Skip to content

Publishes how long the clone button must be held

FIDECO dual-bay SATA dock, USB 3.0 at 5 Gbps, offline clone on a five-second press, 2 × 12 TB

The cheapest dock in this hub, and the one that tells you exactly how the copy is started: hold Clone for five seconds until the light blinks, with no computer attached.

FIDECO black dual-bay drive docking station with two drive slots and a clone button

FIDECO dual-bay SATA dock, USB 3.0 at 5 Gbps, offline clone on a five-second press, 2 × 12 TB

The cheapest dock in this hub, and the one that tells you exactly how the copy is started: hold Clone for five seconds until the light blinks, with no computer attached.

Bay count
Two — stated in the third and fourth bullets, which describe two drives put into their respective slots and two drives supported at the same time
Supported drive sizes
2.5-inch and 3.5-inch — stated in the title and in the fourth and fifth bullets, which describe the flexibility of connecting two drives of either size to a computer
Supported drive interfaces
SATA I, II and III, hard discs and solid-state drives — stated in the fourth bullet, with the first adding that only SATA drives and SSDs are supported
Solid-state slot support
Not published on the listing — no M.2 position of any kind is named. Solid-state drives are supported in the two SATA bays and no separate slot exists
Offline cloning
Stated — the third bullet says two drives are put in their slots and the Clone button held for five seconds until the LED blinks, and that the copy is completed without a computer. It is the only listing on this shelf to publish both the duration of the press and the signal that confirms it
Interface standard
USB 3.0 — stated in the title and in the second bullet
Stated link rate
Up to 5 Gbps — stated in the second bullet as a very fast data transfer speed over USB 3.0
Connector type
Not published on the listing — no socket and no cable is named in any bullet
UASP support
Not published on the listing — UASP is not named anywhere. Fourteen of the nineteen listings in this lot publish it, so the silence here is worth noticing rather than assuming
Power supply
Not published on the listing — no adapter, no voltage and no current is named, on a dock that accepts two 3.5-inch drives at once and cannot run from a USB port
Per-bay controls
Not published on the listing — no power switch and no per-bay light is named. The third bullet describes a single LED that blinks when the clone starts
Amazon reference
B08291CB6J (same reference on 6 Amazon marketplaces)
EAN
0751450850409
  • Publishes the length of the button press and the signal that confirms it
  • Two bays at the lowest price in this hub
  • No power supply named at all, on a dock built for two 3.5-inch drives

Best for: Reading a pile of old SATA drives one after another, on a desk where the copy button is the reason for buying rather than the transfer rate.

≈ $25 / £30 / 24 €
Check price on Amazon

Specifications

Bay count
Two — stated in the third and fourth bullets, which describe two drives put into their respective slots and two drives supported at the same time
Supported drive sizes
2.5-inch and 3.5-inch — stated in the title and in the fourth and fifth bullets, which describe the flexibility of connecting two drives of either size to a computer
Supported drive interfaces
SATA I, II and III, hard discs and solid-state drives — stated in the fourth bullet, with the first adding that only SATA drives and SSDs are supported
Solid-state slot support
Not published on the listing — no M.2 position of any kind is named. Solid-state drives are supported in the two SATA bays and no separate slot exists
Offline cloning
Stated — the third bullet says two drives are put in their slots and the Clone button held for five seconds until the LED blinks, and that the copy is completed without a computer. It is the only listing on this shelf to publish both the duration of the press and the signal that confirms it
Interface standard
USB 3.0 — stated in the title and in the second bullet
Stated link rate
Up to 5 Gbps — stated in the second bullet as a very fast data transfer speed over USB 3.0
Connector type
Not published on the listing — no socket and no cable is named in any bullet
UASP support
Not published on the listing — UASP is not named anywhere. Fourteen of the nineteen listings in this lot publish it, so the silence here is worth noticing rather than assuming
Power supply
Not published on the listing — no adapter, no voltage and no current is named, on a dock that accepts two 3.5-inch drives at once and cannot run from a USB port
Per-bay controls
Not published on the listing — no power switch and no per-bay light is named. The third bullet describes a single LED that blinks when the clone starts
Amazon reference
B08291CB6J (same reference on 6 Amazon marketplaces)
EAN
0751450850409

On the listing

A SATA drive docking station universally compatible with Windows from XP, macOS and Linux, supporting only SATA drives and SSDs; USB 3.0 with speeds of up to 5 Gbps; offline cloning, where two drives are put into their respective slots and the Clone button is held for five seconds until the LED blinks, with the copy completed without a computer; support for two 12 TB drives at once for 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch SATA I, II and III HDDs and SSDs, with no drivers required and a tool-free installation; and a stated purpose of adding a drive to a computer easily, with the flexibility of connecting two 2.5-inch or 3.5-inch drives.

Five seconds, and a blinking light

Five docks on this shelf publish offline cloning. One of them tells you how to start it.

The third bullet: put two drives in, hold Clone for five seconds, wait for the LED to blink.

That reads like packaging copy and it is the most practically useful sentence on the page. A clone button that does nothing on a short press is the commonest confusion with these devices, and knowing there is a five-second hold and a blink to confirm it turns a worrying first attempt into an ordinary one.

The other four cloning docks here describe the function. This one describes the operation.

What a clone is not

The listing calls it cloning, which is the right word, and it is worth being clear about what that leaves out.

A clone is a duplicate of a drive at one moment. It does not keep yesterday’s version of a file that was overwritten this morning. It does not survive a fire, a theft or a flood, because it sits on the same desk. It does not notice that the source drive was already corrupted when it was copied.

Those are the things a backup arrangement does, and a dock does none of them. What it does well is move a system to a larger drive, produce an identical spare, or read a drawer of old discs — and the maker’s own instructions govern how the copy is set up, including which slot is the source.

Twenty-four terabytes, in two halves

The fourth bullet gives two 12 TB drives at once.

That is the lower of the capacity claims on this shelf, where two docks state 2 × 16 TB and two state 2 × 20 TB. For most of what a dock is used for — reading drives that already exist — it is academic, and it becomes the deciding figure only when the destination of a clone has to be as large as the source.

The two lines that are not here

No power supply. No UASP.

The first is the more serious. Two 3.5-inch mechanisms spinning up at once draw far more than a USB port can supply, so a dock like this cannot work without a mains adapter — and no bullet on this page mentions one, its voltage or its current. Two docks in this hub publish both figures. This one publishes nothing.

The second is a silence worth noticing. Fourteen of the nineteen listings in this lot name UASP, which suggests makers regard it as worth advertising. Where a page does not mention it, that is information rather than an omission to be filled in from hope.

Before ordering

Ask what adapter is in the box and what it is rated at, because two 3.5-inch drives will not run without one. Ask what cable and what socket, since neither is named. And treat the clone function as a duplication tool rather than as an arrangement for keeping anything safe.

Availability

Priced from 24 € to 28 € across the German, French and Spanish Amazon stores the day this page was checked.

It is stocked on the American and British Amazon stores as well, in that country’s own currency. The range above leaves those out: it counts euro stores and no others.

The Italian Amazon price runs past 1.6× the cheapest store. A gap that size normally marks a reshipper and not a seller in the country, so that listing stays out of the range above.

Every figure in this section is what Keepa held on the day this page was last updated. Stock and prices move without warning.

Prices quoted in this text were read on 10 September 2026. The live price is at the top of the page.

More drive docks

  • GRAUGEAR M.2 docking station with a top slot and a cooling fan

    GRAUGEAR single-slot M.2 dock for NVMe and SATA, RTL9210B, 2230 to 22110, active fan

    The one dock in this hub with no SATA bay at all: a single M.2 slot with active cooling, the only listing anywhere in this lot to accept a 22110 module.

    Bay count
    One — a single M.2 slot. No 2.5-inch or 3.5-inch bay exists, which makes it the only dock on this shelf that will not take a conventional drive at all
    Supported drive sizes
    M.2 modules only — the third bullet names all common M.2 formats from 2230 to 2280 and adds 22110, which no other listing in this lot mentions
    Supported drive interfaces
    NVMe M.2 SSDs in M-key and SATA NGFF SSDs in M+B key — stated in the second bullet, which credits the RTL9210B chipset with the dual support
    Solid-state slot support
    The whole device is one — the M.2 slot is the only position, and it accepts both the NVMe and the SATA protocol. Every other dock on this shelf has SATA bays and, in one case, an M.2 slot alongside them
    Offline cloning
    Not published on the listing — no clone button and no copy function is named in any of the five bullets. With a single slot there is no second drive to copy to
    Interface standard
    USB with the RTL9210B chipset — stated in the second bullet. The USB generation is not named in words; the first bullet gives the rate instead
    Stated link rate
    Up to 10 Gbit/s for a PCIe 3.0 x2 NVMe SSD, and up to 6 Gbit/s for a SATA SSD — both stated in the first bullet, which is the only listing in this lot to publish a separate figure for each protocol
    Connector type
    Not published on the listing — no Type-C, Type-A or cable is named in any bullet
    UASP support
    Not published on the listing — UASP is not named anywhere. Fourteen of the nineteen listings in this lot publish it
    Power supply
    Not published on the listing — no adapter, voltage or current is named. An M.2 module and a small fan are a modest load, and the page does not say whether the dock runs from the lead
    Per-bay controls
    Not published on the listing — no switch and no indicator is named. The third bullet supplies an acrylic cylinder for storing and protecting an M.2 drive, which is a case rather than a control
    Amazon reference
    B0BGJKVSKT (same reference on 6 Amazon marketplaces)
    EAN
    4260746550467
    • A fan inside, which nothing else in this lot has
    • Accepts 22110 modules, the only listing here to name that length
    • No SATA bay at all, so a 2.5-inch or 3.5-inch drive will not go near it

    Best for: A desk where M.2 modules are read and imaged one after another and the drive has to stay cool while it happens.

    ≈ 38 €
    Check price on Amazon
  • Inateck black dual-bay drive docking station with RGB lighting and two drive slots

    Inateck dual-bay SATA dock, USB 3.0 with UASP, offline clone, RGB, 2 × 20 TB, 12 V/3 A supply

    The dock with the biggest bays and the biggest supply on this shelf — two 20 TB drives and a 12 V/3 A adapter — and lights that say which of those two states the drives are in.

    Bay count
    Two — stated in the title as a dual bay docking station taking 2 × 20 TB drives
    Supported drive sizes
    2.5-inch and 3.5-inch — stated in the title and in the fourth bullet, which says the product is compatible with almost all types of 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch HDDs and SSDs on the market
    Supported drive interfaces
    SATA hard discs and solid-state drives — stated in the title. No SATA revision is named
    Solid-state slot support
    Not published on the listing — no M.2 position is named. Solid-state drives are supported in the two SATA bays and no separate slot exists
    Offline cloning
    Stated — the second bullet says the docking station is equipped with offline cloning and that a computer connection is not required. No press duration, no capacity rule and no failure signal is published
    Interface standard
    USB 3.0 — stated in the title and in the third bullet, which adds UASP support and hot-swapping
    Stated link rate
    Not published on the listing — no figure in gigabits per second appears in any bullet. The third bullet says the dock supports not only USB 3.0 but also UASP, which it credits with even faster transfer speeds, and gives no number. It is the only dock on this shelf that publishes no rate at all
    Connector type
    A USB 3.0 Type-C data cable is listed in the fifth bullet as part of the package. The socket on the dock itself is not described
    UASP support
    Stated — the third bullet names UASP alongside USB 3.0 and hot-swapping. No percentage and no condition is published
    Power supply
    A 12 V/3 A adapter — listed in the fifth bullet as part of the package. It is the highest current rating published on this shelf
    Per-bay controls
    Not published on the listing as per-bay — the first bullet describes RGB LEDs that blink quickly when a drive is working and change to a breathing pattern when the drives are idle or removed. No switch and no individual bay control is named
    Amazon reference
    B0D1QKZWRS (same reference on 6 Amazon marketplaces)
    EAN
    6976521110525
    • Two 20 TB bays, the highest capacity claim on this shelf
    • A 12 V/3 A adapter, the largest supply published in this hub
    • No link rate figure anywhere, alone among the seven docks here

    Best for: Two large 3.5-inch mechanisms run hard at the same time, where the supply rating is the part that has to be right.

    ≈ $40 / 43 €
    Check price on Amazon
  • SABRENT flat docking station with an M.2 slot and a SATA drive bay

    SABRENT flat dock for M.2 NVMe and 2.5/3.5-inch SATA, USB-C at 10 Gbps, offline clone, M.2 heatsink

    The only dock in this hub that reads an M.2 module and a conventional SATA drive at the same time, which is exactly the pair of things a machine being retired usually contains.

    Bay count
    Two positions of different kinds — one M.2 slot and one SATA bay, described in the first bullet as supporting M.2 PCIe NVMe SSDs and 2.5-inch or 3.5-inch SATA SSDs and HDDs at the same time. The third bullet says it can be run in single-drive or dual-drive mode
    Supported drive sizes
    2.5-inch and 3.5-inch SATA drives, and M.2 modules — stated in the title and in the first bullet. The individual M.2 lengths are not published on the listing
    Supported drive interfaces
    M.2 PCIe NVMe, and SATA SSDs and hard discs — stated in the title and in the first bullet. Whether the M.2 position also accepts M.2 SATA modules is not published
    Solid-state slot support
    An M.2 slot with a heatsink and an integrated thermal pad — stated in the title and in the fourth bullet, which gives keeping the hardware cool and protected as the reason. It is one of two docks on this shelf with an M.2 position and the only one that pairs it with a SATA bay
    Offline cloning
    Stated — the first and third bullets both describe cloning offline between two drives, with the third adding that the dock can be operated in single-drive or dual-drive mode for transfers. No press duration and no capacity rule is published
    Interface standard
    USB 3.2 Gen 2 — stated in the second bullet, which adds that the dock is backward compatible
    Stated link rate
    Up to 10 Gbps with a suitable USB host port — stated in the second bullet. The host-port clause is the only condition of its kind published on this shelf, and it is one of three in the whole lot
    Connector type
    Type-C — stated in the title and in the first bullet, which calls it a USB Type-C flat docking station. No cable is named
    UASP support
    Stated — the second bullet names both TRIM and UASP, giving reliability and performance as the reasons
    Power supply
    Not published on the listing — no adapter, voltage or current is named, on a dock that accepts a 3.5-inch drive and therefore cannot run from a USB port alone
    Per-bay controls
    Not published on the listing as per-bay — the fourth bullet names LED indicators keeping the user informed during all operations, and no switch and no individual position control is described
    Amazon reference
    B0BX4LSHS4 (same reference on 6 Amazon marketplaces)
    EAN
    0840025259089
    • Reads an M.2 module and a SATA drive at the same time, which nothing else here does
    • Writes the host-port condition into its own 10 Gbps claim
    • No power supply named, on a dock that accepts a 3.5-inch mechanism

    Best for: Retiring a computer, where the M.2 system drive and the SATA data drive both have to be read and one copied to the other.

    ≈ $63 / £66 / 68 €
    Check price on Amazon

Others worth having spare

  • Inateck aluminium 3.5-inch drive enclosure with blue and green status LEDs

    Inateck 3.5-inch aluminium enclosure, USB 3.0 at 5 Gb/s, up to 10 TB, 12 V/2 A adapter, screws and driver supplied

    The only 3.5-inch enclosure here in aluminium rather than plastic, with two separate status LEDs, rubber feet at all four corners and its own screwdriver in the box.

    Supported drive size
    All common 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch SATA I, II and III drives up to 10 TB — stated in the second bullet, alongside compatibility with Windows from XP onwards, Linux, Android and macOS 10.3 or later
    Supported drive height
    Not published on the listing — no 7 mm or 9.5 mm figure appears for the 2.5-inch drives the second bullet also accepts
    Bay count
    One — a single drive. The fifth bullet lists screws and a screwdriver in the delivery, which describes how it is fixed in place
    Interface standard
    USB 3.0 — stated in the title and in the first bullet, which calls them standard SuperSpeed connections and adds backward compatibility with USB 2.0 and 1.1 in the second
    Stated link rate
    A theoretical maximum transfer of 5 Gb/s — stated in the first bullet, which adds that SATA III is supported with a bandwidth of up to 6 Gb/s. The word theoretical is the maker’s own
    Connector type
    Not published on the listing — no Type-C, Type-B or Micro-B socket is named. The fifth bullet lists a USB 3.0 cable in the delivery without describing either end
    Power source
    A 12 V/2 A mains adapter, included — stated in the title and listed in the fifth bullet. The third bullet calls the power supply stable
    Case material
    Aluminium alloy — stated in the title and in the fourth bullet, which calls it stable, robust, particularly light and of high-grade workmanship, with non-slip rubber feet at the four outer corners
    Cooling
    Passive — the title and the fourth bullet credit the aluminium with optimal and effective heat dissipation. No fan, no vent and no thermal pad is named
    UASP support
    Stated — the first bullet says the enclosure is designed with UASP for solid-state drives. No percentage and no condition is published
    Tool-free access
    Not published on the listing — the third bullet describes plug and play and hot swap, which is about the connection rather than the case, and the fifth supplies screws and a screwdriver, which describes a drive that is fixed rather than clipped
    Amazon reference
    B00RCJ54BC (same reference on 6 Amazon marketplaces)
    EAN
    6957599312370
    • Aluminium, the only 3.5-inch enclosure here not made of plastic
    • Two separate LEDs, one for operation and one for mains status, with the colours named
    • Not tool-free, which every other enclosure in this lot is

    Best for: A desktop drive living permanently on a shelf, where the case is expected to shed heat quietly and not be opened again.

    ≈ 30 €
    Check price on Amazon
  • ORICO black 3.5-inch drive enclosure with a mains adapter and a USB 3.0 cable

    ORICO 3.5-inch enclosure, USB 3.0 at 5 Gbit/s, up to 20 TB, 12 V/2 A adapter supplied

    The 3.5-inch enclosure that says in capitals that no drive is included, then lists everything that is: a 12 V/2 A adapter, a USB 3.0 lead, a manual and a service card, for drives up to 20 TB.

    Supported drive size
    3.5-inch and 2.5-inch SATA I, II and III drives up to 20 TB — stated in the first bullet, which opens in capitals to say that this is an enclosure only and contains no drive or SSD, and that a 3.5-inch SATA drive must be bought separately
    Supported drive height
    Not published on the listing — no 7 mm or 9.5 mm figure appears for the 2.5-inch drives it also accepts, and 3.5-inch mechanisms are a single height by convention. The first and third bullets give the sizes and the capacity and stop there
    Bay count
    One — a single drive, described in the second bullet as being put into the opened case
    Interface standard
    USB 3.0 — stated in the title and in the second and third bullets, alongside SATA III
    Stated link rate
    Up to 5 Gbit/s — stated in the second bullet as the USB 3.0 data transfer rate
    Connector type
    Not published on the listing — no Type-C, Type-B or Micro-B socket is named. The fifth bullet lists a USB 3.0 data cable in the delivery without saying what is on either end of it
    Power source
    A 12 V/2 A EU mains adapter, included — stated in the third and fifth bullets. A 3.5-inch drive cannot run from the lead alone, which is what makes this line the deciding one on a 3.5-inch enclosure
    Case material
    ABS — stated in the second bullet as robust ABS material, heat-resistant and drop-safe. The fourth adds an integrated anti-shock foam inside to protect the drive
    Cooling
    Passive — no fan and no vent is named. The second bullet calls the ABS heat-resistant and the fourth describes an automatic sleep mode reducing power consumption
    UASP support
    Stated — named in the first and third bullets as UASP support for faster data transfer. No percentage and no condition is published
    Tool-free access
    Tool-free — the second bullet says the case is opened, the drive inserted and connected, with no tool required, and adds plug and play with no restart and no driver
    Amazon reference
    B07QR82L6J (same reference on 6 Amazon marketplaces)
    EAN
    6936761849630
    • Twenty terabytes, the highest capacity ceiling anywhere in this lot
    • A full contents list, down to the manual and the service card
    • USB 3.0 at 5 Gbit/s, the slowest interface on this shelf

    Best for: A large desktop hard disc being given a life outside a computer, where capacity matters and the transfer rate does not.

    ≈ 22 €
    Check price on Amazon
  • UGREEN black 2.5-inch SATA drive enclosure with a detachable USB-C cable

    UGREEN 2.5-inch SATA enclosure, USB C 3.2 Gen 2, UASP, TRIM and S.M.A.R.T., ABS with EVA foam, 50 cm lead

    The enclosure that publishes the small operational details nobody else prints: a sleep timer set at three minutes, a lead measured at 50 cm, and a foam insert holding the drive against scratches.

    Supported drive size
    2.5-inch SATA SSD and HDD — stated in the title and in the first bullet, with the fifth giving a ceiling of 6 TB and naming televisions, routers, a PS5 or PS4, an Xbox, a MacBook, an iMac, a laptop and a PC as hosts
    Supported drive height
    9.5 mm and 7 mm — stated in the fifth bullet as the two heights the enclosure accepts
    Bay count
    One — a single 2.5-inch drive, held by the EVA foam described in the third bullet
    Interface standard
    USB C 3.2 Gen 2 — stated in the title and in the first bullet as a USB C 3.2 Gen 2 port
    Stated link rate
    Up to 6 Gbps — stated in the title and in the first bullet against the USB C 3.2 Gen 2 port. Six gigabits per second is the rate of the SATA III standard the drive speaks rather than of a USB 3.2 Gen 2 port, and the listing prints the two against each other
    Connector type
    Type-C — stated in the title and in the first bullet, with the fourth adding that the 50 cm USB-C cable is detachable so that it can be tidied on a desk
    Power source
    From the lead — no mains adapter is named. The second bullet describes the drive being powered down after three minutes of inactivity, which is a power behaviour rather than a supply
    Case material
    ABS plastic with an internal EVA foam pad — stated in the third bullet, which credits the ABS with good heat dissipation and shock resistance and the foam with holding the drive and protecting it from scratches during installation
    Cooling
    Passive — the third bullet credits the ABS housing with good heat dissipation and names no fan and no vent. It adds a built-in protection system against overcurrent, overvoltage and overheating
    UASP support
    Stated — the first bullet names the UASP protocol and says it offers up to 70 % more speed than ordinary USB 3.0 when paired with a UASP-capable host controller. The second adds TRIM and S.M.A.R.T. support
    Tool-free access
    Tool-free — the fourth bullet says the tool-free construction makes fitting or changing the drive quicker and more convenient
    Amazon reference
    B07D2BHVBD (same reference on 6 Amazon marketplaces)
    EAN
    6957303821709
    • Publishes the sleep timer as three minutes rather than describing it in words
    • Names the cable length, 50 cm, and says it detaches
    • A 6 Gbps figure quoted against a USB 3.2 Gen 2 port, and the two are different links

    Best for: A 2.5-inch drive that lives permanently on a desk beside a computer, where the sleep timer and the short detachable lead both earn their keep.

    ≈ 9 €
    Check price on Amazon

All drive docks