APPEARANCE / PROCESSING: The USB 3.0 enclosure has a matte, slightly rough housing, in which a matte, smooth metal plate with the anchor logo is on top of it embedded. On the matt part of the case fall fingerprints on not, only the disk you have probably wipe now and then. In general, the body fits comfortably in your hand, with the top slightly and down slightly more rounded edges. The dead weight is grams pleasantly light.
HANDLING: An outstanding product feature is its tool-free exchange possibility of hard drive / SSD. For this, the located on the bottom cover is withdrawn as described in the instructions just downloaded, and can disconnect the hard drive / SSD by simple removal from the SATA connector. The solution is as practical as easy in a few simple steps, a new memory is installed. Only in quite tight continuous pushing together you have to watch something not einzuzwicken.
FUNCTIONALITY: Of course, all is not enough, the electronics must also work. A power cable, as it is often present at USB 2.0 enclosures is not included USB 3.0 ports deliver now enough energy to supply high powered Fesplatten. Since the housing but also to 2.0 is backwards compatible, then it must be ensured via a special adapter cable for example on adequate supply. Also to ExpressCard to USB 3.0 card without separate supply may cause problems!
The cabinet has been tested now with 2 different hard drives, Hitachi and Western Digital, with an ExpressCard 32 adapter card on 2 different Lptops, Windows and Linux. Both hard drives could be read from and written to its maximum speed of nearly 100MB / S, in Verlgeich to SATA speed no impairment was noted.
During operation, the built-in LED lights up blue during data transmission it also flashes red. So you can see, for example, easily, whether after safely removing a staking is without risk.
CONCLUSION: A simple USB 3.0 enclosure for SATA hard disks and SSDs. Nothing more, nothing less gets delivered here. If you expect more, I should look for alternatives, but not always, there must be more. Who is looking for a practical case for its USB 3.0 port, and also often times want to change the harddisk / SSD, is the right place. For Anwedungszweck clear 5 star!
