Mediasonic PROBOX 4 Bay 3.5” SATA Hard Drive Enclosure – USB 3.0 eSATA Support 24TB HDD (HF2-SU3S3)

I got my original boxes that were USB 2.0 and eSATA and have used them non-stop for over 10 years... they are simple to use but required a esata card with port multiplier to use, which made them a bit complicated to set up. The only situation I had for all those years was a power supply for one that died and had to be replaced. When COVID hit, one of the boxes died and I replaced it with a newer esata/USB 3.0 model but it was used as all new stock were impossible to find. And 2 years later, that is the box that has now died on me, but it is possible that it's due to power surges and such as these last few months, the city has had a lot of problems due to many storms and such, and it may have also damaged my UPS that should have prevented damage to my devices including these boxes... I'll never know. But that said, this box is replacing that other one (and is the exact same) and I will hope that it will last as long as my other older boxes that are still going strong so far. These boxes are simple to use, with only one annoyance of needing a small handle to be installed on the drives. The fans are very silent and aside the situation that requires me to get a replacement, have been very solid and working very well for a lot of year. In time I will most probably need to replace them for a more modern setup as the old boxes are supposedly limited to 4TB drives (while the newer ones are able to use much larger drives) and will switch to USB 3.0 (or better) and leave the eSATA in the past so to prevent the headaches I've had due to that. I almost went with the 8-bay boxes, but reviews have been alarming in reference to the number of issues that people have had compared to the 4-bay ones, so I'll have to see when the time comes. But for now, these boxes have been great, have been through constant use (24/7) and I've enjoyed them greatly, and for a price range that left all competition far behind.

Bought this to house 4x SATA drives from a broken PC. Really easy to assemble and place the drives, and no problems accessing them once seated. Intructions are fairly idiot-proof as well.

I highly recommend this enclosure

OK, Like many of you, I had a few HDD lying around collecting dust, and I'm not talking about cheap stuff either. They were 2TB + that I pulled from my workstation when I scaled down to a laptop. The laptop does have a 2TB SSD, but I guessed might as well have more room then not enough (and I'm tired of "renting" space on the cloud) . This enclosure allowed me to have multiple HDD, each with a specific tasks, especially one for my backup and another for my backup's backup (I know, I know, but those who lost years of work because of poor or non-existent backups will understand) Been running great and everything secured...And yes, the Backup's Backup is safe in a theft/fire resistant safe....

The unit itself seems good BUT the inserts for 2.5" disk are special and expensive. Each is 11.00 odd so that needs to taken into account when you buy