Jen—August 12, 2025
I needed this since like most people, my new laptop does not have a CD/DVD drive and I have a bunch of CDs I'm trying to go through and get photos and mp3s off of, as well as play old games. This product works well, plug in and use right away, and so far I haven't had any issues with it. Some have mentioned the short cord, it is a tad short but hasn't really been a problem to me. It is lightweight but seems sturdy. Overall a good buy! Read more
Peter Braden—December 15, 2025
*REVISED* The company contacted me and sent a replacement. It arrived promptly and works well. Original review below, but I am happy with the replacement. **** Unreliable trash that broke after burning 10 CDs. It just keeps ejecting CDs. Save your pennies and buy a better device. This thing is for the birds. Read more
OLdweeb—November 29, 2025
Rioddas External CD/DVD Drive for Laptop, USB 3.0 CD: Great bargain. It's well built, opens & closes smoothly and has no issues. I use it to play DVD movies on my lower end HP laptop. I haven't used it to read or burn CDs. The only thing I don't like is the hardwired short cable. It's inconvenient for storage. I would've preferred no cord at all, to use a separate long cable. As it is, I use an uncommon (USB-A 2.0 male to female) extension cable to keep the drive out of the way. Read more
Larry G.—December 29, 2025
Very nice cd reader/burner. Easy to use. Plug and play. Read more
imarelic—December 30, 2025
It's working ok for me. I've got a bunch of images on old CD discs, that I need to transfer onto a more modern storage device. Price is extremely reasonable. Read more
Sharon A Sumner—January 2, 2026
Very easy to operate! Read more
unnikrishnan sasidharan—May 7, 2025
This is a pretty good burner, especially for the price, and in my experience has successfully burned multiple Audio CD-Rs, and DVD-RWs. I used both Legacy Windows Media Player and Express Burn to burn the disks, and both work as expected. HOWEVER unlike how it is stated in the product description, this burner is NOT compatible with M-Disks. We attempted using a Vinpower 4.7GB M-Disk (for reference, a maxell 4.7GB DVD worked just fine) and wasted 3 of them testing differrent softwares, and all returned a 03 73 03 error, which means the laser simply does not want to burn to the disk. So, this is a good device for burning normal CDs and DVDs, but if you want to burn M-Disks, try looking for a burner from another company like LG. Read more
Mauserati—May 27, 2025
I'm not technically inclined, so it did take a bit of time to download the necessary app. [BTW, device works only with the proprietary app.] I've only used one commercial DVD so far [Dexter so, if it matters.] But playback went well, nice & crisp, good sound. I don't need a bunch of bells & whistles, just the typical viewing-- play, FF, REW, pause, skip. Those worked just fine.. CONS I would have liked a 10-30 second rewind, as I sometimes miss a sentence or piece of action. The disc tray is slow to respond & needs to be manually extended to place/remove the disc. I've heard this is standard on an external drive, but it still bothers me. All in all, it does all it needs to & is worth the money. The cable is short. But that's probably a safety thing. Read more
