MOKiN's 13-in-1 USB-C docking station has an actually useful gimmick and it turned my Lenovo Legion Go into a usable desktop PC

Getting the MOKiN 13-in-1 docking station up and running was as simple as plugging the C5 power cable into the wall and the dock and connecting the docking station to a host device using the clearly marked, rear-mounted USB Type-C port. The port is a simple USB 3.2 Gen 2 port, which imposes a 10 Gbps limitation on any data transfers but has the benefit of widespread compatibility. Unlike Thunderbolt connections, backwards compatibility with previous USB Type-C implementations is almost guaranteed, meaning the MOKiN docking station should be usable as a docking station even on older and more affordable laptops, although there will be bandwidth limitations imposed on the USB hub when using it with older ports and host devices. 

While you can read further to find out about my experience with the MOKiN docking station as a USB hub, its main appeal to me was charging my many wireless peripherals. As is evidenced by my previous reviews, I have many wireless mechanical keyboards, many of which simply have no way to tell you when they're fully charged or not. This is where I found the display of the MOKiN docking station to be most useful. The display has a number of modes, which you can cycle through with the small power button on the left of the ports, but the most useful view by far is the grid that shows the power draw of all of the connected devices. In my time reviewing the docking station, I used this grid view to give me a visual indication of when my charging devices were fully charged — when the port shows 0 W, the battery is full.

I spent several hours charging a number of different devices across all four high-power ports in an attempt to push the docking station to reach saturation. While I was only able to push the charger to 130 W output at most before I ran out of fast-charging, high-draw devices, the dock only ever got marginally warmer than room temperature while charging. I don't expect overheating to become an issue with the MOKiN 13-in-1 docking station. 

More interestingly — and perhaps the most vital change that came from using the MOKiN 13-in-1 docking station — I have stopped charging my gear overnight, because it's just more convenient to use the docking station when I'm working at my desk. I've always had access to a charger at my desk, whether that's my phone's wall brick or a USB port on my computer, but having access to four fast-charging USB Type-C ports at once has means that I no longer need to rely on those PC USB ports, which charge slowly, or my phone's charger. Having multiple fast chargers on hand has meant that, instead of keeping things like camera gimbals, phones, or peripherals topped-up permanently, I can now simply top them up when I know I'll need them, which is a healthier approach to battery management. 

After the monitor was connected, it was basically smooth sailing, at least until I tried to connect my wired earphones that run via a 3.5 mm audio jack. While the Legion Go has a 3.5 mm jack, it was ever so slightly too far away to comfortably connect my earphones directly to the machine handheld. Since there is no 3.5 mm audio jack on the MOKiN dock, this required rearranging the desk to get the Legion Go closer or buying a second pair of earphones that connected via USB instead. With a sufficiently modern setup — wireless headphones or a USB DAC being a key component — the MOKiN 13-in-1 USB-C docking station is a very viable docking station to use to turn a laptop or handheld gaming PC into a fully fledged desktop replacement. 

Having the GaN+ charging hardware built into the dock itself is also excellent, since it is easy to replace if you lose it or if you need to travel somewhere with a different plug standard.