KINGWIN KF-72-BK Black HDD Mobile Rack

Comments: I bought three of these about a year ago. Great when I first got them, now the fans are failing. It's a design issue. There are three plastic pieces that keep the fan motor mounted inside the fan enclosure (which screws to the rack). Over time, the torque of the fan causes these plastic mounts to bend, which then causes the fan to get hung up on the enclosure. Then the fan stops spinning and your HDD overheats. Fair warning to those out there.

Comments: Hotswapping SATA by hand, regardless of what the specification says, DOES NOT WORK. I've destroyed a few drives doing it, and even when I havn't, the system crashes. But this bay removes all concerns for that by cutting off power and data connections BEFORE the drive is physically disconnected. This is actuated by the power key. Please note that Windows will freeze for about 1-2 seconds when a drive is <font>I</font>nserted and enabled, but it comes back. It'll still crash if you try swapping the boot drive and aren't in a mirrored RAID situation. Physically, it's well constructed and the swap process is a smooth one. Drive mounting is a little unorthadox, read the manual if you can't figure it out yourself. Also keeps my Maxtor from reaching anywhere near what I assumed to be it's normal operating temperature. This is going to become standard equipment.

Pros: they look nice.

Cons: Very cheep material for the cover, and did not seem to fit correctly.

Overall Review: Also the screws on the sides are only located on the lower part. So if you have a case that only takes the screws in the higher part, you can not use these.

Pros: This is really a nice drive tray for the money. Once the tray has a drive in it and the cage is mounted in the case they are both fairly solid. For the money I can not imagine a better product. Even if you compare it to products that cost three times as much I still give it no less than a 7 on a 1 to 10 scale in Quality.

Cons: None that I have found.

Overall Review: My 5 Rating is based on the quality being in line with the price. If my rating was based overall and compared to all drive cages it would still only be a 4.

Pros: Low cost. I purchased two so I could share drives between machines. Uses centronics connector so you dont have to worry that your HD's connector is going to end up getting worn or damaged. You install your drive in a completely enclosed tray so it's reasonably well protected. Didn't have to load any drivers etc, worked first time and haven't had any functional problems running in either PC I installed these in.

Cons: Mounting holes didn't line up in two of the three cases I tried these in. I was able to modify the rails on the third case I used it in. Bottom of rack is open so you have to make sure there are no cables near there or you'll have problems. Plastic construction on rack a tad flimsy, you may have issue with door hanging up when tray is removed if you aren't careful during installation as rack can twist slightly. Rubber mounts in tray for HD screws take a lot of patience, they can easily pop out when you try to align the drive in the tray.

Overall Review: If you want an inexpensive method for drive swap or sharing and are careful during initial installation these are a great deal. If you don't want to deal with the odd placement of the mounting holes on the rack then avoid these. For me, once I got past the hope of a quick install and figured out a way to mount them, they work great.

Pros: Inexpensive. Easy to install. Activity light on front is nice. 90 degree power and SATA cables help. Shock absorbing screws.

Cons: It is made of cheap plastic with an aluminum top cover. The whole thing could be broken easily of you twisted it.

Overall Review: I would probably buy these again. There isn't anything much better for under $xx. I needed a lot of these so i had to go cheap but if i just wanted one for some reason I would probably spend more on something else.

Pros: It works, for a while at least.

Cons: Couldn't imagine how they could construct it any worse than they did. Top cover is made of paper thin aluminum, thinner than a soda can. They used to be all plastic which was semi-acceptable but they changed design and now they're just garbage.

Overall Review: Spend a few bucks more and buy something else.

Pros: Hot swapping. Cheap. Easy to install. Looks neat.

Cons: Loud -- useless if you're going for a quiet HTPC feel (I wasn't).

Overall Review: For the money, it's hard to ask for more. The handle's construction is great unless you can't figure out that you need to unlock it first... I honestly wonder how someone was that blind.