Charlie Sorrel
Gear

Stage Rack: USB Dock for Raw SATA Drives

There are hundreds of USB drive enclosures on the market, but if you have old, raw SATA drives lying around, it's a real pain to open up a case just to swap out the HD inside. The Stage Rack is like a dock for your data: the weighted box lets you slot in 2.5 and 3.5 inch drives and mount them via USB2 – think 250GB floppy discs.

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Where has this product been? There are hundreds of USB drive enclosures on the market, but if you have old, raw SATA drives lying around, it's a real pain to open up a case just to swap out the HD inside. The Stage Rack is like a dock for your data: the weighted box lets you slot in 2.5 and 3.5 inch drives and mount them via USB2 – think 250GB floppy discs.

The price for this supreme convenience? $47, although the 1.5kg (3.3lbs.) weight means another $40 on top for shipping. Wait for this to turn up in BestBuy and have no excuse not to make off-site backups.

Product page [GeekStuff4U via Engadget]