USB 3.0 Hard Drive Docking Station

I’ve been using the ORICO Hard Drive Docking Station for a while now, and it’s been excellent. Setup was quick—just plug it in and go. It reads both 2.5” and 3.5” drives with no issues, and the USB-C connection gives solid, fast transfer speeds. The build quality feels sturdy, and it’s perfect for backing up files, cloning drives, or recovering data from old hard drives. No overheating, no random disconnects—just smooth performance every time. If you want an easy, dependable way to access SATA drives, this is a great choice. Definitely worth it!

My desktop computer recently decided to stop working. I was able to get it to boot up once in every three or four tries, but the system would then crash within five minutes. I had most of my files backed up to the cloud - except for over 200 movies I'd ripped from DVD in order to stream them on Plex. Recovering those files became critical. This external hard drive dock worked perfectly. My laptop quickly recognized the docked hard drive and read all the files I had feared were lost forever. It couldn't have been easier - truly plug-and-play. I didn't experience any loud noises mentioned in other reviews, and had no issues with my 2 TB drive. Heat was dissipated efficiently and the dock never got hot. This external dock is a lifesaver.

I love that this product makes an old 2TB HD portable to other computers. I noticed while transferring 260GB that it either randomly had the speed go to 0bytes/s or it'd be after each file. Either way, I don't think this is typical HD behavior hence the 4 star rating. But the device is recognized read/writable and works. It is plug and play and was easy to use.

My 2010 Mac Pro would not run the software I use because of the aging OS. So I purchased a new MacBook Pro. But migrating my users to the new MacBook Pro can be difficult from an old hard drive Mac. My first attempt was by WiFi, I cancelled. Huge mistake, was going to be around 2 days to finish. So I searched for a Thunderbolt/USB-C solution. This was reasonably priced. Pulled the Time Machine drive from the old Mac Pro and dropped into this. Worked like a charm. All users, applications and data transferred to my new MacBook Pro, just like it always does with Mac-to-Mac. Because I invested so much into my old Mac Pro, I turned it into a server. This is a no-brainer if you have an old Mac with removable hard drives moving to a new Mac with only thunderbolt ports. I haven't tried the cloning functions yet. Hint, set the switch in the back to 'PC' before turning it on. Leaving the switch to 'Clone' will not work if your just using this to connect a SATA drive.

Simply outstanding, works perfectly, and best of all, it's affordable and easy to use.

The unit is fine: it holds 2 disks, all normal & peachy It works well w/ no other oddities…but: Turning it *on*, it emits a really loud & protracted BEEP *Really* loud I have *not* used the ‘clone function’, so no comment on that

I needed a USB-C external docking station for a 10TB drive. The station is fast and reliable. My old docking station was a USB-2 and was slow.

Model: DD18U3-US I bought this in June and it seemed to be decent quality at first. After a few months it started to crap out on me. I had a weird issue where this would stop working, then the rest of my entire USB subsystem stopped working. Through process of elimination and many frustrating reboots (where I could only access my computer via remote desktop), I pinpointed my failures to this enclosure. On my last attempt recently, this would show up for a second in windows then immediately disconnect. When connected to a linux pc, it just spits out device errors. I tried multiple drives that all work fine in another dock, tried different cables, multiple computers, etc. I just reached out to their support and will update this with a couple stars once I am able to get a replacement but I would still recommend a different dock since I imagine the replacement will suffer the same short term lifespan.