There was a time where I would purchase SATA drives instead of externals, as they were cheaper. Or had externals in which the enclosures would fail and was left with a drive.
Well, that’s where SATA Hard Drive Docking Stations become important. Plug the docking station for power and connect the USB cable to your computer and insert the SATA drive (2.5 or 3.5) and you are good to go!
The Inateck RGB SATA to USB 3.0 Hard Drive Docking Station shows us the latest in technology when it comes do hard drive docking stations.
It has the colorful RGB LED, it goes into breathing mode when the hard drive is in sleep status or is removed.
And another feature is offline clone, as the docking station can operate offline cloning independent from a computer, for those who need to duplicate the contents of a drive.
The docking station works great and the fact that it uses USB 3.0 is cool. But just be careful to not put two drives at the same time, as I have learned in the past, that you can end up deleting contents of a drive if you accidentally hit the clone button.
But overall, at $35, the Inateck RGB SATA to USB 3.0 Hard Drive Docking Station is worth checking out but do know it’s a competitive market and to do your research on similar drives and their pricepoint.
