ORICO External Hard Drive Case for 3.5 Inch HDD/SSD 5 Packs Portable Hard Drive Carrying Protective Storage Box Anti-Static and Shockproof -PHX5S

Nice fit for the 3.5 inch drives for storing on a shelf. I would like to give a 4.5 to 4.8 dinging for the simple fact that the nubs on the plastic don't quit line up quickly to prevent sliding off each other. My opinion is that a little better design and they would stack quickly without feeling for the sweet spot. I worry that if I don't get it lined up perfectly, it takes some times to get it right, the top case will will slide off the tower. Probably won't but my OCD says line it up OR ELSE.

Excellent protection, ease of use and great for storage of hard drives.

If you need more than one then buy the pack like this. It will hold a full size 3.5" NAS hard drive. These have a plastic flexible hinge so probably not for opening and closing every day. This is better than trying to store in some box or just in an ESD bag on the shelf. After I get everything setup and if I have more than 5 spare drives then I'll probably order another set so I have a replacement drive ready. And the color code and label will help so I don't have to check each case. They are also much less expensive than other options I could find.

well made and firm closure,

Good boxes.You need to "break in" the lock because they are a bit hard to open and I needed to work with my thumb nail to unlock them, but after a few times they loosen up a bit.The interior is nicely done, and the exterior shell is sturdy enough.They also look good if you need to keep them on sight on the shelve.

i have a lot of these cases that i store disks in. the are durable, padded and awesome

I picked up the grey 5 pack of foam padded cases. My goal with these are storage of backup drives in a media rated fire proof safe. I have had them for less than a day at the time of this writing, so this is more first impressions.What I am finding right off the bat is while these are a little big for bare drives, I actually feel a little more comfortable using the static bag that came with the drives anyway and then sticking the whole deal in these cases. This way you get anti-static protection for sure with the anti-static bag, a foamy box layer around that which interlocks with the neighboring cases, then I have the fire proof safe around that. The anti-static bag that the hard drives came in are actually perfect for these cases, filling in the buffer space for the most part and making for a snug fit so the drives cannot move around too easily in these boxes. Another way I have thought of this is if the place burns down, there is a lot material with boxes in boxes and bags and such to keep the drives under the thermal limits for as long as possible. While I would not consider water proof, you can probably spill your coffee on these without damaging the drives.Something to consider about mechanical hard drives is they are often rated to take hundreds of G's while at rest, but say you drop a bare drive onto concrete, even just tipping over, and the shock the drive receives from that abrupt stop will be over whatever this rating is for a very brief moment in time, but that is all it takes to ruin a hard drive. So having a plastic box with just a little bit of fairly stiff foam is all you need to protect your hard drive from a lot as it can smooth a fall from a 1,000+G very brief, but fatal spike, to well under say a 400G acceleration over enough time to keep it from spiking over the damaging force limit.It would have been nice if these had a metal hing like you see in little tool boxes, but instead it is just a thin piece of flexing plastic. My goal with these are to periodically swap them out with the next backup array, so not too frequent on the opening and closing of them. Hopefully the plastic hinges will last a little while.

I have purchased several packages of these, and use them for quarterly offsite backups with 3.5" hard drives. They have an internal layer for a small amount of padding, but it's mostly there to keep the drive from moving around inside the case. The case closes tightly to prevent moving, and the plastic would protect the drive in case of a drop - a small drop. I have these in an offsite storage location, and retrieve them when the backup rotation calls for it. Overall, these are my favorite hard drive cases.