Nippon Labs 2.5" Black SATA to USB 2.0 External Enclosure for SATA I and SATA II Hard Drive Model USB-25SATA-BK

Pros: Bought it because it was the cheapest one on here, its functional and I can sticker the f out of it.

Cons: No venting, got very warm when partitioning and formatting the sata drive.

Overall Review: Hard drive did fit loosely and rattled, so I did what the other reviewer did with a piece of 3x5 notecard and it fit much better.

Pros: Works as designed - good case enclosure, appears durable. Very low price for a piece of equipment to have in a PC repair tool chest.

Cons: None.

Overall Review: I use it for retrieving data from dead laptop disk drives for customers, paid for itself right out of the box.

Pros: I purchased this unit the first time because of the cheap price. It serves its purpose. Its not an expensive fancy unit. It comes with a carry case, and isn't much heavier then the hard drive that goes in it. I've gotten many uses from this little gadget, I purchased one for a friend. Several of my tech buddies see me use it, and have asked me where I got it. Many of them are owners of one now.

Cons: dont really have any

Pros: It's Small, simple, and it works! Didn't need bells & whistles; just a simple enclosure that works. I dropped the dead laptop's HD into the case in a minute, and plugged it in. THat's it!

Cons: feels a tad flimsy, but then again I'm not looking to take it into combat. It'll reside on a self in a closed closet.

Pros: Its cheap and it works. I bought it just so that I could get data off of a laptop hard drive.

Cons: Not ideal for converting an internal hard drive to an external hard drive. This was not an issue for me, but is something to be aware of.

Overall Review: If you are wanting to convert an internal laptop hard drive into an external drive, I would recommend buying a better case that has more padding to protect the hard drive. A better case shouldn't cost much more and will offer much more protection to your hard drive.

Pros: Cheap, not an eyesore, bus powered

Cons: Cheap, uses uncommon USBA to USBA connector cable meaning you better pack your cable

Overall Review: When I upgraded my MacBook's internal HD, I figured I'd use the previous drive as a USB drive. It works fine but the USBA to USBA cable uses a bizarre double prong Y splitter which is entirely unnecessary. Notably you quickly realize how uncommon USBA to USBA cables are when you misplace the drive's cable and rummage through your cable bin only to find oodles of every other type of cable.

Pros: USB powered. Lightweight, comes with a cable and sleeve.

Cons: The drive is not real secure in the case. You slide the drive into the top of the case, but its not attached.

Overall Review: EggSaver shipping is really slow. DHL got took 5 days to get the package from Memphis, TN to Atlanta, GA.

Pros: Works well.

Cons: none