CY eSATA to USB C Cable USB Type C Male Host to eSATA eSATAp HDD Cable for Laptop PC

Purchased this to give faster access to some older LaCie external hard drives that I originally accessed with firewire but which I was now having to use with USB2 giving a disappointing 35MB/S throughput.Took the chenyang CY USB 3.0 to eSATA Adapter out of the bag, plugged one end in to a USB port on my Dell (Win 11) and the other end into a LaCie drive and straight away the drive was recognized and I was getting about 170MB/S (on my fastest LaCie - slower on my oldest drive but that's not a problem with the adapter). The product claims 5Gb/S (625MB/s) so I am in no way pushing its claimed max capability with my use but it's doing exactly what I need so very happy with it. Note that my drives all use separate external power so I didn't test power transfer through the adapter at all - I don't need it.

I bought this cable to connect my 10 year old G-Raid drives (which only have e-sata and firewire ports) to a modern laptop (USB-C). It works fine. The drives need to have their own power supply of course.

I needed mine to work with a USB-A female to female adaptor but that cabling arrangement didn't work. Can't say if this cable as the problem or something else.Also the issue might be that I needed a standard eSata and not a 'Power over eSata' which this is. The product title doesn't reflect this. A newbie like myself wouldn't be able to figure this out with the vague images and description that hints at the difference.

Connected the eSATA to my external hard drive and then the usb-c to mac but the drive thens not recognised.

bought to use with my Mac Studio M1 and connect to WD studio ii drive.It does NOT work! makes my computer hang, makes wifi stop working, and can't return as its been more than 30 days! (I was moving house and so didn't get a chance to try it until id re setup my computer in my new office!) Poor - DO NOT BUY, amazon won't help, company who supplied cable won't help. STAY WELL AWAY