SABRENT 2.5 Inch SATA to USB 3.0 Tool Free External Hard Drive Enclosure [Optimized for SSD, Support UASP SATA III] Black (EC-UASP)

I received it today and it is well boxed and has some instructions even though most people probably don't need them. Never hurts. The cord is actually a decent length. Instead of being 4 inches long I think it's more like 10. I could be off about that all I know is the last one I had (different company and not USB 3.0 but cheap and I needed it quick) had a really short cord and the case basically dangled from the side of my laptop when it was plugged in to the side while I had my laptop on a cooling stand on my lap. It goes together really well and even has black square simple foam insert that helps keep everything snug. Not fancy but I would put it near the end of the drive instead of the center so that you can close it. It has an on and off switch that I could imagine would come in handy in some situations that you didn't want to unplug it but you also didn't want it being accessed. Obviously I noticed right away that it was fast. Since I was used to using USB 2.0 and a case designed for non SSD drives even though they fit and that it did the job? The old one did it very slowly. The difference was obvious and I'm sure that's true of all cases that are 3.0 working off of an SSD. Simple review? I'm very happy with the purchase. It works great and it's not a piece of junk. Which is all we can ask for sometimes when we order online. (That and we get all the parts.) I don't see why spending any more money on a different case with with make your life any easier other than the satisfaction of not having to worry about having money and what to do with it. Because this works perfectly fine and is a solid design and well packaged product. I say well packaged cuz that ensures that you get all the damn parts including the cable and stuff! Hah! It actually comes boxed like it was meant to be sold in a store and completely taped shut and closed etc

Initial impressions - just received today: Item was as described, easy to install Crucial 2.5 SSD. Used EASUS Partition Manager to configure SSD - which was free and easy to use to quickly delete contents, re-partition, and format drive. Tested to work fine - fast file transfer, and fast access! Great for backup drive, or for pictures or music files. Assume the reliability will be a function of the reliability of the Crucial SSD. Though, I will leave the switch in "on" position to avoid unnecessary wear. Seems to be a great alternative for convenient backup drive, or external storage of music files on your digital music player with USB connection.

This was exactly what I was looking for. Easy access to swap a drive if I need to and best part of all IT HAS A POWER SWITCH ON IT! Now for those of you that wonder why I say that. First of all I work on computers and I also edit audio and video files for various companies for commercials, demos, theatrical events and that's my side business and hobby. So I move around a lot of large raw and wav and assorted video files and backup applications and then there's Windows 10. If you live and breath in windoze land and by their rules like an ostrich with your head in the sand or a sheep then you may as well stop reading this and move on. But if you run multiple operating systems like I do then golden rule #1. Windows watches and monitors EVERYTHING you do constantly. All my documents pictures and private things are kept on external drives specifically for this reason and also because I want to be able to use them in various flavors of linux or on mac as well. so ALL of it stays on externals nicely out of windows prying eyes. I can plug this drive the way I have it set up into any pc, and use the on and off switch when I want something from it. This completely stops all this "you need to scan and fix this drive before you can use it" crap. Now anyone that uses other operating systems knows no matter what you do, even if you use the little eject usb options in windows, if you run the drive on a different operating system first time you use it on windows again its going to do this and also it may ask you or tell you to reformat the drive. There is nothing wrong with anything except its just windows getting prissy cause you used another operating system besides theirs. this is the only reason this happens. I say prissy cause amazon wont let me say B----y in a review but this is the bare facts. Windows thinks its the only thing in the world worth using and they want you to think that too. Anyway I dropped a Crucial BX500 1tb sold state drive in this and its perfect, and does everything I want it to and I'm getting great read and write speeds and a lot faster than any of the seagate or WD external drives and it does exactly what I want. The only thing that would make it any better was if it was externally powered so windows couldn't put it to sleep. If you use external drives and are tired of drives sleeping and windows constantly nagging you about what you do with it then try doing it thsi way. Its faster, its solid state so you don't have to worry about shock speeds or heat and its fast. Extremely fast depending on the drive you choose to put in it and best of all its actually lower in priceand you get better performance than the other "ready-to-go" off the shelf pre made externals. Read a little, learn a little and try it yourself and save yourself some money time and frustration. and dont let the odd usb cable fool you, they are easy to find and the connector is a lot less trouble free than a mini usb or type c and the best part of it, you can use this setup with a common cable they way I have it set up with any android or apple phone that allows external storage so its versatile as well. Just buy it. You wont regret it. I have mine setup with 2 partitions. one set up as storage and I have a 40gb partition with Linux Mint 64 bootable on it all set up as a service toolbox for other PC's as well and it just flies in anything I attach it to. A lot faster than a flash drive and 900gb of space to do or save anything else you want. You cant make a seagate or WD prefab external do that like this and have it run this well. There's absolutely no cons here, just possibly the perfect external drive case.

I bought the clear one first for about $11 and liked it so much I wanted another one. Decided to save a few bucks so I bought the black one for $9. I thought they would be identical except for the color but they are not. The black one has a on/off switch which really isn’t necessary, the clear one doesn’t. I like the cable on the clear one, it’s small diameter and flexible. However the cable on the black one is stupid thick and very stiff. All in all I like the clear one better.Was easy to install a 2.5” ssd or hdd and both work fine.

Top notch product. Very easy to use. Slide open, place drive, slide closed. Holds drive securely. Case fits together well - no slack or slop. Works very well with USB 2 or 3. (Excellent quality cable included, BTW.) The power switch puzzled me at first, but I quickly learned to appreciate it. Can connect everything, then power up drive when ready.

Easy to set up and install. Works great, a great buy! I would recommend this item!