RocketfishTM - 3.5" Hard Drive Enclosure

by Rocketfish

Product Details

• Item Weight: 3 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds
• ASIN: B000UZRF1W
• Item model number: RF-HD35
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: August 10, 2007

Product Description

THIS UNIT IS NEW, open box, In origonal box, box may have damage

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Design & Great Quality, February 24, 2008

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Malcolm Broderick "Kidneys4Lives" (Boston, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: RocketfishTM - 3.5" Hard Drive Enclosure (Electronics)

I've used a lot of different brands of external drive enclosures and this one is by far the best. It seems that so many drive enclosures for 3.5" drives are designed to be difficult to open an close. With the Rocketfish design, you have large Allen key (hex) bolts in the corners. These are stronger and much easier to use than the hardware of other enclosures. The bottoms of the bolts have little rubber feet that help the drive run as silently as possible. The drives also stack really well if you have more than one.

The drive kit comes with an honest-to-goodness user's manual and the 4 foot USB cable is plently long. The red part of the drive (with all the fins) is anodized aluminum. So not only does it look real cool, it dissipates heat very well.

The picture of the enclosure here is kind of odd. You wouldn't put it in the stand oriented in that direction with the connectors on top. You'd either put it on its side or as I prefer, flat on the desk

For anyone with Windows XP or Vista, the drives are plug & play. A cool blue light shows when the drive is in use. I have several of these Rocketfish drive enclosures (including the smaller 2.5" size), and they have worked flawlessly for me.

If you're upgrading the drive in your desktop computer, don't waste the old drive, just throw it in one of these enclosures and use it as a backup.

REMEMBER this drive enclosure is for older EIDE/ATA drives (lots of pins) rather than the newer SATA drives (small connector). Most if not all desktop computers sold now are using SATA drives inside. I'm not sure if Rocketfish makes this same style enclosure for SATA drives.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ramped up Rocket...., October 16, 2009

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L7 "Tech Head" (United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: RocketfishTM - 3.5" Hard Drive Enclosure (Electronics)

Length:: 2:08 Mins

This review explains the inner workings and function of the Rocketfish External Hard drive case.
Lots of images and specs on this review. I hope you enjoy it and find it helpful.

www.rocketfishproducts.com

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nice Hard Drive Enclosure That Works Very Well, October 26, 2008

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Jack R. Tallent (Ellicott City, MD USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: RocketfishTM - 3.5" Hard Drive Enclosure (Electronics)

I bought this USB hard drive enclosure as an easy and fast way to transfer lots of files from my old computer to my new one.

The process is extremely simple: I pulled the drive out of my old machine; put the drive into the Rocketfish drive tray (two cables and 4 screws to hold the drive firmly in place); put the tray/drive assembly into the enclosure and screwed the lid down.

That's it.

The drive was immediately recognized as "Local Disk (G:)" on my Windows Vista System. (It also recognized "SYSTEM_SAV(H:)" which I assume is the boot volume on the drive.)

The enclosure is attractive and well-made, consisting of a red,finned, aluminum chassis with glossy black side panels. There is a small stand that permits the enclosure to sit on its side, and it is very stable in this configuration. The system does not seem to get more than slightly warm.

I am glad I bought this thing-- it made transferring 10,000 photos as easy at it possibly could have been.