Sabrent ECS-U35K Ultra, Good product for the price..

Overall Rating4.334.334.334.334.33

Good product for the price -Satisfied-

For the price, this product does the job. The instructions were a little poor. For example, they state to set the drive jumper to “master”. Well, I did that and it did not work. I really had to set the jumper to “single”. After I got that figured out, it was easy to fit into the enclosure. They even included a screw driver and screws in the box. I didn’t need anything. That was a nice surprise. After connecting to my USB (Win XP), it was detected and I could access all of my stored files.

I have several hard drives in a box leftover from years of upgrades (a pack rat of sorts). I am considering getting several of these enclosures for these old hard drives, labeling them, and just connecting as the need arises.

Update (5/19/2012): I also found some auctions for this item here.

The featured review for this product, Sabrent ECS-U35K Ultra Slim USB 2.0 3.5-inch IDE/PATA Hard Drive Enclosure Black Electronics, was written by Kerry Turner.

The average rating for this item is 4.3 out of 5 stars, according to 3 reviews.

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Reviews (3)

Kjh

May 2nd, 2010 at 8:38 am    


Overall Rating44444

takes a little work
I admit that i’m a little bit of a geek, so this may not be for people with no computer background. And I’ll admit, it took me a while to figure out how to get the stupid thing open (the other reviewer who mentioned the screwdriver is wrong, you dont need one, you just need to push hard on the two buttons under the slide-out covers of the case). And it would’ve been nice to have a little more docs.

That said, I LOVE the thing. No doubt, I’ll be getting another. It is fast, it is clean, it is solid. Having the ability to get some use out of my old hard drives is really cool — and for $18, I can’t beat it.


Java Wiz Kid

May 4th, 2010 at 10:17 pm    


Overall Rating55555

Works for me!
I must get a Ph.D in engineering because guess what… it works for me!.

The claims by reviewers below are risible.

#1. “No instructions”. “I”m left guessing how to open it”. Can you say “screwdriver”?. Sheesh, remove screws, open the box, plug the IDE drive to the IDE cable, power connector into the drive. Place screws, end of story!

#2. “No drivers on MacOS”. Any OS which supports “USB Mass storage” devices will work. Gee, guess what… you have to FORMAT the drive before it can be seen by the OS. Jumper settings are also an issue. Any drive put into a USB enclosure must be set as MASTER. Anyone who has ever dealt with USB enclosures know that… except the reviewers below…

#3. “It is not shock absorbant”. This is ridiculous!. What do you expect for $18 for Chrissakes!.

This device works as intended and is a great deal. If you’re technically challenged or suffer from panic disorders and can’t think rationally, avoid. You’re better off paying $250 to Maxtor for a pre-assembled USB hard drive.

Tested with both WinXP SP2 and Linux


Kerry Turner

May 14th, 2010 at 6:25 am    


Overall Rating44444

Good product for the price -Satisfied-
Rated 4 stars.


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