This is a fantastic enclosure for the price

This enclosure has been great for me so far

If your SATA hard drive has failed, try this enclosure for $9 and maybe your hard drive will come back

Otherwise, a solid and inexpensive hard drive enclosure that powers up reliably every time.

I try format a partition with gparted, it appears to work, but then the partition shows as unformatted (yes I click apply changes).Bottom line this enclosure fails on linux, and fails miserably.

I would highly recommend this enclosure.

Great enclosure, make for a pocket size drive with every thing you need

This is a nice little enclosure for my extra drive that I took out of my old computer.

Doesn't seem to be the most sturdy enclosure but everything works fine

I got this inexpensive enclosure, and it works like a charm.

2.0 External Hard Drive EnclosureThis enclosure worked as advertised.

The sleeve it comes with is a fake leather-like material and the enclosure just barely squeezes inside it

The first enclosure did end up working fine with the cable from the second

Great little enclosure.

I have the must more expensive Black Widow docking station as well as this external enclosure.

32 MB Cache 2.5 Inch Solid State Hybrid Drive ST750LX003 in my MacBook Pro the 320GB drive I removed from the computer was easily installed in this nice little external enclosure

Nice drive enclosure for the money

Initially I blamed the drive itself, but when problem repeated with other hard drive, well the enclosure is to blame.

It was pretty easy to attach the hard drive and the enclosure and cables all appeared to work just fine.

The enclosure protects the drive, and it comes with the mounting screws for the drive and holding the back-plate on

So is this enclosure durable

Great enclosure

great portable drive enclosure

I had a spare drive that was taking up shelf space, so bought this nice little enclosure for a new home for it

so I figured why not pick up a cheap enclosure and make something useful out of

I was looking for a relatively cheap enclosure and came across this one

perfect little enclosure if you want to make a little 2.5 sata HD into a mobile HD for fast and easy hookup

The Hard Drive Enclosure holds a drive, has necessary cables

Good enclosure to leave plugged in

I have a ton of experience working with hard drive docks and enclosures, and this is the only one that has ever done this to me, on two different drives

One last thing - the enclosure looks really nice

It is close to the same price as other good-quality USB 3.0 enclosures, so maybe this one will work at USB 3.1 speeds on your system.

A good buy for the money, nice alluminum enclosure helps cool the hard drive down.

Greetings all,I've used several different brands of 3.5" hard drive enclosures, with great success and this is the first time for the 2.5", but it should not make a difference

Definately recommend this enclosure for others.

This hard drive enclosure is great for anybody looking to get information off of a dead laptop

This is a very basic hard drive enclosure that has all the necessary requirements for it to be functional.

For what this is, a cheap hard drive enclosure, it is great.

There's a reason this is one of the most popular hard drive enclosures on the market today: it just works.

This enclosure was solid and worked without a flaw

If you are naive enough to think that $6 will make for a robust hard drive enclosure that is snug and portable, then the fault is all your own

[6 months later review]Moved from good to great and from 3* to 4*.The enclosure is working great with no issues

I would recommend this enclosure to anybody who had a computer fail and needed their information off of the failed computer

All of my concerns were unfounded as the enclosure appears to dissipate heat very efficiently and the enclosure has hardly ever developed any noticeable warmth at all, even under the most rigorous conditions

This enclosure did not work

This enclosure works, but it's not exceptional or anything close to it.

This new enclosure works well enough when connected to my computer running either Windows 7 or MacOSX, however it fails to be recognized when connected to my DVD player

Nice enclosure

These enclosures are usually cheap and reliable, this one seems to be no exception.

Its Solid enclosure and it is working great.

The enclosure looks good but the cover is very tight to the fitting.

The enclosure disconnects the drive constantly so its impossible to use it safely.

Highly recommend this enclosure at this cheap price.

Also worth of notice, the enclosure will not come out of sleep when the machine comes out of sleep until you actively READ from it

Although the screws are very small, this enclosure was easy to put together

Nice enclosure with screws and screwdriver included

I bought this enclosure and it works great with my hard drive, I like how it has a dual usb plug in case the HDD you are using is drawing a lot of power

good basic drive enclosure

Otherwise, it's a nice sturdy enclosure and I haven't had any problems.

I didn't bother trying the electronics - I'll have to junk the enclosure.

I love this hard drive enclosure

Otherwise the enclosure works as expected.

Rock solid enclosure and easy assembly

This unit is slightly longer, fatter, and wider than the other unit (Coolmax).By comparison, the edges are more rounded on the Vantec enclosure (easier for sliding into a bag compartment, and the case feels very solid.

Fantastic hard drive enclosure

I wasn't sure what to expect for $8 from a manufacturer I've never heard of, but this little enclosure is great

I recommend this over any tool-less enclosure

I wanted to try a little more sturdy enclosure

The enclosures from Other World Computing are better and they are more durable

Vantec creates good portable aluminum enclosures that I have had no issues with.

Overall great enclosure kit and worked for what I needed

I basically needed a hard drive enclosure that I could use to store and backup from my spare hard drives which I had around from older computers

Thankfully I was only using this for a one time data transfer because I would not recommend this to people who are looking for a portable hard drive enclosure.

Excellent little enclosures

This enclosure worked great

I received a great looking enclosure and great instructions

Other than the LED, I'd say it's a really solid enclosure.

I will definitely recommend Vantec drive enclosures to anyone looking for hard drive enclosures for their SATA hard or solid state drives.

Don't expect anything more than a cheap and cheerful enclosure for your HDD

after that, I'll know if this enclosure is an winner or not, and on how long it lasts

Great price and great enclosure

It's a sturdy, metal enclosure

If you're looking for a nice enclosure that doesn't look like it's worth $7, you may want to go elsewhere

The hard drive enclosure is pretty easy to assemble and works well with any laptop

This enclosure looks and works well for any mechanical hard drives

No shock stabilizing rubber or anything like that, you're paying for a solid enclosure and that's it.

This works fine in most situations, however this enclosure uses only USB cables for power

For the price I was expecting a cheap throwaway enclosure, what I received is now part of my recovery kit

I'm sure it's not the most durable enclosure out

HD.I don't know if it's a great enclosure to make a permanent external USB drive with or not

Yes, considering the price this is very a durable and well made enclosure

I purchased this case/enclosure, and it works great.

Cheap enclosures that get the job done

Nice enclosure to create an external hard drive

It's a decent enclosure for the price

Although it worked and did the job it needed to, the enclosure itself did not meet my expectations, even for the price

He was thinking of purchasing one of those pricey complete units when I suggested that he simply purchase the less expensive enclosure and simply mount a working drive from a previous laptop which was destroyed

Other than that, this enclosure worked perfectly to help me clone my internal Macbook drive onto a new internal drive that I intended for its replacement.

This is a great enclosure, with solidly built materials, and operates flawlessly

I would recommend this external hard drive enclosure to anyone looking for external hard drive enclosure that is well made and cost effective.

It hates the front USB ports on my pc, but so does everything else after the Windows 10 creators update, so I don't fault the enclosure

It's a pretty good one enclosure, came with many things and my HDD works really fine

The enclosure was really great, and really easy to install

(Even on the cheapest enclosures you get a mini screwdriver!)I tested this enclosure on a Fujitsu, Samsung, and two Seagate 2.5" laptop hard drives.

This hard drive enclosure is cheap and does what it is supposed to

This little enclosure is super nice for the price and allowed me to reuse my old laptop harddrive

Well made enclosure, easy to put together.

Then i realized the problem was not the enclosure or the drives, but the USB cord that comes in the box

the included screwdriver will screw the install --- use a bigger one instead.beautiful and solide designed enclosure -- worth every penny

Great enclosure, make for a pocket size drive with every thing you need.

I was looking for a hard drive enclosure for my lap top hard drive

I was looking for an inexpensive 2.5" HDD enclosure and the Vantec NexStar was the one for me

works as designed , The enclosure is not very polished looking like portable hard drives but works great

I've purchased two of these now and they are awesome little enclosures for the price.

This is a good basic enclosure for your 2.5 inch drive.

The enclosure is good enough for recovering data from an old hard drive, but don't expect it to last

Great enclosure

For the money this is a very nice enclosure

Excellent enclosure, good price

I will definitely recommend Vantec drive enclosures to anyone looking for hard drive enclosures for their SATA hard or solid state drives.

I ended up figuring it out, but for a while I had a perfectly good enclosure and drive plugged in with nothing visible under my computer

Amazon was outstanding and crediting me back for the faulty enclosure.

Also like the soft enclosure case, gives it a rich feel

This is the perfect external hard drive enclosure for 2.5" SATA hard drives

Those 2 enclosures did not work out of the box.

It won't win any beauty contests, but this enclosure was easy to mount my old laptop drive in and fine once it was plugged into my system.

The enclosure is stylish,functions well and the price..........fantastic

I give this product 5 starts because it was easy to use, functioned exactly as it said it would, and met my expectations for a CHEAP USB hard drive enclosure.

2.0 External Hard Drive Enclosure (Black)Great price for this enclosure

For a mere $8, I was expecting just a little cheap enclosure to run off a few files on my hard drive for a replacement

Nice External Hard Drive Enclosure.

All in all, great product, if you're looking for an affordable, sturdy enclosure, then by all means, pick this one.

All in all a great enclosure at a great price.

and although you can tell it's not the most advanced technology used in a hard drive enclosure, it doesn't lack any features

but it is a decent, light-weight, minimalist enclosure that gets the job done.

I like the enclosure that it comes with and it would make a wonderful electronics hobby project case

I removed the drive (I knew better than to use a drive with info, I always test these things with an old 60GB blank drive just in case) and installed it into a known good enclosure and it worked without issue.

I wasn't sure if it was a virus or a hardware failure, so I pulled the HDD out, screwed it into this handy enclosure, and ran virus scan from my other computer.

I love this enclosure

So at this point i won't say the enclosure is good or bad, still investigating

The enclosure looks nice; fast speed but

this enclosure only works with 9.5mm and 12.5mm

If you are lucky enough to get one that actually works it is a nice looking solid enclosure, but the circuit boards are obviously poorly manufactured and may not even last if it works when you get it

This enclosure works, but it's not exceptional or anything close to it.

If you try the other way, it won't close thinking the enclosure may be defective, but it is not

It worked perfectly, now I use the enclosure as a external disk for my Wii console, where I can store all my purchased games

This is the fastest enclosure I have ever used.

I have a couple enclosure and they've both worked flawlessly.

perfect enclosure, with all the tools you need

This enclosure seemed like a good

For the cheap price it's a solid enclosure

I am NOT disappointed!The enclosure is sturdy all-metal construction, and it includes a screwdriver tool, soft case for protection/travel, and a USB cord with two outputs

If I come to need or recommend a USB 2.0 SATA enclosure, this is my first pick.

I think this is the best enclosure I have ever bought

This enclosure is really nice for the price

No problem with the PC recognizing the enclosure when plugged into the USB port by Windows 7

For the cost of not much more than a USB to USB mini cable you get a good little enclosure, the controller, four screws, a sleeve and the USB2 to USB mini cable.

This enclosure did not work for me on Windows or Macintosh

This enclosure is excellent for the price

Great enclosure, used for a laptop HD.

All-in-all, this is a very nice enclosure for the price

I searched around and this looked like one of the cheaper external hard drive enclosures that was still of great quality and it exceeded my expectations!The packaging it came with was very nice and reassured me that it was delivered with no complications, like broken or missing parts

I would not recommend this enclosure to any friends or family, and I am returning the replacement for a refund and shopping for a different brand.

While these enclosures are attractive, they are equally functional and durable

Really like this enclosure, especially the price.

I've also had no problem with sound; the enclosure is rock solid in its construction

The enclosure itself is solid, but Amazon's search brought this option up when I search for a 500GB drive

Initially I blamed the drive itself, but when problem repeated with other hard drive, well the enclosure is to blame.

I have three (3) other enclosures from NexStar, which I had for quite some time and which run 24/7 w/o any issues, but these particular ones here basically broke after a few months, hence I am giving a 1 Star rating only and want others to know that these don't last.

You can view this is an advantage if you want a strong enclosure

One thing I think they could have done different is the area where the hard drive is held at; the enclosure brought a thin piece of plastic to place on the bottom of the hard drive to protect the electronics of it.

The sleeve it comes with is a fake leather-like material and the enclosure just barely squeezes inside it

I have the must more expensive Black Widow docking station as well as this external enclosure.

If you are just installing a bigger drive and the old one is still operational, this is a nice enclosure to protect the old drive as a scratch drive or external storage.

Very sturdy enclosure, I would definitely recommend Word

The instructions manual assume you have some experience with hard disk and external enclosures, as it seems some info were omitted

Vantec units are some of the best enclosures for the money out there.

So anyway, I ordered an Orico 2595US enclosure, slapped the WD hard drive into it, and have had

Good steel enclosure

This is a great sturdy little enclosure.

It's a good hard drive enclosure

Give you a sturdy enclosure for your HDD, no complaints of any sort

This is the first hard drive enclosure I've owned, and I'm very glad it is, because for the price it rocks

and I didn't want to spend $20+ on a silly enclosure

A sturdy hard drive enclosure despite the cheap price.

This is the cheapest enclosure I found online and they work

This enclosure will work fine, though, for Windows only users.

Very good enclosure for the price

A friend told me to get a hard drive enclosure, which I didn't even know existed

This is a nice enclosure for the money and works well

This is a nice enclosure for the money and works well

This enclosure is a complete disaster

It is not a bulky enclosure nor requires an external power input.

Very good enclosure for the price

If you are looking for a basic 2.5 inch USB 2.0 enclosure that just works this is an excellent option to consider

USB.If you're upgrading your current laptop's hard drive, this is a perfect enclosure to put the old drive into in order to clone the drive and to use it for backup storage once that is done.

This enclosure still works great, but it was missing one of the tiny screws that holds it together

I try format a partition with gparted, it appears to work, but then the partition shows as unformatted (yes I click apply changes).Bottom line this enclosure fails on linux, and fails miserably.

My hand had also accidentally slipped trying to remove the screws and in that process, I had scratched the enclosure

Even though I shook the enclosure and don't hear rattling, I want to place some weather stripping or other foam material

Very nice enclosure

This is a fantastic enclosure

Overall a good enclosure at a great price

The only thing I struggled with were the little screws to secure the enclosure, they were a little tight and seemed to be almost too big for the hole

It isn't the sturdiest looking enclosure I can imagine, but it seems perfectly adequate for my needs

I thought the enclosure was faulty but it appears to only not work for linux

The enclosure is compact, light weight and works as described.

This enclosure is pretty decent for the money.

The enclosures have performed well.

For a couple of weeks now I have been trying to get a good enclosure for a Samsung 830 Series SSD that I wanted to convert as a backup for my documents

If you're looking for a nice looking, compact enclosure this should suit you.

Anyway, other than that, the enclosure is great.

Get a better hard drive enclosure.

I had problems finding an enclosure that would fit this drive, but this case definitely holds the drive well

I highly recommend this enclosure!

This enclosure works very well for the cost, however, do format your drive before putting it in this enclosure, otherwise, it may not be recognized.

I ordered ANOTHER enclosure (slightly more $ but WAY better quality) and it worked like a champ

I have another enclosure that I spent 3X as much money on, but I don't really like it

Sturdy Enclosure and worked well..

I needed a hard drive enclosure to fit a Toshiba 1.5TB HD

Great enclosure

This will have been my second purchase of this 2.5 in hard drive enclosure, and this external HD enclosure has housed two different laptop hard drives of both 7200 and 5400 RPM

The enclosure look sleek and it also comes with a case

It's a VERY cheap enclosure however, no padding or anything for the drive

It's a good laptop hard drive enclosure

excellent hard drive enclosure

I bought two different enclosures and both failed in less than a year, one just stopped working, and both had issues with the HDMI connection, it got loose over time and wasn't a snug fit so the device connection to windows would fail.

The internal soft plastic chassis that holds your drive in place is very well engineered - I constantly recommend this enclosure.

This enclosure works perfectly for my SATA WD Hard Drive

Nice tough enclosure, screws are a little

I'm a bit disappointed as I really like the design of the product, and I will keep the enclosure because I have several HDDs that could use a good enclosure, but I still need to find one that works with my SSD.

I purchased a new internal hard drive and this enclosure

Despite having a metal case, the outer enclosure feels cheap and flimsy, perhaps due to the thinness of the metal.

This is a very nice enclosure for the money.

This product is unequivocally the worst enclosure I have ever seen.

This enclosure would be ideal for someone wanting to avoid a plastic enclosure, looking to stock it with a fast SSD and not intending to ever switch the drive inside of it nor travel with it

I bought the enclosure just to recover data from a burnt out laptop.

Was browsing Amazon looking for hard drive enclosures, seeing as how my Best Buy employee discount wasn't an option

The enclosure stayed cool to the touch and SMART data says the drives temperatures only increased a few degrees (less than 4 degrees each) above their previous normal operating temps

As a matter of fact it's so loose that you can't touch a thing during use if you don't want the hard drive to go offline because of the poor contact of the port and the plug on the enclosure, rendering this virtually a useless enclosure

I needed this enclosure to erase the contents of my old MacBook Pro's hard drive after upgrading to an SSD

Great inexpensive enclosure for this purpose.

The enclosure works great, and I have yet to have an issue with it.

This enclosure fits perfectly well, comes with a screw driver to detach the screws on the sides

The enclosure even supports the "oddball" 12.5mm tall (very tall!

T have bought several of these they are great enclosures.

I loved this enclosure

Depends, it does get a little hot if you always have it on but if your using it for backups or your not going to be using it all day everyday then yes, this enclosure is great for you.

I would expect the solder joints to fracture and the enclosure to stop working.5

I bought this enclosure as my other enclosure had gone defective

Nice enclosure for my Hard drive very easy to install hard drive with no problems

These enclosures are great

This enclosure just works.

If you want an enclosure that you would like to carry around, however, this enclosure is not the best, because it offers no protection for the HDD inside of it

the hard drive enclosure was 100% easy to set up it works on every computer i have plug and play.very sturdy case and the old usb case i have had for 2.5 ide hard drives made by

As others have mentioned, this enclosure might not be what you would want to use if you need a robust enclosure for a hard drive but for temporary setups when you are installing a new hard drive and need something to mount your old drive into or, you are doing other types of drive

Great hard drive enclosure for 2.5 in drives.

This enclosure works as expected.

The actual enclosure is not very tacky and is made of aluminum, not plastic

This is a good enclosure

I returned the faulty enclosure, and its replacement was shipped to me promptly once they received the returned enclosure

Installation of drive not as easy as other enclosures

But a more expensive enclosure if you want to use it after your initial copy.

Nice very slim and compact enclosure

This enclosure is well

Reviews saying that the drive didn't fit or the interface wouldn't plug in, obviously bought the wrong enclosure for the drive they have

Overall, the enclosure is worth the money, but if I had a choice, I would go with another one to keep around for a long time.

This is a really good enclosure.

Good quality hard drive enclosure

This is a sturdy enclosure, and a great way to save a drive from a dead laptop, or to set up an external from an old drive that's just laying around gathering dust

I'm sure it does a good job of protecting the enclosure in travel

Great little drive enclosure to have around

3.0 External Hard Drive Enclosure (NST-200S3-BK)Great enclosure, but not a permanent solution.

Give you a sturdy enclosure for your HDD, no complaints of any sort

The drive went in and needed an extra "hold" against the foam while putting in the tiny enclosure screws, so it's in there good n' tight

Was expecting something cheap-o, but this is really nice

However, data transfers fail with I/O errors

Attractive design, plain and unobtrusive o

i ordered this product for my macbook pro's old driveri like this product cheap and good :)thank u