Pros: Nice and handy and works well, once you get use to it.

Cons: I burned a drive once...................just once! Now this device and I get along fine. Device=1, me=happy now that I got what I deserved out of my system, just pay attention and you to can learn not to burn.

Other Thoughts: I had to buy a second one because I like these so much I don't want to be without one should the primary ever fails.

Pros: there was not any data on the drive it burned up I needed and it did not take up too much room in my trash can

Cons: About 2mo ago I ordered this and the first one was DOA. Newegg sent me a replacement and that was not a problem. I have used this on my IDE drives and had no problem. The other day I used it on a SATA drive and it smoked this was a good drive and I had used this adapter on this drive a few days before it got smoked with no problem. I see I am not the first this has happened with. So in short don't buy this. Spend a few bucks more and get a good one. Your data could depend on it.

Other Thoughts: Newegg still rules... I wish they would stop selling this item

Pros: Great way to connect IDE, SATA drives to a computer for data recovery, diagnostics, etc.

Cons: The first one I had was good for over a year, then the AC adapter got so hot it melted the case and also destroyed the drive attached to it. Ordered another one and within 2 months it did the same thing. Has to be a defect in manufacturing.

Other Thoughts: Not worth getting a third time. There are plenty of others out there.

Pros: Able to transfer data, run disk diags, Ghost/image a drive, run A/V scans off of the 3 major types of HDD connections and not have to crack the case of another machine.

Cons: Increased risk of ESD - but not because of the device - simply because you have the drive outside of a machine.

Other Thoughts: We use this all the time in our office to image laptop/tablet PCs, test other drives, and even run antivirus scans on an attached drive. Sure beats having to crack two computers and find the right power and data cables! I saw a few posts where their drives died using this adapter. There is an increased risk of ESD because the connected drive is not in an enclosed container. And do not have the power or the USB connector plugged in before you plug in the drive! That's a sure-fire way of shorting out your harddrive.

Pros: When it does work long enough to save data, it comes in pretty handy.

Cons: Most of the time it doesn't work at all. the drive spins up but it is not seen in explorer. there were no instructions that came with it either. Fried my dad's sata laptop drive. DO NOT USE WITH SATA LAPTOP DRIVES!!! All in all, i would say you get what you pay for on this one.

Other Thoughts: I would try something else.

Pros: The most versatile little gadget you could own if you work on computers

Cons: None

Other Thoughts: This little gadget will make your life so much easier.

Pros: no problems

Cons: Not enough documentation as in which order to get it to work.
Thanks to reviewer that gave good directions as how to use it

Pros: Had one of these and a friend needed to borrow it. Always worked well and extremely handy to cycle through those piled up drives. Gave that to friend and bought this one as a replacement

Cons: Not a big deal for the item/price/design, but if you're not careful it'd be possible to bend a pin a bit easier than a fully enclosed. But using it for quick connect and checks, or long term well supported drives, it's great

Pros: Worked great for a while

Cons: Destroyes drives

Other Thoughts: Destroyed both the source and destination imaged drive. Now trying to recover the data using an expensive data recovery service.

Pros: Works fine with IDE's

Cons: 1. Burns SATA!
2. Looks cheap

Other Thoughts: Avoid this one if you do not want to kill your SATA drive!
I have ended up searching for an expensive data recovery service!