FIDECO Docking Station, USB 3.0 Hard Drive Docking Station for 2.5 and 3.5 inch SATA HDD or SSD, Support Offline Clone, TF & SD Card Reader, and 2x 18TB Hard Drives

I've had a number of these sort of bay/hubs over the years and this is an excellent little bay, delivered quickly and well packaged which also works connected to our TV USB port (it might not with others - test at your own risk).I have the model (there are a few) which has the wider spaced USB ports on the front which allows even fat kingston usb sticks (see other review) to be used in tandem and unit gives good transfer speeds depending on ports/drives used of course.Simple to set up - plug and play/go even with our TVIts very compact despite catering for 3.5 and 2.5 sata drives, AND USB sticks, and better looking (opinion) than my older red ones.** Clone feature is atrociously slow and limited and actually seems CONSIDERABLY slower and more basic than using this same hub connected to a PC and using a window freeware utility to clone with the 2 way sata overhead. I glued the button on my older drives to prevent accidental use.Just as hub - File transfer gives very reasonable speeds read and write (depending on USB ports)I think other reviews have dealt with much of the rest.

nice product easy to use reliable

Impressed with the quality. Whilst plastic it does feel sturdy. I bought this initially to retrieve data from loads of old SATA drives I had stored away. It did the job fine, with decent enough speeds. I've now got it hooked up to a NAS for additional storage with two drives permanently in place. Does exactly what you would expect and the bonus of an SD card reader is nice, it will come in handy.Negatives - The LED's that signify power on and which drive is being accessed are REALLY REALLY dim. They are also on top of the unit, so you have to physically look over it to see them. Not ideal when sat on a desk, but it's a minor gripe.

Docking Station worked brilliantly for about 8 months before developing an intermittent fault with the power supply which meant that it stopped running my 10TB drive I use for backup. (It continued to manage 3TB drives and SSD's). I had a similar power supply of the same voltage left from previous tech which fitted the unit; and I was back in business!What about this for service? I made arrangements to return the Docking Station before I had diagnosed the faulty power supply. This was arranged with the usual Amazon efficiency. I thought I would try one last ditch test of swapping out the power supply. Happily, I identified the fault and a suitable workaround. I cancelled the return and notified the seller...So I have a perfectly working unit again, and they still offered me a 50% refund. What great customer service - I would buy from them again - made my day! I declined the refund as I thought they deserved the money just for making me smile! Thank you guys for your thoughtfulness.Accepting that I may have just had a duff power supply - otherwise I cannot fault the setup. Does exactly what it is supposed to. Straight-forward and efficient on my PC with Windows 10 setup.If you need to clone drives with or without your computer; or just run a couple of additional drives externally via USB3 - buy one of these - great value.

I have been using 5.24" slot-in hard disk caddies for years. They make it so easy to mirror the contents of one hard drive to another. Essential for backing-up my photo collection, etc. Your needs may be similar.Caddies are getting harder to find as most desktop cases nowadays have far fewer external slots available.This FIDECO has USB-3 for speed, can take 2.5" and 3.5" drives [two of each] AND has two USB-3 ports on the front PLUS a microSD card slot - also on the front. The drives just 'post' into place.There is a power-switch on the rear. The unit needs mains power to work via the 'brick' supplied.There is automatic power-down of the inserted hard drives. Mine seems to take longer than the twenty minutes since large drive access but it does operate. Easy to tell by touching the 3.5" drives to detect any vibration. They definitely stop spinning.Works very well indeed. Surprisingly speedy, too. Definitely not slow. Capable of shifting many gigabytes in a short time.In case it matters: this is a six-core, Phenom 5 5600 motherboard, with 16Gb of RAM.FIDECO unit looks good in matt black. Has non-slip feet so unit does not 'waltz' or vibrate when drives active.Excellent value for money.An ideal modern alternative to disk caddies.Recommended without reservation.Hope helpful!

Very good. Works really well