Amazon.com: NewerTech Voyager S3, 0GB Drive Dock Enclosure, USB 3.0 Interface, SATA 6Gb/s, (NWTU3S3HD), For hot-swapping 2.5 and 3.5 inch drives : Electronics
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This item: NewerTech Voyager S3, 0GB Drive Dock Enclosure, USB 3.0 Interface, SATA 6Gb/s, (NWTU3S3HD), For hot-swapping 2.5 and 3.5 inch drives
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Customers like the functionality, ease of use, and build quality of the hard drive enclosure. They mention it does its job great, is easy to set up, and reliable. Some appreciate the value for money and fast transfer speed. Customers also like the storage capacity. However, some customers have mixed opinions on the size.
Customers like the functionality of the hard drive enclosure. They mention it does its job great, is small enough for the desk, and the drive feels sturdy. Some say it works very well with Carbon Copy software on their Mac system. Customers also say it's useful for quickly retrieving data from an older laptop with a dead power source and accessing data on a drive that still works even though the computer is down.
"...But it's quiet, runs cool and just works. I'm happy.The only negative is the the USB3 (A>B) cable is not very long (about 18"?)...." Read more
"...I am very pleased with the performance, speed of transfer and ease of use...." Read more
"...Also useful for accessing data on a drive that still works even though the computer has failed. Highly recommend." Read more
"...The system works well and the Voyager has held up very well...." Read more
60 customers mention "Ease of use"60 positive0 negative
Customers find the hard drive enclosure easy to use. They mention it's easy to set up and use right out of the box, and it does the trick easily. Customers also appreciate the clean design and fast operation. They say it gets the job done and there is no software required.
"...But it's high quality with ferrite dampeners." Read more
"...The system works well and the Voyager has held up very well...." Read more
"...3, Recommend this product to :If you're looking for a quality, and durability, this could be the one.4, Price :..." Read more
23 customers mention "Value for money"23 positive0 negative
Customers appreciate the value for money of the hard drive enclosure. They mention it works great for a great price and is an easy and inexpensive way to just check old drives to see if they work.
"...I know own four of these, as they are ideal to use cheaper, large capacity bare drives for redundant storage than external drives with enclosures...." Read more
"...padded hard drive cases from Oric, which do a good job and are reasonably priced...." Read more
"...The price was right, so I gave it a shot. I gave it 5 stars because it did everything I needed. Now I have two full-scale backups...." Read more
"...This is amazing for the money. Took the hard drive out of the Mac and onto this doc...." Read more
Customers like the transfer speed of the hard drive enclosure. They mention it's fast, the USB 3 connection is fast, and they can easily swap backup drives without disassembling. Some say it's easy to use and all their data transfers properly.
"...I am very pleased with the performance, speed of transfer and ease of use...." Read more
"...Pros: solidly-built, easy to use, and very fast - measured transfer speed of 300 MB/s via USB 3.0...." Read more
"...They are easy, fast and out of the way. SSD, HHD are both a breeze." Read more
"...There is nothing fast about it and it is totally incompatible with Apple computers...." Read more
Customers are satisfied with the storage capacity of the hard drive enclosure. They mention it's an excellent device for computer documents backup and highly recommend for hard drive data retrieval. They also say it has a nice drive bay, is a great way to utilize old drives for file storage, and a good external hard drive option.
"...Macrium allows for image browsing and selected file restoration..." Read more
"...It really is not meant for permanent use but is great for backups that are stored without enclosures or testing and formatting drives...." Read more
"Works perfectly and is a great way to utilize old drives for file storage or an easy and inexpensive way to just check old drives to see if they work." Read more
"runs fine and does a great job as a backup storage and H/D reader." Read more
Customers like the docking solution of the hard drive enclosure. They mention it's highly useful, functional, and easy to use for their eSATA drives. Some say the dock works well, but they didn't notice a speed boost of their USB 2.0.
"...All in all the docks are highly useful and since I'm about to buy another Voyager (for a friend), seemed like a good time to do a review." Read more
"Easy dock for my eSata drives that came out of my Mac Pro." Read more
"This docking station worked well, but I did not notice a speed boost of my USB 2.0 docking station win using with WIN8.1" Read more
"Perfect docking solution, but I would like a longer and flexible USB cable, because it's very short and hard." Read more
9 customers mention "Size"5 positive4 negative
Customers have mixed opinions about the size of the hard drive enclosure. Some mention it's great and convenient, while others say it's bulky and takes up a lot of space on the desk.
"Does it's job great, is small enough for the desk, and the drive feels sturdy standing in it...." Read more
"...It's not a very elegant unit, and the power brick is big, but at $38 it is certainly worth the price." Read more
"Perfect...fits both large hard drives and smaller laptop and SSD's...." Read more
"...A bit large, not going in your shirt pocket.I'd certainly recommend this, if its form-factor works for you." Read more
OWC sells two kinds of drive docks, and I have both types. The drive docks allow you to plug in Sata drives, either hard drives or SSD and they can be 2.5 or 3.5 drives. My Mac computer only has a 1 TB Drive and I do video and 3D animation so I need a lot of storage space and the ability to backup. This dock and the other one they sell work great.
I've used a fair number of doc stations, last transaction back in in 2020, I bought this and a Spindo. I thought the Spindo (dual slot) was going out, put this into use and it's been fine. I've tested it as a backup & clone device and a boot device for my Windows 10 PC.
Booting from it with the normal RAIDed OS drives still in place, pleasantly the drive retained the removable drive letter and did not replace my normal c:\ drive. That would be my personal preference if I had to use it as a boot drive to troubleshoot my normal system drive, of course it also verified the clone (done with Macrium) worked.
It booted fast and backed up fast connected to the rear USB 3.2 ports on my ProArt Motherboard.
I've only used it with Basic partitions and drives of 2 TB or less. Since 2 TB fits my uses I don't feel a need for GPT partitions which add some complexity I prefer dual slot docks but there are a lot of suspect reviews on many of the more current docks and the dual slot Spindo I have, it wasn't really bad, it just doesn't like older power thirsty mechanical drives. I may have fixed that by changing the power supply to one 100w larger
The knock to 4 stars is because of the single slot. It's not a big problem for me, I run 500gb RAID SSDs for the OS and 2TB RIADed mechanical drives for the data. I don't use the full 500GB for the OS, I keep some unused space for the trim function to use (as the SSD wears). Though I try to minimize the SSD wear by using a RAM drive for the browser caches.
I have plenty of room to keep an image of the SSD OS drive on the mechanical drive if I desire.
Normally I use a rotating series of offline backups for both DATA and OS, done with Macrium and cloned to a drive in the dock. RAID is great, it allows for graceful recovery from a single drive failure but a few off line backups are mandatory in my view. It's hard for a blue screening new device driver (yes I speak from personal experience), a virus or a disastrous hardware failure to ruin drives that are sitting in a desk drawer.
Some ransomware has a time delay before activating, keeping a historic backup (a year old or more along with a couple of more current off-line backups is my choice and I image (not clone) a computer's OS drive before I decommission it and store it on yet another offline drive. That saves the question of; did I miss that photo that never made it out off some sub folder on the OS drive. Macrium allows for image browsing and selected file restoration
All in all the docks are highly useful and since I'm about to buy another Voyager (for a friend), seemed like a good time to do a review.
When I look at reviews of other ~similar docks, I see lots of cautionary tales. But OWC and NewerTech represent a solid brand that OWC cares about and don't sell marginal product. It's a bit higher-priced than the competition, but what's your data worth? What's your convenience worth (the product working flawlessly)?
I just ran a clone of my boot disk - (~1TB) and it worked flawlessly. Yes, that's only one data point of course. But it's quiet, runs cool and just works. I'm happy.
The only negative is the the USB3 (A>B) cable is not very long (about 18"?). But it's high quality with ferrite dampeners.
My computer crashed with a mega-load of unbacked up data. Hoping that the problem was the motherboard and not the hard drive, I purchased the Voyager SATA Drive Docking Solution and was able to read the drive and retrieve all of my data. Have since reformatted the hard drive from the crashed computer and now use the docking station with that SATA Drive as a "back-up" unit which backs up my new computer every night. I am very pleased with the performance, speed of transfer and ease of use.
Update: I purchased the Voyager in 2012 and 10 years later I am still using it as one of my backup units. I know there are smaller drives, but none as dependable. I have changed to 5 stars
5.0 out of 5 stars
Voyager SATA Docking
Reviewed in the United States on October 25, 2012
My computer crashed with a mega-load of unbacked up data. Hoping that the problem was the motherboard and not the hard drive, I purchased the Voyager SATA Drive Docking Solution and was able to read the drive and retrieve all of my data. Have since reformatted the hard drive from the crashed computer and now use the docking station with that SATA Drive as a "back-up" unit which backs up my new computer every night. I am very pleased with the performance, speed of transfer and ease of use.
Update: I purchased the Voyager in 2012 and 10 years later I am still using it as one of my backup units. I know there are smaller drives, but none as dependable. I have changed to 5 stars
This hard drive dock is one of the most useful and important tools I use in my workshop. It works well, and has never failed. I know own four of these, as they are ideal to use cheaper, large capacity bare drives for redundant storage than external drives with enclosures. With these docks, I can afford to make multiple copies for much less than conventional external drives would cost. Those drives are then packed away in static-free bags for archiving digital files. Also useful for accessing data on a drive that still works even though the computer has failed. Highly recommend.
Mi è arrivato puntuale sulla data prevista, purtroppo il cavo di alimentazione ha la spina di tipo anglosassone. Manca l'adattatore per Italia e non riesco ancora a utilizzarlo.
I brought two cheaper Chinese made SATA/IDE kits to transfer files from an old hard drive to my new computer, they burnt out within seconds of switching them on, wires smokes and cables fused together. I then came across this baby. Well made, very easy to use. It cost the same as the two cheap useless ones I brought. Quality product, wish I'd seen this first. Wish I could give it more than 5 stars. You'll need to buy a 8 shaped cable to connect for power, it doesn't come with one, quess that's because plugs are different the world over. Don't buy Chinese electrics, buy quality it's cheaper in the long run.