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HornetTek Travel Plus 2.5in SATA to USB External Hard Drive Enclosure

Sponsor: HornetTek

Price: $11.99 (mwave.com)

Author: Vic McGuire

Published: Thu, May-07-2009

 Description:

  Are you getting tired of running out of storage space on your thumb drive? Yes, they are handy little items in a pinch however, there are times that I have had the need for a bit more storage. Let's say for instance when I go visit someone and wanted to take more than I could store on thumb drive. Or, the possibility existed that I would need to copy even more files once there to bring back with me. Arrrg, I need more space! Well, why not a small 2.5" external hard drive enclosure? It just so happens that today I will be taking a look at just such an item, the Travel Plus 2.5” SATA to USB External Enclosure, sent to us from the good folks at HornetTek.

 First Impression:

  Generally when one is looking for a hard drive enclosure, they are looking for something that will support their direct needs. The tasks could be anything from being a music storage location, to being a system backup feature, which is going to be different for each person. Will the HornetTek Travel Plus fit your personal needs?


    

  The HornetTek Travel Plus comes packed in a nicely styled box that shows a picture of the Travel Plus and touts it's most desirable features. On the back of the box you will find a list all of the Travel Plus's features in multiple languages.

    

  Inside the box, the HornetTek Travel Plus sits in a cardboard compartment with a thin piece of foam to keep it from banging loosely against the lid of the box. The Travel Plus is wrapped in plastic to keep it from being scratched and / or dusty. Along with the Travel Plus we find that HornetTek has included, the screw pack, USB 2.0 Y-cable, instruction booklet and a pouch just big enough for the Travel Plus.



  Looking at the Travel Plus, I feel one of the most favorable features is the fact that the overall size is kept fairly compact, which will make for easy transportation from location to location. It measures 7.5 x 6 x 1.5 inches and would easily fit into your coat pocket. The aluminum housing and minimal parts will give us a secure feeling in the event that the Travel Plus was to take a trip we hadn't planned for it (a short fall to the ground). The aluminum housing will also offer the SATA drive a little help in dissipating the heat that is produced during usage. So let's dig in and see if the Travel Plus is going to fit your needs.

Features:  

  • Universal fitting for 2.5” SATA HDD device
  • LED indicator
  • SATA I / II specification
  • Complies with the USB-IF specifications for USB 2.0, the USB Mass Storage Class, and the USB Mass Storage Class Bulk-Only Transport.
  • Operates at High (480Mbps) or Full (12Mbps) speed.
  • SATA to USB2.0
  • System Works with PC and MAC.
  • FCC/CE Compliant
  • RoHS certified
  • Material: ABS 94V0 front and back panel and Aluminum housing; Internal metal shielding.

Specifications:


Model: Travel-Plus
Interface: USB 2.0
Data Transfer: USB 2.0 up to 480Mbps (60MB/s): USB 1.1 up to 12Mbps (1.5MB/s)
Plug and Play: Yes
Material: Aluminum with front and back ABS cap
HDD Support: 2.5" SATA HDD
HDD Capacity: Support up to 500GB (With Y-USB Extender Cable)
System Support: Supports Windows 98SE/ ME/ 2000 /XP/Vista, Linux 2.4.1.0 or above and Macintosh OS 8.6 or higher
Package Dimension: (LxWxH) 7.5" x 6" x 1.5" (inch)
Product Weight: 0.65lb
CE/FCC: CE/FCC Approved
RoHS compliancy: RoHS Approved


About HornetTek:

  Though relatively new in the US market HornetTek has been around since 1999 in China. Below is bit more about them taken from their site.

As one of the leading peripheral enclosure solution provider, HornetTek specializes in Storage and Multimedia External Enclosure solutions and we constantly offers state-of-the-art design of hard disk enclosure to provide user-friendly peripherals to consumers at all ranges.

HornetTek is a global peripheral enclosure provider with manufacturing facility located in China since 1999. We deliver high quality standard products at competitive price in which provide our customers has an excellent opportunity to be successful in the competitive International Enclosure marketplace.


 

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