Rioddas External CD Drive, USB 3.0 Portable CD/DVD +/-RW Drive Slim DVD/CD ROM Rewriter Burner for Laptop Desktop PC Windows and Linux OS Apple Mac Macbook Pro

Having recently had to buy a new laptop I found most do not come with a built in CD drive anymore, so I needed to get an external one for playing CD's DVDs and also buringing/ripping my own CDs, and I saw this one on offer. I haven't used this brand before so I wasn't sure what to expect, but honestly I'm really impressed! The item itself is small, slim and lightweight but pretty surdy, and the connecting cable that is attached tucks neatly away underneath when you are not using it, so it;s easy to take with you and doesn't take up much room. I keep mine in my laptop bag. It doesn't say so on the box but it works perfectly with Windows 11 too. You literally plug it in via USB cable (there is an extra cable so you can use both types of USB port) and it starts to work right away (the correct screen comes on for what you are using it for). I've tested it out playing my discs but also burning and ripping CDs and it's super easy to use, it does the job quickly, records and plays perfectly and the sound quality is excellent. I'm not great with tech usually to be fair but using this was no problem for me. I would definitely buy again and happily recommend if you are looking for a no fuss great quality external CD drive.

I have used this for ripping CDs and it has done a great job. Perfect .wav copies in no time at all. Also played CDs on it through my laptop and headphones and sound is good. Whilst the tray is fairly flimsy, with care it does a solid job. The ability to tidy the connecting cable underneath the machine is a nice feature and the separate extra cable to plug into a power source is very useful should you need a bit more power. Was glad I purchased this machine and at such a good price, I recommend it.

This is my initial review, based solely on using it for playing comercially made movie dvds and music cds - have not yet tried to write to a disc with it, so cannot comment on write speed. Will update, if I have issues with that later on down the line. It was recognised immediately by my win 11 laptop, and worked perfectly for those two types of uses. Playablility excellant. Extra software only needed for dvd movie playback. (Which i had already installed on the laptop.) The attached lead is stupidly short, and my laptop is on a stand, which puts its rear (where the usb ports are) quite high in the air, so initially this drive was dangling in mid air. Not good long term for either it, or my poor usb port. Luckily I could solve that with a usb extender., and it still works just as well attached to that. I did not need to use the included power cable as an extra power source which is just as well, as that is stupidly short too, and I would not have been able to use it. These short leads (especially the attached usb) are my reason for dropping a star. Build quality seems reasonable, at this point. Only time will tell. Its a nice, slim, lightweight, good looking drive. The weak point may be the tray as that seems a little flimsy compared to others I have used. The open/close button worked fine. So far, am happy with it.

This external CD drive worked perfectly. I used it to retrieve old photos from CDs and transfer them onto USB drives, and it worked without any issues. It’s plug and play with USB and easy to use, and reads discs quickly. Overall a very handy drive if you need to access old CDs on modern computers.

We were not sure whether to buy this item as we had not heard of the manufacturer but with hindsight we are pleased that we went ahead. We have lots of old DVD's and CD's but were not able to access their content until now. The device is compact, the quality is good and although it comes with instructions it basically plugs into the usb-A socket of a laptop and that's about it! We like that it doesn't need a separate source of power and little touches like how the usb cable folds away neatly into the back of the device when not in use, very clever. We have not tried copying files to a DVD, no doubt it will do so but also this is 2026 and there are better options for saving files than using DVD's.

Rioddas External CD drive, is good value for money works perfectly well on my PC and looks good, picture quality is also Sharp and good sound quality very happy with this product worth getting.

The product is fine, it reads CDs (which is all I use it for, not tried DVDs or Blu ray). But I use it with a laptop, quite often not on a nice flat surface or with a conventient place to put the CD player. So the short leadmeans it sits on the laptop next to the mousepad. Its OK for short periods but it the CD player gets in the way if its being used for any longer length of time. Product is fine, it stows away neatly, it works with the USB ports (power and data through a single cable so only takes up 1 port), it plays/rips my CDs, and another 6 inches of lead and it would be 5 stars its a minor irritant that would disappear if I worked off a desk or table top... but I dodnt and with a few more inches it could sit on the table top thats just out of reach with the short lead its got now. Ultimately I got it because the integral CD/DVD player in the laptop stopped working, the Rioddas will do but its helping to push me to get the internal drive replaced. then it will be a useful temporary backup kept for the future! UPDATE 18 months later - when I got it I was vaguely suspicious of the durability of the USB connector cable as it "rotates" or bends into the storage slot underneath the players body. sure enough after a year I started needing to jiggle the rotate/bend point to get the CD player to power up. The jiggling required can be anything from 5 sseonds to 3 minutes and it needs very gentle handling once it has powered so as not to disturb the cable. The cable connectors inside the CD player body have probably come lost a connection or the cable itself has broken where it bends for storage. It a pretty obvious point of failure due to the constant movement of the cable from where it stows to its powered up state. design fault but on a relatively cheap item I cant complain too much.

Bought this with the main purpose of being able to rip my audio CDs to mp3 so I can listen on my phone. Device was very easy to get working; a short (approx 10cm), hard-wired USB 3.0 cable provides enough power for the unit to run and after a few seconds it showed up as expected in Windows 11. There is an option to connect a Micro USB cable to supply additional power should you only have USB 2.0 options. At the time of writing, I haven't run any speed tests on it or tried writing to a DVD/CD, but it took approx 10min to rip a 50min audio CD. For the price, I'm happy with it's performance & it's nice and compact so can easily stashed away when not in use. Only reason I'm not giving this 5 stars is that the tray itself does feel slightly fragile but I don't think this will be an issue unless you're heavy-handed.