Introduction

RaidSonic, storage solutions without limits is a well know company dedicated to deliver high quality storage solutions. As a manufacturer RaidSonic has direct influence on the product design, both in the quality and in the optical Design. By the consistent use of high-quality components and materials, the products already took a firm position in market segment elevated by RaidSonic. RaidSonic enjoys a solid reputation for providing consistent quality and reliability. The manufacturer status enables RaidSonic to offer qualified technical support and short response time, not only to the distribution and OEM/EDM partners, but also to the end users.

External hard drives have become a very popular growing market, the need to transfer large amounts of data between locations and PC's is more common than ever, and all of us know that we should backup important data, but so few of us do. RaidSonic has been very active on this market and has solutions in every shape and format. One of these exciting products is the ICY BOX IB-360UE-BL USB 2.0/FireWire external 3.5" drive enclosure, which is part of a growing family of external storage solutions that take advantage of USB 2.0's fast 480Mbit/s bandwidth.

RaidSonic ICY BOX IB-360UE-BL USB/FireWire Series

The ICY BOX IB-360UE-BL arrived in a well designed box that shows the actual design of the enclosed external enclosure. The box reveals quite in detail which ICY BOX model we gotten in our hands and that it can be used on Windows and Mac compatible PC's using the USB and/or FireWire connection. As indicated this is a case for 3.5" hard disks, which is very handy when you want to expand the storage space on your desktop without going through an expensive upgrade.

When looking a bit closer at the package, we can see that RaidSonic hasn't spared much effort to give a good impression of their ICY BOX. And they certainly succeeded. The box is attractive and lists only the main features on the front. What does come handy with this box is that you can actually carry it easily as it comes with a retractable handle. On packaging their products RaidSonic certainly knows their world. It is simple though professional enough to attract potential buyers.

On each side of the box we can find back different details, like the features and specifications as well as the ICY BOX IB-360 series model information. Turning the package around we get to the back of the box. The back of the box is revealing the specifications in more details and also giving some images on the actual external case. The rear of the box has information on the enclosure in 3 different languages. All in all the packaging is well thought out and provides enough info on the product. So we can say that RaidSonic has made an excellent package with lots of information put on the box to make clear what this product is capable of in terms of external storage extension.