Sabrent 2.5-Inch USB-SATA HDD Enclosure (EC-UST25)

by Sabrent

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 2 x 5 inches ; 4.8 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000UO8MZQ
• Item model number: EC-UST25
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 2, 2004

Product Description

Transfer data quickly and easily, anywhere with this great external hard drive case! The USB 2.0 interface allows for data transfer rates up to 480Mbps. Its easy to use design allows you to quickly install 2.5-inch SATA hard drives. This enclosure provides a fast, easy way to add more storage space to your desktop or notebook PC. With its ultra slim compact design, MicroPac's Super Slim 2.5-in Aluminum Hard Drive Enclosure is ideal for creating personal back up storage of many GB, yet not much larger than a thumb drive, so it is very light and portable. It offers a highly efficient and a more economical storage vehicle than flash or tape drives.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Does its job with uncommon USB connector, December 13, 2008

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muol - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Sabrent 2.5-Inch USB-SATA HDD Enclosure (EC-UST25) (Personal Computers)

This enclosure is not much more than an alloy sleeve for 2.5" hard drives but it works. A hard drive fits in very tight and is fixed with two screws. I used the enclosure with a 500 GB Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD5000BEVT without any problems. What's quite uncommon for a 2.5" enclosure is that it comes with a standard USB type A connector jack instead of mini USB. This means you have to use the included skinny 32" cable and can't take one of the common cables you may have collected from several other mobile USB devices like cameras and MP3 players.

What's in the box:
+ enclosure
+ mini screwdriver
+ 3 screws
+ USB A-A cable (32" long) with Y-plug on one side
+ protective sleeve
+ manual sheet
+ driver mini CD (not needed for XP, Vista, Linux)

All together its ok for the price but I wouldn't have bought it if I knew about the connector jack type in advance.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Impossible to remove the drive once installed, December 3, 2008

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KF (New Jersey, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Sabrent 2.5-Inch USB-SATA HDD Enclosure (EC-UST25) (Personal Computers)

If you are planning to install and then later remove your hard drive to/from this enclosure, don't buy it. It's impossible to remove the drive without damaging the enclosure. Otherwise no problem with it.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Slick little hd enclosure, after a slight modification., August 3, 2009

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katana "techie" (North Carolina - USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Sabrent 2.5-Inch USB-SATA HDD Enclosure (EC-UST25) (Personal Computers)

I bought this to house the old hard drive from one of my laptops after I upgraded it. Easy to assemble, and a nice tight fit with no rattles. The only issue I had was that the hole through which you insert the USB cable into the enclosure was a little off-centered, and resulted in the cable being a little crooked after being plugged in. This put some stress on the connector, possibly shortening its lifespan. I disassembled the enclosure, and used an X-Acto knife to open up the hole in the plastic end cap to give it the required clearance. After that, it has worked perfectly.