Pros & Cons
Pros
Main part of the case is a robust aluminium extrusion.
Cons
Metal contact plate inside the usb socket either becomes intermittent or just dead.
Highlights
Quality
Good quality and works well without interruption.
An excellent way to create an external hard drive with usb3 connectivity
The plastic hdd tray fixes via just two screws and slides out easily when they are removed.
The indicator led only lights once the drive has spun up to speed and been recognised by the host, it goes out when released by the host.
Price
Not the cheapest sata enclosures but value for money.
The downside is the higher cost and the fact that most devices you're going to want to connect it to only support usb 3.
Shipping
Package arrived promptly and much quicker than anticipated, was well wrapped and protected.
Packaging/appearance
Amazon forgot to state 'what's in the box':- complete assembled caddy; universal ac adaptor with 4 interchangeable plug adaptor... Read More
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- This product had a total of 335 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jun 4 2024.
Helpful InsightsBETA
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Probably the most important thing to note is that whilst they all appear at first sight to be identical there are two sizes of screw and the smaller one is to hold the cage in the housing
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Not the cheapest sata enclosures but value for money
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Making it very difficult to see if its on or off
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The last thing youll want to introduce is vibration or movement to the device as you fumble with it
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Its impossible for a sata drive to reach speeds faster than 250mbs or if you prefer 1250mbs
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The led light is terribad though but its very easy to unplug
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The plastic ‘foot’ has foamcushioned jaws to grip the caddy case and rubber pads to stop it sliding on shiny surfaces
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The main part of the case is a robust aluminium extrusion blackanodised after machining no raw aluminium edges