CONCLUSION

   The strange thing about this review is not so much that we're testing a product made by a manufacturer unknown to most of you but the fact that we've been using HDD docking stations for years now and unfortunately not even once did we fall on one made by them. Sure the CR-H236 is not a fancy device and build quality is not the best possible but it's compact, outperforms every HDD docking station we've used to date (especially with UASP enabled) and can also clone drives quite faster. Unfortunately we're not even close to what I’d call acceptable since you still need roughly 6 hours to clone a 3TB drive 100% filled with data to the very last byte but since this is a standalone feature that doesn't require a PC it can still come in handy. Overall we enjoyed testing the CR-H236 although i have to admit that we still don't know how the separate power buttons work (or if they even exist since this feature was only listed online) so we may update this review after hearing back from CineRAID.

   CineRAID products are not listed inside the EU and as we speak your best chance in finding them inside the USA is directly from their website which currently lists the CR-H236 for USD79.99 a price which is not bad at all if you take into account the performance difference with other similar models. Of course HDD docking stations may be very easy to use but they do leave the drive unprotected so in some ways a closed enclosure would be better but this has a lot to do with the number of drives you need to have access to at any given time. In the end however nothing beats the simplicity of HDD docking stations and since the CR-H236 is the fastest one in our charts and can also be used to clone drives (again faster than any other in our charts) it gets our Platinum Award.

PROS

- Overall Build Quality
- Compact Size
- Top of the Charts Performance
- USB 3.0 & UASP
- Dual Docking Station
- One Button Drive Cloning
- Price (For Some)

CONS

- Again Cloning Procedure Takes Long To Complete