Rosewill RX-DUS100 2.5" & 3.5" SATA to USB2.0 & eSATA Hard Drive Docking Station

Pros: Well engineered, built to last, well placed on/off switch, easy to remove the drive, substantial weight. I have tried many of these and found some too light and some play for keeps with the drive or hardly hold the drive at all. This is just right.

Cons: Short power cable. If you use anything but a newer cool-running drive aim a fan at the drive as hot drives get hot even in the open air. No problem using WD or Samsung 5400rpm drives, I would have no problem leaving them on this all day.

Overall Review: This is identical to the Thermaltake BlacX without the expensive name, thankfully it was also without the Thermaltake rebates which I have had one declined due to postal error and one just lost and no chance of resubmission. Get this and be done.

Pros: Comes with 3' esata 3' usb 4' power cord Nice looking with power button on back blue light on top Easy eject button Works with 2.5, 3.5 sata drives Built heavy good construction Wire's and plugs fit snug +++ Heavy so it won't tip over+++

Cons: None

Overall Review: I have 4 external hard drive kits this is the only Rosewill model i have but wont be the last!! I will be using this one on my Direct tv Box as a "dvr" hard drive kit and use another dock on my downstairs box, so if i record upstairs and want to watch downstairs it's just a button push away instead of disconnecting wires etc.... Also i installed W7 beta with dock and a hard drive i have, which I'm using now to right this review... Got this with a combo...... Soon as i can I'm getting another one these....This is the best built dock or external kit i have ever owned, and as I've said this is my 4th, my other dock and 2 kits are also good but this one just seems to be designed to be better!

Pros: Exactly as advertised. Works on ever machine I've plugged in to.

Cons: None that I know of.

Overall Review: I've used both the Sata II and USB interface on XP x86, Vista x86 and Windows 7 x64 (in fact I used it as the boot device to install Win7 on my x64 machine). No issues anywhere... it just worked. USB is obviously slower than Sata II (I 'm not sure why I felt compelled to mention that other than the fact that others seemed to be surprised by this).

Pros: Simple yet functional. USB works well with XP. Plug and play. All SATA drives fit so far with zero issues.

Cons: I wasn't prepared for the drives heating up like this. Also, the drive continues to spin even if the system shuts down or goes into standby. You have to remember to power off the dock. It's not too bad for me though. I got this for temporary usage (to occasionally pull data off of old drives). The dude's suggestion about point a fan at the dock seems like a good idea.

Overall Review: My motherboard supports AHCI and e-sata. But I choose not to install AHCI when installing XP (went with generic IDE). So, I cannot use the e-sata connect what-so-ever. I had originally thought I'd be able to use the e-sata function, just not as a "hot swap." I was wrong. I'm stuck with the USB function until I reinstall Windows and go to AHCI. I do not fault this dock though. I'm taking this one on the chin. You live and learn - and I should have done more research. Heck, I should have installed AHCI from the get-go. Bottom line: I had numerous SATA drives laying around and was sick of hanging them out the side of of my machine. This dock allows me to quickly pull data off whenever I feel like it. And no shutting down of my system! Also, I've already used it to pull data off of friends' failed drives (so I could reformat/reinstall their drive).

Pros: sturdy design. though it was going to have a plastic insert for swapping out 3.5 to 2.5 HDD but is actually a spring loaded door. e-sata!!! for a good good price. recommend it to anyone thinking bout buying this product. GET IT!

Cons: none

Overall Review: none

Pros: I've had three of these for over a year now. They are used everyday and they work great. Yes, the ON/OFF switch did stop working on two, but I found a very easy quick fix. Here's a simple solution for the "on/off switch problem. 1. First, remove the base. Very simple to remove the base. Two screws in the bottom. 2. Pull off the base from the top. 3. Take a pair if diagonal snips, cut, then remove the small coiled spring that pushes the on/off button out. 4. After removing the spring, presto, the unit is as good as new. (Be sure the button stays pushed in so the dock is in the "on" position.) Finally, the drive will turn on and off with your computer automatically. If you want it "off" for some reason while your compute is "on", just unplug it from the port. No need to return it or trash it!

Cons: none for me

Pros: No pros. Doesn't work with the drives I bought it for.

Cons: Incompatible with Western Digital 1.5TB Caviar Green. Rosewill tech support quickly acknowledged this and authorized a refund.

Overall Review: Based on how quickly Rosewill identified the problem and authorized a refund, it seems likely that they already new that the product was incompatible with the drive. Its perfectly nice of them to authorize a refund but I'd rather not have wasted the time and the $10 for the return postage.

Pros: Attractive, well-made, nice black plastic, comes with SATA cable & USB cable, groovy blue power light and green activity light, nicer-than-usual AC adapter, very nice for the inexpensive price

Cons: none