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ICY BOX IB-120CL-U3

Docking station for 2.5" and 3.5" hard drives on USB 3.0 port

Last price 67€94
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Overview

Much more than a simple docking station!


Use the ICY BOX IB-120CL-U3 d ocking station to quickly access data from your hard drives. This ICY BOX d ocking station also benefits from advanced features including the ability to clone a hard drive, without the need for a computer.

Features :
  • Elegant aluminium enclosure
  • PC-free HDD cloning function: create an identical copy of your hard drive
  • Create a bootable copy of system drives without software or professional knowledge
  • JBOD function: the computer detects 2 independent drives
  • Compatible with 2.5" and 3.5" hard drives with SATA interface (up to 3 TB per drive)
  • USB 3.0 connector for fast data transfer with a compatible computer
  • Front panel LEDs indicate power on and disk access
  • Plug & Play operation and hot swap capability
  • USB 2.0 compatible: with Windows 98 / Me / 2000 / XP / Vista / 7, and Mac OS 9.1 and above
  • USB 3.0 compatible: with Windows XP / Vista / 7
Specifications
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General information

Product name

ICY BOX IB-120CL-U3

Brand

ICY BOX

Model

IB-120CL-U3

Technical specifications

Accessory type

Docking station

Weight

300 g

Main characteristics

Color

Silver

Material

Aluminum

Connectivity

Interface with the computer

USB 3.0

Internal interface

Serial ATA

Hard drive informations

Hard drive format

2" 1/2
3" 1/2

Dimensions

Thickness

55 mm

Width

135 mm

Depth

110 mm

Warranties

Commercial warranty

Seller 2 years

Legal warranty

See terms & conditions

Product referenced on 13 Dec 2011

Customer reviews
Global rating
7/10
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  • by Frederic L
    Posted on 10 Jan 2021
    Product bought from LDLC on 30 Apr 2020
    Number of reviews: 3 Average rating: 8

    Heats up a bit too much when synchronizing two drives

    A bit disappointed by this dock: sure, it looks good with its unibody metal shell, but it has a big problem when I try to synchronize the data of my two disks with Echosync: the dock ends up "giving in" and disconnecting from the PC, as if it was turning off. I then have to use the physical switch on the back to restart it. This phenomenon also occurs when I have to turn off the PC when it crashes. Probable cause: excessive heating during intensive use noticed inside the dock. Has one of the components been undersized?
    This malfunction does not occur with my old dock, although it is a much cheaper Chinese no-name ... but it only has a SATA hard disk slot, the other one being in the old IDE standard. Nor with the brother's (an Advance)

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  • by Frederic L
    Posted on 18 Jun 2020
    Product bought from LDLC on 30 Apr 2020
    Number of reviews: 3 Average rating: 8

    Overall good for the moment

    Aesthetically, there is nothing to complain about. As far as copying data is concerned, it takes a bit long to copy more than 1TB from one disk to another, but is that the fault of this dock? I have not yet used the "copy" button on the front panel.
    The only thing I regret, compared to my old dock, is that there is no USB hub / SD drive, which is very practical. You can never have enough of them. On the other hand, unlike my old dock, this one doesn't really heat up.
    To be checked for reliability over time

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  • by nadia S
    Posted on 3 Jan 2020
    Product bought from LDLC on 7 Feb 2018
    Number of reviews: 1 Average rating: 6

    prztic but a bit fragile

    It's quite practical, but not very solid, we have several, and we have to replace them regularly.

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  • by Laurent B
    Posted on 5 Nov 2019
    Product bought from LDLC on 8 Oct 2019
    Number of reviews: 5 Average rating: 9

    will be very useful

    Backup, backup, backup
    I needed a way to make lots of backups of my drives, and to do it quickly and well
    and this thing does exactly that

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  • by Packito
    Posted on 16 Apr 2017
    Product bought from LDLC on 12 Mar 2017
    Number of reviews: 2 Average rating: 10

    Good product

    Easy to use and install.

    Not noisy. The only noise comes from the HDDs that are put on it. A noisy HDD that is at the end of its life will not make less noise on it.

    Nothing negative to say about it, it meets expectations perfectly well.

    Great design.

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  • by Anonymous
    Posted on 2 Mar 2017
    Product bought from LDLC on 2 Feb 2017
    Number of reviews: 1 Average rating: 5

    Nice finish, works moderately well

    I'm not sure what the problem is, but I'm not sure it's the most important thing.
    connected to a mac with usb2, it didn't work, until I used a usb2 cable. I don't know if this is normal, but the usb2 cable is not included.
    I'm not sure if this is normal, but the usb2 cable is not included. Also, only one disc is recognized at a time, and the disc ejection is only finalized by turning off the box. I'm not sure if this is due to the fact that I'm using usb2 on an old mac (7 years old).
    I'm not sure if this is a good idea, but I'm not sure if it's a good idea to use usb3.

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  • by Arnold G
    Posted on 29 Jan 2017
    Product bought from LDLC on 14 Jan 2017
    Number of reviews: 1 Average rating: 1

    Not functional

    Constantly disconnects and reconnects when there are two drives, only works well in usb 2.
    According to the SaV, this would be its normal behaviour.

    After 8 hours of waiting, the cloning of a 250gb disk on another 2tb disk does not work (no progress, no modification of partitions either).
    I deduce that if this is its normal behaviour, then the description is misleading.

    To be avoided.

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  • by olivier B
    Posted on 2 Jan 2016
    Product bought from LDLC on 7 Dec 2015
    Number of reviews: 9 Average rating: 7

    icy box ib 120cl u3

    good product, good aluminium finish, works well.
    In short, nothing but happiness.
    easy to use.
    I've been using it for a while now, but it's a good product.

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