UGREEN Revodok Pro 2101
Full review of Ugreens Revodok Pro 2101, a docking station for laptops.
Today, we will cover a little docking station from Ugreen, the Revodok Pro 2101. This dock needs 100w of power, an delivers 85w to our laptop. Also expands dual screen, a total of 3 USB-A, 1 USB-C, SD and MicroSD card reader and an RJ45 up to 1Gb.
Specs
Theese are the tech specs and connectors of the dock:
- 1 USB-C 100w power.
- 1 USB-C 85W PD (for host).
- 1 HDMI 2.0 (4k 60).
- 1 HDMI 1.4 (4k 30).
- Ethernet 1Gb.
- SD and MicroSD reader.
- 1 USB-A 3.0 (5Gbps).
- 2 USB-A 3.2 (10Gbps).
It also has a power button to stop the dock!
Phisical connections
At the front, whe have the SD and Micro SD card reader, all the USB and the power button.
At the back, the 100w charging port, the thunderbolt/USB4 to our laptop with 825w PD, both HDMI and the ethernet connection.
Fisical specs:
Below the phisical specs of the dock:
| Meassurements | Values |
|---|---|
| Length | 166.5 cm |
| Width | 79.5 cm |
| Height | 22.5 cm |
| Weight | 458 gr |
Unboxing
Now let's talk about the unboxing experience: The packaging cuality and the content
Packaging:
The pacaking, as everything from Ugreen (so far), is nice and feels good. The device is protected and well packaged. It came inside a cardboard box, and inside the product box there was also more cardboard protections.
Content
It includes a USB cable with PD (Power Delivery) to conect the dock to the source (usually a laptop), and obviously the dock itself. It also comes with fisical instructions in several languages (which helped me a lot).
Usecase
To test this device (and for final purposes) I've used the following. Some of the prices below, like the screens, is aproximated for todays, because I've already own some of the products, so I've decided to show the prices if you want to make a similar setup:
| Product | Amount | Price (each) | Price (total) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1440p screen | 2 | 150€ | 300€ |
| Vesa Wallmount | 2 | 15€ | 30€ |
| Revodock Pro | 1 | 80€ | 80€ |
| Nexode Pro 100W | 1 | 70€ | 70€ |
| Laptop stand | 1 | 40€ | 40€ |
That makes a total of ~520€ for the setup (not including desk, laptop, or chair).
Experience
At first I thought something was wrong, I wasn't getting a signal from the second HDMI port. But then I thought: "Why not checking the instructions?". Well... There was my aswer, Ugreen warns that if you have any kind of trouble with the video signal, it may be related to missing drivers, specifically Silicon Motion drivers. They provide two download options, one from the drivers of their web, introducing the product number (15963 for the Revodok Pro); and other, going directly to Silicon Motion official website.
In conclusion: Check for Silicon Motion drivers!
For the rest, the experience was smooth. Just one cable to my latop let me charge it, use two screens and connect multiple USB devices, even a fast external NVMe drive.
Opinion
The device for its price is more than enough, it complays with everything is mentioned: Dual screen, charging with 85w, fast USB and an ethernet port.
The built cuality is fine, is plastic but not a cheap one and feels strong. The button is a good adition, so you can shut down the device so the periferals stops and the laptop still charges even with the dock shutted down, here I've prefered to also stop the charging, so the battery lives more if I left my laptop pluged in but shutted down.
I found the SD card reader pretty useful, since I'm an amateur photographer, being able to load the photos to my laptop to view an edit them without the need of another dongle is perfect.
Hope you found this useful!
Related Video
You can watch the following related video about de dock, and the setup used to test it!
