Pata caddies

[squiffy]

What are thoughts on these two PATA caddies?

http://www.icydock.com/product/mb123ak.html
http://www.icydock.com/product/mb988ak.html

988 looks more sturdier/more pro and matches my Stacker 810, and is aluminium front.

 

[squiffy]

No not really, caddy will be a replacement for a USB enclosure. Not all machines have SATA, and I have a couple of small PATA I don't use anymore so ideal as shuttling data back and forth.

Can I remove PATA caddy with the power on? If the PC is already on but no caddy, safe to insert and I would need to reboot? Not too bad either way, but a bit annoying if I have to power it down, insert/remove then power it back on again.

 

[squiffy]

You'd be better off with a USB enclosure.

Already have a few, and they're rubbish and annoying. Rather have slot-in caddies for each PC. So don't require USB or power supply.