The hard drive is small and convenient, but also processed good and stable. Only the edge of the casing is made of fairly soft plastic, so that one quickly gets into there scratches, which can happen very quickly when in the docking station does not directly hit the terminal when plugging the board, but this scars on the body.
The dock itself is relatively easy, but meticulously crafted. The cable is secured in good strength available to tidy on the housing, which makes it appear very robust. To with inserted hard disk to increase the stability of the station on the desk, I would have wished, however, a slightly heavier station. However, the board itself wobbles only slightly when plugged into the station.
Overall, the product design is technically well made, on my desk it certainly looks great!
The drive was easily detected at the first insertion of the notebook. The data transmission worked so far always quickly and reliably, as one would expect in a USB 2.0 port.
Striking is actually the virtual disk with the operating software, which not can be easily deactivated. For me, the problem of itself has solved, as I have the drive for my Mac to HSF + reformatted and she had then hung on my Airport Station - the virtual drive now appears no longer, only the board itself.
This has the added also the pleasant effect that if I einpacke my Macbook, not always only have to disconnect all cables. And if I take the drive again, then I'll take it easy from the station and put it in his pocket.
Not used to the hard drive a long time, it automatically goes into sleep mode, in which it consumes minimal power. One can see it because the light of the hard drive is flashing slowly. If they respond, however, she wakes up after a short start-up time (about 5 seconds) without any problems and allows full access. If you throw a short look at the plate, but not directly to the hard drive works (copy, delete, call actions, ..), she is sleeping well nearly directly again when you close the corresponding window. Claimed they were with an action, it takes about five minutes, until they are added after non-use again to sleep.
Anyone looking for a portable, small and reliable hard drive, which gets a very strong buy recommendation here from me. Who does not like me at home connecting the drive to a network station, can sometimes interfere to the virtual disk.