Customer Rating: 
Summary: Disc Stakka
Comment: Easy to use with provided software. Somewhat limited as to use with a database such as Collectorz Movie database. Very dependable unit on the whole. Definitely plan on purchasing more units (3 so far) in the very near future.
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After having bought 3 of the Disc Stakkas and having major issues with 1 and beginning to have issues with another, I have come to the conclusion of NOT buying any further units. I may just go back to soft sided CD cases and a pen and paper. Totally disappointed with the Stakkas. Royal pain to remove discs from a failed unit. I have to keep one unit with the cover off just to be able to spin the unit for a "reset". First unit I bought is still working fine though. 3rd unit just sits there with the green LED lit. My advice: if you have the time to fiddle with them, get them. If not, run away FAST! Time to try Ziotec again!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Started well, dies quickly
Comment: After not using the unit for quite a bit of time, I plugged them back in and surprise! they no longer eject discs. My discs are trapped in the unit. You have to unscrew and pull it apart to get them out. It appears a cheap little rubber belt gets loose and your SOL. Thanks Imation!
Customer Rating:
Summary: worked fine until it jammed
Comment: nice device, rather noisy but you will probalby get past that.
It is now in limbo, jammed and will not eject a disk. Since the warranty is over, I'll have to open it up and see what's up.
Suspect I'll wait until a reasonably priced version that reads the CD/DVD rather then using the device in the machine and then replace it.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Good Idea, if it worked
Comment: The first sign there was a problem was the date on the drivers, 2005. There has been no R&D for 3 years, clearly Imation is not interested in solving some glaring problems. First Disk we slid in caused the unit to lock up. After a reboot I was able to remove the disk and continue with a couple more disks, then it ignored the 4th disk meaning we couldn't enter any information and worst of all, no way to eject the disk. After running a utility that comes with the software, it did not find the lost disks and then marked the remaining disks as problem disks, meaning we could not eject any other the other disks. We had to unscrew the top to remove the disks. It went back for a refund.
The good news is this happened on early on and not the 100th disk.
Customer Rating:
Summary: STOP! After several months the CD's do NOT eject reliably, then your CD's are trapped inside!
Comment: We bought two of these for the office. They worked great for a few weeks, but then one of them stopped ejecting the CD's reliably. You'd have to tell it to eject about five or six times before the CD would finally come out. It got progressively worse and started requiring ten tries for an ejection. Finally it stopped ejecting no matter how many times you tried. Imagine this true story:
"Hey, can I get the Adobe training CD"
"No, sorry they're trapped in this broken library"
I called support. They gave me a brand new unit. It worked great for a few weeks, and then began having the exact same problem!! ARGH! THEN my SECOND unit started having the same issues. Frustrated, I called support again. It turns out that the problem is with the belts that run the mechanism(s). They stretch out over time, and then they begin slipping. When they slip, they are no longer able to grab the disk to push it through he 'gate'. Because I'm a technician of sorts, I convinced Imation them to send me a handful of replacement belts. That way, I could just replace the belts when the unit stopped working. You too can do this if you're handy, but it honestly takes the better part of an hour. After replacing ALL of the belts in BOTH of my units, it worked GREAT!! ...For about a month before it started having the exact same problem. I have given up!!
Today I finally finished moving all of my CD's to a Caftek ddo-50 (the same as the Dacal CD-300). I've been using that unit at home for several years and it's been great! Perfectly reliable! Tonight after work we are all going to have a ceremonial burning of our two Stakka units in the parking lot of our office. You're welcome to come and help, but you must bring your own matches. :-)
Summary: Disc Stakka
Comment: Easy to use with provided software. Somewhat limited as to use with a database such as Collectorz Movie database. Very dependable unit on the whole. Definitely plan on purchasing more units (3 so far) in the very near future.
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After having bought 3 of the Disc Stakkas and having major issues with 1 and beginning to have issues with another, I have come to the conclusion of NOT buying any further units. I may just go back to soft sided CD cases and a pen and paper. Totally disappointed with the Stakkas. Royal pain to remove discs from a failed unit. I have to keep one unit with the cover off just to be able to spin the unit for a "reset". First unit I bought is still working fine though. 3rd unit just sits there with the green LED lit. My advice: if you have the time to fiddle with them, get them. If not, run away FAST! Time to try Ziotec again!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Started well, dies quickly
Comment: After not using the unit for quite a bit of time, I plugged them back in and surprise! they no longer eject discs. My discs are trapped in the unit. You have to unscrew and pull it apart to get them out. It appears a cheap little rubber belt gets loose and your SOL. Thanks Imation!
Customer Rating:
Summary: worked fine until it jammed
Comment: nice device, rather noisy but you will probalby get past that.
It is now in limbo, jammed and will not eject a disk. Since the warranty is over, I'll have to open it up and see what's up.
Suspect I'll wait until a reasonably priced version that reads the CD/DVD rather then using the device in the machine and then replace it.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Good Idea, if it worked
Comment: The first sign there was a problem was the date on the drivers, 2005. There has been no R&D for 3 years, clearly Imation is not interested in solving some glaring problems. First Disk we slid in caused the unit to lock up. After a reboot I was able to remove the disk and continue with a couple more disks, then it ignored the 4th disk meaning we couldn't enter any information and worst of all, no way to eject the disk. After running a utility that comes with the software, it did not find the lost disks and then marked the remaining disks as problem disks, meaning we could not eject any other the other disks. We had to unscrew the top to remove the disks. It went back for a refund.
The good news is this happened on early on and not the 100th disk.
Customer Rating:
Summary: STOP! After several months the CD's do NOT eject reliably, then your CD's are trapped inside!
Comment: We bought two of these for the office. They worked great for a few weeks, but then one of them stopped ejecting the CD's reliably. You'd have to tell it to eject about five or six times before the CD would finally come out. It got progressively worse and started requiring ten tries for an ejection. Finally it stopped ejecting no matter how many times you tried. Imagine this true story:
"Hey, can I get the Adobe training CD"
"No, sorry they're trapped in this broken library"
I called support. They gave me a brand new unit. It worked great for a few weeks, and then began having the exact same problem!! ARGH! THEN my SECOND unit started having the same issues. Frustrated, I called support again. It turns out that the problem is with the belts that run the mechanism(s). They stretch out over time, and then they begin slipping. When they slip, they are no longer able to grab the disk to push it through he 'gate'. Because I'm a technician of sorts, I convinced Imation them to send me a handful of replacement belts. That way, I could just replace the belts when the unit stopped working. You too can do this if you're handy, but it honestly takes the better part of an hour. After replacing ALL of the belts in BOTH of my units, it worked GREAT!! ...For about a month before it started having the exact same problem. I have given up!!
Today I finally finished moving all of my CD's to a Caftek ddo-50 (the same as the Dacal CD-300). I've been using that unit at home for several years and it's been great! Perfectly reliable! Tonight after work we are all going to have a ceremonial burning of our two Stakka units in the parking lot of our office. You're welcome to come and help, but you must bring your own matches. :-)