ADATA ED600 External 2.5" Hard Drive and Solid State Drive Enclosure

I do a lot of backup and data recovery and I have quite a few loose 2.5" drives, so I have some enclosures of various brands. I like trying different ones out.This one is strong and pops open easily (much like a small tool case) for access to the drive. This makes it easy in a pinch if I have to gain access to someone's data 2.5" drive or SSD in the field. USB 3, fast, uses the standard micro USB 3 on the drive end so any cable of that type will work (it does come with one) and it's fast. The inside is padded to help protect the drive inside as the enclosure might be bumped around in use.The only negative is that it does not feature an activity LED. Otherwise, this product is excellent.

if you need to make yourself an external 2.5" hard drive from a old laptop hard-drive, this is the enclosure for you. Or, if you want to make yourself a new Solid State external hard drive without paying the high prices, this enclosure is for you. it worked out great. the drive fit perfectly and connected to my PCs flawlessly. my only complaint, which isn't with the enclosure itself is that it doesn't fit into those standard 'cases' used for normal external 2.5" hard drives. this encloser is too big to put in those small fabric cases. No bother. i just used the box it came in to store it. i build 2 with 1TB SSD and it was fantastic. Highly recommend them.

I've never installed a hard drive in a case before so I just unpacked it to look and figure it out, but after 2 minutes the drive was installed almost without me noticing it. The instruction is a little picture printed on the side of the package. It's literally impossible to install the drive wrong, you just put it in the box where it fits and that's all, no tools needed. The only thing you may do wrong is to pick the wrong size of the foam frame, there are two of them and they have different thickness for two sizes of hard drives. I tried the thicker one first and made sure I can snap the lock on the lid before I glued the foam to the inside of the lid.The drive is recognised by my computer and the data copying is fast. I didn't drop it or splashed water on it (and I will try not to), but it looks sturdy and waterproof enough to survive minor accidents.

Installed an old hd as a backup via this device when upgrading to a new ssd in my promary PC. Good fit & finish on the product, great for the price. Plastic could have been a little stiffer/thicker.

I had never used a case like this before, every external drive I own was purchased as an external drive. This was a simple matter of plug and play. Very easy to install the drive, just make sure you have drive measurements correct before you purchase. Only downside I would say was lack of instructions, and it came with some material, like something to I guess pack the drive in more securely somehow, but I have no idea how you are supposed to use it, because there were basically no instructions on operation that I received. But everything seems to work fine, common sense is all you need. Just make sure you buy the right sized case for your drive.

So I bought the more popular Sabrent. Little did I know how much I would hate it.Ordered this returned the other. This took moments to get the drive in. Plugged in worked instantly. I would like an aluminum case for something that would be running hard, but in most cases this case is just the ticket.In the questions someone asked about heat. Well it is sealed for dust and water. That's to protect it from elements really. Great to carry around. I would buy this case over and over again. The lid is hinged and opens like the plastic clear utility cases you buy in the sporting goods or tool departments. In other words one latch and it's open. Since the drive fits snugly you can open the case and leave the top open to disperse heat. However under normal situations it should not get any hotter than it would all sealed inside a laptop. The laptop mostly cools the processor. If you are going to do some intense workout such as doind a DOT 7 pass wipe, it could get. Just open the lid and let it run.So yes I will buy this again. Now let's say you have a newer PC and have limited USB 3 ports but have plenty USB C. Well there are adapters you can buy cheap to change the USB 3 to USB C cable right here in Amazon.Reality is, if you have the newer machines , you should already have purchased some of those adapters anyway.

Best part of this case is my Xbox Serie X recognized it and formatted the drive. With the sabrent case I had before the console would not recognize it. Add to that this case has much nice construction and this one is a no-brainer. The only con so far is the short cord. Hopefully how well sealed the case is it doesn't lead to any issues with the ssd overheating when transferring 50GB plus game files. If it does, I'll make an update to this review.

Just what i needed for my mobile office digital storage , The case is very well made and the very tough.