--- product_id: 48339067 title: "KANEX Thunderbolt to eSATA with USB 3.0 Adapter" brand: "kanex" price: "FREE" currency: GBP in_stock: false reviews_count: 8 url: https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/48339067-kanex-thunderbolt-to-esata-with-usb-3-0-adapter store_origin: GB region: United Kingdom --- # Thunderbolt speed eSATA support USB 3.0 connectivity KANEX Thunderbolt to eSATA with USB 3.0 Adapter **Brand:** kanex **Price:** FREE **Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock ## Summary > ⚡ Connect with Confidence: Elevate Your Data Game! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** KANEX Thunderbolt to eSATA with USB 3.0 Adapter by kanex - **How much does it cost?** FREE with free shipping - **Is it available?** Currently out of stock - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.uk](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/48339067-kanex-thunderbolt-to-esata-with-usb-3-0-adapter) ## Best For - kanex enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted kanex brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Future-Proof Your Setup:** Stay ahead of the curve with cutting-edge connectivity that supports your evolving tech needs. - • **Dual Connectivity Options:** Seamlessly connect to eSATA and USB 3.0 devices for versatile data management. - • **Plug-and-Play Convenience:** No drivers needed—just plug it in and start transferring your data instantly. - • **Sleek and Professional Design:** The elegant black finish complements any workspace, making it a stylish addition. - • **Unleash Lightning-Fast Transfers:** Experience data transfer speeds up to 10 Gbps with Thunderbolt technology. ## Overview The KANEX Thunderbolt to eSATA with USB 3.0 Adapter offers a powerful solution for professionals seeking high-speed data transfer and versatile connectivity options. With its sleek design and plug-and-play functionality, this adapter is perfect for enhancing your tech setup. ## Description Product Description Kanex Thunderbolt to eSATA + USB 3.0 Adapter Box Contains Kanex Thunderbolt to eSATA + USB 3.0 Adapter Review: Use good quality kit if you want the best from this product - Mac Mini Server mid 2011 SSD main boot disk. Works extremely well on eSATA with a very fast transfer rate. Applied an EasyAcc USB 3.0 hub to the USB port and attached an SSD. Transfer from SSD disk, of a 720mb file to an attached USB 3 external SSD disk, did not even register the time delay/time taken. It just appeared as a copied file in what looked like under one second. Attaching a USB 2.0 external drive, via the USB 3.0 hub... well something went wrong. The external disk did not appear on on the attached disks list. Tried another two similar external USB 2.0 attached disks and got the same result. Power light looked OK on the external disk housing but nothing showing in Finder etc. Direct connection to main board USB 2.0 ports would normally show these disks. It might be a problem of the USB 3.0 hub, or a standards problem with the USB 2.0 external disk adaptors. I cut out the hub and went direct USB 2.0 external disk to USB 3.0 port and this still gave the same result, nothing appearing. I do not think that this problem is a result of this KANEX adaptor. The USB 2.0 external hard disk adaptors were of poorer quality/brand. I next used a USB 3.0 external box from ICY BOX and they are good at what they do. It worked instantly. Another USB 2.0 external disk drive worked. So I have three poor quality external disk drive housing that are faulted when connected to USB 3.0 but one ICY BOX external 3.0 adaptor that is just fantastic. Go with reputable equipment and this adaptor is extremely good. I do not think that you could go any faster in your disk transfers if you did eSATA SSD attached disk and SSD from your main machine. Lower quality, or slow, attached disk products give problems in El Capitan so my best advice is to purchase the best quality and this is one of them. Review: The Drive Matters, it boots - I have just bought this to use with a 2011 Macbook Pro, I've took the disk from a seagate slimline external drive 2 TB with a SATA3 6GB interface and used that for the internal drive and the 500GB drive is now in the external usb3 case. I've also tested with a 4 TB seagate expansion drive all are formatted as hsf+ I've bench marked with black magics disk speed test using the 5 GB file. These are spinning hard drives and not capable of reaching full speed of the interface a SSD drive probably would be many times faster. ok so my results the internal 2.5" gave 100 MB/s read & write my 500GB in the slimline case gave around 25 MB/s write and about 40 MB/s read on the USB 2 ports on the usb3 interface this became 100MB/s read and write pretty much the same as the internal Sata drive The 4 TB seagate Expansion drive on the usb3 interface gave around 70 MB/s read and write. So it appears that drive speed limits the interface matching the internal Sata III is about as good a result as I could hope for. The interface wasn't limiting the drive. The Seagate expansion drive is a slower drive its designed for doing backups , not editing video... I'm pretty happy with a 4x speed up over USB 2 and I would rate firewire800 as about 2x faster than USB 2 Faster drives would give better results... IPad transfers are faster too. The downside you can't boot from the usb port, some people claim to have booted from the esata port the manufacturer says this isn't possible. Its possible to use an iPad as a second display on a mac this should work better over usb3. part 2 booting. My late 2011 Macbook pro does not see a USB3 attached Hard drive at boot time so booting is limited to the USB 2 ports and speeds or firewire which is twice as fast as usb2. However there is the esata port, esata is not the same as esatap. Esata-P provides power as well as a Sata connection in one port. We don't have this we have esata only and a usb3 port so for a 2.5" Sata drive you need an adapter cable which has a standard laptop drive connector at the drive end and 2 tails (one usb the other esata) the USB port is just used for power. Good news is that the drive connected by esata is recognised at boot time (unlike the usb3 which isn't). Using the blackmagic Speedtest I'm getting about 44MB/s this is just an old 200GB Drive I have knocking around. This drive may be slow and there may be a driver needed still better than usb2.0 but not that much better. Ok that was disappointing wasn't it. So I went back to the 500GB drive i used earlier for the USB3 test and popped that back out of the seagate slimline case. Connected that with my ESata cable and ran the black magic Speed test. The result 101.5 MB/s read and write or pretty much the same as the USB3 test result i got last week. So the drive matters, if you use esata you can boot from the drive (but currently i'm now using a bare drive) If I want to use a 3.5" Sata drive i'm going to need 12 volts to power it. On the other hand an SSD is another option which will be faster and not need separate power. External displays well i can connect to my apple tv wirelessly but using my one and only thunderbolt port i cant use my mini displayport adater to dvi/ hdmi /vga. On the other hand i've had 2 1080p displays connected at work via the usb3 port and a dell docking station giving 3 displays. I have also picked up an elgato thunderbolt dock with 2 thunderbolt ports also has 3 usb3 gigabit ethernet and a hdmi port and audio ports. I can't boot from that though. OK I just tried daisy chaining through this. The good news it still boots but the speed test result was around 84Mbit a second read/write down from around 100 Mbit a second however booting internally gave me the 100 Mbit via usb3 So this device is good for fast booting an external drive and it gets you into the USB3 eco system. If it had a second thunderbolt port it would be perfect. it's a good size for my laptop bag and thats not happening with the elgado dock which has a power brick bigger than this adapter. This product is a bit of a niche product get a later mac and you have USB 3 but locked down hardware. If you have an iMac then this is a good option if you don't want to take the screen out to upgrade the boot drive. Cable is a bit short i'd probably velcro it to the back of the iMac. If you have a macbook with thunderbolt as well as the iMac you can take this drive with you. If you have an iPad duet display works well on USB3 in Sierra you can also have the touchbar on the iPad even if your mac doesn't have that with an iPad Pro you can use the apple pencil. You can also use the iPad as a midi controller handy for lightroom or audio use. There are some adapters to convert usb3 to usb C another possibility to break out ... I now have a Samsung Ssd 850 Evo 250 Gb and the speed up from a hdd is quite impressive attached to E-Sata 348 write and 374 read. Over all this Dongle was worth it. Hopefully you now have a good view of what this dongle can and can't do. ## Features - Kanex Thunderbolt/eSATA + USB 3.0. Connector 1: Thunderbolt, Connector 2: eSATA + USB 3.0. Colour of product: Black - Reliable Product - Brilliant Design ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | ASIN | B00LOLBBQQ | | Brand Name | Kanex | | Colour | Black | | Compatible Devices | 27-inch, Apple Thunderbolt Display (No USB 3.0), Mac mini (Mid 2011), Mac mini with Thunderbolt (No USB 3.0), MacBook Air (11-inch, Mid 2011), MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2011), MacBook Pro (13-inch, Early 2011), MacBook Pro (13-inch, Late 2011), MacBook Pro (15-inch, Early 2011), MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2011), MacBook Pro (17-inch, Early 2011), MacBook Pro (17-inch, Late 2011), MacBook with Thun… | | Connector Type | USB 3.0 | | Current Rating | 13 Amps | | Customer Reviews | 4.1 4.1 out of 5 stars (691) | | Global Trade Identification Number | 07426800691652 | | Item Dimensions | 5.1 x 7.6 x 2.5 centimetres | | Item Weight | 45 Grams | | Manufacturer | KANEX | | Manufacturer Part Number | KTU10 | | Model Number | KTU10 | | Number of Items | 1 | | Number of Ports | 3 | | Package Quantity | 1 | | Power Plug Type | No Plug | | Product Finish Type | Matte | | UPC | 814556010013 814556017173 | | Unit Count | 1.0 count | | Warranty Type | Limited | ## Product Details - **Brand:** Kanex - **Colour:** Black - **Connector type:** USB 3.0 - **Item dimensions L x W x H:** 5.1 x 7.6 x 2.5 centimetres ## Images ![KANEX Thunderbolt to eSATA with USB 3.0 Adapter - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71uQXtpXu9L.jpg) ![KANEX Thunderbolt to eSATA with USB 3.0 Adapter - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71A3uo3FtlL.jpg) ![KANEX Thunderbolt to eSATA with USB 3.0 Adapter - Image 3](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41GxHYMH7kL.jpg) ## Questions & Answers **Q: Did anybody measure the USB 3.0 or the eSATA performance?** A: I averaged between 600 MB/s and 625 MB/s on the USB port with a Toshiba external USB 3.0 optical drive. My MacBook Pro backup is an eSata RAID-1 with monitoring software; the monitoring software is telling me that I'm pushing 625 MB/s. One thing I've noticed is that the KTU10 tends to run on the very "warm" side with an eSata device attacked. Other than that, the Kanex KTU10 performs better than I expected. **Q: Does this adapter support eSata port multiplication? I am trying to connect an iMac to a drive tower with five jbod drives.** A: I distinctly remember it working back on Sierra with my 2012 MacBook Pro. Today on High Sierra and Mojave it's a no go. The adapter is recognized, the USB port works, but the eSATA 5 drive enclosure that used to work with it no longer does. **Q: Can the eSATA and USB3 ports be used simultaneously, or must they be used one at a time?** A: They can be both used at the same time, in fact I just copied a 10GB folder from an eSATA drive to a USB3.0 one at about 60MBps - About two minutes - (the drives are 3TB and 4TB respectively, and very full, so maybe that affected the speed performance.) There is, however, a difference in read and write speed, specially in the eSATA vs firewire800 department. (The 3TB is a FW800+eSATA Lacie Quadra) Hope it helps! **Q: Will this work for a elgato hd60s game recorder. my 2012 imac doesn't have usb 3.0 ?** A: This will take your thunderbolt port and give you USB 3.0 on you 2012 iMac. I did this to a 2011 21.5" iMac and have had absolutely zero problems. It was recognized immediately and have had no connectivity issues with a Seagate 8TB USB 3.0 HDD for movies using Plex. The HD60S does not have a USB A port. it has USB-C. You would need to get an additional USB-A to USB-C cable here on Amazon with this and it should work. However, I'm not a gamer. the operative work is "should" you would need to check if the HD60S is interoperable with Macs. doing a quick google the 2012 iMac had Ivy Bridge CPU's which are 3rd gen CPU's for the core i* series. HD60S requires a minimum of 4th gen CPU's. YMMV but I would say it's not a good fit for your Mac. ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Use good quality kit if you want the best from this product *by I***E on 19 March 2016* Mac Mini Server mid 2011 SSD main boot disk. Works extremely well on eSATA with a very fast transfer rate. Applied an EasyAcc USB 3.0 hub to the USB port and attached an SSD. Transfer from SSD disk, of a 720mb file to an attached USB 3 external SSD disk, did not even register the time delay/time taken. It just appeared as a copied file in what looked like under one second. Attaching a USB 2.0 external drive, via the USB 3.0 hub... well something went wrong. The external disk did not appear on on the attached disks list. Tried another two similar external USB 2.0 attached disks and got the same result. Power light looked OK on the external disk housing but nothing showing in Finder etc. Direct connection to main board USB 2.0 ports would normally show these disks. It might be a problem of the USB 3.0 hub, or a standards problem with the USB 2.0 external disk adaptors. I cut out the hub and went direct USB 2.0 external disk to USB 3.0 port and this still gave the same result, nothing appearing. I do not think that this problem is a result of this KANEX adaptor. The USB 2.0 external hard disk adaptors were of poorer quality/brand. I next used a USB 3.0 external box from ICY BOX and they are good at what they do. It worked instantly. Another USB 2.0 external disk drive worked. So I have three poor quality external disk drive housing that are faulted when connected to USB 3.0 but one ICY BOX external 3.0 adaptor that is just fantastic. Go with reputable equipment and this adaptor is extremely good. I do not think that you could go any faster in your disk transfers if you did eSATA SSD attached disk and SSD from your main machine. Lower quality, or slow, attached disk products give problems in El Capitan so my best advice is to purchase the best quality and this is one of them. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Drive Matters, it boots *by B***Y on 1 November 2018* I have just bought this to use with a 2011 Macbook Pro, I've took the disk from a seagate slimline external drive 2 TB with a SATA3 6GB interface and used that for the internal drive and the 500GB drive is now in the external usb3 case. I've also tested with a 4 TB seagate expansion drive all are formatted as hsf+ I've bench marked with black magics disk speed test using the 5 GB file. These are spinning hard drives and not capable of reaching full speed of the interface a SSD drive probably would be many times faster. ok so my results the internal 2.5" gave 100 MB/s read & write my 500GB in the slimline case gave around 25 MB/s write and about 40 MB/s read on the USB 2 ports on the usb3 interface this became 100MB/s read and write pretty much the same as the internal Sata drive The 4 TB seagate Expansion drive on the usb3 interface gave around 70 MB/s read and write. So it appears that drive speed limits the interface matching the internal Sata III is about as good a result as I could hope for. The interface wasn't limiting the drive. The Seagate expansion drive is a slower drive its designed for doing backups , not editing video... I'm pretty happy with a 4x speed up over USB 2 and I would rate firewire800 as about 2x faster than USB 2 Faster drives would give better results... IPad transfers are faster too. The downside you can't boot from the usb port, some people claim to have booted from the esata port the manufacturer says this isn't possible. Its possible to use an iPad as a second display on a mac this should work better over usb3. part 2 booting. My late 2011 Macbook pro does not see a USB3 attached Hard drive at boot time so booting is limited to the USB 2 ports and speeds or firewire which is twice as fast as usb2. However there is the esata port, esata is not the same as esatap. Esata-P provides power as well as a Sata connection in one port. We don't have this we have esata only and a usb3 port so for a 2.5" Sata drive you need an adapter cable which has a standard laptop drive connector at the drive end and 2 tails (one usb the other esata) the USB port is just used for power. Good news is that the drive connected by esata is recognised at boot time (unlike the usb3 which isn't). Using the blackmagic Speedtest I'm getting about 44MB/s this is just an old 200GB Drive I have knocking around. This drive may be slow and there may be a driver needed still better than usb2.0 but not that much better. Ok that was disappointing wasn't it. So I went back to the 500GB drive i used earlier for the USB3 test and popped that back out of the seagate slimline case. Connected that with my ESata cable and ran the black magic Speed test. The result 101.5 MB/s read and write or pretty much the same as the USB3 test result i got last week. So the drive matters, if you use esata you can boot from the drive (but currently i'm now using a bare drive) If I want to use a 3.5" Sata drive i'm going to need 12 volts to power it. On the other hand an SSD is another option which will be faster and not need separate power. External displays well i can connect to my apple tv wirelessly but using my one and only thunderbolt port i cant use my mini displayport adater to dvi/ hdmi /vga. On the other hand i've had 2 1080p displays connected at work via the usb3 port and a dell docking station giving 3 displays. I have also picked up an elgato thunderbolt dock with 2 thunderbolt ports also has 3 usb3 gigabit ethernet and a hdmi port and audio ports. I can't boot from that though. OK I just tried daisy chaining through this. The good news it still boots but the speed test result was around 84Mbit a second read/write down from around 100 Mbit a second however booting internally gave me the 100 Mbit via usb3 So this device is good for fast booting an external drive and it gets you into the USB3 eco system. If it had a second thunderbolt port it would be perfect. it's a good size for my laptop bag and thats not happening with the elgado dock which has a power brick bigger than this adapter. This product is a bit of a niche product get a later mac and you have USB 3 but locked down hardware. If you have an iMac then this is a good option if you don't want to take the screen out to upgrade the boot drive. Cable is a bit short i'd probably velcro it to the back of the iMac. If you have a macbook with thunderbolt as well as the iMac you can take this drive with you. If you have an iPad duet display works well on USB3 in Sierra you can also have the touchbar on the iPad even if your mac doesn't have that with an iPad Pro you can use the apple pencil. You can also use the iPad as a midi controller handy for lightroom or audio use. There are some adapters to convert usb3 to usb C another possibility to break out ... I now have a Samsung Ssd 850 Evo 250 Gb and the speed up from a hdd is quite impressive attached to E-Sata 348 write and 374 read. Over all this Dongle was worth it. Hopefully you now have a good view of what this dongle can and can't do. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Works well, saves money *by C***M on 28 September 2014* This really does work. I timed it as 9 times faster than my USB2 and about the same as thunderbolt. I daisy-chained it from my 6TB La Cie external working drive with no problem and backed up 3TB of movie files to an external storage HD. It took a bit over 4 hours, would have taken a day and a half with USB2! It would be fast enough to use it as a working video drive for NL editing. Using it on an iMac with Thunderbolt but no USB 3, so perfect solution. Instead of having to buy expensive Thunderbolt drives, I can now use much cheaper USB 3 external drives for storage. Only 4 stars so far as I have only had it a few days and don't know about build quality. No reason to suspect it won't last, who knows, but it has already saved me money. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/48339067-kanex-thunderbolt-to-esata-with-usb-3-0-adapter](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/48339067-kanex-thunderbolt-to-esata-with-usb-3-0-adapter) --- *Product available on Desertcart United Kingdom* *Store origin: GB* *Last updated: 2026-05-21*