Vantec 2.5"/3.5"/5.25" SATA/IDE to USB 2.0 Adapter - Model CB-ISATAU2 Vantec 2.5"/3.5"/5.25" SATA/IDE to USB 2.0 Adapter - Model CB-ISATAU2

Pros: I was able to pull stuff off of old HD's that I never thought I would see again using this adapter in combination with Prosoft's Data Rescue II software.

Cons: No Data recovery software included. Otherwise I would have voted 5 eggs.

Other Thoughts: Possibly include DATA Rescue Software in a Package Deal

Pros: Simple to use
pretty good quality

Cons: none so far

Other Thoughts: Better quality then I thought it would be. For the price I thought it would be cheaply made and fragile. Very easy to use, no instructions needed. Worked on Seagate, WD, Maxtor, Samsung and a laptop hard drive with no issues. Well worth the price if you do computer repair. I should have gotten one of these a long time ago.

Pros: Bought this for my Dad. He has spent the last few years since retiring helping other retirees keep their computers up and running. As you can imagine, a lot of these PCs are not the newest, shining examples of latest tech in PC land. Many of them have older IDE hard drives, and being able to access them from a newer SATA-style PC is not easy, if even possible. With this adapter, he was able to go through several of these older HDDs and copy their contents onto newer hard drives.

Cons: No real cons, although when you hear the hard drives spinning up, without the PC case around it to cut down on the noise, the hard drives do tend to get a little loud. Not worthy of taking off an egg.

Other Thoughts: I think this item is a great idea. To be able to extract some old data, particularly photos, etc., that were scanned years ago, is a very good thing.

Pros: Make use of old HDDs laying around
Useful for data recovery
IDE portion of this kit works great
SATA works, but >see cons

Cons: After about a month of moderate use of both the SATA and IDE sides of the kit, going back and forth between the two, the included SATA power AND data cables started showing terrible signs of wear.

The data cable caused the most headaches, in that the slightest bump to the connection and it was lost (infuriating if this happens during a transfer).

The SATA power cable I still use if necessary although one of the four pins to the molex side moves freely within the housing :( I just hold that one when pluging it in.

Other Thoughts: This kit is a cheap alternative to an external hot swap bay, and accordingly the two least expensive parts of the kit are poorly cunstructed.

Buy this kit if you know you'll use it, but also buy a small molex to SATA connecter & a SATA data cable if you dont have one lying around. (minus 2 eggs for shoddy cables!)

Pros: Super handy and works great

Cons: none really, but it would be amazing if it were more portable

Other Thoughts: There are so many times where it comes in handy some personal times and some when your friend is desperate and you come to the rescue.

Pros: Many different connections to quickly access bare drives

Cons: none

Other Thoughts: Every computer geek should have one of these in their toolbox.

Pros: First unit worked fine a couple of times.

Cons: Unit died after about the third time using it. However, it was within the 45 day return time frame.

Other Thoughts: The adapter is very useful, so I called Newegg for a replacement. As I've come to expect, they replaced it without any problems. And THAT is why I do business with them!

Pros: works perfectly on all three kinds of drives and is super cheap

Cons: doesn't cook me breakfast

Other Thoughts: buy this and use it well fellow IT pros; like me.

Pros: Worked perfectly, no issues whatsoever. The transfer speed was fast, use was quick and easy, and it detected any drive I threw at it (with the exception of a drive that had, apparently, died shortly before I removed it from the PC).

Cons: Nothing really, it was a little awkward to figure out how to plug things in since the instructions were lacking but it's easy enough to figure out.

Pros: works for sata and ide laptop and the standard ide too works well for transferring data to another pc

Cons: wish there were rubber feet on the psu it comes with other than that nothing at all