External HDD Enclosures

Friday February 25, 2005, Will Kahn-Greene | share this (mastodon)

Note: This is an old post in a blog with a lot of posts. The world has changed, technologies have changed, and I've changed. It's likely this is out of date and not representative. Let me know if you think this is something that needs updating.

I need an external HDD enclosure so that I can [fill in obvious use cases here]. I have a couple of 3.5" drives that I'm not using, so that eliminates a 2.5" enclosure that can power off USB which is a bit of a shame.

Anyhow, I was looking at these:

3.5 & 5.25 USB 2.0 External Drive Enclosure (ME-320U2)
Sabrent 5.25" USB 2.0 Aluminum External Hard Drive Enclosure
Vantec NexStar 3.5" USB 2.0 External Hard Drive Enclosure
Kingwin Silver 3.5" USB 2.0 Aluminum External Hard Drive Enclosure
PPA 3.5" USB 2.0/Firewire External Hard Drive Enclosure with Light Bar

I haven't heard anything about any of these companies, though. So that makes it a bit difficult to decide which one to get.

Anyone have any thoughts? Anyone have a HDD enclosure they prefer over these?

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