Rosewill RX81U-ES-25B 2.5" IDE to USB 2.0 External Enclosure

Pros: This was fairly easy to use, but did take some time to figure out how to attach the IDE drive to the Enclosure. It was not at all expensive which was great for my budget.

Cons: No cons at all. The product did exactly what I needed it to do, and was a great price.

Other Thoughts: I used this enclosure to get some pictures off of an old laptop. My wife was so happy to have these old memories, thanks to this IDE to USB Enclosure!

Pros: This item has been listed here since 2008. I dont think its going out of stock anytime soon.

Cons: Will only power the drive if used on a native usb 2.0 port connected to the mainboard.

Other Thoughts: Spend fifteen more dollars and buy a quality all brushed aluminum enclosure.

Pros: cheap!

Cons: the 2.5" drive i bought it for is too fat for it lol. its nice looking but not real sturdy, you get what you pay for i guess

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Pros: Functions well, has held up well!

Cons: Uses two plugs.

Other Thoughts: I bought this in the early Spring of 2010 as a quick, cheap and easy way to recover the photos from the hard drive from my old laptop that died. Almost 3 years later, it still works just like it did when it was brand new, and it is used almost daily. :)

Pros: Works like a charm. No problems in 3.5 years

Cons: None

Pros: Works as advertised!
Sleek Design!

Cons: None

Pros: Works fine electronically
Quite slim
Very inexpensive

Cons: Poor build quality (some sharp edges that are just exposed enough to hurt). Would not want to use it as a travel drive.

Other Thoughts: Purchased this to use an old laptop drive I had lying around with my Raspberry Pi. Works perfectly fine if you want to keep it in one place or you just want to clone an old hard drive and then keep it in a drawer. It is nice and slim, but I don't imagine it lasting all that long if you use it as a travel/beater drive.

Pros: -decent quality for price
-will do its job

Cons: none

Other Thoughts: Bought this thinking it was SATA...it was so cheap I won't return it. If I ever come upon an IDE 2.5" drive I'll throw it in and have more storage!

Pros: Installed a WD 160GB hdd, plugged it into Win 8 and Linux Mint 14.

Both OS's picked it up no problem and tranfer speeds are good for a IDE hdd.

For 7 bucks you can't go wrong.

Cons: None I can think of.

Other Thoughts: Gotta love the schmucks giving this a bad review because they don't know the difference between IDE and SATA and bought the wrong enclosure lol.

Pros: I bought this for my laptop hard drive that was replaced by a SSD. I didn't even take the time to read that it was IDE and not sata. Needless to say, when I opened the box and saw that I couldn't use it I was pretty sad. I think the sale price got the best of me and I totally overlooked the fact that it clearly says IDE in the title (I'm known for doing this when I see what looks like REALLY good deals).

Cons: None I can think of, it looks like a good enclosure for the price and I wish I could use it.