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Acomdata Tango USB 2.0/eSATA 2.5-Inch SATA Hard Drive Enclosure TNGXXXUSE-BLU (Blue)

Name: Acomdata Tango USB 2.0/eSATA 2.5-Inch SATA Hard Drive Enclosure TNGXXXUSE-BLU (Blue)
Brand: Acomdata
SKU: HAB001XHBNN2
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Acomdata TNGXXXUSE-BLU Tango Portable 2.5" Enclosure USB 2.0 & eSATA - Blue Enclosure
Hard drive enclosure takes a SATA hard disk Hi-speed USB 2.0 and eSATA 48-bit logical block addressing Silent operation Hot Pluggable
Mac and PC compatible Easy installation and setup
Three-year limited warranty Free tech support forever Contents of box Acomdata Tango portable drive enclosure USB cable Installation guide

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Does exactly what it needs to. Anyone nowadays knows that you need an external backup at a remote location to ensure you don't lose your info if you lose your computer. I learned that lesson the hard way. After my laptop's motherboard died, I thought I had to pay Best Buy $150 to get my information off of the hard drive. I learned, after some careful youtube and google research, that I could remove the hard drive and place it inside this thing to get my information off AND turn my hard drive into an external drive/ backup. YAY!The Good:Easy to use, does what it claims. Connected easy and is recognized as an external drive so there is no hardware to install to use it.The Bad:This does not cool your hard drive when it is in use. This is important because hard drives can overheat. I actually have a bag of frozen peas I wrap in a towel and set this on top of when I am using it. This prevents the drive from overheating. I also don't use it for anything but an external drive (loading and organizing backups) so it is plugged in for an hour max.The Skinny:Turned the hard drive from my broken laptop into an external drive. I keep it in a fireproof safe so I don't have to worry about losing information. VERY HANDY.An added bonus. USB is used worldwide, so you can have your information anywhere in the world with you without worrying about adapting to another power source. 5eSATA works [TAKE NOTE] I just got a new DELL Studio 15 (WIN 7 64 Bit) and decided that I would use its SATA port to connect an external drive. So I read a couple of reviews then I decided to purchase the enclosure together with Hitachi 500GB Travelstar SATA 7200 RPM Laptop Internal Hard Drive HD20500IDK/7K - Retail and Syba SY-CAB-ESA e-SATA to e-SATA Cable (21-Inch, Black).As already pointed out on several reviews, the instruction to remove the PCB is wrong. You have to remove the 2 screws to take out the plastic lid, then PUSH the PCB out (not PULL).USB connectivity worked flawlessly so no complaints there.HOWEVER, I could not get the drive to work using the eSATA port. When I connect the e-SATA to e-SATA cable, the blue led indicator does not light up. I tried almost everything from a new laptop motherboard to a total laptop replacement, new eSATA cables, eSATA express card, adding a PCI eSATA Card on my desktop, swapped enclosures (I bought 2) but nothing worked!Stumped and frustrated, I decided to read all of the reviews for this enclosure. Then I found the answer on two reviews:******************************************************************* TO USE THE eSATA PORT, YOU NEED TO CONNECT BOTH THE USB and eSATA CABLE!* <-- See Picture Posted******************************************************************Yes my fault, I should have RTFM!It works fine now and below are some benchmarks.--------------------------------------------Using DiskBench V2.5.3.2 USB Port I got:--------------------------------------------Copy File Bench started...Copy e:\Downloads\sata.exe to c:\Downloads\sata.exe Size: 339505504 Time: 11450 ms Transfer Rate: 28.278 MB/sCopy File Bench ended--------------------------------------------Using DiskBench V2.5.3.2 eSATA Port I got:--------------------------------------------Copy File Bench started...Copy e:\Downloads\sata.exe to c:\Downloads\sata.exe Size: 339505504 Time: 3323 ms Transfer Rate: 97.435 MB/sCopy File Bench endedUPDATE 090110:The first unit I have, the eSATA port stopped working. I had to get an RMA with Acomdata because of a possible bad board. 4Simple, cheap, and effective I call these drives "grenades", because when I'm in trouble, they're a cheap, effective way to deal with a big problem. I work in production and post-production where we're generating terabytes every day. These drive chassis, coupled with a good 1TB 7200RPM hard drive, have proven to be a really solid combination. I've used FCP on a MacPro with a Sonnet Tempo 4-port eSATA card and these drives to cut dozens and dozens of projects, working directly from the drive. I shuttle media to and from set with these, I've mailed them, dropped them, and thrown them in the bottom of a laptop bag. I've never had one fail yet.When connected via eSATA, the speeds can handle about 4 layers of ProRes 422 playback (1920x1080@23.98). The USB connection comes in handy when dealing with clients that don't have eSATA, but it is really slow. If these had firewire800 in addition to USB2.0 and eSATA, I'd have stopped looking for other drives. Unfortunately, I've got to keep looking to find the right price and feature combination.Until then, these drives will continue to see constant use in my arsenal of computer weaponry. 5Good the 2nd Time Around, 1st Enclosure Failed! My title says it all, as I am having zero issues with the 2nd eSATA/USB 2.5" SATA HD enclosure from Acomdata, no issues whatsoever. With eSATA in the mix, I have seen up to 140MB/sec performance using that connection method, but a caveat there is necessary to point out. Apparently with this Acomdata system the USB system needs to be hooked up to the enclosure along with the eSATA cable, so to use eSATA you also use USB, apparently for power. Now I have a fairly pricey (about $65 retail) USB/FireWire/eSATA 3.5" enclosure that I use for backup on two of my big PC's in the studio here (two of those enclosures, one per PC), and those enclosures do NOT need USB power for eSATA to function 100%. Difference? The Acomdata enclosure does NOT have a PSU inside the case, that's what! Thus one needs the USB 2.0 connectors plugged in so that eSATA (a non-powered cable) functions at all, as there's no power supply inside the tiny Acomdata case.I bought a Case Logic case to go with the black finished Acomdata enclosure and it's a perfect fit there also. That is no small feat because the cables take up so much room inside of the case that you'd think that the HD enclosure wouldn't even fit (eSATA and double USB cable is bulky!), but somehow it does, and all is well. As for how/why the enclosure failed first time around? I don't know, frankly, but fail it did...just stopped mounting HD's of any sort, so I asked Amazon.com to exchange it, and now all is well. I have a Western Digital Scorpio "Black" 7200RPM 2.5" Enterprise HD inside this particular enclosure, and the Acomdata and WD Black setup works fantastic together, with almost 100MB/sec average from eSATA (140MB/sec peak speed, and 70MB/sec bottom speed, average about 100MB/sec), and a solid 35MB/sec from the USB 2.0 setup, commendable!I like the looks of this case also, and it's not bulky but rather is slim and petite with regard to its shape and consistency, an alloy case with plastic inserts for the end pieces. I don't think that durability is going to be an issue with this enclosure either, as the construction is substantial, with good quality materials and ports, plus excellent cables to work eSATA and USB 2.0. There is a nice "instruction" and "owner's manual" piece that comes with the setup, for neophytes I guess, because I never had to learn anything special in order to use the enclosure, it's dog simple, and easy to master. Just install the 2.5" SATA HD, and you're ready to format and go!I deducted one star for the 1st enclosure's failure, but other than that the setup is a winner, with nice packaging, a nice instruction/owner's manual, cables, and an easy to reach manufacturer when/if you happen to have any trouble with the kit. I recommend this without qualification, just remember the thing about the USB necessity when using eSATA, that is about the only disclaimer necessary for this review. The black color with silver plastic end tabs looks good, and "expensive" too, so Wavey Davey gives this Acomdata eSATA/USB 2.0 enclosure a thumbs up, ready to go and do battle with any storage needs you might happen to have, backup too!Wavey Davey - 8-20-2011 4Good for what it is. 1 - It's $20, don't expect something that looks like it's worth $50+. I would probably even pay more for it ($30?).2 - You NEED a USB cable to use the Esata feature.As long as you get over those 2 things, this gets the job done. You can't physically use Esata without power. The only options are to use an external power supply/wall wart, or the USB option... if you ask me, it's a no brainer, and a very small price to pay by having to plug in an extra USB cable. Sure it's a tiny bit of a hassle, but what do you want, magic power? The only thing I might suggest is that they make it clear in the description that you have to use the USB cable in addition to the Esata cable to make it work with Esata.It does what it does, I have bought a bunch of these over the past couple weeks, if it doesn't work with your machine, you probably got a dud. I'm in manufacturing, DUD's HAPPEN. It's not some sort of conspiracy that companies try to make money off of bad products, it just plain happens. Sure manufacturers try to cut costs, but you know why? To reach a certain price point for the customers. They could probably make this out of CNC aluminum using the best IC components possible with an LED display, but do you know what ends up happening? You double, triple, quadruple the cost, and it doesn't sell because customers complain that it costs too much. Simple economics. 5Awesome, well-built enclosure! I've owned a few other hard drive enclosures but this one is simply the best I've had so far.I'll begin with installing your drive in the enclosure which is really easy. First you remove 2 screws from one of the end plates so you can slide out the internal board which you attach your drive to. You then lay your drive onto the board, slide it into the SATA connector, and use 4 screws (which are included with the enclosure) to secure the drive to the board. Lastly, you slide the board with the drive back into the enclosure and screw the end plate back on. Securing the drive to the board like this is a fantastic feature. One of my other enclosures did not have this which meant the drive would move around inside of the enclosure. The drive I used in that enclosure ended up failing on me. Since hard drives can be susceptible to shock damage, securing the drive to the board like this is a big plus.Using this enclosure is also really simple. It comes with a USB 2.0 cable or you can buy an eSATA cable if you want higher transfer speeds. (I use this cable with mine: eSATA to eSATA Cable) If you use USB 2.0, keep this in mind: you need 2 free USB ports. This unit comes with a mini-USB to USB Y-cable. As in, one end has a single mini-USB connector and the other end has 2 USB connectors. You connect the mini-USB end to the enclosure and the other 2 USB connectors to your computer. I believe one connector is used for power and the other is used for data. Also, if you use eSATA, you will still need the USB cable!! The drive will not power itself off of the eSATA connection, so you will still need to connect one of the USB cables to power the drive. (This is how I have to do things with my laptop. Whether or not this is true for desktops or other laptops I don't know.)I'd also like to note how well-built this enclosure is. The hard drive fits snugly in the enclosure and stays put. Because of how the drive is mounted (which I mentioned above) there aren't any rattling noises or any movement of the drive within the enclosure. The metal housing of the enclosure is really tough and hasn't scratched or chipped at all after being jostled around in a backpack for a few months. The markings on the case are also perfect and haven't scratched or chipped.Overall I would say this is a fantastic enclosure, especially given the low price. The cabling situation may be a bit tedious at first but I wouldn't let it discourage you from buying this product! 5GREAT PRODUCT! With the prices of SSDs dropping, I recently upgraded the hard drive on my laptop to a 256GB SSD. Anyone looking into switching to SSDs will quickly learn that you have to make sure you back-up your SSD since a SSD will generally not give you any warning of impending failure as a conventional hard drive often does. They just die, so you need to be prepared for a worst case scenario. Knowing that, I decided to use the hard drive I pulled from the laptop as an external back-up drive. Of course I needed a 2.5" enclosure to do that, resulting in this purchase.The Acomdata enclosure perfectly meets my needs. It was very inexpensive and the quality well exceeds what I expected at this price point. As other reviewers have noted, the aluminum case does a nice job of dissipating heat. I also like the fact that the HDD is securely mounted on the enclosure's circuit board when installed, unlike the cheaper enclosures (and even some of the comparably prices ones).I have not gone to the trouble of benchmarking performance but I have had no problems with data transfers either using the USB cable (provided) or the eSATA connection (the eSATA cable must be purchased separately). The USB cable provides two USB connectors going to the computer; one primary connector for power and data, and the other being an auxiliary power connector. At least in my case, I have not needed to use the auxiliary USB power connector. Likewise, using the eSATA connection, all I needed was the primary USB connector for power. I used the eSATA connection when I created my back-up 27GB SSD drive image and it worked like a champ.Personally, I think the USB connection should be satisfactory for most situations (storing pictures, music and videos to free up space on the SSD) and I plan on using the eSATA connection only when I need to deal with either a lot of files or really big files such as the drive image just because I'd rather not deal with a lot of cables connected to my laptop.Bottom line is this enclosure is a quality product that performs well at a very reasonable price. Highly recommended! 5USB 2.0 works well. eSATA works well but must buy cable (not included). Looks good. USB 2.0 works well. eSATA works well.After upgrading 3 of the laptops in the family to SSD, I have several 2.5" 750GB laptop HD sitting around. I also just got a new router Netgear Nighthawk X4S R7800. It has 2 USB 3.0 and 1 eSATA ports for connecting external HDs. So I thought it was a good idea to reuse the idle HDs. I purchased one USB 3.0 enclosure and this one. This one is mainly to test out the eSATA connection.As it arrived and I was pleased to say that putting in a HD is easy. Case seems sturdy. Has 4 screws to fasten my HD onto a board which sits in a slotted track so it would not be bouncing around. The top of the installed HD is NOT touching the case at all so I feel that give an air barrier in between to cool down the HD. I like that.USB 2.0 connection with the included cable works great. My computer has no issue seeing it, copying files back and forth. No issue there.It does NOT come with an eSATA cable. I had to purchase that separately. Did that for $5.99. So this set up now is up to $15.When the eSATA cable came, I connected it to my new router to be used as a network drive through the eSATA connection. With my limited experience working with eSATA, I then learn that eSATA has no power. I had to use the micro-USB port of this enclosure for power. NOW, I understand why the eSATA cable does NOT come with it. Because if they would include the eSATA cable, then they would have to include a USB power supply... and that probably would not come at $9 (I got the blue one -- cheapest for $9).Anyway, after it got some power, eSATA works great. I now have 3 separate network drives (2 through 2 USB 3.0 ports and 1 through eSATA port) from my Netgear Nighthawk R7800. I copied files back and forth to see its speed and I was surprised to see that this enclosure copies FASTER than my other USB 3.0 drives (all drives are 750 GB and 5400 RPM). I was averaging at 55-60 MB/s where as my other 2 USB 3.0 HDs -- one in the other enclosure averaged 50-55 MB/s and my WD MyBook External averaged 53-58 MB/s). Of course, the difference was minute. I was just surprised that it was faster (however slightly) than the USB 3.0.Overall, I am pleased with it. Let's see how long it lasts. Now, I have 2 HDs on my router to do back-up and this one serving as a media server.The only reason that it got a 4 stars is that I have to purchase the eSATA cable separately. Without that cable, it should advertise as 'eSATA capable' and not just eSATA. So if you get it to use it as an eSATA drive, please know that you have to buy a cable separately... I found a $6 for 3' cable... that's the cheapest on amazon shipping with prime membership. 4More Expensive But May Be Worth It For Many Previously, when I've bought USB enclosures for 2.5" hard drives, it has been for the express purpose of salvaging data from the hard drive of an otherwise dead notebook computer. Since I've had no long-term plans for such enclosures, I've always bought the cheapest ones I could find.In my most recent application, I decided to spring for something better-made. This enclosure fits the bill perfectly. I was upgrading the nearly-full 120GB Toshiba drive in my Dell Inspiron notebook computer to a 500GB Western Digital drive and needed an enclosure that could recognize such high capacity. This enclosure worked perfectly.It appears, from reading previous reviews, that the manufacturer has updated its installation manual, but anyone who has computer experience and any mechanical ability at all should be able to figure out how to install an SATA hard drive in the enclosure without reading the instructions.Removing two tiny screws from the end of the enclosure releases the innards, which slide out of the sturdy extruded aluminum enclosure like a drawer. The drive then easily snaps into the socket that is mounted on the circuit board. Then the drive is secured to the circuit board with four small screws that are supplied. Sliding the board back into the aluminum enclosure the same way it came out, and re-installing the two tiny screws that holds the end plate in place, is all that is needed to complete the installation.My computer quickly recognized the full capacity of my new 500GB drive when I connected the enclosure with the USB connecting cable supplied. I then used Acronis True Image Home software to clone all of the data on my notebook computer's internal drive to the one in the enclosure. Once the cloning operation was complete, I removed the new 500GB drive from the enclosure and installed it in my notebook computer. My computer booted flawlessly from the cloned drive confirming that the enclosure had worked properly. Then I put the 120GB hard drive, that had been in my notebook computer, into the enclosure, formatted it and now have an external drive that I can use to backup files.This enclosure is obviously better made and is somewhat larger than other enclosures that I have used. Most of the cheap enclosures I've used have no provision for securing the hard drive, so they just rattle around inside. This enclosure is solidly made, well-designed and offers more protection for the internal hard drive. For applications that involve long-term use and the ability to recognize a high-capacity 2.5" drive, I believe that this enclosure represents a good value. 5DOES NOT INCLUDE eSATA CABLE DOES NOT INCLUDE eSATA CABLE.I'm not sure how i missed the lack of eSATA cable, but its not there. It IS usable without the cable though, otherwise i would give this a 1 star. The build quality is pretty good, and there isn't any slop in how the case fits together. The aluminum is very thin, but should hold up fairly well.If you chose not to get an eSATA cable, you may need to use the goofy two headed usb cable that comes with this thing. It will allow the drive to suck an additional 500mA from a second USB port if needed.I haven't tested read/write speeds, so i will come back and edit this once i've tested with an eSATA cable. If this enclosure can't beat the 5 GB/s of USB 3.0, then this product is totally useless. 4

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