UGREEN USB C Hard Drive Enclosure for 2.5" SATA SSD HDD - Aluminum USB C to SATA Adapter USB 3.1 Gen 2 Support UASP - Compatible with MacBook Pro Air, WD, Seagate, Toshiba, Samsung, Hitachi

Starting off, this is the best built/performing External USB-C 2.5" Enclosure I've ever used.I wasn't paid to write this review, I have just bought a second of these, and the material design, minimalist approach and quality of it's performance are what encouraged me to write this.First off, it comes packaged simply. It is easy to get into, easy to install a drive and overall, the easiest way to turn an internal 2.5" disk into an external performance drive. My specific needs for these were for external application, so choosing an external drive was worth it to me. Opening the cover, popping one drive out and putting a new drive in, takes seconds of time. No tools, no finicky buttons, just a gentle press on the triangle on the bottom, and it slides right off.It handles heat VERY well. On a 1 TB Enterprise Grade SSD connected to a Thunderbolt 3 port, transferring 910 GB (consistent push to the drive) it took less than an hour (wasn't paying attention) and wasn't "hot" to the touch over the course of the transfer. Yes, it was warm, but wasn't so hot that you couldn't touch it. That, and the speeds at which it transferred were NOT reduced over time, as some drives have done to me in the past.Overall, five stars for the product in all the areas that matter.

I recently switched from a desktop PC to a mac mini and needed somewhere to throw my extra storage SSD. This hard drive enclosure is the perfect solution to have somewhere to put the SSD that actually looks nice (matches the mac mini quite well). The included cable is a good length to prevent clutter. My mac recognized the SSD immediately, formatted it, and I now use it for Time Machine backups every day. I have had one issue once with the drive disconnecting, but it hasn't happened again so I can't isolate it to being caused by the enclosure at all.

Best enclosure ever, crazy easy to use , so simple no tools needed and its very fast, i purchased like 5 of them already, cool to save your old OS 2.5 drive and access your data quickly, no issues, 100% recommend

I bought this product because my laptop wouldn’t boot correctly to Windows 10 and I was in the need for a new laptop anyways. So I bought the new laptop and used this device with the hard drive from the old laptop to recover my personal files (documents, music files, etc.). After gaining permissions to access the old drive, this device worked as expected and was pretty fast! Talk about value for your money!

Overall this enclosure is made well, is easy to install, and provides expected speeds (except on Mac, read below).Pros:- Nice materials: Aluminum, soft touch plastic- Easy to install (no tools needed)- Meets expected speeds, mostlyCons:- A bit thick. I wish the inside top wasn't lined with plastic. If it was just aluminum making contact with the SSD, it would act as a heat spreader and save space.- Speed tests on mac were either really slow or fast (not sure if this is fault of the drive or Mac OS)Speed test:I tested the speed on both Windows 10 and Mac OS 11.4 Big Sur machines. The SSD installed is a 120GB Kingston UV400 rated up to 550 MB/s Read, and 350 MB/s Write. I formatted the drive using exFAT. On Windows I used CrystalDiskMark and on Mac I used AmorphousDiskMark. On my Windows desktop I did not have a USB-C port but I do have a USB 3.1 type A port and tested using a C to A 3.1 gen 2 cable. Speeds on Windows came in at 525 MB/s Read and MB/s 281 Write. When testing on Mac my initial speeds test came in around 35 MB/s Read on the included USB-C cable so I immediately knew something was wrong. After unplugging my Thunderbolt dock and re-testing, I was able to get 368 MB/s Read and 346 MB/s Write. However, subsequent tests and real-world tests using rsync showed tests falling back to ~30 MB/s. I also tested on other C-C cables including a thunderbolt 3 cable. Switching over to the C to A cable through my CalDigit dock brought the speeds back into the 300s. I'm not really sure what is going on, but the inconsistencies are tough to nail down and find a single culprit. This may explain why some reviewers are seeing fast speeds and others are not, on Mac OS.Overall I'm happy with the device assuming I can get proper speeds.

I got this enclosure for an older Macbook Pro Hitachi SATA HD. There were exposed screw heads on each corner of the drive that disrupted installing the drive into this case, so I scheduled a return. Turns out I over emphasized the importance of these screws which are nothing more than leftover mounting screws (Mine were T-6 Torx). I don't know how the case works with the drive installed because I never got that far but it did seem like a good buy and a well made product. I got nothing bad to say about this enclosure but you may want to read a review by someone that got past step one before making your decision.

Love it work I been buying different Case for my 4TB SSD and never work so I have to return it. Lose my time waiting. But this one is very good and fast. Like it 100% Recommended.

Easy assemble and work out of the box on my Mac mini