Joined on 07/20/02
There is NO POWER ADAPTER
Pros: I bought this to duplicate flash drives in quantity of ten at a time. The ports are spaced so that both snap-cap and swivel drives will fit, although there is no extra room when you use swivel drives. Novelty drives might not fit. The USB connectors themselves are a little stiff, but may "break in" as I use this. I have, in general, found Orico equipment to be of high quality at a fair price.
Cons: There is NO POWER ADAPTER, although at the time I bought this the description included "5V2A Power Adapter." I hope Newegg will fix that. What is included instead is a POWER CABLE with a USB-A connector on one end and a coaxial barrel connector on the other, as shown in the pictures. You have to supply your own USB wall wart! That, of course, explains the low price.
Overall Review: I gave this four eggs instead of five because I think the description is misleading, and because of the stiff connectors. As long as you understand that what's in the box DOES NOT INCLUDE A POWER SOURCE, this does what you need. If you were trying to connect a bunch of self-powered USB drives, you wouldn't even need a power source. I had a 3.5A USB wall wart on hand, so this worked fine for me. If you're expecting a power source, you'll be disappointed.
The right tool for duplicating USB content
Pros: The included "power brick" AC adapter has a 4 amp output, which should be enough to power all ten ports unless you have a bunch of spinning disks. The case is plastic, but not cheap-looking. There is a single on/off switch, and "device present" indicator lights for each port. Throughput is consistent with USB 3.0 specifications with all ten ports in use.
Cons: What's not to like?
Overall Review: I bought this for duplication microSD cards in USB adapters, ten at a time. It works like a champ. I'm happy I bought it. I have, in general, found Orico equipment to be of high quality at a reasonable price.
Right Tool for the Job for Backups
Pros: I'm not into the third generation of Buffalo DriveStations. I use them in fours for backups; two alternating and two alternating off-site. I alternate two on-site so that if there's a drive failure, I'll still have a relatively recent backup. That has never happened with DriveStations. I've bought new DriveStations because, when I get a new computer, it inevitably has a larger disk. The Axis Velocity drives are nearly silent (you can hear disk seeks sometimes) and take full advantage of USB 3.0. With the two drives I just bought, I backed up 257 GB in less than 90 minutes per drive, using AES encryption, which slowed the process.
Cons: What's not to like. Oh, yeah... although the USB3 receptacle on the drive is one of the USB3 standards, it's a "standard-B" receptacle, so you have to use the cables that came in the box, no problem for me, or be sure you have suitable cables.
Overall Review: Based on many years' experience with Buffalo Drivestations, I'll keep right on buying them.
Does Not Include Laptop Spacer
Pros: I have a 256G Samsung drive. I expect this will be just as fast and reliable.
Cons: Beware. This is a 7mm drive, and it does not ship with the spacer necessary to install it in a 9mm laptop drive bay. (There is a laptop upgrade kit that does ship with both spacer and SATA to USB adapter, but this isn't it.)
Sold it; didn't ship it.
I waited two weeks for them to ship an Ethernet cable. "Label created." No cable.I did get a prompt refund, but I could have gotten the same cables for half the price, delivered in two days by another vendor, which I finally did. The name of the other vendor, which starts with A, is an "unacceptable word" according to New Egg. I've been trying to avoid vendor A, but maybe I should avoid vendor N. That would make me sad.