Whats your Favorite Accessories to Beef up Chuwi Hi10 ?

[Divergent Droid]

As long as the unit works and has power, this 4 gig mini can compete with the Big laptops with the right accessories.  I’m curious to see what others are buying to accessorize your tablet. To me, there are main 4 things this tablet needs (aside from  keyboard and mouse)  1) better battery, 2) better storage, 3)better sound, 4)Ethernet port – All these things can be added/fixed! – For on the go wifi I’d also add an external wifi dongle with built in directional antenna for picking up weaker signals.

My Picks include:

Battery – Chuwi comes with a 6000 mah battery. I will be using a 20000 mah external power supply to charge my unit on the go. 20.000 mah is enough to charge the unit 3 times between recharging the external battery. Such as this one for example (this unit not tested with Chuwi yet): http://www.amazon.com/20000mAh-Portable-External-Capacity-ExpertPower%C2%AE/dp/B00N4E84T8/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1457813993&sr=8-4&keywords=20000+mah+battery – make sure you match the power supply to the charging specs of your Chuwi Hi10 – 5 volt 2 amp.

Storage – The 64 gigabyte rom drive your Chuwi runs it’s Windows 10 from is so tiny it’s not good for much except running Windows. Years of Windows updates can clog up all of this space leaving you with none to do work with. You need more storage. What works great for me is my Western Digital Passport Ultra 1 terabyte external USB 3.0 hard drive. Really, I suggest folks have Two of these – one for storage and one to use to actually install all of your programs onto. This 2nd drive will be your main working drive along with the Windows 64 gigabytes drive. I have installed and can play games like Crysis 2, Halflife 2 FarCry 3 etc to this hard drive and they play great due to the very fast speeds of USB 3.0. Suggested type of external: http://www.amazon.com/Black-Passport-Ultra-Portable-External/dp/B00W8XXRPM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1457814618&sr=8-1&keywords=Western+Digital+Passport+Ultra

Sound – The Chuwi comes with tiny speakers that are facing the side and back of the unit thus you don’t get good quality sound to your ears in front of the device. Adding external speakers may be your thing. You can always use a good set of headphones for private listening.  For non private listening, good external speakers require power. I suggest you use speakers that will plug into your external battery power supply if you have one, otherwise the power plugged into your Chuwi will eat up the battery life you need to run the unit. Alternatively, you can try to find AA or AAA battery powered speakers which is preferable (for me) but hard to find. Perhaps something like these neat speakers that clip on to the top of your Chuwi screen: http://www.amazon.com/Portable-Wall-mounted-External-Speaker-Laptop/dp/B017RSSKY0/ref=sr_1_45?ie=UTF8&qid=1457815314&sr=8-45&keywords=mini+laptop+external+speakers  Again, remember to make sure you match the power requirements to your external power supply. The power supply I mention above has an extra port you can use to power your speakers as well as a port to charge your Chuwi.

Ethernet port – Chuwi Hi10 doesn’t come with an Ethernet port. While at home you can get faster speeds and save some battery power by using Ethernet instead of the built in wifi. For this, I suggest a 3.0 USB Ethernet port. Yes, they make 3.0 USB Ethernet ports! Ethernet is faster than Wifi but not faster than USB 3.0 thus you will get all of your home ethernet speed without the slowdowns. Since in my case, I am using a 3,0 USB Western Digital external hard drive, I elected to get a 3 port USB 3.0 Hub with Ethernet port such as this one: http://www.amazon.com/Anker-Gigabit-Ethernet-Converter-Support/dp/B014ZOJX7W/ref=sr_1_sc_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1457816145&sr=8-1-spell&keywords=ubs+hub+ethernet (has 4 ports total, 3 USB and 1 Ethernet) This way I can use the external hard drive and the ethernet both through the 3.0 USB hub and the Chuwi 3.0 USB port.

For Boosting wifi – is the – External Wifi dongle with directional antenna – You’d need both the dongle and the antenna such as seen here:

Dongle: http://www.amazon.com/Alfa-AWUS036NHA-Wireless-Adaptor-Compatible/dp/B004Y6MIXS/ref=pd_sim_147_2?ie=UTF8&dpID=31OywCLDnvL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR160%2C160_&refRID=0V162F50Z65EJJ095NA3

Antenna: http://www.amazon.com/Alfa-2-4HGz-Booster-High-Gain-Antenna/dp/B003ZWPRUI/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1457816495&sr=8-3-fkmr0&keywords=alfa+directional+usb+wifi+antenna

Lastly, I don’t think you could go wrong with a tablet case such as the Case Logic VNA 210 – Small enough to fit your Chuwi and roomy enough to carry all your accessories. This one was my choice. http://www.amazon.com/Case-Logic-10-2-Inch-Netbook-Attache/dp/B002STX2ZG/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1457816858&sr=8-2&keywords=case+logic+vna

Thanks for reading my post, I look forward to your accessories ideas.

[kravmama1]

Great list! The only thing that I would add is a USB 3.0 hub. I bought a portable unpowered one: http://www.amazon.com/Sabrent-Portable-MacBook-Windows-HB-SGAR/dp/B00IRV2DL8?ie=UTF8&psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00 as well as a powered one with charging ports: http://www.amazon.com/Aukey-4-Port-Smart-Charging-Ports/dp/B00KOHKRXE?ie=UTF8&psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00

Also, purely for fun, I wrapped my tablet in carbon-fiber-like vinyl and added a dragon decal. See attached photo. Wrapped my mouse with leftover material. Waiting for my docking keyboard. I don’t do any gaming, so not worried about trapping heat with the vinyl wrap.

 

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[silverstar]

Since my hi10 made it into its 3rd month =D, I recently ordered the hi10 keyboard and bought a bluetooth speaker. With the speaker, the sound is not an issue anymore.

Hmmm that usb hub/ethernet port sounds interesting tho, have to search online locally.

[Anonymous]

Great list! Meaning to post that for a while…

I ordered the Iwork 10, but alot of those accessories makes perfect sence for that one as well.

Heres a USB 3.0 powered hub with ethernet from Aliexpress, looks solid (You need to order the power supply separatly though, its a 3,5×1,35 pin according to the seller

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Ugreen-USB-Ethernet-10-100-1000-Mbps-Rj45-Gigabit-Network-Card-Lan-Adapter-3-Port-USB/32401431234.html?spm=2114.01010208.3.154.UJS0lZ&ws_ab_test=searchweb201556_9,searchweb201602_3_301_10034_507_10032_10020_10017_10005_10006_10021_10022_401_10018_10019,searchweb201603_9&btsid=97ed1e8a-506b-4cc2-877a-c5faf1fc2f7fx

[seeayesix]

I’m using a Targus Fit’n’Grip 9-10″ case (It’s not perfect, it interferes a little with the power switch and volume rocker, but it works). http://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/officeworks/p/targus-fit-n-grip-universal-case-for-9-10-1-tablets-black-tathz591

I’ve ordered a power hub + ethernet that looks like a good accessory, but I haven’t received it yet: http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Seenda-ICH-07-6-USB-3-0-Ports-Charger-Hub-with-One-10-100-1000Mbps-Ethernet/32589196449.html It comes with a power cord and has a C7 connector, so no external adaptor. If it’s able to put out 5A on each USB port, it might be able to fry the Hi10 though :-/

[Lasslax]

I use this:

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/2016-Newest-3-Ports-USB-3-0-Hub-10-100-1000-Mbps-To-RJ45-Gigabit-Ethernet/32591513069.html

Works fine.

Also this is usable:

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/1pcs-Wholesale-Store-5G-Wireless-Dual-Band-AC600-433Mbps-802-11AC-USB-Wi-Fi-Network-Adapter/32531395378.html

But this keyboard:

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Original-Newest-Docking-Keyboard-Tablet-Docking-Station-Keyboard-Dock-for-10-1-CHUWI-Hi10-Tablet-PC/32594442015.html

well, it’s a disappointment. It supposed to be Chuwis original, but its low mechanical quality makes me suspiciouse.

The locking mechanism is really crap, you risk to drop your tablet or keyboard. And it is really heavy. NOT recommended.

 

 

[Liambass]

Lasslax wrote:

 It supposed to be Chuwis original, but its low mechanical quality makes me suspiciouse. The locking mechanism is really crap, you risk to drop your tablet or keyboard. And it is really heavy. NOT recommended.

 

Personally I find the quality fine for the price and it needs to be fairly heavy to counterbalance the weight of the tablet (although they could have chucked a li-po in though instead of just weights), my issue with it is the goddamn edge swipe gestures.

[Lasslax]

Yes, a battery in the keyboard could have made it worth.

And yes, that bloody swipe – makes me crazy! Never know when it comes, really annoying.

[seeayesix]

seeayesix wrote:

 I’ve ordered a power hub + ethernet that looks like a good accessory, but I haven’t received it yet: http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Seenda-ICH-07-6-USB-3-0-Ports-Charger-Hub-with-One-10-100-1000Mbps-Ethernet/32589196449.html 

I’m not happy with this purchase so far. When I hooked up one external 2,5″ HDD and an external SSD it cause my tablet to shutdown. I’m not sure what the problem is but I would assume it’s not powerful enough, which is really bad since it’s sold as a powered hub with extra charging ports.

I still haven’t managed to get the ethernet to work properly either. I would probably recommend staying away from this product.

 

[John Doe]

theres no way that youre playing crysis on the chuwi, my chuwi hi10 barely can play tf2 and its a much easier game to run than crysis.

[TWICE]

He probably played it at the lowest possible settings? No idea man. But I can run MapleStory on it lol.

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