This enclosure is a quality, functional and thoughtful R&D-ed product!
THE GOOD:
This is an excellent little enclosure! I was surprised at how compact it is. I bought the 3-bay version, and I honestly couldn't be happier with it!
I've seen a lot of the negative reviews on this brand, and while I can't speak to the two-bay, four-bay or other sized enclosures, I can say my 3-bay works great!
Some complaint-reviews talk about not being able to get the drives to align and seat properly with each drive's power and data connections, and fit properly inside the enclosure. NOT TRUE! To be fair, I had this issue at first, as well. However, this isn't due to a design flaw, it's due to (user error.)
This is a precision built enclosure! If you install your hard drive into the removable tray, (but fail) to ensure that (each) of the 4 plastic hard drive retention clips are properly seated into each of the hard drive screw-holes, the drive will be almost imperceptably askew, thereby denying the drive the ability to seat in the power and data connections, inside the enclosure.
Once you get the hard drive properly installed on the tray, the drive will slide in perfectly to the connections, and lock into place.
The metal housing has a high-quality textured black protective coating. The plastic drive trays are thoughtfully designed with functional precision, purpose and clever resolution. The drive tray, spring-loaded locking buttons serve a dual purpose as a drive release mechanism as well as an air inlet for airflow. It's really quite a clever solution for two problems! Not only that, but they made the release buttons ergonomic and contoured to your fingers, and gave the buttons a beautiful, contrasting blue color as well.
THE BAD?
There isn't much to say that's bad. Some people complain about the noise from this enclosure, in their reviews. I don't see what they're saying. As I mentioned above, I have the 3-bay enclosure, so of course, you have the noise of the 3 hard drives spinning, but that isn't the fault of the enclosure.
The cooling fan of the enclosure has a quiet hum to it. I don't find it to be loud, even when it's the only sound in the room at night.
The one negative thing I can come up with is the hard drive mounting trays have little plastic posts that insert into the hard drive mounting holes, to secure the drive to the tray. I had to format the drive a couple of times. After removing the drive a few times, one of the four plastic posts snapped off inside the mounting hole.
Beyond that, I love this enclosure!
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