So the firewire is lacking some but can we complain, I say no the prices of the Vantec and Revoltec enclosures are the same but for the same price you do get a firewire port on the Vantec enclosure and a bit more speed over USB. So is this enclosure up for review a faulty product made on Monday…
Who knows then again you can get firewire cards for a few bucks so if you need cheap storage and are clean out of free USB slots then its an easy choice, contra USB cards don’t cost anything anymore as well so the choice is yours to make. Overall looks are great: the white logo sets off to the glossy black and the LED lights up the Vantec logo and isn’t too bright; something that was an annoyance at the Revoltec once causing me to use some electrical tape to dim the light.
Only downside I could find on this enclosure (except the firewire port) is the vertical stand in the way that it doesn’t have any rubber feet to keep some grip and most importantly to absorb vibration, cause I could hear the enclosure vibrate on my desk so it had to go flat again, a little thought could have been used there.
All in all this is a great enclosure with great speeds, its stackable and cheap, so if you’re in need of some cheap storage space and your IDE/SATA ports are filled there might help you out.
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