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SABRENT USB 3.0 to SATA External Hard Drive Lay-Flat Docking Station for 2.5 or 3.5in HDD, SSD [Support UASP] (EC-DFLT)
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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 | 4.4 | — | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.2 |
Tech Support | 4.0 | — | 3.7 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
Value for money | — | 4.3 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 4.5 |
Easy to use | — | 4.4 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.5 | — |
Storage Capacity | 4.2 | — | — | — | 3.0 | 4.5 |
Sold By | BlueFrog | ORICO Direct US Store | ORICO Direct US Store | FIDECO | SSK Direct | HKGODO Direct |
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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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Customer Reviews |
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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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Customer Reviews |
4.7 out of 5 stars
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4.7 out of 5 stars
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4.7 out of 5 stars
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4.7 out of 5 stars
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4.7 out of 5 stars
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4.7 out of 5 stars
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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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What's in the box
Product information
Product Dimensions | 7.09 x 1.6 x 4.8 inches |
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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 ease of use and appearance of the hard drive enclosure. For example, they mention it's easy to hook up and simple to install. That said, some complain about the recognition and connectivity issues. That being said, opinions are mixed on quality.
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Customers like the performance of the hard drive enclosure. For example, they mention it works well, runs flawlessly, and is easy to use. Some say it works fine after formatting and that movies are working fine. Overall, most are satisfied with the performance and recommend it to others.
"...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
"...Easy installation, operation, and reasonable cloning speed, plus reasonable price made my purchase an excellent one...." Read more
"...in the power cord, and then the USB into the PC and everything worked immediately. True plug-n-play. Device well made and arrived well packaged." 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
Customers find the hard drive enclosure easy to use. They mention it's super easy to hook up, install, and power it up. They also appreciate the simple design and plug-and-play setup. Customers also say it'll work fine without the need for tech support. The on/off on the top makes it easy to turn on and off.
"...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
"...Easy installation, operation, and reasonable cloning speed, plus reasonable price made my purchase an excellent one...." Read more
"...True plug-n-play. Device well made and arrived well packaged." 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
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.
"...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
"Low cost way to clone or back up your hard drive...." Read more
Customers like the speed of the hard drive enclosure. They say it's significantly faster than their previous USB 2 Disk Toaster, has efficient data transfer speeds, and a stable connection. They appreciate the speedy USB 3.0 interface, which maintains high-sustained read/write speeds. Overall, customers are happy with the speed and performance 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 mention it has a nice design, and is good looking outside. They also appreciate the top loading design and the M2 slot is well designed. Overall, customers find the concept of the product is good, and it's a great gadget.
"...The old hdd, which I thought was done for, works like new. Very impressive and gives new use to an old drive...." Read more
"...Overall it is a nice looking enclosure and works well, but it should just be plug and play from the start." 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
"The product works as advertised, good design and layout...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the quality of the hard drive enclosure. Some mention that it's well built, while others say that it is flimsy and the USB port feels solid.
"...True plug-n-play. Device well made and arrived well packaged." 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
"...Sabrent came through on a replacement dock for me due to the early failure of the board which did not allow the drive to be recognized by a PC...." Read more
Customers are dissatisfied with the recognition of the hard drive enclosure. They mention that their computer does not recognize the drive, it is not recognized by Explorer, and Windows does not recognise it. The vendor diagnostic tools do not recognize it, and the discs are not being recognized.
"...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
"...The motor spins the drive but the drive is not recognized by any computer. The LED light stopped working...." Read more
"...The computer recognized immediately. I plan to buy a second unit." Read more
Customers are dissatisfied with the connectivity of the hard drive enclosure. They mention that it doesn't stay connected, it disconnects and reconnects, and that it can lose the connection if you move the enclosure. Some say that the speeds are fast, but the drive constantly disconnects from the computer.
"...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
"...The unit would spin the drive but did not communicate with a connected PC. Thank you Sabrent for your support!Original review:..." 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!
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.