Sabrent SATA-ES2P Internal SATA to 2-Port eSATA II 3GB External Host Bracket Cable (6.3 inches)

List Price: $6.99 Discount Price: $6.99

Features:

• Allows use of SATA-equipped devices outside of a computer case
• 6.3 inches long (16cm)
• Two internal SATA connectors
• Two external SATA (eSATA) connectors
• Compatible with cables up to 2 meters long

Customer Reviews:

Very Bad Product - eSata Connectors to case [Posted on 2007-12-10]
This is a very very very bad product. The 2 eSata leads that connect to the motherboard are too short. Even when I rearranged the other PCI adapters, I was still not able to connect both eSata leads to the motherboard. Very stupid design. Leads should be at least 4 inches longer.

Zero stars [Posted on 2007-12-12]
Amazon doesn't accept a zero star rating, but that's all this product gets. The idea behind this product is good, but it's made so el-cheapo it's almost unusable.

I found the cables long enough, although barely. They are 9 inches long. (That's 22.5 cm, more than the 16m on the product descriptor.)

The real problem with this product is the external connector. It's barely usable. The connector has two small latches that are meant to lock the cable into place. They seem to be made out of foil. If utmost care is not used when inserting the external cable these latches bend inside the connector, making the connector unusable. Even if utmost care is used, these latches can bend in the same way. This WILL happen if you test the connector a few times before you put it in your computer. Once this happens, the connector is toast.

The inside connector (the one that connects to your SATA port) is fine. It's not the one that gets reused, though.

Does The Job, It's Just a Bulkhead [Posted on 2008-01-07]
I found this eSATA bulkhead exactly as advertised, and inexpensive.

The metal bracket is the same as every PC interface card. The internal cables could be a tiny bit longer, so measure carefully inside your case before you purchase (they fit my case perfectly - a full size Intel ATX motherboard).

The eSATA socket is no different than all the others I've seen. Remember these are not USB connectors. Fundamentally the eSATA connector is a bad design, not the fault of this product. It was also never meant to be connected and disconnected daily. You really are supposed to connect these drives once and not unplug them.

If you need a bulkhead to connect a newer external SATA drive, like the Seagate Free Agent Pro drives, this one works just fine. Remember, there's typically 4 SATA connectors on a motherborad. If you have 1, 2, or 3 internal hard drives, you'll have a spare plug to use for an external drive.

Works fine, cables may be too short for some computers [Posted on 2008-08-21]
Well-made, installed easily, works fine. The connectors are strong, so the problem someone else reported may have been fixed. The cables are a little over 9 inches long. That's longer than the 6.3 inches the description claims, and were (just) long enough to reach the SATA ports on my computer's Motherboard.

If the case was any larger, or if I hadn't been able to put the bracket in the bottommost slot, the cables would not have been long enough. Since an extra few inches wouldn't cost the manufacturer enough to make a difference, they really should include cables that are at least 12" long, maybe even 15".

So, before ordering, check your computer case to make sure 9" cables will be long enough. If so, this is an excellent solution at a reasonable price.

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