SYBA USB 3.0 2.5" & 3.5" Dual bay Black SATA III, HDD Docking Station for Easy Clone and Backup, CL-ENC50060

Pros: Dual bay allows one-button duplication of source drive to destination drive without using USB or computer. USB transfers are good 3.0 speed providing you do not get a defective USB cable in package like I did.

Cons: Required defect troubleshooting. As another reviewer mentioned, worked on small file transfers but failed on larger ones. Replaced USB cable and now works all the time. Recommend all purchasers test cable thoroughly. AC adapter often sparks when inserting plug into wall outlet. Perhaps this is due to higher amp draw to support up to 2 drives but it can still startle a bit.

Overall Review: Will try to get warranty replacement on USB cable only. Paid out of pocket to get one quickly and verify device works great. Note that drives may not sit as solidly in this device as others, but not enough vibration to be a problem.

Pros: Works for 2.5" & 3.5" HD access with USB 3.0 - seems pretty fast too.

Cons: Included software is utterly useless. Cloning didn't work with the included software and didn't work without it either.

Overall Review: Fast as a regular USB 3.0 docking station. Not so much for cloning.

Pros: Clones the hard drive without a computer, provides status LEDs, works with 3.5" and 2.5" drives.

Cons: None.

Pros: It was a beautiful thing watching the lights blink as it cloned. Drives ran hot but fast.

Cons: none

Pros: 2in1 saves space. Fast USB 3.0 speeds. PRICE PRICE PRICE (when on sale...) Easy access to SATA ports. I leave the HDDs on a rack and use an extension cable to connect drives to this dock. Some of the reviews here scared me, but it was on sale and I decided to choose this over another dock station w/in my price range and because of the manufacturer's response to negative reviews.

Cons: Can't find any info regarding warranty on manufacturer's website. problem-1: AUTO SLEEP AFTER 15-20MIN After 15~20mins of inactivity, the dock puts both drives to sleep. I ran a batch script for backup, came back and discovers the Start/stop count in SMART status has increased. The drives boots up every time I bring up explorer from an idle state. Some people might like it, but there is no way to turn this off. So if I have portable apps running, the HDD will be turning on and off frequently, shortening the drive's overall life. problem-2: HOT SWAP I had HDD1 in the dock and tried inserting HDD2, but the dock just reboots. Both drive disconnects and then reconnect to windows. So I can't just remove one drive or add a drive w/o affecting the other. problem-3: Vibrations The base is extremely light weight with soft padding at the bottom. The soft padding made the dock wobble from HDD vibrations. This is not much of a problem with WD green drives, but not so with the seagate barracudas. I fear the vibration could kill the drive. This problem is alleviated when both drives are docked and weighting down on this unit. Or with an extension cable (see pros).

Overall Review: AC adapter does sparks from time to time. Typical of china made wall warts. Just let the capacitors drain first before unplugging. NEVER tried the softwares or cloning features. I was not able to re-create the "time out" issue that were described by some reviews. Tested 97GB transfer from HDD1 -> HDD2 Estimated time: 36mins Actual time: 30mins CRC32 time: +23mins, ALL GOOD Test Files included: 2 x 7gb files = 14gb 13 x 2gb files = 23gb 13 x 800mb files = 11gb 126 x 200mb files = 24gb And other minor various files. After testing, drives are 39F seagate, 38F WD Green @54F room temp. The Manual states: -This dock station is not intended for use 24/24 hours. -Not compliant with win 95/98/ME/NT4. -Included OTB software will not work with Win8. Overall a pretty good docking station for the price if you don't mind the Cons I've mentioned. Generally recommended for backups and transferring files.

Pros: Simple. Works.

Cons: Long clone time: ~4hr for 1tb

Overall Review: I had a 1tb drive that was reluctant to boot reliably. I purchased an identical drive and this unit to clone the 'bad' drive. Within 5 minutes of arrival, I had both drives plugged into the clone station and started the process (installed power cord, pushed drives into bays, pushed the clone button twice, that's it). After it completed, I plugged the new drive into the laptop, and it booted flawlessly. Been going strong ever since. Sure you could make a clone without this station, but for the price, why on earth would you?

Pros: usb 3.0. one touch cloning. price was good. fast shipping.

Cons: cheap construction, cloning software is worthless

Pros: Allows me to access data on extra HDs easily. Small, fast, super easy to use. Good price for very good tech specs, USB3, compatible with SATA 3, 2 drives at once, 3.5" and adapter to hold 2.5" drives.

Cons: USB cable is short.

Overall Review: Moved countries and brought 4 internal 3.5" HDs with me for computer I left. Got this to access the drives and it works well. I am not hot swapping and don't use to clone for now. Connect now with 2 HDs, 1TB each and no issues. Able to access both. I have been using it for a few weeks without problem. I don't access info that often, but it has copied very large files, allows me to connect to 2 drives and do what I need. Simple to insert and remove drives. I have not hot swapped, insert drives before turning on. Using with USB 2.