Recommend a Hard Drive Dock?

[Palanan]

My old MacBook Pro finally died, and at the Mac store one of the employees used a “sled,” as he called it, to access the hard drive once he’d pulled it.

I still have the hard drive, and since it seems to be working itself, I’d like a dock or sled to connect it to my new MacBook. But the world of docks and sleds is new to me. Can anyone recommend a dock that’s reasonably priced and reliable?

[gomipile]

As a recovery tool, I like this enclosure from Sabrent:

https://www.amazon.com/Sabrent-External-Lay-Flat-Docking-EC-DFLT/dp/B00LS5NFQ2/

The reason I like it is that it is easy to use with either 3.5" or 2.5" drives. It's a great tool to keep on hand. Also, it's USB 3.0, so recoveries go pretty fast.

[Palanan]

Okay, I appreciate the suggestion. From the reviews it seems reasonably popular.

Is there any reason to prefer an enclosure over the vertical-mounting sled?

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[gomipile]

Okay, I appreciate the suggestion. From the reviews it seems reasonably popular.

Is there any reason to prefer an enclosure over the vertical-mounting sled?

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The enclosure can be used with any computer with a USB port (preferably, but not necessarily 3.0) for accessing the hard drive.