Why buy the USB 2.0 only version for $27 with a rebate that will probably never show up when you can get the US 2.0/eSATA version for $3 more plus S&H?

http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?p=EN-ST0005U&c=fr&pid=28dabd7ec2f720cb6ff7a8500edb59c3c7fc1539e166c42c8f07dd2d4393a62f

Do these things spin down inactive drives?

I like you, #1.. You're alright...

I wish there was a similar product for IDE drives. Maybe it could have some kind of latch mechanism that holds the drive in the port so you dont fry it by trying to swap it out, and there could be a button on the device that does the 'safely remove hardware' for you and then only releases the latch when the drive is spun down and safely un-mounted.

Anyone who becomes rich on that idea owes me $100.

I would also refrain from "slamming" the drive into it as Ben suggests... "slamming" is meant for #5's gf.

ok price is 30.97 and
shipping is 10.97 for me #1

Ben is clearly on the short end of slamming, thus all the phallic innuendo.