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| Brand | pjp electronics |
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| ASIN | B003RIL0EM |
| Best Sellers Rank | 205 in Computers & Accessories (See top 100) |
| Date First Available | 3 Nov 2010 |
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Product Description
High quality external storage system for 2.5 inch hard disk drive!
Coverts your 2.5 inch hard drive disc into an external hard drive for more flexibility and convenience.
Fits all the 2.5 inch SATA hard drive disk.
Easy portability and installation of this 2.5" SATA HDD Case.
The transmission interface conforms to the standard specifications of USB 2.0 / SATA, and is compatible with the USB 1.1 interface.
2.5" SATA HDD Enclosure supports plug & play and hot-swapping.
Made with sturdy aluminum magnesium alloy material.
LED power indicator.
Powered by computer USB port, no external power needed
The 2.5" SATA Hard Drive Case support Windows XP, 2000, ME and VISTA.
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Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
25 of 26 people found the following review helpful
By dave
Amazon Verified Purchase
This drive caddy is by the far the best quality and value for money drive caddy at the cheaper end of the market, and I'd rate it above some of the badly-designed 'top-end' models that cost ten-times as much.
Snug-fitting clip-together design:
No tiny screws to fiddle about with - the lid just levers off and clamps back down on top of the hard-drive with minimal effort, and holds the caddy together firmly. This snug-fit design can make fitting the drive a little awkward - but not enough to cause serious problems.
USB connection:
The caddy has a standard mini-USB port which on modern high-power USB 2 ports was compatible with the cables from my camera, mp3 player, and other portable hard-drives, on older low-power USB ports it requires the y-splitter cable that ships with it.
Drive Protection:
This caddy is perfectly fine for most household data-recovery, data-backup, and data storage, but the snug-fit design provides no real protection against knocks, bumps, or other physical damage to the drive, meaning that it isn't really suitable for serious portable use unless you buy a padded case for it (which is a good idea anyway).
The fake leather slip-case that comes with it is purely cosmetic and provides no protection at all.
Snug-fitting clip-together design:
No tiny screws to fiddle about with - the lid just levers off and clamps back down on top of the hard-drive with minimal effort, and holds the caddy together firmly. This snug-fit design can make fitting the drive a little awkward - but not enough to cause serious problems.
USB connection:
The caddy has a standard mini-USB port which on modern high-power USB 2 ports was compatible with the cables from my camera, mp3 player, and other portable hard-drives, on older low-power USB ports it requires the y-splitter cable that ships with it.
Drive Protection:
This caddy is perfectly fine for most household data-recovery, data-backup, and data storage, but the snug-fit design provides no real protection against knocks, bumps, or other physical damage to the drive, meaning that it isn't really suitable for serious portable use unless you buy a padded case for it (which is a good idea anyway).
The fake leather slip-case that comes with it is purely cosmetic and provides no protection at all.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By RB
Well, it's under a fiver, it works well & looks ok...what more do you want? Comes with 2x USB ends for powering certain drives.
No trouble setting it up, I see peoples' point with saying it's a tight fit but really it fits fine if a little tight. Build quality isn't brill but it looks like it'll last so no problems there!
For under £3.50 it's a bargain!
No trouble setting it up, I see peoples' point with saying it's a tight fit but really it fits fine if a little tight. Build quality isn't brill but it looks like it'll last so no problems there!
For under £3.50 it's a bargain!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By Arsonist
-Works perfectly fine on Windows 7
-Bought this to use the hard drive from my dead laptop as an external hard drive
-Comes with double headed USB but you only need one head when using USB 2.0
-Build quality is good for the price and the green LED is useful to know if its working
Overall I would recommend this product to anyone!
-Bought this to use the hard drive from my dead laptop as an external hard drive
-Comes with double headed USB but you only need one head when using USB 2.0
-Build quality is good for the price and the green LED is useful to know if its working
Overall I would recommend this product to anyone!
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Amazon Verified Purchase
Bought to house a drive removed from a PS3 - the disk fitted easily and was ready to use in no time. Cheap and cheerful but perfectly adequate and in my opinion better than a similar housing I paid £10 for just 6 months ago.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By J. Carracher
I was looking for a caddy for my 2.5" SSD from my broken laptop but dedicated SSD caddies were expensive so I took a chance on this and I couldn't be happier. Like the previous reviewer mentioned it's basic and a very tight fit and it was a bit of a fiddle getting the drive in but once in, it worked perfectly straight away with no issues.
Truly fit for purpose so why pay more.
Truly fit for purpose so why pay more.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By graemelamb
Amazon Verified Purchase
For the price this is a little beauty. The metal is cheap and tacky, but for this price what do you expect! The only gripe that I would have was that the case was a little small for the 2.5in HDD I was wanting to put in it - I could connect it no problem, but the drive was a little too thick to put the lid on, although this could be the problem of the HDD rather than this case.
The data transfer rate from the provided cable was very acceptable, and for the price, even with the little problem, I was thrilled with this product.
The data transfer rate from the provided cable was very acceptable, and for the price, even with the little problem, I was thrilled with this product.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By Nigel J
Amazon Verified Purchase
If you want an external hard drive that will survive trekking through the jungle or deep sea diving, then this isn't the right product for you. If however you are are after a way to turn old unused laptop hard drives into perfectly good, USB powered external drives for use around the home and office, then you are unlikely to do any better.
Installing the drive is simple and quick, and connecting to a pc is painless. The supplied USB cable is an excellent feature, as it allows you to connect a second USB port in parallel, if the available power is insufficient from just one port. Not needing an external power supply is an absolute bonus, especially for travelling. The overall look of the package is that of a much more expensive item, and the supplied carry case should keep the whole thing safe when on the move.
One minor suggestion - if you expect to have more than one of these (and I think you will want more), go for a variety of colours - it would make it easier to know which drive is which! :)
Installing the drive is simple and quick, and connecting to a pc is painless. The supplied USB cable is an excellent feature, as it allows you to connect a second USB port in parallel, if the available power is insufficient from just one port. Not needing an external power supply is an absolute bonus, especially for travelling. The overall look of the package is that of a much more expensive item, and the supplied carry case should keep the whole thing safe when on the move.
One minor suggestion - if you expect to have more than one of these (and I think you will want more), go for a variety of colours - it would make it easier to know which drive is which! :)
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Small, compact and a good product. I fitted 160GB 2.5" HDD in this HDD enclosure and it works like a charm. And transfer speeds are great as well (+-32MB/s approx.).
Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars
No complaints whatoever
Easy install, neat, does what it was supposed to. The cheapest case I could find on Amazon and I cannot fault it
Published 4 days ago by arthur
5.0 out of 5 stars
Perfect value!
It did what I wanted it to do! Best value and to anyone cramped for cash not needing to move massive lots of data this is perfect!
Published 5 days ago by Kiro
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent value - recommended
Bought this for laptop hdd that needed new home after the machine died. Very impressed with the quality- easy to use and well designed tight fit.
Published 5 days ago by Mr. Rp Nesbitt
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good for occasional and emergency use.
This case is great value for your money and does the job satisfactorily, but I wouldn't like to be using it for everyday use, especially if I was moving it between locations. Read more
Published 5 days ago by Kagy
5.0 out of 5 stars
Basic but does the job
Excellent hard drive case. It opens simply without having to undo screws all the time. Very secure and great price.
Published 14 days ago by Mr. Barry J. Hodges
4.0 out of 5 stars
does what it says on the tin
This is a good budget case for a hard drive, I had to retrieve pictures and other files from a broken laptop and this did the job perfectly. Read more
Published 19 days ago by LeeDon
4.0 out of 5 stars
Impressed
I was expecting plastic for the price i payed, but was pleasantly surprised to find a very sleek metal enclosure, it works perfectly, my only qualm is that the two halves of the... Read more
Published 19 days ago by aron lankester
4.0 out of 5 stars
Very small and easy to assemble
Very small and easy to assemble.
No screw to close it, parts should click into each other but this didn't hold very well. Read more
No screw to close it, parts should click into each other but this didn't hold very well. Read more
Published 21 days ago by Robin
5.0 out of 5 stars
Wow neat and compact does the job
Great! ordered two of these now for few laptop hard drives that broke got all my data on these comes with the cable and liitel sleeve to carry the hard drive in. Read more
Published 21 days ago by Kevin Hughes
5.0 out of 5 stars
LIFE SAVER!
Bought this as a laptop died and the files on the HDD were very important, bought this for a couple of quid and i had the files back :) Very pleased.
Published 24 days ago by Matt Connor
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