Unfortunately suffers from specific problems

The case is quite chic and quite stable, but unfortunately very far from the quality of housing of Trancend and WD, but now 'times not there to buy without proper hard drive. And it suffers in my opinion on specific problems:

1. All is not 100% fit, so that with me after assembly sharp points remained that I myself had to grind in order to defuse it. In addition, the holes for the screws that secure the hard drive were only so just barely enough fit.

2. The ports (USB, etc.) are on the one hand, the LEDs on the other side. The associated cabling is not available in the open housing lying and fixed only with a small piece of scotch tape on the inside of a frame. So you have to be extremely careful when installing the plate, that disconnects no internal cables or even interrupted. Had the LED instead on the same side as the connectors packed (as eg Transcend makes in its external USB hard drives), then there would be no problem.

3. The case is closed by a plastic strip at the end of the box. Through these plastic strip the USB connector is quite far on the inside, so that the appropriate connector so just now infected. If you look at this construction only lopsided, the computer reports the loss of the USB connection. Depending on how well sits the circuit board inside the housing (in some specimens it sits a little further inside) and as precisely fit the holes in the bar to the holes of the frame (possibly bend so the plastic strip to the outside), this problem is more or less available. We must defuse it himself, possibly by the holes of the plastic strip so broadened careful that the bar really plan rests on the housing. We remain cautious milled the trough for the USB connector on something, then the USB connector can also sit firmly.

4. To keep the cabinet one can not scratch the table (the edges), you need additional small rubber or Filzfüße from the hardware store.

My conclusion: The quality is worse than expected, and I had myself tinkering with the items and milling to obtain a truly reliable working solution with no sharp edges. Personally, I would therefore he prefers to grab an easy plug-and-play plastic case for a fraction of the price. That is cheap, also looks, but at least works smoothly without additional crafts.