It's safe to say that both USB 3.0 and eSATA are currently two of the most popular wired data transfer interfaces out there, their primary advantage being related to the very fast data transfer rates they enable. For this reason, it should really come to no surprise that Addonics, a very well-known connectivity solutions' manufacturer, has come up with a little adapter that works with both of these high-speed interfaces.

The USB 3.0 to eSATAp Adapter, as this thing has been officially named by Addonics, allows users to connect any eSATA device to the latest USB 3.0 (Superspeed) or the ubiquitous USB 2.0 port. Moreover, users can also connect standard SATA devices to the USB 3.0 or 2.0 port by using an Addonics SATA to eSATA converter cable, making this adapter a very handy accessory for both notebook, desktop, server or any computer system.

The USB 3.0 to eSATAp Adapter is also compatible with Port Multiplier and eSATA optical storage. As a result, any eSATA RAID storage, including Addonics RAID Tower / Rack with eSATA connection, can be instantly turned into a USB 3.0 external RAID storage system.

The eSATA port on this adapter is an eSATA USB Hybrid port (EUHP), a new port commonly found on latest-gen notebooks. This new port works with both standard eSATA and Addonics Universal Hybrid eSATA cable (Universal eSATAp cable). The Universal eSATAp cable enables low power 5V eSATA device such as 2.5" eSATA hard drives, the Addonics Ruby / Ruby Cipher drive kit, eSATA / USB DigiDrive and the Micro SATA DigiDrive to be directly powered from the computer without the use of external power adapter.

Since it's so useful (and packs latest-gen technologies), the USB 3.0 to eSATAp Adapter from Addonics doesn't really come cheap, selling for somewhere in the vicinity of 34 US dollars.  


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