External housing for Serial Ultrabay Slim device?

[fgearhart]

I think I'm going to move from my x200 to the X1.  Since that machine doesn't doesn't have an optical drive I'd like to keep my blu-ray/DVD/CD burner - its part # 42T2517 - and access it via USB. 

As near as I can tell Lenovo doesn't manufacture an external housing for these.  The only thing I've found so far is this:

http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/221018241/USB_2_0_EXTERNAL_CASE_FOR.html

Does anyone have any experience with this or know of any other manufacturers that make such a housing?

Thanks for any help!

Fritz

[lead_org Microsoft MVP Contributor]

Most of the manufacturer that manufactures these caddy listed on Alibaba are small companies, and their work varies in quality.

There are no major manufacturer that i know off that do these caddy for the current drives that Lenovo uses.

[fgearhart]

Thanks, I apprecaite your feedback.

I've found a few others online, but they are typically for sale in Europe and never specific my actual model of drive.  Ones like this:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ultraslim-external-Lenovo-UltraBay-optical/dp/B004TR12W0

or

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Caddy-optical-drives-Ultraslim-external/dp/B004T20NDO/ref=sr_1_14?s=computer...