Rosewill RDEE-12002 Aluminum 2.5" USB 3.0 SSD/ HDD Aluminum Screwless External Enclosure support up to 12.7mm

Pros: Easy drive installation, USB 3.0

Cons: Cheap materials, broken easily.

Manufacturer Response:

Dear Valued Customer,
Thank you very much for purchasing this unit.
We strive to provide the most reliable and highest quality products to our customers.

Please kindly contact the Rosewill support team
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Email: rma@rosewill.com

So we may assist you with (in-warranty) replacement.
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Pros: The no screw case is easy to open and close. It also locks. Held my drive very secure, and seems to run very cool. Can't tell if that is the case or the hard drive of course.

Cons: None

Pros: USB 3.0 speeds are great.

Aluminum Case

Cons: Due to my clumsiness, I left the cable plugged into the case in my backpack. Eventually, the cord connector bent the internal connection right off the soder board.
Great to use if it is standing still, not too sturdy for "extreme" portability.

Other Thoughts: The cord was not under tremendous amout of strain to rip the connection out. I would expect a soderboard connection to be a little bit more sturdier and not wiggle as much as it did before it broke inside my backpack.

Pros: Easy assembly & seemingly well constructed.

Cons: Only Rosewell external enclosure I've EVER bought that did not include the carrying case. Considering the lack of that, I consider it too expensive.

Pros: Small, sleek and stylish brushed aluminum chassis.
USB 3 speed - first large transfer ranged from 55-85 MB/s with a 500GB WD Black inside. I would expect a touch faster, but the speed is acceptable.

Cons: The drive mounts to plastic - an insulator!. Would have much preferred aluminum mounts so the chassis could be used as a heat sync. I truly hope this chassis will not cook my drive.

Other Thoughts: This chassis is great for its size and price combined with the USB 3.
However, due to the lack of heat dissipation its use is limited to short term use, don't leave it plugged in for any length of time.

Pros: Compact. FAST - Over 75MB sustained transfer rate.
Does what it is supposed to do.

Cons: A little tricky to put back together - just need to slide the correct sides in -but it is not obvious what sides are 'correct'.

Other Thoughts: I bought this because I had a spare 1TB WDBlue which would no longer work in a WDTV Live HUB (OEM drive)- But works perfectly well in this.

Pros: Fast. Good controller on this, does not bottleneck the connection all that much, I can get 300 MB/s write speed with an SSD inside.

Cons: Probably the worst construction of all time. And I didn't expect this from Rosewill because they usually subcontract the right Chinese manufacturer, or manufacture stuff themselves at a much higher quality. Anyways, the USB port on the enclosure is too shallow for the cable to go all the way in to have a secure connection. So each time you move the enclosure, you have to keep it in using at least 2 fingers. Pretty much defeats the purpose of having a mobile, 1-connection enclosure. Hence, 1 egg.

Other Thoughts: When you pick it up the 2 plates are so loose you double check to see if you locked them at the bottom so you don't end up dropping the drive.

Sorry Rosewill, this one didn't make it.

Pros: Works good on old usb2 & 3

Cons: None so far

Pros: I already wrote a review giving the good sides.

Cons: This review is not about cons.

Other Thoughts: I hoped that I would get 500 MB/sec with a Samsung 840 Pro and this Rosewill product. As I understand, now, it is not because one purchase a brand new computer that this computer has SATA III and that you will get the performance that you expect. As a matter of fact, it does seem that there are not that many manufacturers that do offer SATA III on their USB 3 port. The performance is not bad (depending on the computer I get somewhere between 150 MB/sec and 300 MB/sec), but be advised that you have to be quite selective in your choice of computer to get 500 MB/sec. What is most disappointing is that many computer manufacturers do not even tell whether or not their USB 3.0 supports SATA III.

Pros: Sturdy product which works well (although the benchmark seems to be a little less than the Kingwin product I had). I recommend it.

Cons: I find it difficult to get the type of cable which comes with it.