ORICO 3.5" External Hard Drive Enclosure SATA III to USB3.1 Type C for HDD Tool-Free Installation Supports UASP and 20TB Drives - Black

The build seems sturdy and when you plug in the hard drive it stays plugged very firmly, no wiggles. There’s a little blue LED light indicating it’s turned on. Easy to use, just two cables (power to the socket and USB to the PC). I think the top cover is pretty useless as it just traps the heat. Very cheap and effective. You can hear a bit of the noise when the HDD is in use but that’s expected.

Works fine, good price. No complaints from me!

Does what is supposed to. 5 stars if lid would be more secure.

Started disconnecting after a couple of weeks having to pull mains plug and power again to get it back working decided to return and try find a better model.

My fault I thought it was a hard drive it's just a case lucky I had an old harddrive for it

After two months, I am very disappointed. I use it with a HDD 14 TB and the power is going ON and OFF without giving us the chance to trust on the device. I do not have to detail how critical is a HDD that has its power cut suddenly :-(

Kann ich weiterempfehlen

Fonctionne très bien. Interrupteur pratique.

Among the different products on this page, this review is for the Orico single hard drive enclosure - Model 3588 USB3.0 (UAB 3.0 & SATA). I received a sample for test and evaluation. These caddies have become essential accessories as people upgrade computers on a regular basis. The new pc usually comes with a new internal hard drive, but it would be a waste to scrap your previous one along with the old tower. So the solution is to extract your old drive and slip it into a case like this one, which allows you to turn any 3.5” internal SATA hard drive into a portable external drive for just the cost of the enclosure. This gives you additional storage for backups, and it is also invaluable to retrieve data in case of computer failure. Included in the package was the drive enclosure, a USB cable (1 m long), a power cord (1.5 m) with 12V adapter for direct connection to a wall outlet , a foam pad if needed to stabilize the drive, and a manual in English. The manual could be better, both in content and presentation. The writing is tiny and I had to scan and enlarge each page, but it does contain adequate instructions in approximate English. However, if you've used one before, installation is intuitive. Just remember to do the safe-remove when you want to disconnect it. This is one of the easiest models I have come across. No tools are needed. The plastic casing opens by sliding the bottom sideways, you then align the contacts and push the drive home. For thinner drives you can use the foam provided (I did not use it). You then close it back up, connect the enclosure to your new pc (or laptop) with the supplied cables and switch on. A LED light flashes red and when it turns steady blue, you are ready to access your new external drive in the usual way. The top of the drive (with the brand name and logo) is made of metal to disperse heat more efficiently. If you have a USB 3.0 port (blue), you can take advantage of its fastest speed, but it is also retro-compatible to older standards. My pc does not have 3.0 ports available, so the read-write speeds I'm getting are adequate but not ground-shaking. Hoever, used with the laptop's 3.0 port, everything gets much faster. I have used this caddy to back up 770 GB of data onto a WD Blue hard drive in preparation for upgrading to Win 10. It made the whole thing much less traumatic and now I have a very useful 1 TB external drive where I store my weekly backups. Heat dissipation is very good, although the drive does feel warm but comparable to similar products. So far the product is performing impeccably.

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Stopped turning on after a month.