I ordered the kit from ALLNET.CHINA on February 23, 2020 and received on May 28, 2020.
*Delay due to the Covid-19 empedemic.
Source: Shenzhen, China
Destination: Washington State, U.S.A
I did purchase another QUAD SATA HAT KIT. Although the unit’s price has stayed the same, the shipping price did increase by $7.52.
1st Purchase:
Unit: $99.00
Shipping $19.44
Total: $118.44
2nd Purchase:
Unit: $99.00
Shipping $26.96
Total: $125.96
Second order has shipped!
Status
Pre-Shipment
July 21, 2020 at 2:41 pm
Shipping Label Created, USPS Awaiting Item
COMPTON, CA 90220
YAAY! Order received. Waiting for Hard drives to arrive from Amazon.
Updated September 23, 2020 2020I finally had time to assemble my second unit, and found out that there was an issue. I contacted AllNet China and they assisted in troubleshooting the issue and helped get the issue resolved.
I discovered that AllNet China came out with a black version of the kit. Good thing that the kit was sold out, I might have been waiting for another kit. 😉
I will provide more details, as to my setup and the kit’s performance, in a separate post, as time allows.
Building a RAID5 with four 1TB drives took approximately two hours.
Item Price (items purchased with different vendors)
QUAD SATA Kit for Raspberry PI #1: $118.44
Raspberry PI 4 4GB: $67.05
Unit: $55.00
Shipping: $5.68
Taxes: $6.37
Seagate BarraCuda 1TB x 4: $216.34
$48.99 x 4 = $195.96
Taxes = $20.38
Total Build Price: $401.83
My twin RAID5 towers are complete. I decided to run them with the covers off. With the covers on, seems adds about about 10℃.
I still think that the QUAD SATA Kit for Raspberry is a bargain.
I am not an affiliate or being sponsored (getting paid) by ALLNET.CHINA, but simply providing a review on my purchase.