Accountants running a KRA-facing tower next to a personal notebook, architects in Westlands studios, and small print bureaus along Moi Avenue all hit the same daily irritation: pulling cables out of one machine and pushing them into another every time work shifts across the desk. The UGREEN US216 cuts that step out entirely. Wire both towers in once, attach your typing set, document feeder, label maker and backup disk to the four output sockets, then tap Select to hand the whole cluster over in under a second. Software developers, Strathmore and JKUAT researchers, and photo retouchers keep one desk layout instead of duplicating hardware.

Unlike other electronics retailers in Kenya pushing unbranded splitters that drop mid-copy, Mascom International stocks the genuine UGREEN US216 with model marking 30768 on the shell and verifiable UGREEN packaging. Users consistently report that a large file copy off an external SSD holds a stable rate after a swap, and that the front indicator makes the active tower obvious at a glance. At KSh 2,500 the UGREEN US216 sits far below a video-capable KVM unit, which generally opens above KSh 9,000 in Nairobi CBD shops. Walk into our Kimathi Street showroom to try it on your own hardware, or order for pay-on-arrival countrywide delivery.

It lets two computers take turns using the same four USB peripherals without anyone crawling under the desk. Both towers connect to the two input sockets using the bundled 1.5-metre A-to-A cables. Your typing set, document feeder, label maker and backup disk stay permanently attached to the four output sockets. Tapping the Select control passes control from one tower to the other in roughly a second. Only one machine holds access at any moment, which is exactly how the hardware is designed to behave.

No. The UGREEN US216 handles data lines only and carries no video path at all, so screens stay wired directly to their own towers. That limitation is the reason it costs KSh 2,500 rather than the KSh 9,000 and upward that HDMI or DisplayPort KVM hardware commands in Nairobi. For most Kenyan desks the video half is unnecessary anyway, because dual-monitor setups already keep each screen on its own machine. Buy this when peripherals need to travel between towers, not pictures.

Throughput reaches 5Gbps, the full USB 3.0 and USB 3.2 Gen 1 ceiling, roughly ten times what USB 2.0 hardware manages. A 20GB video folder moves off a decent portable SSD in about 90 seconds at sustained rates, against 15 minutes on an older USB 2.0 splitter. Rates hold after a swap because the electrical path is identical on both inputs. Backward compatibility covers USB 2.0 and USB 1.1 peripherals, which simply run at their own native speeds.

Any Windows or Mac tower or notebook with a spare USB-A socket works, and no software is installed at any point. UGREEN lists Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8 and 10 plus macOS 8.6 and later. Because the hardware presents itself as a standard hub with no driver layer, current Windows 11 and recent macOS releases detect it the same way. Linux desktops and Chrome OS notebooks also register it. Machines can be mismatched, so a Dell tower and a MacBook pair happily.

Usually not. The UGREEN US216 draws power from the connected computer, so a typing set, wireless receiver and flash disk run without extra hardware. Attach a Micro USB 5V feed when heavy-draw peripherals join the group, such as a mechanical keyboard with backlighting, an inkjet or laser unit, or a portable hard disk without its own adapter. The Micro USB cable is not supplied. Mascom International stocks compatible cables and 5V wall adapters at our Kimathi Street counter.

Connect the first tower to Input 1 and the second to Input 2 using the two supplied cables, then attach up to four peripherals to the output sockets. Input 1 is the default active line at power-up. Press Select whenever access should move across. Keep each computer lead under 2 metres and each peripheral lead under 1.8 metres, since longer runs weaken USB 3.0 signalling. Total setup time on a normal Kenyan office desk runs about three minutes.

Anyone running a work machine and a personal machine side by side. That covers audit teams handling KRA iTax submissions on a locked-down tower while drafting on a laptop, cyber bureau operators in Nairobi CBD sharing one document feeder across service counters, video editors moving footage between a rendering tower and a review notebook, and university staff at Kenyatta University or Egerton sharing lab hardware. Home users with a household tower and a personal laptop split one keyboard and mouse cleanly.

Almost always. A second decent wireless keyboard and mouse pair costs around KSh 4,000 in Nairobi, a second document feeder starts near KSh 18,000, and a duplicate backup disk runs from KSh 7,000. The UGREEN US216 removes all three purchases for KSh 2,500, working out at under KSh 7 per day across a single year of use. Desk space matters too, because one peripheral set frees roughly a third of a standard 120cm work surface.

The UGREEN US216 carries a 6-month Mascom International warranty on manufacturing defects under normal use. Coverage runs across the switching circuit, the four output sockets, the two input sockets and the bundled cables. Physical damage, liquid ingress and faults caused by non-standard power input fall outside the terms. Our Nairobi CBD service desk handles claims directly rather than routing them through a distant centre.

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Every unit is covered by the 6-month Mascom warranty above, with claim coordination handled at our Nairobi CBD service desk.

Buyers across Kenya rely on Mascom International for honest specifications, current market pricing, and direct after-sales backing on every computer accessory we stock.