CalDigit’s new Thunderbolt 5 docks bring plenty of ports

The CalDigit TS5 Plus dock offers a full of 20 ports. | Image: CalDigit

CalDigit is well-known for its Thunderbolt docks that don’t skimp connected ports. After debuting a compact but well-equipped Thunderbolt 5 dock astatine CES 2025, the institution is finally upgrading its larger docks with Thunderbolt 5 and boosting the fig of ports offered. While the cheaper Thunderbolt Station 5 (TS5) maxes retired astatine 15 ports, the pricier TS5 Plus offers 20 – 2 much than the Thunderbolt 4 dock that CalDigit launched 3 years ago.

The TS5 Plus volition beryllium disposable successful precocious April 2025 and volition beryllium priced astatine $499.99. Its connectivity includes 3 Thunderbolt 5 ports, 5 USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 ports, 5 USB-A ports, SD and microSD representation paper slots, a 10Gb ethernet port, and a headphone jack. DigiCalc says its caller TS5 Plus is “the archetypal Thunderbolt dock to diagnostic dual 10Gb/s USB controllers… allowing for accrued USB bandwidth.”

Three of the dock’s ports tin complaint devices astatine speeds of up to 36W portion the superior big instrumentality gets 140W of power, capable to support adjacent a MacBook Pro powered. All 3 Thunderbolt 5 ports connection transportation speeds of up to 80Gbps, with a 120Gbps Bandwidth Boost option. Windows users tin link up to 3 outer 4K displays utilizing TS5 Plus, portion Mac users tin link a brace of displays moving astatine 8K 60Hz oregon 4K 240Hz resolutions.

The much affordable TS5 volition motorboat a spot aboriginal successful May 2025 for $369.99. Its 15 ports see 4 Thunderbolt 5 ports, 3 USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 ports, 2 USB-A ports, a 2.5Gb ethernet port, positive representation paper slots and a headphone jack.

Performance is astir identical to the TS5 Plus, including 80Gbps transportation speeds that tin beryllium boosted to 120Gbps and 140W of powerfulness for a big device. However, there’s a flimsy measurement down to 20W and 15W of powerfulness transportation done its USB-C ports.

When asked if President Trump’s tariffs would person an effect connected its pricing, CalDigit’s selling enforcement Kosta Panagos told The Verge successful an email that the institution was monitoring the situation. ”As of close present we are moving guardant with the existent pricing we person successful spot for the recently announced Thunderbolt 5 docks, and for our existing merchandise range. However, we are monitoring the concern with the tariffs, and if indispensable we whitethorn person to adjust, but arsenic of close present we expect to support the existent pricing.”