A couple of weeks back I reviewed the NewerTech Universal Drive Adapter. While that solution works for both IDE and SATA drives, it only works over USB 2. I wanted something that was faster! Well NewerTech does make a faster device that’s actually a bit more elegant as well. It’s the NewerTech Voyager Q. This external device resembles a toaster. You insert your bare SATA drive, connect the power and connect it to either your Firewire 400, 800, USB 2 or eSATA port, turn it on and you’ve got access to the drive. This is great for people upgrading to larger drives or just have older drives lying around that they want to periodically access. Check it out in action here:
The Bottom Line
If you need to connect SATA drives to your computer on a regular basis, there is no better, faster or easier solution. The fact that it supports all the interfaces in use today and that it supports both 2.5" and 3.5" drives makes it a winner. The Quad Interface Voyager Q goes for $94.99 from Other World Computing.
Thanks terry. Just what I was looking for. Just ordered it.
Love checking out your informative blog everyday.
Thanks again for all the great info.
Ajay
I just purchased one of these and I love it. The real beauty of this device is that it is flexible, reliable but also as inexpensive as possible. One drawback is that the even when the Voyager Q is off, the powerbrick is still drawing juice, which is a waste of electricity.
Is it possible to “hot swap” drives when connected via eSATA?
I bought one of these to replace my WiebeTech Firedock which is great as long as it would last more than a couple of yearsr, i’ve been thru four of them
Kirby
Every electronic device that plugs into the wall draws phantom power even when you think you turned it off