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- Your Rescue Plan documents will be delivered to you via email only to the address associated with your Amazon.com account and can be found in your account message center within the Buyer/Seller Messages.
- If your drive stops working, the Seagate Rescue data recovery plan will recover the data from the failed drive and return it to you on a new piece of external storage
- Covers new single-disk external hard drives of any brand when purchased within 30 days (receipt must be retained for purchases not on the same transaction). Not eligible on enterprise class or multi-drive devices
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- Your Rescue Plan documents will be delivered to you via email only to the address associated with your Amazon.com account and can be found in your account message center within the Buyer/Seller Messages.
- If your drive stops working, the Rescue data recovery plan will attempt to recover the data from the failed drive and recovered data will be returned on a media storage device or via secure cloud-based data storage.
- Covers new single-disk external hard drives of any brand when purchased within 30 days (receipt must be retained for purchases not on the same transaction).
- Free shipping for in–lab data recovery; 24/7 online case status tracking
- If your data isn’t recovered, you get your money back
- Your Rescue Plan documents will be delivered to you via email only to the address associated with your Amazon.com account and can be found in your account message center within the Buyer/Seller Messages.
- If your drive stops working, the Rescue data recovery plan will attempt to recover the data from the failed drive and recovered data will be returned on a media storage device or via secure cloud-based data storage.
- Covers new single-disk external hard drives of any brand when purchased within 30 days (receipt must be retained for purchases not on the same transaction).
- Free shipping for in–lab data recovery; 24/7 online case status tracking
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Hardware Interface | SATA 3.0 Gb/s, USB, USB 3.2 Gen 1, SATA 1.5 Gb/s |
Brand | SABRENT |
Color | Black |
Product Dimensions | 7.09"L x 4.8"W x 1.6"H |
Hardware Platform | Windows |
About this item
- Supports all 2.5 and 3.5-inch SATA drives
- Connects via SuperSpeed USB 3.0 (up to 10x as fast as USB 2.0)
- UASP (USB Attached SCSI Protocol) support for even faster performance. UASP requires UASP capable host system
- Serial ATA bus up to 6Gbps Signal bandwidth for fast storage backups
- This Docking station comes with a free download of Acronis True Image for SABRENT software for easy cloning
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Easy to recognize | 4.3 | — | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.2 |
Tech Support | 4.0 | — | 3.7 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
Value for money | — | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.4 |
Easy to use | — | 4.4 | 4.1 | 4.7 | 4.5 | — |
Storage Capacity | 4.2 | — | — | — | 3.0 | 4.5 |
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Product Description
Description:
Sabrent USB 3.0 to SATA External Hard Drive Docking Station (FLAT)
The Sabrent EC-DFLT SATA Lay-Flat Docking Station supports the direct insertion of Desktop 2.5"/3.5" SATA Hard Drives.
It is a caseless solution that makes swapping hard drives easier than ever before.
Plus, now you can take advantage of the lightening speed of USB 3.0 to quickly transfer files up to 5 Gbps!
lightening speed of USB 3.0 to quickly
transfer files up to 5 Gbps!
Features:
- Supports Standard Desktop 2.5"/3.5" SATA Hard Drives
- On/Off power switch.
- LED light indicates Power and Activity status
- Hot-swappable, plug and play no drivers needed.
- Everse compatible with USB 1.1 & USB 2.0.
- ransfer Rates Up to 5 Gbps w/USB 3.0 Transfer Rates Up to 480 Mbps w/USB 2.0
- Available USB 3.0 for high speed data transfer . Reverse compatible with USB 1.1 & USB 2.0
System requirements:
- Windows 11
- Windows 10
- Windows 8.1/8
- Windows 7
- Windows Vista
- Mac OS 8.6 or above
What's in the box?
- Sabrent EC-DFLT Lay-Flat Docking
- Power Supply
- USB 3.0 cable
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Price | $9.99$9.99 | $9.99$9.99 | $11.99$11.99 | $18.14$18.14 | $28.99$28.99 | $31.95$31.95 |
Model # | EC-UASP | EC-OCUB | EC-UK30 | EC-DFLT | EC-KSL3 | EC-DFFN |
Size Compatibility: | 2.5" SSD | 2.5" SSD | 2.5" SSD | 2.5 & 3.5 SSD | 2.5 & 3.5 SSD | 2.5 & 3.5 SSD |
Capacity Supported: | 8TB | 8TB | 8TB | 20TB | 20TB | 20TB |
Transfer Speed: | Up to 5 Gbps | Up to 5 Gbps | Up to 5 Gbps | Up to 5 Gbps | Up to 625 MB/s | Up to 5 Gbps |
Cable: | USB 3.0 Type-A | USB 3.0 Type-B to Type-A | USB 3.0 Type-A | USB 3.0 Type-A | USB 3.0 Type-B to Type-A | USB 3.0 Type-A |
UASP: | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Plug and Play: | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Material: | ABS | ABS | Aluminum | ABS | Aluminum | ABS |
Assembly: | Tool Free | Tool Free | Screws set with screws driver included | Tool Free | Tool Free | Tool Free |
Fan Cooling: | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ✓ |
SABRENT USB 3.0 Extension 10 Feet Cable | SABRENT USB 3.0 Extension 6 Feet Cable | SABRENT USB 3.0 Extension 3 Feet Cable | SABRENT USB 3.0 Extension 10 Feet Cable | SABRENT USB 3.0 Extension 6 Feet Cable | SABRENT USB 3.0 Extension 3 Feet Cable | |
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Price | $9.99$9.99 | $8.99$8.99 | $7.99$7.99 | $7.99$7.99 | $5.00$5.00 | $7.99$7.99 |
MODEL | CB-3010 | CB-3060 | CB-3030 | CB-301W | CB-306W | CB-303W |
PORT TYPE | USB 3.0 TYPE A | USB 3.0 TYPE A | USB 3.0 TYPE A | USB 3.0 TYPE A | USB 3.0 TYPE A | USB 3.0 TYPE A |
LENGTH | 10 Feet | 6 Feet | 3 Feet | 10 Feet | 6 Feet | 3 Feet |
COLOR | BLACK | BLACK | BLACK | WHITE | WHITE | WHITE |
MATERIAL | PVC & ABS | PVC & ABS | PVC & ABS | PVC & ABS | PVC & ABS | PVC & ABS |
SPEED | 5 GB/s | 5 GB/s | 5 GB/s | 5 GB/s | 5 GB/s | 5 GB/s |
SUPPORTS QUICK CHARGE | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
PLUG AND PLAY | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
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Sabrent is a leading provider of innovative consumer electronics.
We are committed to designing and developing products that provide the utmost quality, dependability, and value.
Sabrent strives for excellence with each product we develop by providing cutting-edge features at affordable prices.
Our company thrives on creativity, innovation, honesty, and integrity in all aspects of our business operations.
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Product information
Item Weight | 7.5 Ounces |
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Memory Storage Capacity | 22 TB |
Compatible Devices | Desktops, Laptops |
Max Number of Supported Devices | 1 |
Data Transfer Rate | 5000 Megabytes Per Second |
Product Dimensions | 7.09 x 1.6 x 4.8 inches |
Item Weight | 7.5 ounces |
ASIN | B00LS5NFQ2 |
Item model number | EC-DFLT |
Customer Reviews |
4.4 out of 5 stars |
Best Sellers Rank | #1 in Hard Drive Docking Stations |
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
Date First Available | July 14, 2014 |
Manufacturer | Sabrent |
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Customers like the performance, ease of use, and value of the hard drive enclosure. For example, they mention it works well, is easy to install, and is good value for money. Some are satisfied with speed, and appearance. That said, some complain about connectivity issues and have different opinions on quality.
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Customers like the performance of the hard drive enclosure. They say it works well enough, runs flawlessly, and runs quite fast. Some mention that it's easy to install and operate, and has no issues so far. Overall, most are happy with the design and performance of this enclosure.
"...I bought 2.5 years ago (August 2015) easily sees my 8TB drives, runs flawlessly, and runs quite fast, all with no firmware update whatsoever...." Read more
"...It was secure and I recovered the files.It also worked with any other old HD I had laying around and was a simple ease of use." Read more
"...No problems, just an easy solution." Read more
"...Easy installation, operation, and reasonable cloning speed, plus reasonable price made my purchase an excellent one...." Read more
Customers find the hard drive enclosure very simple to use and setup. They say it's plug-and-play, easy to turn on and off, and easy to communicate with. Customers also say it makes it easy to access the contents of the drives, copy the contents, and install SATA drives toolless.
"...this same dock that I bought 2.5 years ago (August 2015) easily sees my 8TB drives, runs flawlessly, and runs quite fast, all with no firmware..." Read more
"...also worked with any other old HD I had laying around and was a simple ease of use." Read more
"...This product was super easy to use and cloned very quickly. The case allows toolless entry, and drives can be taken in and out without tools...." Read more
"...No problems, just an easy solution." Read more
Customers like the value of the hard drive enclosure. They say it's a low cost way to clone or back up your hard drive, and is good for the price.
"...USB3 performance, full support for an 8TB drive, and it's very low price, I gotta give it 5 stars!..." Read more
"...Easy installation, operation, and reasonable cloning speed, plus reasonable price made my purchase an excellent one...." Read more
"...At 130 bucks with tax it is definitely worth the money it pays for itself in one use as most PC shops charge $100 bucks an hour...." Read more
"...I think it's worth the money getting this." Read more
Customers like the speed of the hard drive enclosure. They say it works well, has a fast transfer rate, and has no noticeable delay. They also appreciate the high-sustained read/write speeds and USB C compatibility. Overall, customers are happy with the speed and value of the product.
"...Considering Sabrent's great customer support, excellent USB3 performance, full support for an 8TB drive, and it's very low price, I gotta give it 5..." Read more
"...Easy installation, operation, and reasonable cloning speed, plus reasonable price made my purchase an excellent one...." Read more
"...Format the drives and good as new, and fast. The first one I bought worked well, so I bought another one...." Read more
"...This one works just as well as the original for me, very fast and with no troubles connecting to either Windows or Macs...." Read more
Customers like the appearance of the hard drive enclosure. They say it has a simple construction, nice design, and a good looking outside. They also appreciate the top loading design and the M2 slot is well designed. Customers also mention that the concept of the product is good.
"...Overall it is a nice looking enclosure and works well, but it should just be plug and play from the start." Read more
"...The old hdd, which I thought was done for, works like new. Very impressive and gives new use to an old drive...." Read more
"...It installed easy, and the plastic door looks nice, but I didn't realize how much heat would be trapped inside the enclosure when running the drive..." Read more
"...It looks amazing next to my MacBook. Now for functionality. Using the offline clone function, I cloned a 512GB NvMe SSD to a 4TB NvMe SSD...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the quality of the hard drive enclosure. Some mention that it has a quality build, solid aluminum construction, and a strong hinge. Others say that it's flimsy and lacking in quality.
"...I was able to straighten them out slide it into this. It was secure and I recovered the files...." Read more
"...So over all good functionality and good idea, but quality is lacking." Read more
"...The case allows toolless entry, and drives can be taken in and out without tools...." Read more
"...The plastic cover is a bit flimsy but it does have a strong hinge and so far after testing several dozen dives, it is holding up very well...." Read more
Customers are dissatisfied with the recognition of the hard drive enclosure. They mention that their computer does not recognize the drive, Windows does not recognise it, and vendor diagnostic tools do not recognize it. Some say that the drive does not read data from disks that already have data on them.
"...into two different iMacs running Snow Leopard (10.6.8), neither can see any drive plugged into it. Odd, since at one time it could/did...." Read more
"...the second one stopped working after a few months - could not be recognized by any machine in our house...." Read more
"...then 12TB internal hard drives, this Sabrent docking station did not recognize any...." Read more
"...for saving an old external hard drive, it's also recognizable by both Windows and Linux and quite possibly macOS too!..." Read more
Customers are dissatisfied with the connectivity of the hard drive enclosure. They mention that it doesn't stay connected, it keeps disconnecting, and that the cord that it comes with is flaky with the connection.
"...Other than that, the USB cord that it comes with, is flaky with the connection to the computer, and so you do not want to disturb it when its in use...." Read more
"...first real transfer using it (not quite 1TB), I suddenly found my drive disconnected without warning and the rest of the transfer wasn't..." Read more
"...If you move the enclosure the HDD can lose the connection. If there was a "stop" to prevent movement, I would give this enclosure 5 stars." Read more
"...This product was super easy to use and cloned very quickly. The case allows toolless entry, and drives can be taken in and out without tools...." Read more
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The good news: it can handle large capacity hard drives. The bad news: not for very long...
And of course, since I tossed the boxing, there is no returning the Sabrent. I therefore spent $23 on a brick, although it won't break me. This case of infant mortality is probably just a fluke, but an annoying one when it happens to you. I should have kept the box a while longer. My bad.
UPDATE 1/2118: To Sabrent's great credit, and this is going back about 2.5 years ago, they stepped in and replaced the enclosure, no charge. I tested it but ran into issues trying to do the above formatting again, and threw it on my junk pile. With hindsight, I'm now realizing that the issue was most likely the hard drive I was using, which I got by ripping open a Western Digital external hard drive and removing it. There's something odd about the firmware in these drives. They're just "not right" when taken out of their manufacturer's shell and fully exposed like this. I think my issue was the hard drive, and NOT Sabrent. Coupled with their excellent customer service, I've now increased the rating to five stars. Because ...
I just bought some 8TB Hitachi hard drives and it was time to format them, again with encryption. These are new, bare hard drives from Amazon, not something I ripped out of an external HD box! Fortunately, I still had the Sabrent enclosure, so I pulled one off the pile, attached the 12V/1.5A power adapter to it, put the 8TB drive in, connected to my Mac Mini, and just like that, the hard drive mounted on the desktop. I formatted it in HFS+, then created a new encrypted disk image, and let it run.
This time, all went well. I discovered that if you open Sierra's Activity Monitor and click on Disk Activity, you get a readout of how fast the data is moving across the interface. I was seeing it move between 110 - 160 MB/sec, averaging about 130 MB/sec. That's not bad at all on my 2012 iMac with a 4-core i7 processor running Sierra (12.6). It's not the fastest i7 there is, so you have to remember that there are calculations that first have to be made before the data can be spit out of the USB3 ports for writing. That takes time to execute, which has to slow transfers down somewhat. USB of any speed never hits its theoretical maximum anyway (4.8Gbps for USB3, or about 600 MB/sec). Considering I was getting only 25 MB/sec with USB2 on this same machine (theoretical maximum speed = 60 MB/sec), actual speeds are less than theoretical speeds by about the same factor for each version of USB. The full 8TB of writing took 17 hours, which averages out to 130 MB/sec, consistent with what I see in Activity Monitor. I would say that's pretty good. I'm happy.
Side note: I got to wondering about Sabrent's advice to run a firmware update. I'm a Mac guy, but I have an old PC running XP. I thought I would take a stab at the upgrade. I downloaded it to the PC, but the update would not run at all. You tell it to RUN the update and nothing happens. My neighbor has a PC running Windows 10, so I took the dock, power supply, and a USB cable to his place. He downloaded the update to his PC, followed the .pdf instructions exactly, the interface presented is NOT what the .pdf shows, but tried running it anyway. Same issue: hit the RUN button and nothing happens. It doesn't freeze or anything like that. It simply does nothing. So much for that!
The key point I'm making is that this same dock that I bought 2.5 years ago (August 2015) easily sees my 8TB drives, runs flawlessly, and runs quite fast, all with no firmware update whatsoever. I don't understand Sabrent's statement that older docks (2.5 years old?) without an update are limited to 4TB. Not mine!
I do not understand why other commenters can't get it to work right. It works perfectly for me.
Considering Sabrent's great customer support, excellent USB3 performance, full support for an 8TB drive, and it's very low price, I gotta give it 5 stars!
UPDATE 1/30/2018: Plugging into two different iMacs running Snow Leopard (10.6.8), neither can see any drive plugged into it. Odd, since at one time it could/did. I don't know what the difference is, but if you're running Snow Leopard, you might consider passing on the Sabrent.
UPDATE 2/12/2018: Okay, so the Sabrent isn't happy with Snow Leopard. Separately, I plugged the Sabrent into my 2012 Mac Mini w/i7 processor and running Sierra (12.6). I plugged a second, different external USB3 drive enclosure to another port, loaded a pair of 8TB X300 Toshiba hard drives in each, and proceeded to move data from one drive to the other. Measured speed is about 130 MB/sec, which is about max transfer rates that these hard drives can deliver. No complaints!
It also worked with any other old HD I had laying around and was a simple ease of use.
Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2024
Old laptops still had good 500M and 1G drives, so use them as backup. Format the drives and good as new, and fast. The first one I bought worked well, so I bought another one.
However, the second one stopped working after a few months - could not be recognized by any machine in our house. Took it to the garage to take apart and test with volt/ohm meter, and could not figure out issue. So, to the Trash it went.
Considering buying another since the fisrt one still working well. The blue "on" light went out however.
So over all good functionality and good idea, but quality is lacking.
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The drive has a 12V DC centre-positive barrel jack to power it, and connects via a USB Type-B connector.
Whilst Type-B is pretty uncommon, a Sabrent-branded USB-B male to USB-A male cable is included, and it feels like an extremely high-quality cable.
The enclosure itself is made of metal, and it's pretty thick too - the entire thing feels very strong and sturdy.
There are holes in the back of the device, however there is so little room around a 3.5" HDD that airflow is going to be basically non-existent anyway.
The metal design does make the device better for heat dissipation than other enclosures I have used though.
Getting a HDD in might look difficult as there's not too much room, however I found it very easy to get my drive in, and I didn't feel like I was doing anything that could damage my drive at all.
The enclosure also has four four screw holes in its sides so that you can screw in the HDD to keep it fixed in place, and screws and a small screwdriver are included with the drive - Note that the enclosure includes four screws of both 6-32 UNC and M3.
This is fantastic, as I really dislike enclosures where the drive can rattle around inside the enclosure, as that can weaken or break the SATA connectors - that can't happen here, the Sabrent enclosure holds the drive perfectly.
There is also a dedicated power switch on the end of the device next to the power input, which is fantastic.
I really like this, as you can push it into somewhere such that only the end is accessible, or stack several enclosures on top of each other, and still have full control.
There is a button on the top of the device that has what looks to be a power symbol on it, but it isn't a power button. Instead pushing that is what allows you to slide the top cover off and open the enclosure. I feel a better symbol could have been chosen, but once you know what it does it's fine, and since the drive inside is screwed in it's not like it can fall out when you take the cover off or anything.
Since I was using a mechanical hard drive, I wasn't able to max out the USB 3.0 connection, but the enclosure was able to keep up with HDD doing 200MB/s for the 43 hours it took me to do a full write+read cycle on the drive I had inside.
The enclosure did get very hot during this time, hotter than my other enclosures, but that's obviously good - it's better the enclosure gets hot because it's actually dissipating heat from the drive inside and keeping it cool, rather than the enclosure staying cool because the drive inside it can't dissipate heat and thus the drive gets extremely hot.
The enclosure does have an LED activity light, which will blink constantly if the drive is active. I personally found this to be quite annoying, and would prefer a constant light rather than a blinking one.
I would like to see versions of this with a USB-A and USB-C connector rather than the uncommon USB-B, but other than the blinking activity LED and the poor choice of symbol on the enclosure opening button, I really can't find any faults with it.
Overall, I paid £31 for this enclosure, which is a lot for a HDD enclosure, but as far as enclosures go it's basically perfect.