Baseus has refreshed its desktop docking lineup with the Spacemate RD1 Pro, a 15-in-1 dock that aims to replace a small pile of adapters, chargers, and card readers with one fairly serious slab of hardware. It supports Windows and macOS, pushes up to 160 W in total, and even includes wireless charging for the phone you keep forgetting to plug in. The Baseus Spacemate RD1 Pro is priced at $300.
The selling point is not just the port count. Baseus has also added a built-in display for live power draw, plus GaN hardware to keep the unit compact enough for a desk instead of a small server room. That is the sort of feature set usually reserved for pricier office docks from Anker, CalDigit, or Kensington, which makes the $300 asking price look competitive rather than extravagant.
Baseus Spacemate RD1 Pro ports and power
The RD1 Pro packs a surprisingly dense mix of connections:
- two USB-C ports with Power Delivery up to 100 W
- Qi2.2 wireless charging up to 25 W
- two USB-A ports at 5 Gbps
- two USB-C ports at 10 Gbps
- two USB-A ports at 480 Mbps
- SD and microSD card slots
- two HDMI outputs supporting 4K 60 Hz and 4K 120 Hz
- gigabit Ethernet and a separate USB-C connection for the computer, with charging up to 100 W
That mix covers most desk setups without forcing users to choose between fast storage, display output, and charging. The catch is familiar: on macOS, external display expansion is still more limited than on Windows, so the dock’s hardware is more flexible than the software ecosystem around it.
A dock built for one-cable desks
Baseus says the Spacemate RD1 Pro is already on sale for $300. For anyone building a tidy single-cable workstation, that puts it in the same conversation as established premium docks, but with a more aggressive feature count and a slightly less painful price tag.
The bigger question is whether buyers want a dock that does a bit of everything or a specialist box from a brand with deeper enterprise credentials. Either way, Baseus has made one thing clear: the days of a dock being just a USB splitter are long gone.