The space grey matches the finish of my MacBook Pro perfectly, and the edges and overall styling also complement Apple's general palette. The USB-C cable is long enough to allow for flexible positioning, and the adapter can be flipped upside down to allow for easier access to ports on the other side. It's an inclusion of SD, microSD, HDMI, USB3.0 x 3, USB-C, and ethernet ports in such a small package make it a very useful accessory, stylish enough to be left on the desk as a permanent dock, but portable enough to be thrown in one's laptop bag as a solution to a mass of one-off dongles. After spending quite some time looking at various docks and adapters I haven't found anything that quite replicates these features, especially at this price-point, and I wouldn't be surprised to see Apple start selling these soon in their own retail stores.As to the question of whether a Thunderbolt 3 dock would be better-suited to your needs, unless you intend to daisy-chain multiple devices together, will be doing a lot of I/O processing on attached hard drives, or have $300 to burn, I'd recommend trying this first.UPDATE: After about 1.5 months of heavy usage the SD reader died, although the rest of the ports continued to function. I was blown away by Satechi's response - within one hour of me emailing them they had walked me through a troubleshooting algorithm and, when that failed, express-posted me a replacement. That ranks among the best interactions with customer service I've had with any company over a lifetime of failed electronics, and speaks to the confidence that Satechi has in the quality of their products. I'm happy to report that after a further 2 months of heavy usage the second adapter continues to function as it did on day one, and I would have no qualms about buying from Satechi again in the future!