After reviewing the CalDigit TS5 Plus, a Thunderbolt 5 dock with an insane array of 20 ports, 140W charging, and 10GbE, I admit that I wasn’t as excited to try out the regular CalDigit TS5, which only sports 15 ports.
Although not as powerful as the TS5 Plus, after trying the regular TS5 for the last month, I’d recommend it over its bigger brother for most Mac users. Like the TS5 Plus, it provides 64 GB/s max PCIe bandwidth, up to 140W of Power Delivery, and a heaping helping of I/O. But it also features an additional Thunderbolt 5 downstream port, and it’s $100 cheaper than the TS5 Plus.
Is the CalDigit TS5 the dock you should consider for your Mac? Watch our hands-on video walkthrough as we take a closer look, and be sure to subscribe to 9to5Mac on YouTube for more.
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Essential specifications
15 Ports
4 x 80Gb/s Thunderbolt ports
140W Power Delivery
2.5GbE
8 x offline charging ports
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