EAGLE ET-CS2PSU2-BK 2.5" Black SATA I/II USB 2.0 External Enclosure with built-in USB cable

Pros: Small - barely bigger than the drive itself. Cable is of decent length. Red LED clearly shows I/O (has a blue LED "pilot light")

Cons: None that I can see. Some of you folks are certainly critical. The angle connector is a bit odd, but it helps secure the cable for stowage. The LED is hardly what I'd call annoying, but then I hardly care as long as it gives some indication it's got I/O going on.

Overall Review: NewEgg appears to have fixed the confusion between the model that has eSATA ($2 more) and this one - I knew what I was getting. What I like compared to similar housings with a permanent cable is that the cable is actually a bit longer than others I've used - going a full 3/4 of the way around the shell. Of the last 3 cases for 2.5" drives I've purchased this one is my favorite so far. A good balance between price / quality / function. Would buy again. Note: I used it with a 320GB 5400rpm WD drive. Had no issues with detection both in XP and Vista as well as a boot device.

Pros: I love this enclosure. The attached cable is a very nice feature. This has become my favorite external because I don't have to remember the cable. It is solid built and a good price.

Cons: A little picky but I don't like the super bright lights on the front. If I get too annoyed I will just put some electrical tape on them.

Pros: I have been using this drive with a Seagate 7200.4 320GB drive for six months . . . it is very handy. -Very portable. It is as thin as possible for a 2.5" 9.5mm drive and about 1cm longer on either end of the hard drive. -Wrap-around cable. This is really nice, there is no need to plug in and unplug a cable every time. The cable is durable and has a braided exterior. -Good build quality. The drive feels solid and is partly made of aluminum. -Good value - not expensive at all.

Cons: Not a con, but there is also a version of this drive with eSATA, which is much faster than USB 2.0 (provided you have an eSATA port).

Overall Review: Highly recommended, this enclosure is hard to beat for the price. I have yet to have a problem in six months of daily use.

Pros: Nice design, blue and red lights look cool. Worked for long enough at a time that I was able to use my drive to install Windows 7 on my netbook.

Cons: Didn't work for the most part. I may have just received a defective one, but it only worked about 25% of the time when I plugged it in. The rest of the time, Windows (tried it on XP and 7 desktops) would not even recognize the drive. It had plenty of power through both USB plugs, but it wouldn't even show it as unallocated space in disk management.

Overall Review: It was only $16 when I bought it, so I just counted my losses, and bought a Transcend enclosure instead. It works like a charm. :)

Pros: works fine and reliably, i have not had cable issues like other posters but I am careful with it. the cable is short which I like, it hides easily and makes for a clean product.

Cons: none

Pros: Sturdy steel case

Cons: Cable not good quality

Overall Review: Died after just a few months of use

Pros: Good design but bad build quality.

Cons: The usb cable is build with poor materiel. The cloth on the cable came off and loosing connection here and there. And the hard shell is having some poor quality black paint. So scratches all over... New egg came to the rescue and got full refund. NewEgg rocks...

Pros: This case is very sturdy and looks really good. It feels like a very high quality case. It is small enough to carry in a pocket, and the usb chord being attached is a huge plus.

Cons: None

Overall Review: Normally, there is a purple light that blinks next to the blue (power) one when the drive is reading. When I plugged into my usb extension cable however, the purple light came on (constant). I'm guessing this means it is not getting enough juice. When I plugged the drive directly into a front USB port, it went back to normal, and I could read data off the drive, and feel it spinning.