TECKNET Wired Gaming Headset, 3.5mm Stereo Surround Sound Gaming Headphone with Noise Cancelling Mic & LED Light, 3.5mm Jack Over-Ear Headphone, Compatible USB 2.0 with Tool-free, Black

I got this for my hard drive as I have several external hard drives and needed something to easily read them without swapping cases or open up the computer each time. I prefer having several hard rives so that my losses are minimal whenever one dies, as I don't keep everything in one place. Having to replace all my data every time would be time consuming as there is a lot if it.This docking station is very easy to set up, it has a separate power lead, a separate usb lead and the docking station itself. It fits any 2.5 and 3.5 sata drives, which is perfect as all mine are compatible. You need no screws or tools to use this, they basically slot into the station and that is it. I have tried the speeds for data transfer and they are fast and reliable. I am using this with windows 10, there was no need to install anything to use it, it is fully plug and play with no additional needs. It is also backwards compatible with all my other devices.The build quality is excellent, it feels very solid and the power button is robust, this is where my last unit broke so I am very happy with this. It does not take up a huge amount of room on my desk and will happily stay there until I need it. Highly recommended.

This device was the best £20 I have spent in IT for a long time. I had an older PC with 6 off Hard Drives, 8Tb altogether, that I needed to copy/save/delete to a new PC. Having read some of the 1,2&3 star feedback I still decided that it was worth a punt for the price. I should not have worried! Delivery was next day, came with a UK wall wart power supply and a USB 3.0 cable. Plugged it in, switched on and everything worked fine. I could see all my folders in the HD's and could copy and or delete as I wished.I would highly recommend using this with a HD software utility program; I used MiniTool Partition Magic 12.00 which is a freebie; it makes life so much easier to manage your HD's with this tool. Its especially valuable when Microsoft doesn't recognise your HD because it doesn't have a drive letter. This was the most common complaint from those who had not given it 4* or 5 * review. Using the program, I was able to recognise the drive and provide it with a drive letter so that MS File Explorer could recognise it.To say I'm impressed with this device is an understatement, using it, I was able to get all my drives sorted within a day and I had a lot of data to manage. Hope this helps.

Over the past few years I've lost not one but three external hard drives. A 2005 drive, with a massive 250Gb of storage was long ago sent to the recycling centre, though its twin, lives and works to this day. Two Western Digital 1Tb external drive ceased to work and I've long suspected that at least one of them still held a functioning hard drive, that it was the extra electronics to provide a USB port that might have gone. This little device has allowed me to verify that one of the 1Tb drives is actually dead (I'll beat it up with a hammer and steep it in bleach later in case it contains anything private), but with the other drive, it was the extra electronics that failed. The drive is currently sitting in the dock disgorging its contents onto my main machine prior to having Windows maintenance thrown at it to ensure its health. And those hard drives that have been sitting in the drawer can come out to be tested too: this dock provides an excellent cheap solution to the transport of files between locations - all you need is a spare hard drive. It costs little more than a 64Gb memory stick and can handle "naked" drives up to 4Tb. And if you're like me you can't throw your old machine out without extracting everything that might be useful - now an easier way of using a spare hard drive than balancing it on a few paperbacks while you temporarily attach it to the motherboard. So simple that the most ardent luddite could use it. The only reason I've marked it down a star is because the base unit has a slightly cheap'n'nasty feel to it. I'd gladly have paid another fiver to have a more sold feeling base. Buy with confidence.

This product has served the purpose I brought it for. For any one reading take into account that I have only had this docking station for less than 24 hours, but in that time it has done everything I wanted. I originally purchased it hoping to retrieve some data from a hard drive that was not recognised by a laptop. I followed the instruction to the T but it's standard procedure if you know how to operate a PC (bear in mind I am using windows not another operating system). As soon as the unit was powered it recoginsed there was a drive present straight away and a few seconds later it showed in windows disk manger. I could grab the data I needed from the drive and the products purpose was served.A couple of notes on the product its self follows:Pros:It contains everything you need to complete the process as described in the previous paragraph. No extra equipment was needed.It operates without the need for new drivers at the time of writing (25/01/2017). So it's plug in and use no need for extra messing about with other software.Cons:I really can't see at the moment however if any occur this review will be updated.Extra considerations:Some may say this is not a premium product, but I can not see how it can be any thing more than it is. Yes it is plastic but it doesn't rattle or feel loose and for the £20.00 I paid I wasn't expecting a titanium shell but who would.Conclusion:I am extremely happy with product and to this point I haven't had any faults and can't see any occurring in the future. However, if any do occur I will update this review. I hope this product will do well for future uses as I have many ideas that I can now continue with becuase I have this product.