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product_id: 78846677
title: "USB 3.0 to SATA External Hard Drive Lay-Flat Docking Station for 2.5 or 3.5in HDD, SSD [Support UASP] (EC-DFLT)"
brand: "sabrent"
price: "€ 63.99"
currency: EUR
in_stock: true
reviews_count: 8
category: "Sabrent"
url: https://www.desertcart.sk/products/78846677-usb-3-0-to-sata-external-hard-drive-lay-flat
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# USB 3.0 SuperSpeed 5Gbps Supports 2.5" & 3.5" SATA HDD/SSD UASP protocol for max throughput USB 3.0 to SATA External Hard Drive Lay-Flat Docking Station for 2.5 or 3.5in HDD, SSD [Support UASP] (EC-DFLT)

**Brand:** sabrent
**Price:** € 63.99
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 🚀 Unlock lightning-fast storage swaps with SABRENT’s sleek SATA dock!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** USB 3.0 to SATA External Hard Drive Lay-Flat Docking Station for 2.5 or 3.5in HDD, SSD [Support UASP] (EC-DFLT) by sabrent
- **How much does it cost?** € 63.99 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
- **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.sk](https://www.desertcart.sk/products/78846677-usb-3-0-to-sata-external-hard-drive-lay-flat)

## Best For

- sabrent enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted sabrent brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Lay-Flat Design:** Space-saving, sleek docking station fits perfectly on any desk.
- • **Blazing Fast Transfers:** USB 3.0 + UASP support delivers up to 5Gbps data speed.
- • **Bonus Cloning Software:** Free Acronis True Image download for effortless backups & cloning.
- • **Plug & Play Simplicity:** Hot-swappable, no drivers needed—just dock and go.
- • **Universal SATA Compatibility:** Works seamlessly with all 2.5" & 3.5" SATA drives up to 22TB.

## Overview

The SABRENT USB 3.0 to SATA Lay-Flat Docking Station offers professional-grade, tool-free access to 2.5" and 3.5" SATA HDDs and SSDs with blazing USB 3.0 speeds up to 5Gbps. Featuring UASP support for enhanced performance, it supports drives up to 22TB and includes free Acronis True Image software for easy cloning and backups. Its hot-swappable, driver-free design and compact footprint make it an essential productivity booster for data managers and tech-savvy professionals.

## Description

Product description The SABRENT EC DFLT SATA Lay Flat Docking Station supports the direct insertion of Desktop 2.5"/3.5" SATA Hard Drives. It is a caseless solution that makes swapping hard drives easier than ever before. Plus, now you can take advantage of the lightening speed of USB 3.0 to quickly transfer files up to 5 Gbps! Features Supports Standard Desktop 2.5"/3.5" SATA Hard Drives. . On/Off power switch. LED light indicates Power and Activity status. Hot swappable, plug and play, no drivers needed. Reverse compatible with USB 1.1 &amp USB 2.0. Transfer Rates Up to 5 Gbps w/USB 3.0 Transfer Rates Up to 480 Mbps w/USB 2.0 System requirements Available USB 3.0 for high speed data transfer Windows: 2000/XP/Vista/7/8/8.1/10 (Both 32 bit &amp 64 bit versions) MAC: OS X Package Contents SABRENT EC DFLT Lay Flat Docking Power Supply USB 3.0 cable User Manual Frequently Asked Questions Q: What types of drives are compatible with this docking station? A: This docking station supports standard 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch SATA I/II/III hard disk drives (HDDs) and solid-state drives (SSDs). Non-SATA drives are not supported. Q: What is the maximum drive capacity supported? A: This dock supports SATA drives up to 22TB, provided your operating system also supports large-capacity volumes. Drives over 2TB typically require GPT partitioning. Q: My 3.5-inch drive is not spinning up. What should I check? A: The included 12V/2A power adapter is required for operating 3.5-inch hard drives. Ensure the adapter is connected, the dock is switched on, and the LED power indicator is lit. Q: The drive is connected but does not appear on my computer. A: Check that the drive is fully inserted and powered. New drives may need to be initialized in your system’s disk management utility. Drives from encrypted enclosures or using self-encryption may require reformatting. Q: Is any software included for cloning or backups? A: A free download of Acronis True Image for Sabrent is available for data backup and cloning tasks. Please visit sabrent.com to download and activate the software. Q: What operating systems are compatible? A: This dock is compatible with Windows (7 and newer), macOS, and Linux. No driver installation is required for supported operating systems. Q: What is included in the package? A: The box includes the docking station, a USB 3.0 cable, a 12V/2A power adapter, and a user manual. Please contact Sabrent support if anything is missing or if further assistance is needed.

Review: Simple and quick setup. No tools required. Worked immediately! Best HDD enclosure I have ever used. - This SATA HDD enclosure is perfect. I pulled it out of the box, pressed the single button to open the outer case, slipped in my 3.5" HDD, closed up the case, plugged in the USB cable, booted up the computer, and VOILA! The drive was instantly recognized and worked like a charm. I tried it with some smaller SATA drives and it also worked flawlessly. Because I was merely transferring data from old drives, I didn't bother screwing the drives into the enclosure. However, if you wish to do so (and I highly recommend that you do if you will be transporting this), there are screws and a screwdriver provided in the box. Sabrent couldn't have made this enclosure any easier! It's the best HDD enclosure I have owned (and I have had a number of different variations over the years). No more dodgy HDD toasters for me.
Review: 2.5 years later, I upgrade my rating from 2 stars to 5 stars! - I bought the Sabrent ED-DFLT enclosure so that I could format various hard drives on my iMac. It's a rather long story, which I'll shorten to this: I confirmed that the Sabrent enclosure worked when I received it by using an old 2TB drive. I then tossed the box and waited for my 6TB Western Digital Caviar Green drive to arrive from desertcart a couple of weeks later. When plopped into the Sabrent, the new drive showed up on my Mac's desktop. I then set about creating a large encrypted disk image on the drive. It chugged away for 4 full days, seemingly working for the first 3. But after day 4, the formatting was clearly hung, and it had taken my Mac down with it. Upon rebooting, the drive no longer showed up at all. Disk Utility could not even see it. After a lot of detective work, too long to describe here, I confirmed that the 6TB drive was still working fine, but the Sabrent logic board had died, obviously a case of infant mortality. The good news: it can handle large capacity hard drives. The bad news: not for very long... And of course, since I tossed the boxing, there is no returning the Sabrent. I therefore spent $23 on a brick, although it won't break me. This case of infant mortality is probably just a fluke, but an annoying one when it happens to you. I should have kept the box a while longer. My bad. UPDATE 1/2118: To Sabrent's great credit, and this is going back about 2.5 years ago, they stepped in and replaced the enclosure, no charge. I tested it but ran into issues trying to do the above formatting again, and threw it on my junk pile. With hindsight, I'm now realizing that the issue was most likely the hard drive I was using, which I got by ripping open a Western Digital external hard drive and removing it. There's something odd about the firmware in these drives. They're just "not right" when taken out of their manufacturer's shell and fully exposed like this. I think my issue was the hard drive, and NOT Sabrent. Coupled with their excellent customer service, I've now increased the rating to five stars. Because ... I just bought some 8TB Hitachi hard drives and it was time to format them, again with encryption. These are new, bare hard drives from desertcart, not something I ripped out of an external HD box! Fortunately, I still had the Sabrent enclosure, so I pulled one off the pile, attached the 12V/1.5A power adapter to it, put the 8TB drive in, connected to my Mac Mini, and just like that, the hard drive mounted on the desktop. I formatted it in HFS+, then created a new encrypted disk image, and let it run. This time, all went well. I discovered that if you open Sierra's Activity Monitor and click on Disk Activity, you get a readout of how fast the data is moving across the interface. I was seeing it move between 110 - 160 MB/sec, averaging about 130 MB/sec. That's not bad at all on my 2012 iMac with a 4-core i7 processor running Sierra (12.6). It's not the fastest i7 there is, so you have to remember that there are calculations that first have to be made before the data can be spit out of the USB3 ports for writing. That takes time to execute, which has to slow transfers down somewhat. USB of any speed never hits its theoretical maximum anyway (4.8Gbps for USB3, or about 600 MB/sec). Considering I was getting only 25 MB/sec with USB2 on this same machine (theoretical maximum speed = 60 MB/sec), actual speeds are less than theoretical speeds by about the same factor for each version of USB. The full 8TB of writing took 17 hours, which averages out to 130 MB/sec, consistent with what I see in Activity Monitor. I would say that's pretty good. I'm happy. Side note: I got to wondering about Sabrent's advice to run a firmware update. I'm a Mac guy, but I have an old PC running XP. I thought I would take a stab at the upgrade. I downloaded it to the PC, but the update would not run at all. You tell it to RUN the update and nothing happens. My neighbor has a PC running Windows 10, so I took the dock, power supply, and a USB cable to his place. He downloaded the update to his PC, followed the .pdf instructions exactly, the interface presented is NOT what the .pdf shows, but tried running it anyway. Same issue: hit the RUN button and nothing happens. It doesn't freeze or anything like that. It simply does nothing. So much for that! The key point I'm making is that this same dock that I bought 2.5 years ago (August 2015) easily sees my 8TB drives, runs flawlessly, and runs quite fast, all with no firmware update whatsoever. I don't understand Sabrent's statement that older docks (2.5 years old?) without an update are limited to 4TB. Not mine! I do not understand why other commenters can't get it to work right. It works perfectly for me. Considering Sabrent's great customer support, excellent USB3 performance, full support for an 8TB drive, and it's very low price, I gotta give it 5 stars! UPDATE 1/30/2018: Plugging into two different iMacs running Snow Leopard (10.6.8), neither can see any drive plugged into it. Odd, since at one time it could/did. I don't know what the difference is, but if you're running Snow Leopard, you might consider passing on the Sabrent. UPDATE 2/12/2018: Okay, so the Sabrent isn't happy with Snow Leopard. Separately, I plugged the Sabrent into my 2012 Mac Mini w/i7 processor and running Sierra (12.6). I plugged a second, different external USB3 drive enclosure to another port, loaded a pair of 8TB X300 Toshiba hard drives in each, and proceeded to move data from one drive to the other. Measured speed is about 130 MB/sec, which is about max transfer rates that these hard drives can deliver. No complaints!

## Features

- Supports all 2.5 and 3.5-inch SATA drives. Make sure you have the latest firmware installed for this dock to work with larger capacities. Firmware updates can be downloaded on our website
- Connects via SuperSpeed USB 3.0 (up to 10x as fast as USB 2.0).
- UASP (USB Attached SCSI Protocol) support for even faster performance. UASP requires UASP capable host system
- Serial ATA bus up to 6Gbps Signal bandwidth for fast storage backups
- This Docking station comes with a free download of Acronis True Image for Sabrent software for easy cloning

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B00LS5NFQ2 |
| Best Sellers Rank | #1 in Hard Drive Docking Stations |
| Brand | SABRENT |
| Built-In Media | External Hard Drive Lay-Flat Docking Station |
| Color | Black |
| Compatible Devices | Desktops, Laptops |
| Customer Reviews | 4.4 out of 5 stars 39,513 Reviews |
| Data Transfer Rate | 5 Gigabits Per Second |
| Enclosure Material | Single Bay |
| Global Trade Identification Number | 00819921011572 |
| Hard Disk Form Factor | 3.5 Inches |
| Hardware Interface | 3.5-Inch Floppy, USB 3.0 Type A, eSATA |
| Hardware Platform | Windows |
| Item Dimensions L x W x H | 7.09"L x 4.8"W x 1.6"H |
| Item Weight | 7.5 Ounces |
| Manufacturer | SABRENT |
| Material | Single Bay |
| Memory Storage Capacity | 20 TB |
| Product Dimensions | 7.09"L x 4.8"W x 1.6"H |
| Supported Devices Quantity | 1 |
| UPC | 780746852766 819921011572 737989665660 650135421227 |
| Unit Count | 1.0 Count |
| Warranty Description | 1 Year Limited |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** SABRENT
- **Color:** Black
- **Hardware Interface:** 3.5-Inch Floppy, USB 3.0 Type A, eSATA
- **Hardware Platform:** Windows
- **Product Dimensions:** 7.09"L x 4.8"W x 1.6"H

## Images

![USB 3.0 to SATA External Hard Drive Lay-Flat Docking Station for 2.5 or 3.5in HDD, SSD [Support UASP] (EC-DFLT) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81Y8qIYM2eL.jpg)

## Available Options

This product comes in different **Pattern, Size** options.

## Questions & Answers

**Q: I have a 1TB internal hard drive which I want to convert to external for backup storage.Is this a viable solution?**
A: Ignore the other responses. Yes, this will work fine for backing up your drives. The drive type for your internal drive doesn't matter unless you were planning to remove it and plug it into the external bay (you don't need to do that). As long as your internal drive is readable by your system, that's all you need for this to work. Buy a NEW drive for your backup that will fit into the external bay (SATA, or M.2 if you purchased that version), then copy the data from your internal disk to the external disk. You will then have your backup.

Note that while the details specifies that it can support up to 20tb drives, it really only appears to be able to support up to 16tb drives (at least the original one without the M.2 slot). If you are stuck with your system only reading up to 2TB's of disk space, but you have a larger drive, that means you used the wrong partition style (MBR), for larger than 2TB capacity drives you need to use the (GPT) partition style.

**Q: Is the power supply universal (110-240V) ?**
A: 12v ps. Provided...do not use 12v supply with 5v drives. Some drives are ranged 5v to 12v . Some just say 5v.

**Q: Will this product support a 6TB?**
A: You will probably have to jump through hoops to do so. I tried to run in the firmware and kept getting an error. Contacted support and they wanted me to go through some 20 step process to do so and use a file not from their website. Nobody could explain to me why it wouldn't update with the firmware file on their website that had my product specifically listed. In the end I opted not to do it and went with a different product that natively / out of box supported 6TB and larger

**Q: Is it safe to use this for media files and run 24/7?**
A: Absolutely. I have had mine connected to my PC for 2 months 24/7, and it runs just like an internal Sata HDD.  Have a good one!

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Simple and quick setup. No tools required. Worked immediately! Best HDD enclosure I have ever used.
*by M***O on January 15, 2026*

This SATA HDD enclosure is perfect. I pulled it out of the box, pressed the single button to open the outer case, slipped in my 3.5" HDD, closed up the case, plugged in the USB cable, booted up the computer, and VOILA! The drive was instantly recognized and worked like a charm. I tried it with some smaller SATA drives and it also worked flawlessly. Because I was merely transferring data from old drives, I didn't bother screwing the drives into the enclosure. However, if you wish to do so (and I highly recommend that you do if you will be transporting this), there are screws and a screwdriver provided in the box. Sabrent couldn't have made this enclosure any easier! It's the best HDD enclosure I have owned (and I have had a number of different variations over the years). No more dodgy HDD toasters for me.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 2.5 years later, I upgrade my rating from 2 stars to 5 stars!
*by R***E on November 10, 2015*

I bought the Sabrent ED-DFLT enclosure so that I could format various hard drives on my iMac. It's a rather long story, which I'll shorten to this: I confirmed that the Sabrent enclosure worked when I received it by using an old 2TB drive. I then tossed the box and waited for my 6TB Western Digital Caviar Green drive to arrive from Amazon a couple of weeks later. When plopped into the Sabrent, the new drive showed up on my Mac's desktop. I then set about creating a large encrypted disk image on the drive. It chugged away for 4 full days, seemingly working for the first 3. But after day 4, the formatting was clearly hung, and it had taken my Mac down with it. Upon rebooting, the drive no longer showed up at all. Disk Utility could not even see it. After a lot of detective work, too long to describe here, I confirmed that the 6TB drive was still working fine, but the Sabrent logic board had died, obviously a case of infant mortality. The good news: it can handle large capacity hard drives. The bad news: not for very long... And of course, since I tossed the boxing, there is no returning the Sabrent. I therefore spent $23 on a brick, although it won't break me. This case of infant mortality is probably just a fluke, but an annoying one when it happens to you. I should have kept the box a while longer. My bad. UPDATE 1/2118: To Sabrent's great credit, and this is going back about 2.5 years ago, they stepped in and replaced the enclosure, no charge. I tested it but ran into issues trying to do the above formatting again, and threw it on my junk pile. With hindsight, I'm now realizing that the issue was most likely the hard drive I was using, which I got by ripping open a Western Digital external hard drive and removing it. There's something odd about the firmware in these drives. They're just "not right" when taken out of their manufacturer's shell and fully exposed like this. I think my issue was the hard drive, and NOT Sabrent. Coupled with their excellent customer service, I've now increased the rating to five stars. Because ... I just bought some 8TB Hitachi hard drives and it was time to format them, again with encryption. These are new, bare hard drives from Amazon, not something I ripped out of an external HD box! Fortunately, I still had the Sabrent enclosure, so I pulled one off the pile, attached the 12V/1.5A power adapter to it, put the 8TB drive in, connected to my Mac Mini, and just like that, the hard drive mounted on the desktop. I formatted it in HFS+, then created a new encrypted disk image, and let it run. This time, all went well. I discovered that if you open Sierra's Activity Monitor and click on Disk Activity, you get a readout of how fast the data is moving across the interface. I was seeing it move between 110 - 160 MB/sec, averaging about 130 MB/sec. That's not bad at all on my 2012 iMac with a 4-core i7 processor running Sierra (12.6). It's not the fastest i7 there is, so you have to remember that there are calculations that first have to be made before the data can be spit out of the USB3 ports for writing. That takes time to execute, which has to slow transfers down somewhat. USB of any speed never hits its theoretical maximum anyway (4.8Gbps for USB3, or about 600 MB/sec). Considering I was getting only 25 MB/sec with USB2 on this same machine (theoretical maximum speed = 60 MB/sec), actual speeds are less than theoretical speeds by about the same factor for each version of USB. The full 8TB of writing took 17 hours, which averages out to 130 MB/sec, consistent with what I see in Activity Monitor. I would say that's pretty good. I'm happy. Side note: I got to wondering about Sabrent's advice to run a firmware update. I'm a Mac guy, but I have an old PC running XP. I thought I would take a stab at the upgrade. I downloaded it to the PC, but the update would not run at all. You tell it to RUN the update and nothing happens. My neighbor has a PC running Windows 10, so I took the dock, power supply, and a USB cable to his place. He downloaded the update to his PC, followed the .pdf instructions exactly, the interface presented is NOT what the .pdf shows, but tried running it anyway. Same issue: hit the RUN button and nothing happens. It doesn't freeze or anything like that. It simply does nothing. So much for that! The key point I'm making is that this same dock that I bought 2.5 years ago (August 2015) easily sees my 8TB drives, runs flawlessly, and runs quite fast, all with no firmware update whatsoever. I don't understand Sabrent's statement that older docks (2.5 years old?) without an update are limited to 4TB. Not mine! I do not understand why other commenters can't get it to work right. It works perfectly for me. Considering Sabrent's great customer support, excellent USB3 performance, full support for an 8TB drive, and it's very low price, I gotta give it 5 stars! UPDATE 1/30/2018: Plugging into two different iMacs running Snow Leopard (10.6.8), neither can see any drive plugged into it. Odd, since at one time it could/did. I don't know what the difference is, but if you're running Snow Leopard, you might consider passing on the Sabrent. UPDATE 2/12/2018: Okay, so the Sabrent isn't happy with Snow Leopard. Separately, I plugged the Sabrent into my 2012 Mac Mini w/i7 processor and running Sierra (12.6). I plugged a second, different external USB3 drive enclosure to another port, loaded a pair of 8TB X300 Toshiba hard drives in each, and proceeded to move data from one drive to the other. Measured speed is about 130 MB/sec, which is about max transfer rates that these hard drives can deliver. No complaints!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great product
*by R***R on February 13, 2026*

Works exactly as described. Easy to use.

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