SNT SNT-SATA2221B Dual 2.5" SATA SSD / HDD to 3.5" Bay Trayless Hot Swap Mobile Rack Backplane

Pros: Does what it is designed to do.

Cons: None

Overall Review: I use this to hot swap laptop drives and ssds. It is a lot easier to have a bay to insert drives in than it is to shut down a pc and install it inside the case. I run virus & malware scans in this manner. It also is great for recovering data off a drive that windows will not run correctly on. Invaluable in computer repair.

Pros: I have used many of these to mount SDD's and they work great. Yes, you have to be careful that you don't break one of the doors off when you are ejuecting a disk drive, but remember that those doors are not crowbars. You cannot exert a lot of force on them. Further, don't leave them unlocked and flapping around when you are assembling your system. Exerting upware or doward force on a loose door is a good way to break one off.

Cons: I have seen a lot of comments that the screws don't fit. They don't fit a 3 1/2 inch disk drive bay very well, but they fit a 3 1/2 to 5 1/4 inch floppy drive adapter perfectly. You can use the screw holes on the sides or the bottom because they are identicaly to a floppy drive. Now I admit it would have been nice if the manufacturer had noted that in the documentation, but now you know.

Overall Review: I wouldn't use these racks for conventional disk drives because I think they would probably get pretty warm. But for SDD's they work great.

Pros: I love these devices. I build Asus 1u servers and the cheap ones do not have hot swap so I just jam a couple of these inside the case and have 4 drives. Make sure to use 9.5mm drives and these are limited in height.

Cons: None

Pros: Low priced. Compact. Have not had any electrical problems.

Cons: Cheap plastic door that flexes every time it's used and eventually snaps off. Screw positioning made installation inconvenient.

Overall Review: I've had 30 of these in service for over a year. If the doors were solid, I could give it a four or a five. They _will_ eventually snap.

Pros: Fits two 2.5" hard drives in the space of a single 3.5" disk. Aluminum for proper thermal conductivity.

Cons: Screw holes don't perfectly line up to where normal hard drive holes would be. I could just barely mount it with 2 screws, in opposite corners, in my Lian Li hard drive cage. Bottom slot is larger than top slot. My hard drive vibrated like crazy in there. I had to shove a small bit of rubber padding under the front corners of the hard drive.

Overall Review: With a slow ventilation fan pointing right at it, my WD Blacks run at 34C. This is a pretty good hard drive temperature, according to the Google server farm statistics that compared hard drive temperatures and longevity.

Pros: A hot-swap tray looks good and seem well built.

Cons: None as far as tray is concerned.

Overall Review: NewEgg shipped this item out of Edison NJ which is 15 miles from where I live. In the past it would take no more than 2 days before items out of Edison would get to me. This time it took 4 days by DHL ... 4 days to go 15 miles. I'll think twice when ordering items from NewEgg in the future.

Pros: The convenience of having two hot swap drive bays mounted in a 3.5" drive bay is huge, especially if you do a lot of laptop data recovery or if you need an efficient way to make backups of your data. I do a lot of the former, and when I purchased this guy I was a little skeptical from other reviews. However, once I received and installed it, I couldn't be happier with the purchase! - Device has two sata data ports on the back side labeled SATA 0 and SATA 1. There is no molex or peripheral power port. - Front side has two plastic doors that open when you push adjacent to the hinge. Doors are made well and feel stiff and strong. The door doubles as a drive ejector so is made for some abuse. - Door ejects drive from bay when opened, making drive removal easy. There is enough friction that the drive does not shoot out, but it's also lose enough that the drive slides in easily. - Case is very strong and made of what feels like steel, or some rigid, stiff metal that doesn't bend

Cons: PROS Cont.: - If I were running high performance or 10,000, 15,000 or high density 2.5 drives in here, I would use caution so as not to let anything over heat. The case has holes for ventilation on the bottom and rear, but not the top. - Each drive door has its respective disk printed on it, disk 0 and disk 1 (Disk icons with numbers). The drives share one light. - Each drive door has it's own little lock. Locks slide left/right to lock and unlock and have a nice firm slide action to them. They firmly snap into place with a distinctive "CLICK". When open, the lock displays a white dot, when locked the dot is red. The dot is printed on the slider. CONS: - There is only one sata power port. A molex adapter would be nice for compatibility sake, tho I am a fan of the simpler devices in general, and I have plenty of extra sata power connectors in my case, so this appealed to me. - Heat could be a problem in this case if high performance drives are used, especially two toge

Overall Review: - I've found it's better to let the drive bay door actually push the drive fully into place. When you use your finger, the drive door awkwardly snaps back into your finger, and then you basically have to use it for the last push anyway because you can't keep your finger under it while the drive slides into place. Now I slide my drives in just over 3/4 of the way, and then close the door. - You need fingernails to snap the locks back and forth. That or a paperclip maybe. Overall, I am really happy with this device, and I would buy more if the need arises. When you load two disks into the bays and snap the locks shut and hold it in your hand it feels safe and solid. Minimal wiggle room for the drives prevents vibrations while running. Some things I would add: Tiny fan at the rear and air slots on front. Rubber mount points for vibration reduction. A separate light for each drive. Another version with one IDE bay. These are minor things and I give this drive bay fi

Pros: High quality workmanship and materials - Heavy not cheap and light Ingenious design Only requires 1 power cable

Cons: Requires a floppy/ 3.5 slot which might be in use in your system?

Overall Review: This made my SSD Raid install easy and clean.