Chinese REDMAG 1.8" Reader (MicroB-USB 3.0) for DSMC1 / DSMC2

[Martin von Kuttenberg]

hello anybody have some experience with those chinese / ebay redmag 1.8" SSD readers when there are not any original RED readers left for sale? are those chinese usable?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/174028125823

RED STATION REDMAG 1.8" Reader (MicroB-USB 3.0) for DSMC1 / DSMC2

 

[Mike P.]

At $126, I'd opt for a used official one (which are usually ~$100)... But since REDmags use regular SATA, it should work fine (there's no reverse engineering going on or anything, it's just adapting the physical connector to USB).

 

[Adrian Weinbrecht]

Hi Martin

We bought one of these and so far it seems to work fine and is very convenient as it uses USB instead of eSata. We also have the Red eSata versions, but we don’t tend to use them any more. If I could buy new from Red I would, I might even buy a 2nd one of these. We have 2x Red Dragons I’ve owned since new and the image is still stunning.

Hope this helps

best

Adrian