A tool free and trouble free solution for your storage needs. KF-251-BK supports up to two 2.5" SATA hdd and it's tray free design allows you to easily swap and exchange drives in seconds.
Learn more about the Kingwin Inc. KF-251-BK
Model
Brand
KINGWIN
Model
KF-251-BK
Details
Mobile Rack Drives Support
Multi 2.5" Drives to 3.5" Bay
Mobile Rack Interface
SATA I/II/III
Specifications
Suitable hard disk type: 2.5" SATA x 2 Interface: Serial ATA Color: Black Key Lock: Yes Connector: NSS (Non-Scratch SATA) Material: Stainless steel & ABS plastic Hot swap: Yes Insertion rate: 50,000 Dimension: 134mm (5.25")L x 100mm (4")W x 24mm (1")H Weight: 233.3g (0.5 lbs.)
Features
Features
Led light for power & HDD activity
2.5" Dual bay internal hot swap rack
Durable dual bay door w/ key lock
Push/pull bar design for easy inserting & ejecting of H.D.D.
Pros: Easy instillation.
Perfect fit in 3.5inch bay.
Secure locking mechanism.
comes with extra cables.
Light that identifies if there is a HDD present.
Easy access to HDD.
Automatically pops in and out without ease.
Compact(doesn't extend far into case).
Cons: Handle on door is a bit flimsy(not to bad).
Not the greatest key(still does the job fine).
Overall Review: I would recommend this over 3.5 to 2.5 adapters as this lets you put two HDDs in a 3.5inch bay and it also shows when HDD is present so you don't remove a HDD in use by accident when mistaking it for being empty.
Pros: You get pretty much what you expect. No necessary blinking activity lights.
Cons: Doors pop open TOO easily, you really need to lock them.
Overall Review: My Samsung 830 SSD does not work with this, it started having errors after a few weeks. I went through a number of other adapters thinking it was due to a lack of SATAIII support but it would seem the Samsung 830 just doesn't like these pass through adapters. Plugged the SSD straight into the SATA cable and it had no issue.
Pros: 2 Drives, mounting hardware & Sata->Molex connectors. Key? It's a triangle shape used to unlock, so finding a knife wouldn't be hard but whatever.
Cons: Umm, doesn't fit 3? I would have preferred a 5.25" bay for my laptop hard drives, but this did the trick.
Overall Review: Doesn' fit nicely in my Antec DF-85. The case attunes for a hard drive to mount differently, so if you were to mount the bay in the position a hard drive would natively mount in, it would be backwards. If you mount it the way you need to easily access the drive it sticks too far forward and the Front fans hit the bays. This was easily remedied by sliding the bay back and using the rear mounting holes to mount the front of the bay to. Because the DF-85 is humongous, there's still plenty of room for cabling however.
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Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
Verified Owner
6/10/2011 12:35:59 PM
Pros: Compact.
Hot Swap.
Cons: Requires 2 power connectors.
Overall Review: I use this for cloning and imaging laptop hard drives. Especially useful for that. For power, it uses a Y adapter that converts molex into a SATA and a small conector for the LED. There are two of them, one for each bay. This could have been done with just one SATA power to reduce the bird's nest of wiring that will end up near the bay.
Pros: Very Solid - no cheap plastic to break after one use. This is Enterprise craftsmanship at an consumer Price. I took chance on this one after a few others that I found were junk. If you need a 2.5" hot swap bay this is the one you want.
Cons: Wasn't free.
Overall Review: This is perfect for your SSD. I am using it for SSD and 2.5 HDD. SSD for windows and HDD for Linux.
Pros: $1100 worth of hardware slides in just fine.
Cons: One of the "caddy" backplanes was dead.
Overall Review: Having to unscrew and otherwise take apart a piece of cheap plastic and metal to retrieve $1100 worth of hardware because the item is a piece of junk? Not so much fun.
Pros: Looks nice Does the job Comes with everything you need
Cons: None