- Product:
- 3.5" Aluminium External Enclosure (company site)
- What’s Good:
- Portable, Saves you from buying an external hard drive.
- What’s Bad:
- Drives are not easily swapped, Additional power cables.
This external drive enclosure will create a portable backup/storage device from any regular 3.5" drive allowing you to connect to any computer with USB.
Once connected via USB/Firewire, the removable drive(s) will appear where you can freely copy files back and forth to. I'm currently using this without USB2 so file transferring is relatively slow but still workable. The drive case also requires it's own power supply so you'll have additional cables over your desk.
The case itself has 2 screws and then an additional 2-4 screws to hold the drive in place so quickly changing drives will be a hassle.
Comments
Fred Blasdel - December 21, 2004 1:46 am
I have this exact model.
My only complaint is the stupid AC adapter. It would be far better if the transformer brick were built into the case. It would make it far easier to travel with.
Oh, and that retarded blue light! I modified mine with a new, more functional, less blinding LED. It would fill my room with light, but if you disconnected it, there was no way of telling whether or not it was on or busy.
Clark MacLeod - January 26, 2005 11:32 pm
Though a bit expensive you might want to check out the Momobay (http://www.dvico.com/pcx-2.html). Very, very small and, if it matters, rather attractive.
Sage - August 11, 2006 6:53 pm
The only problem with this particular model and other related ones (there are several different versions as well as connectivity such as USB2 and FireWire), is that it does not come with a fan installed. Although it has an aluminum case, it just doesn't desipate heat all that well. I had one of these enclosures, and forgot to unplug it for a one week vacation. I came home to find that there are some heat related problems with the hard drive inside, and some of the files are irrepairatively damaged. It is a very compact design (minus the power cord), but it should be used only as a back up, and only for short periods of time.