StarTech.com 3.5" External SATA Hard Drive Enclosure - Trayless eSATA / USB 3.0 Hard Drive Enclosure with UASP (S351BMU33ET)

After testing, the digital electronics seem good. It does get hot with high power hard drives (e.g. 7200 RPM drives ) as there is really little thermal connectivity between the drive and the metal outer case as it is basically in a bubble of air. As in another review, there is a place (under the back sticker) to install a 30mm by 10mm thick 12v fan (has fan retention clips, fan holes and, a fan grate), so I installed a Delta fan. Unfortunately, there is no fan header on the enclosure's motherboard, so I hardwired the fan to the motherboard's incoming positive terminal (with a disconnect so you can take the closure completely apart easily) and hardwired (splice) to the power switch wire (switched negative). Temperature dropped way down (50+C --> 35C).

Works wonderfully. I used it to add storage to a security video recorder.

Using this as an external expansion to my camera system (8x cameras running at 1440p). Works great, wish it had active cooling for when it gets hot, but to be honest (in normal conditions) this thing is great. Tool-less install was nice. The included stand is table though I keep the drive horizontal for my use case. Fellow IT Admins - If you're going to keep this in the server room, keep in mind that if your cooling solution goes down for some reason, this enclosure will easily get overheated similar to your servers. If you're redundant, not an issue, and definitely worth looking into for event testing and temporary use.

Works great with my TiVO Bolt with a 3TB drive. There are many reviews stating this enclosure runs hot and will kill your drive. I've used my bolt for literal hours and then checked and I would describe the drive as being slightly warm. I have a WD Purple drive in there. Good chance it's a 5400 spin(although I'm not positive). A 7200 would likely generate more heat and the TiVO doesn't need that speed. The enclosure is nice looking and feels as though it is of good quality. The concerns others expressed are valid though. There is no fan in this enclosure and there is no solid contact against the drive. Most of the drive is surrounded by a pocket of (insulating) air. The enclosure is working well for my application.

Exactly what I needed. I do external hard drive backups. This fit the bill. If you run it for long, it does warm up. I only run it for backing up files.

This is the fairly solid unit; well made, durable. The esata cable doesn't seem to clip into either the EHDD or the NVR that I used it in which was a little frustrating, when moved it would come out. Luckily it won't be accessed that often, but clips on the esata bay to make the cable old in better would be preferable.

Works as an esata drive for my video cameras. Fast and easy.

Very good design and it works very well as with other products of this company. The only problem that it is not designed to support HDDs over 4Tb, which is a bit "outdated" by today's standards. Otherwise, it is perfectly OK.