Tripp Lite USB 3.0 SuperSpeed to SATA/IDE Adapter 2.5/3.5/5.25" Hard Drives

Pros: Easy to figure out plug and play novice friendly

Cons: I hate those power supply plugs that take up two or more spaces on a power strip, and this has one of those.

Overall Review: I was transferring my OS within seconds of opening the box, and I'm not a tech savvy kind of guy. My cousin told me what to buy and what program to use. If you can look at the connectors and match them up to each other, you can use this.

Pros: Everything you need for most internal drives. Worked perfect.

Cons: none so far

Overall Review: Have a few old desktop computers laying around. I'm able to pull the drives out, fire them up access the data on the old drives. No issues, it just worked like you'd hope

Pros: I was able to bring back all my old hard drives(pictures, old programs) I removed old hard drives from old computers plugged them in and worked like charm. Power and data flowed perfectly. Pay the extra money and be ready for anything, buy this ONE!!!!

Cons: All is working well

Pros: Had no problem retrieving old pictures from a old win95 PC Hard drive.

Overall Review: I recommend it.

Pros: Does what it is supposed to to.

Cons: Several pieces that might get lost over time.

Overall Review: I've not used mine, but I purchased it because we have one at work and it does what it is supposed to do. I have some hard drives that I removed from old computers and I want to be sure there is nothing on them before disposing or repurposing.

Pros: - Works with lots of different devices (2.5" and 3.5" drives for sure, I personally haven't tested with any legacy IDE devices) - Has standard adapters, which can be used for other purposes (i.e. molex to test a case fan without having to fire up a PSU) - Lots of different adapters

Cons: - Lots of different adapters

Overall Review: I bought this to replace a similar StarTech adapter that mysteriously failed. All in all, I would say this kit is an upgrade, since I appreciate being able to use the SATA data and power adapters independently. I can see the flip side though - the StarTech kit was a single piece (plus the 12V adapter) while this one has multiple separate pieces you have to fiddle with to connect a drive. A worthy addition to my PC building / maintenance toolkit.

Pros: My 2009 Acer M1202 running Win 10 and MS Office 2007 had a blue screen crash when the boot sector failed. Desperate to recover many files, I ordered the Tripp Lite device with UPS Ground ($) for quicker deliver. In just a couple of days it arrived and within hours I was recovering documents, user manuals, and file downloads. Worked so well that on first boot of the host computer, it too came up with the blue screen boot error! Simple, just powered Acer drive off, booted HP, then powered Acer drive. All well from there. Oh, the Acer HD was 5.25 inch SATA and wouldn't fit my Wavlink Commumicator D3. Tripp Lite saved what little hair I have left!

Cons: Cannot think of any negatives except equipment is necessarily spindly as required by so many possible drives with which it can be used. Use care and all is well.

Overall Review: If you need this adapter, get it. If you have a house full of computers as I do (no, this isn't a school!), have one handy for the eventual need. I would buy another if needed and strongly recommend that to you.

Pros: - I was able to access older PATA/IDE drives without issue thanks to this tool. By doing that I saved a lot of time and effort because I didn't have to piece together a full computer and operating system to access them.

Cons: Sometimes you have plug, unplug and replug things in in order for the machine to see the drive but this is a minor inconvenience for the time and effort saved.

Overall Review: It's important to note that if you plan on using the drive for an extended period you will need to use something to keep it cool.