Rosewill RX355-X2 BK ABS Cover and internal metal shielding 3.5" Black USB2.0 & eSATA External Enclosure

Pros: I bought this for a bare bones backup of another device and it has worked flawlessly for me so far. The light is subtle and not too bright. The included bracket for eSATA was great, some other options do not come with one.

Cons: None so far

Overall Review: I may replace the hdd I installed it as this will become a permanent fixture.

Pros: 1. Came with all necessary hardware (e-sata bracket for my year old desktop, e-sata cable and USB cable). 2. Simple and easy installation (one screw to mount and un-mount drive) 3. Worked fine with Visa laptop (USB) and Linux box (e-sata) using a 1TB WD sata drive. 4. Nice looking, black gloss finish, light may be a little too bright, however, for all complainers and whiners, just turn it a little bit to one side or the other and that is all it takes to solve the problem. Remember, it is portable and not glued or hard mounted to the desk, wall, ceiling or wherever you fancy to put this thing. 5. For fan noise, "NO NOISE." Please see note below for fans life. 6. No Heat/Warm up issue. 7. Power switch, so device can be off while pc/laptop is on but external drive is not in use. Saving energy - I will say yes it is Green.

Cons: 1. None... except that now I have to find one for my IDE drives... ;( 2. This is not a con and belongs to box above this - Newegg and UPS do a great job for fast delivery - 1 star alone for that.

Overall Review: NO FAN issue: All credit to some earlier posts who gave the idea and solution. I followed and re-iterating for a refresher. Factory installed fans are sucking air inside the box from opposite side trying to make this thing a balloon - That is not going to work in long terms. FIX: Flip one fan. I simply opened the drive cover (1 screw), choose a side - unscrew 2 little bitty screws (easy to slip from fingers but easy to come out of the box). A little outward push, if cover does not come out just try to move it up and that gives enough space to work. 2 screws for fan, flip, and go ahead put it back together. Since I didn't notice any heat issue from the begining so I can't tell how much of a difference it made to cool it down, however, that basic design flaw is gone... The only reason I can think of why it was installed like that is that factory people didn't like to see the white fan label from one of the grill otherwise a pure black box with a blue dsigner light :)

Pros: Hi it's Vince from Slap Chop. When I'm not slapping my troubles away, I'm transferring data with this awesome hard drive enclosure. I've owned many and I think this one takes the cake for ease of hard drive placement and looks. It looks beautiful, is quiet (you'll only hear it you have an extremely quiet setup). I mostly use this just to backup data, and I own multiple hard drives... I was tempted to just get an enclosure that's exposes because it's easier to swap our hd's, but then you lose the fan. And being Vince from Slap Chop, I know how important functionality is...you sacrifice the silence by having a fan, but you're ensuring your hard drive will stay cool. To swap a hd, it's simple. You take off one screw at the bottom front and it opens up like a butterfly. There's another lever at the top that you pull and it pushes out the existing hd, and then just pop in another one. It's almost as simple as the Slap Chop.

Cons: The hd enclosure doesn't quite open up like a butterfly but close enough.

Pros: I originally purchased 5 of these for others at my work, we deal in a lot of data transfer and back up. After seeing how well they worked i purchased one for my self for home. I bought a Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EADS 1TB to use for my data back up to use over external SATA. Works perfectly, the external bus keeps the 1TB nice and cool ever after a over night of doing Cobian back ups. All five for my work were purchased months ago and are used for many hours every day for data back up and transfer and none have failed and have kept the hard drives nice and cool.

Cons: Doesn't make hot coco.

Overall Review: This external case looks nice too, the hard drive mounts in there with no issues and stays locked in. If it had a latch instead of a screw, it would be great for stationary at a machine and use many hard drives on, but oh well.

Pros: Fans keep drive cool. USB & eSATA interfaces Nifty LED light (if you're into that sort of thing) Only one screw to open enclosure

Cons: The one screw that is used to open the enclosure is very small. A snap/click type fastener would have been just as good. The LED light is a bit of an eyesore, IMHO. I'm a simple kinda man.

Overall Review: Could easily be used to slave hard drives for diagnostics. This is a great enclosure. I would recommend it to anyone.

Pros: 2 fans, easy install with only 2 screws needed. Snap in connection. Has esata 3gbps and usb. Comes with a esata external extension so all you need is an extra sata and an extra slot in the back to put it in. Keeps very cool, rarely is the case even warm on the touch. Black chrome shiny case.

Cons: USB and esata cords are somewhat short, but shouldn't be a problem if you are setting it up next to or near your PC. Can be a little loud depending on what you place it on. I noticed it was a little louder on a wooden table, it seemed to emit the sounds more. However, it wasn't louder than my computer.

Overall Review: I am using a 1TB WD cavalier Black edition 7200rpm harddrive in it. Have left it on for over 8 hours downloading and watching movies/games/music/ect. from and to it. Have left it on 24/7 before and got just a bit warm from touch, not even hot. the 2 fans on the side seem to both suck in air. Only thing that I was worried about was where the air would come out from, but the back holes seem to do the job fine, no overheating or data loss here. LED blue light infront can be a pro or a con depending on your preference. Core2Duo e8500 GA EP45 UD3P v. 1.1 Radeon 4870 1gb OCZ 1066 DDR2 4gb ram Alienware case w/ 4 80mm fan and 2 120mm fan vista 64bit

Pros: A solid enclosure that balances the drive on its side. This unit consists of a solid black plastic enclosure built around a metal internal enclosure. On each side are two 50 mm fans to keep the drive cool. The device uses a Jmicron SATA chip for compatibility. I installed a WD Caviar Black 1TB drive. Installation was quick and easy, simply sliding the drive into the metal sleeve to complete connections. The unit features an on-off switch and a simple 2 pole AC adapter connection. Also there are E-Sata and USB connections. The front features a soft blue LED for power and drive activity which match perfectly with the Directv DVR (HR22) that I connected to the device. After several hours of recording and playback, the outside of the enclosure was room temperature like it was not even on! The fans are very quiet and made no distracting noise. On the whole, the device seems well thought out.

Cons: If a fan does wear out, break or become noisy, it may be difficult to service/replace, but until and if that happens, it should not be a worry.

Overall Review: Each day I use this device it is exactly what I wanted, solid, compatible and cool running.

Pros: Installation is really easy, took me maybe 10 minutes to install the esata bracket, put the drive in the encloser, and plug everything in. The enclosure is quiet and I haven't had any heat issues. I use the esata in my desktop and both my laptops and it works perfectly. I have not tried USB but I don't think I would want to use USB to transfer a TB of files, lol. I am using the WD Green TB drive with no problems.

Cons: None.

Overall Review: I bought an esata cord but everything you need is included with the enclosure. I guess I will have a spare when I buy my next drive, which will probably be soon since I almost filled the TB I just got! I wish they had a similar model to this that held 2 or more drives, either in RAID or not.