I swapped, I wiggled, I even jiggled.
On the way home I tried to calculate just how high the per unit failure rate would need to be to enable a randomly selected customer to encounter this many serial failures.
After I got home I noticed that the USB connector in the Travel Hub flexed inwards a tiny bit more than it should. I inserted the USB cable, flexed the connector back out into the proper position and then wrapped the USB cable around the hub and secured it with those clips built into the travel hub. Now we know why the clips are there. :P
iRex is ever so happy to have to only ship me a travel hub this time.
Me, I'm still waiting to see if the unit survives its first few charging cycles before I really trust it.
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