Temperatures:



Both enclosures are with fanless design; in single drive configuration it should not present a problem. Since I could not pass through the temp sensor onto the hard-drive, I only tapped the probe onto the casing. I took the temperation running hard drive bench marking and measured a peak temp of 40°C at 24°C room tem. I have to assume the actual temp is higher. However, normal file transfers I read an average of 32°C on both cases.

Windows Vista Testing

Windows XP Test Setup
Make & Model	Gateway MT3705
CPU	Pentium Dual Core 1.6G 1MB Cache T2060
Memory	2Gb PC5300
Other	100Gb Internal HDD 4200 rpm Windows Vista Home Premium

Although Eagle Tech does not mention Windows Vista support on the T and M series enclosures, I was surprised that the two enclosures work well in Vista as they did with Windows XP. Vista finds the driver in a few seconds.



It took 54 seconds to transfer 462MB of photos and MPG video from the laptop to the T-Series 60Gb HDD; 41 seconds in reverse.

Conclusive Thoughts

At a street price of $22 and $29, T and M Series respectively, Eagle Consus external storage enclosures do priced competitively. It would be nice to have a pass-thru eSATA PCI bracket on the M-series we looked at here today. Some would prefer a fan which I believe is unnecessary for a single drive enclosure, and a tiny fan will only cause problem more than cooling while a "cage" or "roller" fan will make the case larger.

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T-Series PRO
Very good Packaging, manual and built quality.
Competitively priced.

T-Series CON
Lacks eSATA pass-through PCI bracket

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M-Series PRO
Good packaging, manual and built quality.
Nice design (easy push-in/pull-out).

M-Series CON
Flimsy stand

I like to thank Kennith of Eagle-Tech U.S.A. for making this review possible. We plan on bringing you 2 more new enclosures in the coming weeks, dual HDDs with Raid 0 and NAS function. Be seeing you soon.