Tripp Lite expands its line of hard drive cables with the introduction of the new line of eSATA (SATA II) cables. This 36" data cable connects any high-speed eSATA drive, PVR/DVR, or SETOP box to an eSATA controller. SATA-II delivers higher data transfer rates (up to 3 Gbps), and the double-shielded cable design is perfect for the new generation of External SATA -II drives. SATA-II drives offer 6 times the transfer rate of USB & Firewire external drives. These cables feature 7-pin female connectors and offer easy installation.
Customer Reviews
Average Customer Review
NOT eSATA!, September 11, 2008
By
Evan Baltz (USA)
This cable is not eSATA!! The description says:
"any high speed eSATA drive"
but it is not eSATA, it is SATA. This will not work on your eSATA drives/connections.
I have sent back to Amazon for a refund as this listing is not accurate/false advertising.
Great Cable, January 28, 2008
By
JSKW3 (Wichita, KS)
this was my first eSATA purchase. I had read reviews of many brands, some which are too stiff and unplug from computer port. I had read other reviews of other tripp lite cables and took a chance on the eSATA cable. It is a great cable! Well worth the money. It stays in the port just fine, and there were no problems getting it to work. ( I connected it to my external hard drive, a Western Digital My Book Home Edition). If your looking for a good eSATA cable, get this one. Its 36" long, enough to go from PC to desk beside monitor.
False advertisement by Amazon. This is a normal SATA cable; not ESATA., December 30, 2007
By
Jack C. Chang (OH, USA)
I bought this cable together with a 750GB harddrive for expanding my DirecTV's HD DVR. According to forum search on internet, the HD DVR will accept external HHD connected via ESATA cable, and only works with ESATA cable. I bought the two said items both from Amazon (Amazon, LLC). Amazon advertised this as ESATA cable.
In reality, when the item arrived, both the flex-film package as well as the markings on the cable says SATA; nothing on the package/product was labelled ESATA. Sure enough, when connected, the DVR did not recognize the external HDD. I then bought a ESATA cable from local BestBuy just to prove/dis-prove this -- and sure enough, with the ESATA calbe from local store, the DVR recognizes the external HDD.
Bottomline: This item is advertised by Amazon as ESATA, but it is not ESATA. I'm gonna try and return this item. If Amazon reimburse in full, including shipping, I'll change my rating to neutral. But as of now, I feel cheated (and have evidence to prove I got cheated) by Amazon.
It was an unnecesary expense, September 25, 2007
By
M. C. Merida (Mexico City)
It was short and expensive for me but works ok... I'm very disappointed with Segate and Addonics
