Thermaltake BlacX Duet Black Dual Hard Drives Docking Station

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working great so far. Plugged it in and my computer recognized it right away and started moving files onto my drive.i tested both the esata and usb 2.0 ports and both work with esata being noticeably faster.would recommend this as a simple and inexpensive way to have an easy backup system.

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This is a simple, clever and functional HDD docking station.I got this to hook it up to my TV for digital movie playback.It works great with my Samsung UN46D6000 through USB connection. U have to connect it to the primary USB marked with an HDD for maximum transfer rates and compatibility, but other than that it works great.It also contains a E-SATA connection on the back, so u can transfer large amounts of data from ur PC.The TV recognized it as a USB memory stick when plugged in, so thats great news, as it should work on all newer TV's with USB-HDD markers.Transfer rates are worse than the single drive docking bay, but that's to be expected from a dual on a single connection.Full HD movies play perfectly and beautifully of it no problem.ThermalTake products tend to have quality and premature break down issues so just be aware of that. Will this last more than a year or two of continuous usage who knows.Recommended for PC movie buffs.

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Have only tried the USB connected to my mac book pro, but I just love the fact that I can have two drives mounted at once. Really convenient not having to fiddle around with external cases...

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I love this dock. It allows me to connect every piece of data stored on my external drives to a notebook.I highly recommend it.

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Great device for quickly swapping drives between machines. Bought 2. Great for getting info off of older drives or just for transferring info to storage drives.

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Great way to manage A LOT of video and music files with multiple hard drives. Can't really say anything bad about it. Usually on sale for $19.99. Go for it!

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It is an useful device when you need to quickly test hard drives. It is really great with eSATA because the transfer rate is much better than USB 2.0. Will buy again!

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Recommended for everyone! Simply Plug ur harddrive in (3.5 or 2.5") and push button release. So easy a caveman can do it. Has gone as low as $19.99 but I'd pay like $35 for this. Really good if you have a laptop and wanna transfer stuff or friends harddrive or no more room in your tower. Only weakness personally is that the power cord is kind of short imo.Definitely would buy again if I didn't already have one.

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Great tool for adding more storage without needing to open your case, or if you don't have any more cage space.Also a great tool for data extraction off of friend's drives on dead system who don't back up their stuff :PJust pick up some nice cases for your bare drives, and you're all set to go!

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I purchase this thermaltake doc in the boxing day sale for 37$. It work great and now i can swap any Sata drive in this great utilities...k+

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Nice looking, high quality build. Very usefull when cloning hard drives and backing up data. I have one at work and another at home. Too bad my lapotp does not have a port multiplyer. Would highly recommend.

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Works great on both USB and eSATA with both mac and PCs. Transfer speeds on eSATA with drive hot-swapping make it super easy to use. No problems so far.

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The dock works as it should be besides the few minor weaknesses i've stated. Hope I helped.rebate is a scam, after more than 10 weeks after confirmation of receving all the proper documents, they deleted all records and tracking information thus destroying records of the rebate.

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I have only had this for a day but it is working perfectly. I am running it on Mac OS X 10.6 with a Hitachi 1TB 7200RPM drive which I purchased on sale at NCIX. I am going to use this drive as clone to my primary drive and I also purchased a 2.5" 680GB SATA drive to use as a removable backup. I haven't installed that one yet but I am sure it is going to work perfectly. Running it over USB 2.0.

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Can use this with both my older computer and my new one. Easy to move large file between computers.

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I had the single slot and found it convenient, so I purchased this duet since I have many SATA hard drives around. It's convenient to just plug-and-play hard drives without opening the case. However, if you want both hard drives to work at the same time with the eSATA connection, make sure your motherboard support port multiplier. Or you can just use the USB connection.The power button is very sensitive. It will turn on/off the dock even you didn't press it down.

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I only found out afterwards that to use both hard drives in eSATA mode, the eSATA controller requires a function called port multiplication. My motherboard (Asus M2N-SLI Deluxe) does not have the eSATA port multiplier function (that I know of) so I've been using it in USB mode ever since and it has been performing well.I've just bought a Syba PCI-E x1 eSATA card and plan to install it in my machine to allow me to use both hard drives in eSATA mode.

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A very useful device overall.Works perfectly fine on USB. It is a little slow but that is to be expected given the limitations of USB 2.0.When using the eSATA interface, your computer needs to support SATA port multiplication in order to access two drives simultaneously. Without port multiplication you can only access the drive in the first slot. If you intend to use eSATA, I advise doing your research beforehand to find out if your motherboard (or other SATA interface device) supports port multiplication.There is no cooling so the drives could get very hot if used for hours at a time.

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Comes in really handy when someone needs files pulled out from a dead computer. Also useful as backup storage, which makes me kinda regret buying an external drive before.

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When the HD was properly loaded, it worked like a charm. I do not know why I had issues when loading only 1 HD in the device at a time.

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Great little unit. I have it hooked up to my WHS via USB with 2 x WD 2TB EARS drives. No issues at all.

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I have bought 3 of these. I have only used the USB connection. I am able to transfer files between each drive and to the computer. Drives dock in nice and firm, and has a blue activity led on the on/off switch. I have tried using the 2tb WD EARS drives and it didn't recognize it. It handles the 1.5tb EADS drives no problem. I still give it 5 stars.

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I was disappointed to find out my hdds connected USB won't sleep or spin down. A quick chat with Thermaltake confirmed this -- no sleep or spin down mode on this unit. I hate hdds spinning 24/7! A hdd connected eSATA will spin down with the computer in sleep or off. I'm sure they could have easily added sleep mode. The eSATA cable provided is short and I can't get it securely connected to the unit; always feels loose. Other than those issues it works okay just wish it had sleep mode. Edited: I contacted other makers of hdd docks and all said USB sleep mode is not supported -- so it's not just Thermaltake. This review was modfied by poster @ 09-20-10 05:34 PM

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A wonderful device. I wish I had known about these sooner. Suddenly all by old drives seem a little less useless. Has made drive cloning easier too.

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This is a great device that works exactly as advertised and is pretty cheap after mail-in rebate. It's not that well constructed, but for a dock it doesn't have to be.And note that if you want to use 2 drives at once using eSATA, it must be connected to a controller with FIS port multiplier support. I use a cheap SIL3132 eSATA card.