Lenovo ThinkPad Ultra Docking Station US (40AJ0135US)

I got a new monitor and my company was unable to get me an upgraded docking station for my Lenovo laptop. I was able to install and get it working within 15 minutes. It works perfect.

I can not get over how cheap this amazing dock is. It breaks out the normal IO of the device, has 2 full speed USB-C ports, 3 USB A 3 ports, an HDMI port, and two DisplayPort ports. It's perfectly compatible with my Thinkpad L14 Gen 2 AMD and couldn't have been easier to setup. The design is sleek and places the device in a comfortable angle for typing on the keyboard.

Just got this today. I connected it to my Samsung Odyseey G9 curved gaming monitor. Hands down one of the easiest and cheapest docking station that is simple and easy to connect. I can now work from home using my wireless keyboard and mouse. As well as my camera and microphone. Rating this 5 stars!!!!

Fast shipping, love this Doc station it work so good for my needs and the price what a steal will buy again.

Feature-wise, I'm still determining if I like it or not. I have two 30" monitors attached (HDMI and DisplayPort). Resolution and responsiveness both look pretty good. I have the USB ports all filled (mouse, keyboard, video camera). All of that is working well so far.Where I have an issue is the horrible side dock. Before turning anything on, tried docking and undocking multiple times. The computer has to be in the dock in a very specific way or the side dock doesn't engage. It will only come out part way. You know the computer isn't in the right position because the side dock slides easily when the laptop is positioned correctly. However, I tried about 3 dozen times to dock/undock. In 3 dozen tries, I literally only positioned it correctly maybe 3 times. The point of a dock is to be able to get up & go and return. If it takes me minutes and lots of frustration, I'm likely to not want to dock.At this point, I would not recommend the dock. After using it a while, if it appears it is me not understanding how to correctly position the dock, I'll review my review.UPDATE: I contacted Lenovo support. They said it should not be that difficult to dock. They were very responsive and sent me a replacement. I have the same problem with docking and undocking. Now I'm having the problem another reviewer stated where it doesn't always recognize both of my monitors.

Can't believe for such love price you can get it. Power supply it's self worth more.

This is my first laptop dock, and I bought it just to see what it was about. Ultimately, I'd say it does succeed in getting a bit more out of my laptop, and making it a lot easier to use it at a desk with lots of USB devices hooked up. I probably wouldn't need it if my T480 weren't so pathetically lacking in interface ports, but such is the world we live in.Other reviewers have said that it's awkward and clumsy to try to fit the computer into the dock, and I have to agree. I also don't like how it props the keyboard deck up at an angle; for me, this is ergonomically counterproductive and makes my wrists bend too far, so I use an external keyboard instead. It's no longer any surprise to me that most docking stations just hook up to laptops with a single flexible Thunderbolt 3 cable instead of trying to hard-dock it to a thing like this, but I guess the ability to lock the laptop into it with a key is probably the main selling point for institutional users.I'm not going to rate it any lower that four stars because apart from the somewhat awkward mechanical aspects, the user experience has been pretty good. I haven't noticed any flakiness in compatibility between the laptop and the dock, nor bad connections. Once I've finally wrestled it into place, everything mostly just works. I also clearly am not the primary type of user that the designer had in mind, since I'm just some gal using it for her personal machine, rather than a company or school or something that wants to make sure their equipment doesn't walk away.It is quite a shame that there's no separate microphone jack - I was really hoping to at least be able to get one of those on a dock, since no laptop has had one of those on its own for some time - but I guess those are just so unfashionable now that they're considered even less relevant than VGA (which this dock does have).Overall, I'd say I don't quite regret buying it, but I probably would not buy another one. I'll be trying out one of those cable-type ones next time.