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eSATA to USB 3.0 Adapter
for SuperSpeed data transfer!

Connect your eSATA equipped external drive to a USB 3.0 port.
Already have an external drive with an eSATA port? Take advantage of high-bandwidth USB 3.0 performance and experience data rates up to 3Gb/s from your external drive with the NewerTech eSATA to USB 3.0 Adapter. It's Plug and Play easy to add...simply connect your eSATA drive enclosure to the adapter and then plug the adapter into your computer's USB 3.0 port. No drivers, no hassle, just maximum performance and ultimate use of your existing eSATA equipped external storage units.

Easy Three Step Set-Up
  1. Power on your eSATA equipped external drive.
  2. Connect the NewerTech Adapter to the external drive via a standard eSATA cable.
  3. Connect the NewerTech Adapter to the USB 3.0 port on your computer via included USB 3.0 cable. USB 2.0 also supported.
Once you're set up, use your drive like any other external storage device but now with the speed advantage of USB 3!
Key Features:
  • Supports SATA Revision 2.6
    data rate up to 3.0Gb/s.
  • Plug and Play, no software installation.
  • Supports Hot-Swap.
Note: This adapter is intended for an eSATA equipped external drive to connect to a USB 3.0 port on a computer. It does not work in reverse
and will not allow a USB 3.0 equipped external drive to connect to an eSATA port on a computer.

Features:

  • Supports SATA Revision 2.6 data rate up to 3.0Gb/s.
  • Supports 2.5" and 3.5" eSATA hard disk drives and SSDs
  • Plug and Play, no software installation.
  • Backward compatible with previous versions of USB 2.0/1.1.
  • Backward compatible with previous versions of eSATA devices (1.5Gb/s).
  • Supports Hot-Swap.
  • 1 Year NewerTech Warranty

Connections:

Includes:

  • NewerTech eSATA to USB 3.0 Adapter
  • One USB 3.0 cable (Type-A to Type-A)

eSATA to USB 3.0 Adapter Specifications:

Macintosh Requirements

  • Notebook or Desktop Mac with an available and supported USB 3.0 port (USB 3.0 recommended) Mac OS X 10.2.8 or later.

Windows Requirements

  • Notebook or Desktop PC with an available USB 3.0 port (USB 3.0 recommended) Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, VISTA, 7 or later.

Dimensions

  • 2.25in x 2.5in x .75in DxWxH (57.3mm x 64.2mm x 19mm)

Weight

  • 1.0oz (28.35g)

Recommended USB 3.0 Cards

Note: Some older operating systems, as well as computers not equipped with a USB 3.0 port, will not support the speed
improvements of USB 3.0, but will still work with this adapter via USB 2.0 standards.
Manufacturer provided specifications for Newer Technology p/n ADESATAUSB3 UPC#: 811643016149

Customer Ratings

Write a Review 4.6 / 5 3 out of 3 (100%) reviewers would recommend this product
Verified Buyer
Reviewer: VideoyMarketing Location: Mexico Age: 45-54 Experience Level: IT Professional Owned Product: less than a month
Rating: 5/5 good performance January 10, 2013 I get the same speed as esata connection, very good keep my HD esata drives a live with my new macbook air 2012 !

I would recommend this item to a friend!

Reviewer: Jos2 Location: Norway Age: 45-54 Experience Level: IT Professional Owned Product: over 6 months
Rating: 5/5 Super October 23, 2012 Works perfect Wery high speed Stable Tested it with 100+ drives, no problems at all

I would recommend this item to a friend!

Reviewer: videoguy Location: NYC Age: 45-54 Experience Level: Power User Owned Product: 1-3 months
Rating: 4/5 runs good July 21, 2012 I have only used it once, but the Newer Technology eSATA to USB 3.0 adapter works very well.

Recently, I had to download over 300GB of video files, using my late 2011 17" MacBook Pro. I was using the Sonnet Tempo SATA Pro Express 34 card. One eSATA port was hooked up to a flash memory reader and the second port went to a CalDigit A/V USB 3.0 drive. The eSATA cable was plugged into the Newer Tech eSATA to USB 3 puck and worked like a charm. No errors and no crashes.

I had to buy a USB 3 hard drive, due to the lmited stock of the store I was at. Knowing I had a pair of these adapters in my computer kit, I got the USB 3 drive and rolled the dice, since I had never tested them.

The offload went smoothly and I was very happy with the way everything went.

My only complaint is that the one cable supplied is just the flat USB 1.0 style. They should also include the half round, or dome style USB 2.0 cable as well. One of the two hard drives that I bought had the dome shaped USB 2.0 style connector, but no cable (!). I was able to dig up a USB 2 dome style cable and that seemed to work fine. Offload times were consistent with the other drive using the eSATA cable.

I would recommend this item to a friend!

NewerTech eSATA to USB
3.0 Adapter
for SuperSpeed data transfer! Mfr P/N: ADESATAUSB3 OWC SKU: NWTADESATAUSB3 1 Year Newer Technology Limited Warranty
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