RSHTECH USB Hard Drive Enclosure, USB C to 3.5 Inch SATA HDD Caddy Aluminum External Hard Drive Case with 12V/2A Power Adapter for 3.5" SATA I/II/III HDD SSD, Support Up to 16TB & UASP (RSH-339C)

It was easy to install a sata hard drive in the case and to reassemble afterwards. A good quality usb connection lead is provided. The drive was recognized right away by my system and has run well since initial connection. Overheating does not appear to be a problem even after extended use and the tightness of the fit of the drive within the case with only limited ventilation.I have a linux operating system installed on the drive and have the option to boot from this drive or the internally installed system.So far everything is working well. Time will tell, of course but for the moment I am happy to give a five star rating. (I don't know what Amazon mean by 'sheerness' on their 'Create review' page so I've left that blank.My only slight niggle is that the drive takes a long time to spin down after restarting or shutting down the system - I often have to to switch off power before spinning down completes but this appears not to cause problems. The switch on the front of the device needs to be pressed when the drive is first connected but has no effect at the end of a session after initiating restart or shutdown (the power LED remains illuminated).The niggle is not enough to alter my opinion that this was a good purchase and on my experience, so far, I can recommend the device.UPDATE: still going strong although now used entirely for backup purposes. I added a second one after being pleased with my first purchase and that also continues to work well. Today, as I have just reclaimed a Seagate hdd from an eSata enclosure, I am ordering my third after first checking compatibility with RSTECH support team via email (very quick, helpful response received which increases my faith in the product).Further UPDATE: My new enclosure arrived very quickly after ordering. As with previous experiences, fitting the sata hdd was easy and quickly achieved. My MX-Linux 23 system immediately recognized the drive when it was connected. My opinion of the enclosure has not changed - the quality is excellent and the design of high standard combining simplicity, efficiency and unfussy good looks. I am better at using the switch now - previous comments I made were really a reflection on my usage and I have improved.This is a really good bit of kit that exudes quality beyond its extremely reasonable price - I can thoroughly recommend it.

I needed something to house an old 120Gb HDD that I salvaged from a Sony TV recorder I was throwing out (because it's tuner isn't compatible with the wavelengths, frequencies, or whatever, that all the channels have been moved to, any more), so that I could use it as a System Recovery and Backup drive for my new Dell Windows 10 laptop, in case it, or it's SSD, ever goes belly up, then I can just reinstall my operating system on a new laptop or drive (since you don't get a disk any more).Job's a good 'un. It's done. And I got it done in jig-time, as we say in my neck of the woods.It's a sturdy, gun-metal grey coloured, metal box with a nice, satin, 'blasted' type, finish. All the connectors, inside and out, and all 4 of the screw holes, line up perfectly. Before screwing it together you just take it apart by pulling the 'drawer' out and lie the HDD in it, then with a little sliding push, it connects both the power and data ports of the drive to the connectors of the enclosure, behind the front panel (which is on the other side of what I am calling the drawer: as in, like, a cupboard or a kitchen drawer), then you fix it down to the base of the drawer with the 2 short screws, supplied. No fiddly wires or connector blocks to deal with. Then just slide the drawer in to the casing and secure it, through the casing, with the 2 long screws (which also reach through and screw in to the threads in the base of your hard drive, helping to hold all three parts of the unit together). Nice, quick, easy and secure.I appreciated the instructions booklet provided, telling you how to get into the Disk Management application in Windows and format and initialise your hard drive, too. I had expected the drive just to turn up in the 'This PC' folder (sometimes called 'My Computer') when I connected it to my computer and switched it on, and I thought I would then just be able to right-click it and select 'Format' and do it from there, but it probably won't appear, at all, like it didn't in my case, until you configure the 'volume' (or 'partition') of the hard drive with the Windows 'Disk Manager' software application. So it was nice to have guidance in how to find it and open it. Once I had found and opened it, it was easy to use. I even managed to create 2 separate partitions on the same hard drive; one of 40Gb, for the System Recovery files, and another of just under 80Gb, for backing up my own music files, pictures, etc, which makes it appear in 'This PC' like it is two separate drives.So that's basically that. That and another top-tip. Don't throw away anything like a computer, tv recorder, or whatever, with the hard drive still it. Just get the screwdrivers out, haul it out and buy one of these. And don't forget to make a system recovery drive of your pc's precious operating system (your copy of Windows, in other words), if you haven't already. You could probably even use this as your video recorder, if you have a fairly recent, compatible, tv that can record programs on to a hard drive or flash drive, through it's own USB. Or if you have a CCTV system, or something, I suppose you could probably use it for that.

The product is easy to set up, well constructed and has a pleasing appearance in terms of design. Unless you upgrade the firmware, the drive remains powered up and spinning continuously, which obviously is not energy-efficient and may shorten the life of the hard disk you fit inside. It comes with instructions to download and update the firmware. I followed the instructions to the letter, and in my case this didn't work. The software tried three times and the final result was a big FAIL. With the original download I kept getting a message "firmware and device not matched". Not wanting to be beaten I spent about two hours Googling and browsing the web. Eventually I solved the problem by downloading a more up-to-date firmware from a third party driver site– Station Drivers. Search for AS Media then ASM-105x. the firmware version that worked for me was 140704_A1_A9_0. Just follow the instructions in the original PDF but substitute the new firmware file. Before you click the "play" to update, make sure you set the sleep timer to be something like 10 minutes (or 5 minutes according to your preference). I'm not sure that you can change this after you've updated the firmware, which might be the problem with the original download and instructions. I like everything about this product except the sleep function, which took me over two hours faffing about to set up properly, hence only 3 stars even though it's now working. Other than this, I can recommend this product. NB this is my own review. I purchased the product and no one has offered me any incentive to write this.