Hagibis USB-C Hub with Dual Hard Drive Enclosure, Type-C Docking Station for Mac Mini M2, Mac Studio M1 Max Ultra with 2.5inch SATA, M.2 NVMe NGFF, USB 3.1 Gen2, USB-C, SD/TF, 2 USB 3.0 (MC25 Pro)

Having recently got an Apple Mac mini M1, I was looking for a USB-C hub, which not only offered extra ports, but included built in expandable storage.Enter the Hagibis (MC25 Pro) Dual Hard drive Enclosure for Mac mini M1.The dock has an alloy top which matches the Mac mini and is mostly plastic underneath / internally, with tool free access (initially) and comes well packaged, complete with 2 x rubber stoppers (you only need 1, so 1 spare) for NVME M.2 SSD, 2 spacer pads for the SATA HDD/SSD and 6 x screws (you only need 4, 2 spares) and screwdriver to lock down the access door on the underside.Both the NVME M.2 (Western Digital SN570 1TB) and the Crucial BX500 (1TB SATA), purchased from Amazon, slotted in with absolutely no fuss. Screwed the access door into place. Inserted one of the two USB-C to USB-C cables into the USB-C (A) port on the rear and connected it to my Mac mini M1.Both drives required initialisation in macOS, which was easy enough. However I will point out that neither drive name showed in Disk Utility. Instead one drive was identified as AMS XXX, the other Realtek XXX. I took a guess that Realtek was likely the NVME M.2 chipset used (which turned out to be correct) and AMS was the SATA chipset being used. I renamed the drives in Disk Utility and formatted both drives with APFS.Once done, both drives appear on the desktop. No problems.There are some documented limitations on Read / Write speeds with the M1, but I'm happy with the speeds being delivered. The NVME WD 570 is averaging @700MB/s the Crucial BX500 @350MB/s (see pics).I will be connecting a USB-C power source to the 2nd USB-C (B) port on the rear (as the manufacturer recommends if 2 drives are going to be used together) for peace of mind, but it may not be needed for your use.Having fitted SSD drives in both bays internally, there is of course absolutely no noise. Inserting a Hard Drive in the SATA bay will produce noise typical for physical hard drives and may require the use of the optional USB-C power source / USB-C to USB-C power capable cable via USB-C (B) port on the rear of the dock depending on the requirements of the hard drive being used.Personally, I'd stick with using SSD for a silent experience.As for ports, the rear has 2 USB-C ports ( labelled A + B) along with a Display Port. On the front, there's 3 USB-3 A ports, 1 x SD Card reader, 1 x MicroSD Card reader and 1 x 10Gbps USB-C port along with 3 snazzy little lights (1 x Blue = Power, 1 x Green = NVME activity, 1 x White = SATA activity) which again compliment the Mac mini M1 power light (see pic).There are some who have said they've experienced WiFi / bluetooth interference using metal topped docks, all I can say is I wasn't experiencing any before use and haven't experienced any since setting up and plugging in. More than 24 hours later, no interference so far.As for heat considerations, there aren't any. I haven't noticed anything getting hot, or even warm while transferring several hundred GBs of data to each internal drive.Mounting and unexpected dismounting of drives reported by some reviewers, has not been an issue, but because I use SSD, I always uncheck the 'put hard disks to sleep' default in System Prefs > Energy Saver (they're SSD so draw virtually no power anyway).Bottom line, it looks brilliant with the Mac mini on top (see pic - excuse the dust).I'm very happy with the quality and my 3 Prime Day purchases. Great prices and Amazon delivered all 3 the very next day.

Not bad - However if you are expecting something that matches your Mac Mini, as I was, in terms of build quality and the materials used, then you'll be disappointed as this feels quite cheap and plastic. That said, once it has the weight of your Mac Mini on it you'll never really touch it again so not a huge deal.Fast and a very useful device though. I first put a 500GB M.2 SSD in which I bought from Amazon, (Samsung 970 EVO) and it worked right out the box without any issues. I then installed a 5002GB 2.5" SATA SSD also bought from Amazon (Lexar NS1000) and again worked right out the box without any issues.Good to have the extra ports too. Overall I'm not sure it's worth its price tag, but I'm glad I have the additional ports and hard drive space.

Good, really handy. Storage space is amazing. I wish it was a bit more heavy or had a way to attach to Mac mini so it doesnt move. And Also another thunderbolt on the back because both get busy with data and display connected. Sd Card transfer is slow. I would pay extra for a faster sd transfer and a third Thunderbolt on the Back.

although the concept is good and the adapter looks nice, the USB C ports are unable to output video, and the SSD housed in the enclosure seems to be very inconsistent with staying connected, and so I wouldn't be confident relying on transferring data. good for extending ports but not at all for displays or storage, and the speed of the ports is much slower than ideal, so all around it is a very bad buy

Sold by: Amazon Export Sales LLC as new - The item shipped from the US to the UK and arrived in its Amazon branded shipping bag unopened. Once I got inside the packaging however, I noticed the clear cellophane wrap around the OEM box was missing. Checking on unboxing sites on YouTube, all showed the original packaging had this. On opening the OEM boxing I found plastic bag containing the screws, screwdriver and fixings had already been opened, leading me to believe that the hub was a returned/secondhand item. This had not been stated on the Amazon listing and was therefore disappointing.Once the NVMe and SSD had been installed and connected to a M2 Pro Mac Mini the hub seems to be working OK. After I connected the secondary rear USB-C to a PD power source, I tested the USB and SD card reader ports and again they seem to be working as expected.Checking the read/write speeds using Black Magic disk speed tester the Samsung 860 QVO 2 TB SATA 2.5 Inch SSD performed as expected at 433+MBps Writes and 356+ MBps Read.However the NVMe READ speeds looked to be massively underperforming. The first NVMe I fitted was a Crucial P2 1TB M.2 PCIe Gen3 drive. Write speeds fluctuated between 865MBps and 938MBps, however reads would not go beyond 358 MBps. I tested all file sizes and the MBps READ remained constant at sub 400MBps when testing file sizes from 1G through to 5G. I replaced the Crucial with a Samsung 970 EVO Plus MZ-V7S500BW and the READ speeds got up to a more healthy 822/898 MBps along with the writes (around 868/921MBps).I placed the Crucial in an NVMe external drive caddy and tested it on a rear thunderbolt port of the Mac Mini AND the front USB-C port of the Hagibis hub and the drive performed as expected hitting the 850+MBps mark for both READ and writes. I also tested it on a Windows Laptop and again it performed as expected. However, placing it back in the Hagibis hub once again the READ speed remained at sub 400MBps. I have put the Samsung NVMe back in for now and ordered a Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1 TB PCIe NVMe M.2 to replace the 500GB drive. I will post drive performance screen shots once the new drive has arrived. I'm not sure what is causing the issue with the Crucial NVMe, but I have seen this type of behaviour before with cheap external drive caddies and (cheap) NVMe drives, so it could be an interface issue either in the hub or the NVMe itself.Be aware that you may not get expected throughputs from your NMVe drive, if the hub doesn't seem to like it, for whatever reason. You should expect 800MBps + for BOTH read and writes on the hub USB-C 3.1 Gen 2x1 port when connected to an Apple M2/M3 Chip device. It might be less when connected to an M1 device. If you're not getting these speeds you may have to replace your NVMe drive for a better quality product.