Protective Plastic Case for 3.5 SATA HDD

[Pete Smith]

G'day all.

This may interest any of you who have invested or are going to invest in bare 
external hard disks for use in devices such as the Voyager Q.

 I have had three on the go plus some more I've just bought ($63 for 1TB from 
Austin computers online) and have just been storing them in the original 
packaging. This was not the best solution I felt so I did a bit of interwebby 
research and eventually came across the following:

http://www.dealextreme.com/p/protective-plastic-case-for-3-5-sata-hdd-translucent-25631

I ordered some and they turned up yesterday. My verdict? Brilliant!

The drives fit firmly and snuggly in the cases and the top is easy to open and 
shut. The drives don't just 'fall' in or out but need to be deliberately pushed 
in and pulled out but it can be done with two fingers grasping each side 
easily. Now my drives can be stored upright like books and the cases can be 
easily labelled. You can also store them laying down if you want, or on the 
side if you choose.

The cases are from the USA and cost $US 3.62 ($AUD3.61 today) but get a bit 
cheaper if you order more. I ordered 15, not only for myself, and each case 
worked out at $AUD 2.99 each delivered to my front door.

For those interested, I ordered them on 20 January 2011, they shipped on 27 
January and were delivered yesterday, 16 February.

Hope this helps someone.

Regards,

Pete Smith




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Re: Protective Plastic Case for 3.5 SATA HDD

[Daniel Kerr]

Thanks Pete, they will be very handy. I think I'll order about 15 just for
myself! :o)
Was looking for something similar to that, that works out well. :)) Good
find.

Kind Regards
Daniel


On 17/2/11 11:35 AM, Pete Smith smudd...@internode.on.net wrote:

 
 G'day all.
 
 This may interest any of you who have invested or are going to invest in bare
 external hard disks for use in devices such as the Voyager Q.
 
  I have had three on the go plus some more I've just bought ($63 for 1TB from
 Austin computers online) and have just been storing them in the original
 packaging. This was not the best solution I felt so I did a bit of interwebby
 research and eventually came across the following:
 
 http://www.dealextreme.com/p/protective-plastic-case-for-3-5-sata-hdd-translu
 cent-25631
 
 I ordered some and they turned up yesterday. My verdict? Brilliant!
 
 The drives fit firmly and snuggly in the cases and the top is easy to open and
 shut. The drives don't just 'fall' in or out but need to be deliberately
 pushed in and pulled out but it can be done with two fingers grasping each
 side easily. Now my drives can be stored upright like books and the cases can
 be easily labelled. You can also store them laying down if you want, or on the
 side if you choose.
 
 The cases are from the USA and cost $US 3.62 ($AUD3.61 today) but get a bit
 cheaper if you order more. I ordered 15, not only for myself, and each case
 worked out at $AUD 2.99 each delivered to my front door.
 
 For those interested, I ordered them on 20 January 2011, they shipped on 27
 January and were delivered yesterday, 16 February.
 
 Hope this helps someone.
 
 Regards,
 
 Pete Smith
 
 
 
 
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