SIIG CB-SA0111-S1 3.3-Feet Serial ATA External Cable

by SIIG

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 8 x 6 x 0.8 inches ; 2.4 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000BRQU0Q
• Item model number: CB-SA0111-S1
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
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• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 7, 2004

Product Description

Product Description

ESATA TO ESATA CBL (1M) SATA II 1M CBL

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Quality Cable, February 19, 2009

By	N. Boone (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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This review is from: SIIG CB-SA0111-S1 3.3-Feet Serial ATA External Cable (Electronics)

eSATA offers greatly increased speeds over USB or Firewire. When I gleefully purchased my 1TB Fantom G-force Greendrive Esata/usb 2.0 I did what I always do - bought an inexpensive generic cable for it. I've never had a problem with other types of cables when trying to save a few bucks, but I learned the hard way that for eSATA, all cables are NOT created equally. Learn from my mistake and do NOT waste money on cheap eSATA cables; if they work at all (cheap cable #1 was DoA), you will find the cable doesn't maintain a proper connection and drive access will be intermittent (cheap cable #2), which can be disastrous for data integrity.

I suspect a large part of this stems from the overall (IMHO) poor design of eSATA connectors in the first place. eSATA doesn't appear to snap as securely into place as firewire or USB, and whomever came up with the eSATA standard chose not to add screws or other fasteners to compensate for this. The problem is compounded by the stiffness of these cables, and in my case, the fact that I must use an eSATA ExpressCard adapter that causes the cable to extend an extra 3" from my laptop - making it vulnerable to being jarred or bumped. In addition, my setup requires a twist in the relatively inflexible cable to connect to my external hard drive, also adding strain.

Since I purchased the SIIG CB-SA0111-S1 3.3-Feet Serial ATA External Cable, I have had zero problems with connectivity. It works flawlessly despite the (again, IMHO) design flaws inherent in the eSATA standard. I highly recommend this cable to anyone for their eSATA needs.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect, November 5, 2007

By	G. Flannagan "happy customer" (Ohio, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: SIIG CB-SA0111-S1 3.3-Feet Serial ATA External Cable (Electronics)

I bought this to connect my DirecTV HD received to a Seagate external SATA drive for more storage space. It works perfectly, and seems to be a quality made cable.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Works great with TiVo Series 3, January 31, 2008

By	Matthew Vosburgh (Sunnyvale, California) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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Some other eSATA cables don't work with TiVo Series 3 machines because their connectors are too fat and stubby to fit the TiVo's recessed eSATA socket. This SIIG cable fits the TiVo perfectly - I used it to add a Seagate external drive to my Series 3 with no problems.