ineo I-NC05, 3.5-Inch SATA/ IDE Hard Drive Protection Box (Milky White)

by Ineo

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 10 x 6.7 x 1.6 inches ; 4.8 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B002FDRYTA
• Item model number: I-NC05
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #47 in Electronics > Computers & Add-Ons > Computer Accessories > Hard Drive Enclosures
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 30, 2009

Product Description

ineo I-NC05 Secure your data while transport from dust, falling and splash water damage.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

30 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not as much "protection" as I was expecting, October 15, 2009

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Carl Cravens (Wichita, KS USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: ineo I-NC05, 3.5-Inch SATA/ IDE Hard Drive Protection Box (Milky White) (Personal Computers)

I use bare "internal" hard drives in an external dock to do my backups, and swap the drive to an off-site location every week. I wanted a protective case to carry the bare drive in, and was surprised to find such a case difficult to find.

The ineo box looked like what I wanted, but it occurs to me that my intended use is probably not what ineo had in mind. The box is a simple plastic shell (as expected), and the only padding is two hard foam strips on either end that hold the hard drive in place. Outside of that, the drive rests against the bare plastic of the sides. ineo claims "anti-shock", but this case isn't going to provide much protection against impacts that aren't mostly to the end of the case. My guess is that it was intended to go no further than crossing the room from a machine to a storage cabinet.

Even so, it's still better than throwing a bare drive in my bag, keeping fingers and keys off of the drive itself. It does that job well enough that I bought a second one. For the price, the level of protection is not unreasonable.

UPDATE: I've been using these boxes to carry my backup hard drives off-site for five months now and they have performed the job as expected. I've not dropped a drive, but I carry it in my bag one day a week, and the cases are doing the job as expected.

UPDATE 2: (06/2011) I've now been using two of these boxes as indicated above for over 18 months. Still no complaints, and I've upgraded my rating from three to four stars. I've had no trouble with the drives that I transport in them. The hinges are not showing any signs of stress, though I've probably opened and closed them less than 100 times each.

The case was certainly nice to have when I was off work for two weeks and kept my offsite backup at my dad's... I was more comfortable handing him the drive in a sturdy case than just wrapped in an ESD bag.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Protection for bare backup drives, October 6, 2009

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D. Bacon - See all my reviews
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This review is from: ineo I-NC05, 3.5-Inch SATA/ IDE Hard Drive Protection Box (Milky White) (Personal Computers)

This case fits the hard drive snugly, and it has small pads on either end to prevent the drive from rattling inside the box. Much cheaper than buying 2 USB enclosures.

I use 2 bare drives for backup, with a USB drive dock. I swap them between an offsite location monthly. This box is a great way to protect the drives during storage and transport.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great storage case, October 6, 2009

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Doug4.7 - See all my reviews

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Great way to store naked hard drives. You can stack them and they keep the dust off the drives. The one problem is it is not waterproof.