection.

Mine works great, and I can pump out my laptop to three monitors without issue. But I used to work for a company that uses these, and we had an uncomfortable large number be lemons. When it works it works. Be aware though, this one lets you use three external monitors (you can use two externals and the laptop monitor still), the non-TB versions do not. If you only have two monitors, save yourself the 100 bucks and buy the non-TB. If you want three external monitors, get this one, the non-TB ones wont work at full resolution for the third monitor.

The 130W output was needed to power my Dell XPS 7590 (15). That power requirement limited my docking station choices. I found this station works very well (maybe better) with less-power-hungry devices such as the Dell XPS 7390, a 2019 MacBook Pro, HP Envy x360s, HP Spectre x360s, LG Gram 17s, and an older Lenovo Flex 5. These devices range in power requirements from 60 watts to 80 or 90 watts. Its good to have one dock that can power them all. Generally speaking, reliable. Re-connecting a running machine works about 80% of the time. The other 20%, the ethernet doesnt work. That issue is fixed by rebooting the laptop with the docking station connected. Notes about the video outputs: The HDMI output can only be used stand-alone. The preferred video outputs appear to be the two DisplayPorts. If you do not have DisplayPort monitors, you can get DisplayPort to HDMI converting dongles for $5-$10. My two external monitors have different resolution: one 4K; the other, FHD (i.e.1080P). I could not get both monitors to work reliably using the two DisplayPorts. After trying various cables & dongles, I found a reliable setup to be use the first DisplayPort for the 4K monitor, and use the USB-C multi-function DisplayPort on the back for the FHD monitor. I use a QSee USB-C to HDMI converter with the FHD monitor. The DisplayPort issue might be a limitation I did not heed, with either the docking station (some stations only support two FHDs or *one* 4K) or with the laptops graphics card* (*although it looks to me that laptop GPUs are not used *at all* with external monitors. I have not been able to get *any* laptop GPUs to show usage unless displaying only through the laptops built-in screen.) Overall, the WD19TBs high power output makes it a versatile choice, as you are unlikely to come across a laptop requiring more than 130 watts input power. The WD19TBs connections work fine. Note I also have a Dell WD19 - the non-Thunderbolt version of this docking station. It has the same output power, and also works perfectly with all of the devices mentioned earlier. You might not need the pricier ThunderBolt version here if you are simply connecting monitors and devices. The advantage of Thunderbolt is 2x data transfer speed, which, from what Ive read, only adds value with high-end media editing using external drives.

This docking station works amazing for powering my laptop and using 3 additional monitors all with only 1 thunderbolt port. However the USB ports don’t work so I have to connect my keyboard and mouse directly to my laptop.

Works well. No issues.

I was expecting a NEW docking station, instead what I got was one that was totally scratched and had a chunk missing out of one edge. I am returning for a replacement (hopefully will get a NEW one this time). If not, Ill return that as well. It has rusted screws on the bottom! Smells like cigarette smoke as well. Super nasty.