Best HDD Docks Review

1. Inateck USB 3.0
The Inateck docking station is our best choice, and it does everything. This docking station has two hard drive bays that can support up to 2 x 8 terabytes of hard drives. And you can insert any form factor, that is, you can have 3.5 "HDD in one slot and SSD in the other.This docking station is also equipped with autonomous cloning.If you want to transfer / copy all the files from one hard drive to another , there is no simpler way: The Inateck power supply is very efficient and the dock goes into sleep mode when it does not work for 30 minutes.

SISUN offers us a docking station with two slots / slots and an integrated card reader (XD Card / TF Card / MS (Duo / Pro) Card / CF Card / SD Card). It's very convenient when you can get two things in one - save space and your time. You get it all at a very reasonable price. The only drawback is the lack of a USB 3.0 port. SISUN has only USB 2.0. However, there is an eSata port, which is even slightly faster than USB 3.0. Please note that this docking station is not compatible with the Western Digital IDE hard drive.

3. Sabrent Lay-Flat

Unlike most docking stations where you insert the hard disk vertically, the Sabrent Lay-Flat hard drive is connected horizontally and has a metal casing that protects the hard drive from any external threats. The Sabrent docking station supports all 2.5 and 3.5-inch SATA drives and connects to your PC / Mac via SuperSpeed ​​USB 3.0. There are no restrictions on bandwidth, and the price is very affordable. However, this docking station has only one slot / bay for HDD, so there is no clone option.

4. Adapter cable StarTech.com

You can not call the StarTech Hard Drive Adapter Cable a docking station, but in reality it's not more or less than a docking station. You can connect any 2.5-inch hard drive, as on the dock. Best of all, he does not need any additional power chords, and it's very easy to carry this adapter cable, and it's cheap. This is the cheapest way to connect your 2.5-inch drive to your computer.

5. SABRANT

The Sabrent dock is pretty much the same as the Inateck dock. It has two slots for hard drives / compartments, as well as a duplicator / clone function. However, you can only insert 2.5-inch SATA and SSD disks. This docking station is compatible with MS Windows and Mac OS and does not need any additional drivers or software. With USB 3.0, your data transfers will occur in the shortest time.

6. StarTech.com with a fan

If you want your internal hard drive to work just as well as you can, you should consider the StarTech.com docking station with a fan. Since we all know that you have problems with heating, give the hard disk a cold breeze with a built-in fan. There is a special fan control wheel, so you can control its speed manually. This hard disk docking station has only one slot / bay, but you can connect it to a PC or Mac via USB 3.0 or eSata interface.

7. ORICO 4 Bay

And finally, the closure of our Top 7 is the ORICO 4 Bay dock. As you can say for yourself, this docking station has four slots / slots and a duplicate / clone function. It supports all 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch hard drives and allows you to have a maximum capacity of 4 * 8 TB = 32TB. These are excellent docking stations, which very often switch between hard drives or require a huge amount of memory. Best HDD Docks Review

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