External DVD Drive USB 3.0 Type-C CD Burner Portable CD +/-RW Drive DVD Player for ROM Rewriter Burner Compatible with Laptop Desktop PC Windows MacBook Linux Mac OS

The new job couriers information on DVD, so I needed one of these. I haven't used an optical drive with a laptop for years! Device was found the first time it plugged in. Basic plug-and-play. No drivers needed. It fits the pocket of my laptop bag, so I don't have to be 'at home' to work from home.

Super convenient! Originally ordered because my work laptop didn’t have a CD insert (tech these days) & I needed to view an emergency XRAY disk. Surprisingly it was able to read the disk & I knew how bad my broken bones were. Saved me so much time from being kept in the dark.

Works exactly as advertised! My only complaint is that the cable that connects it is pretty short and hardwired to the drive; fine for laptops (like in the page image) but not really ideal for desktop PCs. Be sure to get a USB extension cable if that's the case.

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I have not used it yet, but I love the fact that everything fits in the case. It has two different USB sizes (regular and C type). It feels sturdy enough and very lightweight. I bought it for travel, and it is going to be handy!

I like the Plug and Play of this product. No downloading and programs or special app. Just plug it into my laptop and it's ready to use.

Works okay for what is needed. Only drawback so far is the USB cable is way to short only about 8 inches and permanently attached (cannot be switched out with longer one). Might be good to use with a laptop, but not a desktop.

Purchase made in April 2023. I was looking for an inexpensive dvd burner drive for my home video/data burning. Looked thru most of the buyer reviews on this drive. About 1/3 of the people gave bad reviews mostly saying the drive didn’t work one way or the other. After considering the Pros (price <$20, slim case, USB 3 with USB C adapter, 2/3 positive reviews) and Con (1/3 bad user experiences and reviews), I have decided to give it a try mostly because I can always return it within the allowed Amazon return policy. The drive was delivered on time. Inside the dvd drive box is a simple instruction manual, the dvd drive and the USB C adapter tuck on the side which when the drive is pulled from the box fell out easily and could be lost if not careful. I immediately did several tests to see if the drive works because of the bad reviews I saw. Test 1: I plug the drive into my win10 laptop USB 2 socket. The drive powered on as expected with the little orange light shown for a short period of time on the front of the drive and Win10 recognized it as a DVD drive and assigned a drive letter to it. I then run a printer installation disc to install the printer driver to my laptop. The driver installed without any issues. So Test 1 passed. Test 2: I plugged the drive into my desktop USB C socket using the USB C adapter that comes with the drive. The little orange light comes on as expected and my desktop Win10 recognize it as a DVD drive and assigned a driver letter to it. I inserted a home video DVD disc I burned with another drive and played the video using the free 5kplayer downloaded from the internet. No issue so Test 2 passed. Test 3: I inserted a blank DVD disc and moved about 2 GB of data onto the blank disc and use the default burning ability that comes with Win10 ( right click on the DVD burner icon in Windows Explorer and select burn to disc) and the data burned on to the DVD at 8x speed without any issue. I verified the data by opening a PDF file on the disc and it opened as expected. so Test 3 passed. It also runs quite compared to the older dvd drive I had in my laptop. Based on the tests I done above, the inexpensive dvd drive works as advertised. Due to the short time I had this drive, no comment on the longevity of the drive. Suggested improvement to the manufacturer. Put a nylon string on the USB C adapter and have the string tie to the USB 3 cable so it will not get lost easily. Many other electronics I saw on the market now that comes with an adapter has done something similar and should not cost much to do for this drive. Overall I will give it 4 stars. If the adapter can be fixed to the usb cable with a nylon tie, I would have given this drive 5 stars. Of course I would also like the cable to be longer but it might not be feasible to maintain the compactness of the drive. So this is just a want not something against the manufacturer.