USB 3.0 to SATA or PATA Hard Drive Adapter

62 reviews for USB 3.0 to SATA or PATA Hard Drive Adapter

1. Rated 5 out of 5

   anthonyg – February 6, 2014

   It’s unobtrusive and easy to setup, even thought you have a couple cables hanging out.

   But it’s easy to get a HD quickly connected so you can check it/ recover/ delete it. Whatever you need.

   Sturdy construction. Recommended.

2. Rated 4 out of 5

   FredZarguna “adeveloper” – January 25, 2014

   So far I’ve had no issues with this from a data transfer or reliability perspective.

   I will note two mechanical problems that keep me from giving it all five stars. If you can live with them in your physical configuration, it’s a five star item.

   1) The SATA connection is built a bit too close to the thinner side of the plastic shell. This tends to make larger drives lift the shell off the table top [or whatever] surface, which can potentially interrupt the connection. I would recommend sitting the drive on edge [front edge/right/or left edge down on the surface instead of the flat top or bottom of the drive] to avoid this issue.

   2) The supplied cable works well for me, however, I can see situations where the cable would be too short if your only access is to the back of the PC. A six foot cable would be a huge improvement, and since it’s a proprietary USB 3.0 connection to PC, good luck finding a longer cable on your own.

3. Rated 3 out of 5

   Cameron – December 4, 2013

   I’m furious at the fact that this device only came with a 2 foot USB 3.0 cable and that now I have to purchase an extension or a longer cable in general. Who the heck came up with the brilliant idea that it would be ok to only put a tiny USB 3.0 cable in the box? As for the device itself yes it works great but I may never order a CoolGear device again because of the length of cable they saw fit to include. If you decide to buy this make sure you purchase an extension for USB 3.0 if you need something longer than a couple feet. As stated though the device itself works just fine I’m just on here to vent because it’s late and I just unboxed it and wanting to put it on top of my desk but it won’t reach and lay flat as it needs to so I had to put it just on top of my tower for now which isn’t where I’d like it to be.

4. Rated 5 out of 5

   William – November 30, 2013

   This product was exactly as described and worked perfectly. I ordered another brand before this one an ended up returning it. DO yourself a favor and save yourself some time by buying this one first!

5. Rated 3 out of 5

   Matthew Holmes – November 30, 2013

   WARNING: Older IDE drives that have the IDE port and Power port flush next to each other – you can see from the product image that the CoolGear IDE plug will block where the power plug should go, so you will not be able to use this for IDE drives that have the power port directly next to the IDE port.

   Aside from that, works great like all CoolGear products – highly recommended with that one caveat!