Customer Reviews

Serial ATA 2.0 Cable, eSATA 300Mbps, 1.5 Meter (5 ft)

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(0)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(4)

 

 

Does what it's supposed to do, plain and simple. However, it seems the cable easily comes loose from the computer pretty often. I've lost scheduled recordings (DVR) because of this and it's super annoying. If you wiggle it just a little, that could mean the difference between a disconnected drive/connected drive. So if I am plugging another device into the computer, I always have to remember to check if the drive gets disconnected because the machine may have budged a little. I may have to pay more and invest in a better cable later down the road.

I bought a pair of these cables a year ago thinking I would switch over to using eSATA. I never did upgrade my system in 2010 but last week I did and since I never bothered to return these cables I put them to work. Worked great for the first couple of days and then I couldn't get one drive to be recognized and was actually pretty unhappy with the laptop and thought that it had something to do with the new machine. After screwing around with the laptop for a while I decided to try a cable I had paid 3 times as much for, and presto, it all worked. I was somewhat incredulous that a cable could go south after a couple of days - well it has. I cannot help think the adage you get what you pay for holds true for these cables. I am about to buy another eSATA (retractable and more expensive than this rubbish) before the other one in the pair I bought also gives out on me.

I used the cable for 3 months and it worked as it should. But it ultimately came apart at the ends, exposing the wires. It isn't worth the cost to return, but i suppose that is what they count on?
I wouldn't buy it unless it was going to be plugged in on a permanent basis.

The eSATA cable works just as described.

It provides high speed transfers. However, I am not sure whether its the wire or damaged physical driver of the eSATA port on my external HDD, but I do not always get a stable connection. Sometimes it would work. Then at other times I would try to use it again, and the drive does not even detect.

For that (over multiple drives and various eSATA cables), I only give this a 3 out of 5 stars. It works as intended, but not always 100%. I have given up on eSATA tech and am waiting for USB 3.0 to become more widely used.

After only a little use, this cable fell apart. The connector separated from the outer sheathing of the cable, exposing the braiding underneath, and would not function.

This did not work for me. Intiallly it was working with interruptions every few mins but eventually it just stopped working. i had to return it in one week.

I needed the cable to connect an external drive to my laptop. Using a USB cable made it take hours to do a backup but with this cable I was able to do the backup in minutes. Great price and quick shipping.

The product arrived very quickly and great packaging, will deal with this company again in the future.

It's the reason we shop at Amazon... god price, found what I needed and good delivery.