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popularRelik posted Jul 21, 2026 4:57 AM

CENMATE Dual Bay Hard Drive Docking Station with Offline Clone, USB A/C 3.0 to SATA, Hard Drive Reader for 2.5/3.5 Inch HDD/SSD UASP $12.99

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CENMATE Dual Bay Hard Drive Docking Station with Offline Clone, USB A/C 3.0 to SATA, Hard Drive Reader for 2.5/3.5 Inch HDD/SSD(Supports 18TB*2, Up to 6Gbps Under UASP)

【Stable offline clone】Cenmate hard drive cloner supports offline clone.No computer is needed! Before cloning you need to make sure that Target HDD ≥ Source HDD,Most of the reasons for cloning failure are target HDD < Source HDD. The hdd enclosure is equipped with progress indicators to help you quickly understand the working status.When the CLONE button is pressed, the progression(%)LED in which data is copied is displayed in turn.(Double-click theCLONE button to start cloning)
【High-Speed Protocol - UASP】Up to 6Gbps by UASP transfer protocol, which is faster than USB 3.0.
【36TB Capacity】This 3.5 hard drive enclosure supports up to 2x 18TB hard drives, Support 2.5 /3.5 inch SATA HDD/SSD.
【Stable power supply】Equipped with DC 12V power adapter to provide stability for high-speed transmission

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CYFTBTBB

This is the least expensive dual SATA drive dock on Amazon by $7. The usual price for a dual dock is $25+ and a single bay dock is $20+.
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CENMATE Dual Bay Hard Drive Docking Station with Offline Clone, USB A/C 3.0 to SATA, Hard Drive Reader for 2.5/3.5 Inch HDD/SSD(Supports 18TB*2, Up to 6Gbps Under UASP)

【Stable offline clone】Cenmate hard drive cloner supports offline clone.No computer is needed! Before cloning you need to make sure that Target HDD ≥ Source HDD,Most of the reasons for cloning failure are target HDD < Source HDD. The hdd enclosure is equipped with progress indicators to help you quickly understand the working status.When the CLONE button is pressed, the progression(%)LED in which data is copied is displayed in turn.(Double-click theCLONE button to start cloning)
【High-Speed Protocol - UASP】Up to 6Gbps by UASP transfer protocol, which is faster than USB 3.0.
【36TB Capacity】This 3.5 hard drive enclosure supports up to 2x 18TB hard drives, Support 2.5 /3.5 inch SATA HDD/SSD.
【Stable power supply】Equipped with DC 12V power adapter to provide stability for high-speed transmission

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CYFTBTBB

This is the least expensive dual SATA drive dock on Amazon by $7. The usual price for a dual dock is $25+ and a single bay dock is $20+.

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Jul 21, 2026 5:10 AM
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Relik
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I bought this, but it won't arrive until Friday. I'll give a review when I get it. My biggest concern is that it comes with a 12 volt 2500 mA power supply, but that is not enough in certain situations. These normally come with a 3000 mA adapter from other brands.

I would suspect it would work fine in these (most) scenarios:
  • 1 drive (2.5 or 3.5, any RPM)
  • 2 drives (1 x 3.5" and 1 x 2.5" laptop/SSD)
  • 2 drives (3.5" 5400 RPM / eco drives)
I would suspect it could get errors or show only one drive to the OS if you tried to use a 3.5" 7200 RPM drive along with another 3.5" drive whether 5400 or 7200 rpm. In that scenario, use a bigger 12 volt power supply on this that is rated at 3000 mA or higher. This will likely use the standard 5.5 mm × 2.5 mm plug size.

EDIT: The price on this jumped to $24.99 within 20 minutes of posting it as a deal. They must be using a bot to adjust the price on demand. This $12.99 price was in place since July 5th according to the Price History link. My only suggestion is to keep watching for it to drop again.

EDIT #2: This is a good candidate for Prime members to use "auto-buy". If you aren't familiar with it, look for the "Add to Auto Buy" button on the right side price box near the bottom. Click it and you can set an automatic purchase at a target price. It should autofill with the $12.99 price and you just need to set an expiration date and select "Create auto-purchase" at the bottom. If it drops again, you will be among the first to get one.
Last edited by Relik July 21, 2026 at 12:54 AM.
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Jul 22, 2026 1:03 AM
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DontTaxBeerJul 22, 2026 1:03 AM
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yeah, i'm not losing my data. not going to drop $1000 for a replacement drive. i'll pass.
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Jul 22, 2026 8:51 AM
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Relik
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Jul 22, 2026 8:51 AM
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I totally understand not wanting to risk large drives with this. I'll be using it for small SATA SSD use and old 2TB drives I have. I really don't think this is junk, just that they cut corners on the power adapter.

FYI the $12.99 price is back.
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Mark_DownsYesterday 9:32 PM
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Quote from Relik :
I totally understand not wanting to risk large drives with this. I'll be using it for small SATA SSD use and old 2TB drives I have. I really don't think this is junk, just that they cut corners on the power adapter.

FYI the $12.99 price is back.
Back to $24.99 from my house.
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Relik
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Quote from Mark_Downs :
Back to $24.99 from my house.
Yes, the constant price changes by the seller is quite annoying. It is what it is and I mentioned how to auto-buy in my first post.

I did receive the dock today and everything is fine. It uses the ASMedia 1156 chipset just like 2 other dual docks I have. Both drives are accessible and I tested with 2 x 7200 rpm Hitachi 2TB data center drives. They started up without a problem. Even so, at idle they are taking 21 watts and the power adapter is only capable of 30 watts, so you can see especially during spinup these may briefly take more than the adapter can handle. The 1156 chipset mentions that it does a staggered start, one then the other.

Benchmarks are as I expected, USB 3.0 about 150 MB/second throughput. I'm doing a clone now to a known drive with bad sectors, just to see what happens. (I would NEVER trust a clone on any of these devices anyway, just do it on a computer and be sure)
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