SABRENT 2.5 Inch SATA to USB 3.0 Tool Free External Hard Drive Enclosure [Optimized for SSD, Support UASP SATA III] Black (EC-UASP)

I picked this up to replace an older enclosure that was constantly giving me connectivity issues, and honestly, this was a no-brainer. The tool-free design made installation effortless — it took me less than two minutes to pop in the drive and have it up and running.I have it connected to my ASUS BE88U router as storage for my Merlin add-on scripts. Plugged it in and boom — everything worked instantly. No configuration headaches, no weird formatting issues, just smooth plug-and-play functionality.Since then, it’s been rock solid. No random disconnects, fast transfer speeds, and it just works every time. If you're looking for a simple, reliable enclosure, this one delivers.

This was exactly what I was looking for. Easy access to swap a drive if I need to and best part of all IT HAS A POWER SWITCH ON IT! Now for those of you that wonder why I say that. First of all I work on computers and I also edit audio and video files for various companies for commercials, demos, theatrical events and that's my side business and hobby. So I move around a lot of large raw and wav and assorted video files and backup applications and then there's Windows 10. If you live and breath in windoze land and by their rules like an ostrich with your head in the sand or a sheep then you may as well stop reading this and move on. But if you run multiple operating systems like I do then golden rule #1. Windows watches and monitors EVERYTHING you do constantly. All my documents pictures and private things are kept on external drives specifically for this reason and also because I want to be able to use them in various flavors of linux or on mac as well. so ALL of it stays on externals nicely out of windows prying eyes. I can plug this drive the way I have it set up into any pc, and use the on and off switch when I want something from it. This completely stops all this "you need to scan and fix this drive before you can use it" crap. Now anyone that uses other operating systems knows no matter what you do, even if you use the little eject usb options in windows, if you run the drive on a different operating system first time you use it on windows again its going to do this and also it may ask you or tell you to reformat the drive. There is nothing wrong with anything except its just windows getting prissy cause you used another operating system besides theirs. this is the only reason this happens. I say prissy cause amazon wont let me say B----y in a review but this is the bare facts. Windows thinks its the only thing in the world worth using and they want you to think that too. Anyway I dropped a Crucial BX500 1tb sold state drive in this and its perfect, and does everything I want it to and I'm getting great read and write speeds and a lot faster than any of the seagate or WD external drives and it does exactly what I want. The only thing that would make it any better was if it was externally powered so windows couldn't put it to sleep. If you use external drives and are tired of drives sleeping and windows constantly nagging you about what you do with it then try doing it thsi way. Its faster, its solid state so you don't have to worry about shock speeds or heat and its fast. Extremely fast depending on the drive you choose to put in it and best of all its actually lower in priceand you get better performance than the other "ready-to-go" off the shelf pre made externals. Read a little, learn a little and try it yourself and save yourself some money time and frustration. and dont let the odd usb cable fool you, they are easy to find and the connector is a lot less trouble free than a mini usb or type c and the best part of it, you can use this setup with a common cable they way I have it set up with any android or apple phone that allows external storage so its versatile as well. Just buy it. You wont regret it. I have mine setup with 2 partitions. one set up as storage and I have a 40gb partition with Linux Mint 64 bootable on it all set up as a service toolbox for other PC's as well and it just flies in anything I attach it to. A lot faster than a flash drive and 900gb of space to do or save anything else you want. You cant make a seagate or WD prefab external do that like this and have it run this well. There's absolutely no cons here, just possibly the perfect external drive case.

Works well, easy set up & I've not had any connection errors in the five months I've used it.

I bought this to replace the enclosure for a mac external drive that had failed. The quality is sufficient, especially given the price. The drive booted right up in both Windows and MacOS so no problems there. I'm going to take away a star for the devil's own USB cable - this kind of cable (type-A plug on both ends) is an unsupported configuration and while it's not dangerous, if you lose it you'll have a difficult time sourcing a replacement. In this day and age it should definitely be USB-C. Otherwise the device functions as expected, has just enough padding to keep the drive safe and is unobtrusive enough to look good next to either a Mac or PC.

Initial impressions - just received today: Item was as described, easy to install Crucial 2.5 SSD. Used EASUS Partition Manager to configure SSD - which was free and easy to use to quickly delete contents, re-partition, and format drive. Tested to work fine - fast file transfer, and fast access! Great for backup drive, or for pictures or music files. Assume the reliability will be a function of the reliability of the Crucial SSD. Though, I will leave the switch in "on" position to avoid unnecessary wear. Seems to be a great alternative for convenient backup drive, or external storage of music files on your digital music player with USB connection.

I got this because my Dad's old computer had finally died. I took his old SSD out and installed it in this case. It took about 2 minutes to put the SSD in the case. There are no screws needed. Just slide off the cover, pop in the SSD and put the cover back on. Simple! I used a 1 TB SSD for the storage. Once plugged in, it was recognized by the new computer and it works great. This was very easy to install and use.

This enclosure is fantastic, it's working perfectly for me! I had an old hard drive lying around, and now it's being used for backups. Seriously, it was ready to go in, like, five minutes flat. The whole setup process was incredibly easy and straightforward, which I really appreciated. It's a great way to breathe new life into an old drive! It was a very good buy for $11

SABRENT 2.5 Inch SATA to USB 3.0The unit is made entirely of plastic, but it performs well. The cable is of good quality, and the box has a tight, secure fit.