Mini Port. Hard Drive Enclosure w Fan USB ULT31309

by Ultra Products

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5 x 2 inches ; 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000B5O8UW
• Item model number: ULT31309
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: January 1, 2005

Product Description

It's compact, it's sturdy and it's incredibly mobile. This Mini Portable Disk Enclosure is a perfect fit for anyone on the go. Supports any 3.5" IDE hard disk drive. Comes with built-in, heat-dissipating cooling fan to keep your hard drive in tip-top shape. With lightning-fast USB 2.0 interface, this Enclosure offers you super-speedy data transfer and remarkable versatility. Plug and play! Comes with external power supply and USB cables. Instant backup! Instant storage! The Ultra Mini Portable Disk Enclosure - the incomparable mobile solution for the person on the go!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Cool Lights, Everything Else, Not So Cool, March 16, 2006

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B. Hanneman (Minneapolis, MN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mini Port. Hard Drive Enclosure w Fan USB ULT31309 (Personal Computers)

The plastic housing looked cool in the picture. In real life, it looks cheap.

The documentation that came with the unit was poor at best.

There was no hard drive jumper configuration information at all. I had to research that issue on the internet for myself.

On a positive note, assembly was a breeze. That is the only positive I statement that I can make about this ULTRA unit.

Lastly, the cooling fan became very noisy after only a couple of days of use.

I don't normally write reviews, but if I can save any of you out there from wasting your money, my time was well spent.

My plan now is to trash this housing and go with an aluminum "heatsink" type housing with no fan

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Very poor quality for the price, July 30, 2006

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Michael Chiodo (Iowa, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mini Port. Hard Drive Enclosure w Fan USB ULT31309 (Personal Computers)

I purchased 2 of these units for backup and archival purposes. However, within a few weeks both were so noisy that I had to turn them off. While I like the idea of a fan to keep the drive cool, I trashed both of them and decided on an aluminum enclosure.

You can purchase a much higher quality drive enclosure for much less. The plastic is cheap and flimsy, the fan is extremely loud, and the overall quality screams cheap.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great product for the price!!!, March 2, 2007

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cwf "cwf" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mini Port. Hard Drive Enclosure w Fan USB ULT31309 (Personal Computers)

Works like a charm for my old EIDE drives that still have useful life and are mobile as well as offer both Firewire and USB connectors. This is a boon to working with editing video.