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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.

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Highlights

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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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    plastic, black, quality, external and two.
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  • Our engine has analyzed and discovered that 70.0% of the reviews are reliable.
  • This product had a total of 335 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jun 4 2024.

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    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

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