ElecGear USB C 3.1 Gen2 External Disk Enclosure for 7mm to 15mm 2.5-inch SATA Hard Drive, Portable Caddy Case Converter for Thick and Standard 2.5'' HDD and SSD, Type A Cable and USB C Adapter

This external Disk enclosure looks good and is compact. Fits drive up 15mm thick and is easy to open and insert the drive. Has an activity light which is nice. Cable comes with A and C adapter. Very pleased with this purchase.

This is a good enclosure that comes with a short USB-A to USB-C cord and a USB-A to C adapter. There are also 4 thicknesses of black closed-cell foam pads that will act as a bumper, so whatever thickness of your HD will be somewhat protected from bouncing around in your bag. A couple of things--when inserting the HD it might be a tight fit due to a rubber bumper inside the larger, lower portion of the enclosure. This bumper presses the HD tight against the drive connector but it might be too tight for you to get the drive in without possible damaging the connector. Remove it, insert and make sure your HD is seated, then place the foam rubber bumper back where it came from. This insures your HD will not loosen from its connecting point. Also, what looks like tiny vent holes in photos of this HD enclose are NOT vent holes but indentations that LOOK LIKE vent holes. The real vent holes are along both sides of the bottom portion of the case. The tiny holes are just decoration.

It’s a plastic enclosure and sells for a fraction of what branded metal enclosures sell for. So it’s not going to be built like a tank. If you plan on installing a 15mm hdd and dropping it, probably wise to look elsewhere. I use this for a spare enclosure for Apple computers and iPads. In it is a 5tb 15mm high hdd. Nice molding work, way better than any plastic enclosure I’ve seen in 40 years of buying drives. Assembles well. Formatted (apfs) fine. It runs fine, no weird behavior, no unexpected ejections, appears to be good speed, connectors are solid and smooth in operation, works fine off bus power on usb A or C with a hog for a drive. Cooling could be better thought out. The designer apparently skipped his science of convection classes. If I was using an ssd for long write runs I’d buy metal. For an hdd spare the cooling seems ok. Knocked a star for this.

I was devastated when the port to my Seagate 5 terabyte hard drive became loose and stopped working entirely. Luckily I was smart enough to look into replacement cases and this worked perfectly. Was worried that it would not fit a 15 mm 2.5 SATA drive, but it does perfectly, and even has a foam pad sticker for each size of hard drive, such as a bigger sticker to add shock resistance for a 7.5 or 9 mm, and a smaller sticker for a 15 mm. Slapped the new case on my hard drive, My PlayStation 5 had to think for about an hour or so, initially not showing the hard drive in storage, but then started acting normally like nothing happened and never broke to begin with. (Most likely it was checking the memory to make sure everything was in place before showing it available.) Either way, couldn't be happier, thought my world was ending and would have to shell out $150 for another external.

It works great with a Seagate 5TB HDD that I removed from a failed Seagate external HDD case. The internal drive was still fine; the Seagate USB/SATA interface was dead. This replacement case fit the larger Seagate HDD perfectly.

Worked perfect, slip a business card between the foam block and hard drive and the drive will slip right into the case. Use the correct spacer to secure the top and easy peasey.

I was just about ready to give this enclosure a 1 star garbage rating and throw it in the trash. Because at first, I was only getting USB 2.0 speeds when writing/reading files with this enclosure, with speeds being no higher than 40MB per second. I also tested with CrystalDiskMark, which gave similar results. But then, I decided to test with other cables of varying brands/lengths/materials. With some of these, my speeds were similar to my results when I was using the drive in the stock Seagate enclosure (it's an external 5TB drive, with a height of 15mm). Some cables were slow, others were fast, giving the results I wanted to see. The bottom line of this review is: If you find that you're getting slow speeds with this enclosure, try a different cable. Some will be USB 2.0, others will be USB 3.x or higher. And some cables are data transfer only, whereas others are for charging only. And then there are other cables that are good for both. Also, shorter is better when it comes to cables, because the data has to travel a shorter distance, which should mean faster speeds. Do your research before buying a cable to use with an enclosure. I do highly recommend this one, now that I realize my initial impression of it was incorrect. 5 stars overall. Also, this enclosure is sturdy, made of a metallic-like material. My only gripe is that ElecGear didn't include spacers for the end of the drive (the end that's opposite of where you plug the cable). With some drives, there may be a small gap there, which could cause the drive to unseat itself from the internal port it connects to. They did include spacers for the top of the drive though, just in case your drive is less than 15mm in height. To make up for the lack of end spacers, there's a simple and super cheap fix. If you have any cardboard boxes laying around, trim them down into small squares with a knife/scissors and put a few in the end gap. I've done this, my drive hasn't came loose yet. It appears to be held in very firmly.

One of, if not the only enclosure I've found that will fit 2.5" 4TB HDDs and not require a separate power supply. The included sizing pads are a nice touch also, as is including the USB-A to USB-C adapter. Currently this item is shown out of stock but I hope that is temporary and not a discontinuation as I would absolutely buy more of these in the future.

Pas facile de trouver un boîtier suffisamment épais pour y loger un ancien disque dur de 15mm d’épaisseur. Ce boîtier est parfait et solidement construit! Installation facile en quelques secondes. Voilà.

2.5インチHDDで一番厚みのある15mmのものをぴったりと収納できた。 HDD は SEAGATE のBarraCuda シリーズのモデル番号 ST5000LM000。他社製外付けポータブルHDDの中身として製造されているもの。元の筐体が壊れたので移し替えた。 他の方の投稿で、SEAGATE と相性がよくないとか、スポンジを剥がさないと収納できないという情報があったので心配したが、そういうことはなくぴったりと収まった。入れたのが裸で販売されている HDD ではなく、他社のポータブルHDDのパーツとして製造されたものなので何か違いがあったのかもしれない。いずれにしても、ぴったりと収まったし、接続の相性もいまのところ問題ない。 本音から言えば、ケースが金属製のほうが放熱の関係で望ましいと思うが、15mmが確実に収納できると明記された筐体は中々見つからないので貴重だと思う。なお、より薄いHDDを収納する場合でも、数種類のスペーサーが付いてくるので大丈夫。

Im Titel des Produktes steht "Aluminium". Sowohl die Unter- als auch Oberseite des Produktes sind jedoch aus Plastik, siehe angefügte Bilder. Ich habe auf den Produkt-Titel vertraut, und mir somit das Produkt unnötigerweise vom Ausland liefern lassen, mit entsprechend langer Versanddauern, und mit einem überteuerten Preis. Weil ich dasselbe Produkt von einem anderen Amazon-Anbieter (welcher das Produkt im Produkt-Titel ehrlicherweise nicht mit Aluminium versehen hat) deutlich schneller und deutlich günstiger erhalten habe. Ein andere Amazon Anbieter liefert das exakt selbe Produkt (Plastikgehäuse) für etwa 25€. Dieser Anbieter behauptet, dass es Aluminium wäre, verkauft es für etwa 40€ (was für Aluminium ok wäre). Aber es ist NUR ein Plastikgehäuse! D.h. hier wird ein unverschämter Aufschlag von etwa 60% verlangt, ohne Mehrwert! Aufgrund des irreführenden Titels sollte man eigentlich maximal 1 Sternchen vergeben. Weil das Gehäuse jedoch geliefert wurde und funktioniert vergebe ich 2 Sternchen.

Bought this since most 2.5inch enclosure are either 7mm to 9.5mm tall, my use case it using those rare 5TB 2.5inch HDD, which are 15mm tall. The clearance is very tight, I had difficulty inserting the HDD inside the enclosure due to the protective foam. I was worried that it might damage the rare 5TB HDD.

La carcasa es de muy buena calidad y mi disco jala super bien...👍