StarTech SATADOCK22UE eSATA USB to SATA External HDD Dock for Dual 2.5 or 3.5in Hard Drive

Pros: I own two of these. Setup is simple.

Cons: I bought one of these a few years ago, and it worked fine. I have since upgraded my drives to higher capacity, and an issue became apparent: not enough power is provided to the hard drives so that they both can run. I am fine if I turn one off and then turn a second on, but if both are turned on at once, they will keep uninstalling and getting recognized by windows as unformatted discs. They spin up, power down, disappear, etc. I have two of these units, and it happens with both. When I called Startech, they first said it was a cable issue, then a power supply issue, and then that both devices were faulty.

Other Thoughts: If I had known this would happen, I would have just saved the money and bought the single bay devices. I think the newer hard drives, (mine are lower power and green and high capacity) just need more juice than the device can deliver.

Pros: Easy to set up, drop in a HDD and go. Windows recognized the new drives almost instantly.

Cons: none

Pros: Takes two drives, has eSATA and USB 2.0 ports.

Cons: If I had to pick at anything, the dock is kind of bulky.

Other Thoughts: Purchased a pair of these for our tech bench at work so we can image and wipe hard disks more quickly than our existing dock-less single SATA/IDE to USB adapters.

Pros: None Yet

Cons: The doors of the docking slots arrived broken. Big disappointment. StarTech can't possibly be a ISO 9001 company.

Pros: Allows use of 2 sata drives in a hot-swapable configuration.
esata & USB
2.5" & 3.5" capable
individual drive power

Cons: Each drive has it's own independent esata connection. This may not be a con for some, but originally I thought this enclosure used a single esata connection that supported 2 drives, however, that is not the case.

The package does come with 2 esata cables, but the laptop I'm using this for only has 1 esata connection. So if I need to use both drives at the same time I'll be limited by the 35MB/s speed of usb.

Still not enough for me to drop an egg over...no pun intended :)

Other Thoughts: Good price for multiple drive support, does exactly what it should, lightweight, and firm support.

Pros: Although it's plastic (as most dock/toasters are), it feels sturdy and well made. The power button, drive eject button and ports are all solid.

It's great having two drives each with it's own eSATA line for speed and a shared USB 2.0 for when eSATA isn't available on a computer. Also nice to have the flexibility of either 2.5" or 3.5" drives.

Cons: none

Pros: It was fine when it worked.

Cons: It died one week after I had it for one year. and it cost $50. poor quality control, I guess.

Pros: Very simple to use. Just read the instructions on how to get a new hard drive to work on it and then it worked fine.

Cons: Sometimes the disk doesn't show but a simple unplug and plug in fixes it.

Pros: install and compatibility - it's like using 'windows explorer' and it's simple as that.
LED's for activity lights are real-time active.
eSATA ans well as USB.
size and design.

Cons: why I didn't get one years ago, seriously my bad.
would like a little sturdier feel, maybe better materials, have to pay attention and handle carefully.
non-standard power supply is so 2002 not 2012..

Other Thoughts: trying to decide on whether to get the drive dock adapter kit.

Pros: Great dock and very easy to use to store or recover data. There is no need to unscrew/screw an enclouse to swap drives.

There are a few bad reviews there. I think they are unfair. The spec clearly states "Max Drive Capacity: Tested up to 2TB". You complain about "not support 3TB drives" and gave it 1 star?

Cons: None