Testseek.com have collected 34 expert reviews of the ThermalTake BlacX Duet Hard Drive Docking Station eSATA/USB2 ST0014U and the average rating is 92%. Scroll down and see all reviews for ThermalTake BlacX Duet Hard Drive Docking Station eSATA/USB2 ST0014U.
December 2009
(92%)
34 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(83%)
19 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
Works with both 2.5” and 3.5” drive
Decent speeds
Easy to use and well made
Read and write from two drives at once
Much easier than using an enclosure
Eject button
Solid buildquality
Two drive bays
Handsome design
ESATA and USB connectivity
December 8
2009
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ThermalTake Blacx Duet Hard Drive Docking Station Review
Author
Colin Dean
Pages
Installation and Use
I tried out the Kingston SSDNow VSeries 128 GB Solid State Drive Bob reviewed a while ago to see how...
Great file transfer speeds
Dual hard drive slots
Small docking station foot print
Three Year Warranty
Simple
Toolfree setup
Compatible with all 2.5” and 3.5” drives up to 2GB
USB and eSATA connectivity
Ease of use
Dual SATA drive access
ESATA and USB support
Three year warranty
Solid construction
Good USB 2.0 performance
Good eSATA performance
Price
Plug and Play
No software
Dual interface included (USB 2.0 and eSATA)
Dual Docks
Multi HDD Access and Exchange
Easy to use
No set up required
Convenience of two hard drives
Supports 2.5" and 3.5" drives
The editors didn't like
None really
No independent power control for bays
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December 8
2009
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Drives are subject to physical damage while docked
Not really portable
No real drive protection
Requires motherboard capable of SATA port multiplication
Great file transfer speeds, Dual hard drive slots, Small docking station foot print, Three Year Warranty,
This docking station is perfect for anyone who has a lot of spare hard drives lying around and doesn't want to go through the hassle of opening up their computer to connect them, in order to read and write files. The BlacX Duet makes it extremely eas...
There are tons of hard drive dock out there to pick from. Thermaltake took it upon themselves to make their slightly different by adding additional SATA port for another drive. This is ideal for those that want to transfer files quickly. And at the sa...
Works with both 2.5” and 3.5” drive, Decent speeds, Easy to use and well made, Read and write from two drives at once, Much easier than using an enclosure, Eject button
None really
I've got plenty of hard drives floating around, I'm always doing something to a system, and I'm always backing things up, having the ability to easily access two drives at once make my life much simpler. The original BlacX is a great product i...
Pros: Ease of use Dual hard drive access eSATA connection Cons: Drive could be mishandled by small children Drive could be knocked from table/desk Despite the concerns about the chance for mishandling or being sent for a tumble we still like thi...
Abstract: When we reviewed the original Thermaltake BlacX back in April 2008, we commended Thermaltake for marketing such an innovative and convenient product, but we complained about its lack of essential features such as eSATA. The idea of allowing users to qu...
Dual drive dock, USB and eSATA interfaces, eSATA is almost as fast as internal SATA, Good price, Ability to dock and use two drives over eSATA interface simultaneously...
No firewire so if you can't use both slots in eSATA you're stuck with USB...
Well to wrap this up I must say I am impressed by the performance of this dock. I couldn't find any problems with it at all truly. It makes it easy to transfer data that is for sure and having the convenience of being able to hot swap drives is also a...
Works with both 2.5" and 3.5" HDDs, Supports mixing and matching of 2.5" and 3.5" drives, Simple and fast drive installation, Good performance over USB2.0, Excellent performance over eSATA, Attractive looks and solid construction
Over the years hard drive docks or docking stations have really helped in simplifying the way I work, especially when I have years of data backed up on spinners. Since I no longer have to fiddle around mounting drives in my system and can simply slap ...
Published: 2010-12-13, Author: Chris , review by: tweaktown.com
The one area we didn't really touch on today is the fact that the Duet can run two drives at the same time. The catch is there is only so much bandwidth to and from the enclosure, so if you are reading or writing to both drives at the same time you ...
Following our review on the BlacX 5G not too long ago, I had good hopes for the BlacX Duet. Sadly this wasn't to live through and this purely comes down to performance. When we consider that the vast majority of end users are likely to be using the USB in...
