Before I post too much more, I want to be clear, I do not have a USB Stabilizer. But I can see that it is a very valuable device, and if someone had the money, it could/would be a good investment. It is a great, if not excellent tool. Now that I have that out of the way...
When it comes to power cycles (and resets), yes, that is great. But when the drive is having issues, it can lock up even the best OS. Without the ability to set a timeout, you are stuck with what the OS does. The USB Stabilizer handles the timeouts internally, so the OS does not even see it. That is why it would be superior over an external relay system using the OS for reading. That means the USB Stabilizer can do amazing things when trying to read an unstable device through the OS. That is why it is great.
The direct mode of HDDSuperClone takes it a bit farther, and removes the OS from the equation. Once in the direct USB mode, the OS does not see the drive, which keeps it from trying to read it, and allows HDDSuperClone the opportunity to clone/image it (or access it through the virtual driver mode). It handles the timeouts, and allows for using an external relay to power cycle the drive without the OS being involved. But at this time it can’t handle SD card readers (that is on the to do bucket list).
And wow, that Yepkit USB Switchable Hub looks great, and it works with Linux! I might have to buy one of those to play with. I will put that on the bucket list.
For the most part, the USB Stabilizer can be better than HDDSuperClone, with the simple fact that it works with all attached devices (as far as I know), and works with Windows, which is what everyone uses. But there is one case where I do know the Direct USB mode of HDDSuperClone would be superior, and that is working with a slow responding WD USB drive without converting to SATA. It allows the ability to increase the cluster size to a point that greatly speeds up the cloning. Try that with the USB Stabilizer
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