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Thermaltake BlacX Duet USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive ST0014U |  | Brand: Thermaltake
Category: CE
List Price: $49.99
Buy New: $39.99
as of 9/10/2010 01:59 CDT details
You Save: $10.00 (20%)
Rating:  37 reviews
Sales Rank: 619
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.1
Dimensions (in): 3.8 x 6.7 x 7.7
Warranty: 3 years warranty
MPN: ST0014U
Model: ST0014U
UPC: 841163035368
EAN: 0841163035368
ASIN: B002MUYOLW
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| Features:
| | Read & Write 2 Hard Drives simultaneously | | | Supports All 2.5" & 3.5" SATA Hard Drives up to 2TB (per slot) | | | Supports eSATA Transfer Speed up to 3.0 Gbps, USB 2.0 Transfer Speed up to 480 Mbps | | | Windows & Mac OS Compatible | | | Rapid Data Access & Exchange w/ Single eSATA or USB Cable Connection |
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 37
Good Stuff August 24, 2010
Milt96
I have not used the product extensively. It is very helpful. The eSATA is much fast than the USB. The USB is not slower than other USB's, the eSATA is just much faster.
 Solid device, can't be beat for the price. July 28, 2010
Martin1980
Product works as advertised, simple plug and play of drives, new ones will need to be initialized first in most cases, though this is adequately described in the instructions on how to do this in Windows. I also have a motherboard which does not allow for ESATA port replication and can only use it with one drive over ESATA but USB2 is fine for general data storage, which is what I'm using this for.
Great solution to a bargain NAS if you have a PC that is on all the time already (as my media center is). Setup takes 5 minutes tops even with drive initialization.
Updated:
Downgraded to 3 stars after lots of use. This drive gets HOT (as in, will physically BURN YOU hot) if left on for more than an hour. I have it on top of my tower under my desk where is had perfect airflow and I can literally feel heat radiating off it on my leg a good foot away. Wish I spent the money on an entry level NAS instead. Considering asking Amazon for a refund, it's that bad. I took my drives out of it because I was worried about longevity and drive health.
More about Amazon's response... July 27, 2010
Charles G. Galloway (Northeast Texas)
This review is more to say how much I appreciate Amazon's return processing. I had already bought the single drive version of this docking station. I liked it so much that I went back for the dual drive version. I received it on Friday and hooked it up and plugged in couple of drives. It died after a couple of hours. I got on Amazon's site and went through the return process. They made it incredibly easy to return the faulty one and shipped the replacement out that same night. That was late Friday night and I had the replacement Monday -- no additional charge.
That kind of service sure offsets the inconvenience of having to return a defective part.
Me? I'm buying stock in Amazon. ;-)
External Hard Drive USB 2 docking... July 26, 2010
Felipe Arguijo (Chicago)
Its easy to use and pretty handy... however not a performace option. The multiplier issue is a BIG one and a marketing SNAFU! Totally misleading on its actual peak performance. Main issue is also the drives overheating. I turn my drives on and off upon intent/ need of use... and im sure others will just leave on. Im not a complete tech guy but know that overheating pretty much wears and tears any electronic component down! a $13 add on option of usb fans could compensate.. but on its own its hard to keep a worry free temperature on the drives...
so why the 4 stars? cause it gives me access to up to 4 TB on data on 2 drives... transfer speeds on usb 2 drives are manageable and NOT UBER but good enough for MY needs. No esata for both drives support.. maybe future products will fix this.
Almost perfect! July 20, 2010
D. H. Sempeck (Omaha, NE United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is exactly what I was looking for. The eSata is fast. If you have the right SATA controller (like a Silicon Image Sil3132 chipset-based controller) you can "see" both drives separately in Windows 7. USB 2.0 works fine but is not as fast. There is supposedly a new version coming out with USB 3.0 that will level the speed between both connections. The only "flaw" for me is the inability to power the individual drives when not in use. The power button has 2 lights but turns the power to both drives off when depressed. Not a problem but I can see where sometimes this would be helpful.
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