2 5 Tango USB eSATA Hard Drive Enclosure Kit Obsidian Black TNGXXXUSE-BLK

This would be my 3rd hard drive enclosure I have purchased and it is by far the best one. The hard drive actually screws into the case so there is not any movement of the hard drive when transporting. Another key feature that sets this enclosure apart from others is the case does not heat up as most due so you do not have to worry about it getting to hot while sitting on other objects. I did not even mention the matte finish helps prevent fingerprints from showing up unlike other aluminum cases. The styling of this case alone if work the buy, the silver plastic ends (front end with the led has vents to help cool the hard drive), the matte black finish, and the blue led makes the appearance of this enclose very nice. It was a very quick and easy install and I did not once find myself being afraid to break something during the install as I did with others. The overall transfer rate of data worked as advertised. *you will need to still power the hard drive through usb when using the ESATA port* Read more

I decided to do a little review after the third purchase of this hard drive enclosure. I love these things! Now my older sister, father, and myself have one of these as our external hard drives. It's such a simple design and it's extremely easy to install a hard drive into this thing. It's as easy as unscrewing two screws to allow the drive "bay" or platform to slide out of the enclosure. Then you take your 2.5" SATA laptop hard drive, slide it into position to connect it to the platform, flip it over, securely screw the drive to the platform with four screws, and then slide it back into the enclosure. The final step is to put the back cover on and screw it to the enclosure, keeping the platform from sliding. What I like the most about this enclosure is that it doesn't require an external power supply. It works just fine with the double-male USB cord that comes with it, but I have also found it to work with a single USB cable (on a desktop computer, my Eee PC seems to have trouble powering it when on the battery). I can say that this enclosure works with SATA laptop hard drive capacities of 120GB, 160GB, and 250GB. Read more

After upgrading to an SSD, I wanted a bare enclosure to throw the 500gb OEM drive in. Everything is straightforward with this unit. Easy to install and use. Seems performant. My gripe is that on my Macbook Pro, I *have* to plug in both USB endpoints to get enough power to mount the drive. If I'm using my USB headset, or my 3g modem, the drive is unusable. It's also unusable tethered to my Airport Extreme as a network drive. I'm going to return it. I ordered an Other World Computing enclosure (pricey, but good reviews and FW 800:[...] Read more

My title says it all, as I am having zero issues with the 2nd eSATA/USB 2.5" SATA HD enclosure from Acomdata, no issues whatsoever. With eSATA in the mix, I have seen up to 140MB/sec performance using that connection method, but a caveat there is necessary to point out. Apparently with this Acomdata system the USB system needs to be hooked up to the enclosure along with the eSATA cable, so to use eSATA you also use USB, apparently for power. Now I have a fairly pricey (about $65 retail) USB/FireWire/eSATA 3.5" enclosure that I use for backup on two of my big PC's in the studio here (two of those enclosures, one per PC), and those enclosures do NOT need USB power for eSATA to function 100%. Difference? The Acomdata enclosure does NOT have a PSU inside the case, that's what! Thus one needs the USB 2.0 connectors plugged in so that eSATA (a non-powered cable) functions at all, as there's no power supply inside the tiny Acomdata case. I bought a Case Logic case to go with the black finished Acomdata enclosure and it's a perfect fit there also. That is no small feat because the cables take up so much room inside of the case that you'd think that the HD enclosure wouldn't even fit (eSATA and double USB cable is bulky!), but somehow it does, and all is well. As for how/why the enclosure failed first time around? I don't know, frankly, but fail it did...just stopped mounting HD's of any sort, so I asked Amazon.com to exchange it, and now all is well. I have a Western Digital Scorpio "Black" 7200RPM 2.5" Enterprise HD inside this particular enclosure, and the Acomdata and WD Black setup works fantastic together, with almost 100MB/sec average from eSATA (140MB/sec peak speed, and 70MB/sec bottom speed, average about 100MB/sec), and a solid 35MB/sec from the USB 2.0 setup, commendable! I like the looks of this case also, and it's not bulky but rather is slim and petite with regard to its shape and consistency, an alloy case with plastic inserts for the end pieces. I don't think that durability is going to be an issue with this enclosure either, as the construction is substantial, with good quality materials and ports, plus excellent cables to work eSATA and USB 2.0. There is a nice "instruction" and "owner's manual" piece that comes with the setup, for neophytes I guess, because I never had to learn anything special in order to use the enclosure, it's dog simple, and easy to master. Just install the 2.5" SATA HD, and you're ready to format and go! I deducted one star for the 1st enclosure's failure, but other than that the setup is a winner, with nice packaging, a nice instruction/owner's manual, cables, and an easy to reach manufacturer when/if you happen to have any trouble with the kit. I recommend this without qualification, just remember the thing about the USB necessity when using eSATA, that is about the only disclaimer necessary for this review. The black color with silver plastic end tabs looks good, and "expensive" too, so Wavey Davey gives this Acomdata eSATA/USB 2.0 enclosure a thumbs up, ready to go and do battle with any storage needs you might happen to have, backup too! Wavey Davey - 8-20-2011 Read more