Sabrent 2.5/3.5' SATA HDD/SSD to USB 3.0 Docking Station

If you have a lot of loose hard drive but don't want to buy an enclosure for each drive, you need this docking station.

If you have a bunch of hard drives laying around that you need to deal with, or you want to use unenlcosed hard drives to back up your data, this is the unit to use. Just insert the drive, do your work, and take it out and insert a new drive. No screws or anything else to deal with.

This is the perfect way to keep using all those old spinning HDDs and internal SSDs you may have laying around. The USB 3.0 connection is backward-compatible with USB 2.0 and is fast enough to support any drive you may wish to install. The form factor is best suited for 3.5 HDD drives, which pop in and out like a charm. Inserting or removing 2.5 SSDs takes a bit more care and for this reason, if you only need to connect 2.5 drives, you might consider a different docking station or even a direct cable-based solution. But if you need to mount 3.5 drives, or a mix of 3.5 and 2.5 drives, then this is a great solution. I use it with both Mac and PC. Don't like the external power supply, but that's what you get with a unit in this price range. I actually bought it to replace a more expensive two-bay external unit, which had an internal power supply, but which failed within a few hours use. This unit was the best best alternative and so far, it's worked perfectly. I chose this model over the fan-cooled version because I don't like fan noise and because I only use the device for simple backups and file transfers. My drives never get hot enough to require a fan.

This horizontal docking station is easy to use and is a better design than the units where the drive is mounted vertically. I've had two other vertical docking stations and they both quit working after light use.

I bought this mostly to take an internal drive on my old computer and use this exact drive as an external drive on my new computer. Works well, haven't had any problems.