Customer Ratings & Reviews

These enclosures do what they are supposed to do. Transfer speeds are very good over USB3, basically as fast as having the drive internal. The metal cases allow heat from the drives to dissapate. The metal cases are my one concern though - if you have them sitting on edge as they are designed to go on a hard surface like a desk there is a LOT of sound transfer. I have them in a shelf and the amount of noise transfer was enough to be distracting. You can hear the drives humming and they rattle and clatter when the drives are going. Fortunately the fix was simple, I just cut a piece of rubber shelf liner and put it under them and now they are as quiet as I would expect them to be. That would be the one improvement I would make, rubber feet on the bottom of the cause would avoid this issue entirely.

I was tasked with cleaning out old obsolete hdd at my company and consolidate the info to a new hdd which meant I had to do a lot of hdd switching...I've opened and closed this case about 40 times and used it heavily for about three weeks already and it works like a charm.

This enclosure works great and saved my hard drive and data. My only difficulty was getting those tiny screws to thread into the hard drive housing. USB 3.0 makes the hard drive just as fast as when it was in the computer.

I bought this (now I own 4) to replace my last portable 3.5" hard drive because when those enclosures fail or the USB port breaks, you can't replace the board because of the fact that there's many different types of the same controller board and they all use hardware encryption. I started buying bare drives and these enclosures because of a bad incident I first had with a drive. Luckily we were able to solder the controller board's USB connector back using micro wires but threw it away and put it in one of these enclosures after I got my data off of it. Extremely durable and WAY better than any other USB enclosure because of the USB 3 A/B connector it uses. There's no excuse to have a micro-USB output for a hard drive that breaks easily.

It works well and is portable to move around. The enclosure is very durable. The only con is that it fits only 3.5 drive with no adapter to use 2.5 drives.

I was pleasantly surprised with how inexpensive and easy this was to use and most importantly how well it worked.

Good purchase! I used it to replace my Dell original HD for a new SSD drive and it works as informed.

i used this to read and retrieve my stuff for an old pc. it was easy to use and did the job.

Simple exposure that's easy to use. Had no problems so far.

During my relocation to another state, I was lucky enough to not break anything - except my main computer. The power source failed, and my HP Pavilion with 3 hard drives and a Blu-Ray drive was DOA. What to do? Replacing the power source seemed logical - but that did not solve my problem. Drat. Luckily, I had a spare HP Pavilion computer. Unfortunately, the spare computer's ATX case only had room for one internal 3.5" hard drive - I could not stuff my other three HDDs into it. After much deliberation, I decided to purchase a RAID box. But - they were a bit pricey. Next step: A visit to the local Best Buy store. I found the Insignia USB 3.0 Desktop Hard Disk Drive Enclosure (SATA) there for $39.99. This was a bit more than I wanted to pay for a simple enclosure, but it was a definite, workable solution. Included in the box was a power adapter, the black aluminum case / enclosure, a USB cable, 4 screws, and a mini-screwdriver. Deal! I only purchased two because that was all the store had left. The enclosure itself is anodized black aluminum. The ends or caps of the case are plastic. Each end is attached by two Philips head screws. At one end is the On/Off switch, an HDD activity light, a power light, and the A/C + USB connection terminals. Inside this cap is the SATA connector. The other end is simply blank. The frame rails for the HDD are connected to the plastic cap which has the On/Off hardware. Mounting the HDD within the enclosure is simple: Open the On/Off end cap by unscrewing it, attach the HDD to the SATA connector and the frame rails with the included screws, slide the assembly into the aluminum case, and secure it with the screws. Easy. Once the HDD is powered up and connected to any available USB port, your computer should recognize the drive and assign it a letter. Access the drive as you normally would. The enclosure has no ventilation slits or holes - I was concerned that the HDD might overheat. The Insignia solution is elegant and simple: The HDD frame rails directly contact the aluminum case via slots, which conducts heat away from the drive and dissipates it along the aluminum body. For maximum heat dissipation, stand the drive on its long, narrow side, thus allowing more air to contact a larger surface area of the enclosure. Do not put anything on top of the enclosure while the HDD is spinning. The enclosure will get warm to the touch, but the heat should dissipate quickly for most drives, provided there is adequate air circulation along the enclosure's body. My only gripe is that the enclosure does not come with a stand to hold it upright. Otherwise, I wholeheartedly recommend this product. Insignia. Who knew? - Chipper F. Xavier, Esq.

This enclosure is great, it works well with my old MAC hard drive. It's fast and easy to use, makes an excellent backup.

Normally I am skeptical of the external drive bays -- I've used them since the good o;d days and it was hard to find good ones. When my WD drive died (well, the case, not the drive) I tried this and was very impressed as the design, form and easy use/access to everything. I tried it on a lark and found it to be a great item. Will buy again -- can never have too much drive space...

Bought this item back in 2013 to transfer items from my Desktop hard drive to my laptop. Unfortunately had to return it few days later, the hard drive was completely damaged.

I now own 4 of these and they are great. I have had absolutely no issues with them.

Good product for its price. I have recycled my laptop HDD

I needed to buy this enclosure in order to use desktop HDDs with my Xbox One as well as for my computers, since I did not have a USB 3.0 connector. I got this as an open box item for a good discount, and the item was in great shape, pretty much new. I did have difficulty mounting the drive with the provided screws, they don't catch well, even with magnetic screwdrivers. If you think you'll be switching the drives often, I would look at a different enclosure with easier drive swap options, but if you're only going to use one drive, this is good.

Works good and easy to connect. Had old drive from dead computer, hooked up and was able to retrieve old files.

Enclosure was very easy to hook up to hard drive. Just need to follow the included instructions.

This enclosure works as advertised and is a good price for the value

Easy to setup and fixed a hard drive problem. The case seems solid