does a mains powered usb make a difference to normal hub

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    Ive got both a powered and non powered usb hub.


    Is it better to used the powered or does it not make a difference?


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    Haven't compared cause I use powered hub anyways! But


    I think the general opinion/view that powered gets best results = lower times!


    Certainly sweet this end lol



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    I think they only lower ecm times on certain card readers like smargo i tried a powered one on an omnikey and it made no difference at all

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    My ecm times halved from around 160-200 to 80-100 so certainly a big improvement for me, i have a belkin one.


    which card reader bris ?

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    It only works with smargo etc because the ecm times they give you compared to an omnikey are rubbish using a powered usb will help lower this but to be honest you could just buy an omnikey or two and eliminate the need of using any usb hub at all

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    It only works with smargo etc because the ecm times they give you compared to an omnikey are rubbish using a powered usb will help lower this but to be honest you could just buy an omnikey or two and eliminate the need of using any usb hub at all


    I agree 100%.


    With my smargo, I noticed huge improvements of up to 40% off ecm's but the omnikey already operates that fast. So why bother with a USB Hub at all, especially when they make addressing a little trickier. I bought 2x Second hand omnikeys off ebay for 10 each and I couldn’t be happier with them..




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