In my experience using it, it's been a good dock. Just make sure you plug in the power adapter, because I forgot to do that at first (cord was out of sight and I though I had already plugged it in) and it does nothing without power! The light on the front of it is somewhat bright blue, not horrible but it may bother some. Most of the negatives I hear from others have to do with the drive ejector software, so if you plan on plugging drives into the dock and swapping it between computers a lot maybe steer clear?