CalDigit Tuff Nano Plus 2TB - Compact Rugged IP67 Waterproof USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 10Gb/s External NVME SSD, Compatible with Thunderbolt 4 Mac and PC, Up to 1055MB/s (2TB Nano Plus, Charcoal Black)

This is a review of the Caldigit Tuff Nanowith a brand new 16" Macbook Pro with a thunderbolt 3 40Gbps 100 watt 17 inch OWC cable plugged directly into the T3 port on the MBP it tests at 700MB/s write and 904 MB/s read using the blackmagic design disk speed test. So beware any time you see a speed that says "up to". Still it's fast for the money, and small, and I'll probably buy another for field work. Small is good with the size of my kit, small and faster is a win win. Go out and buy it. Works right out of the box with Mac. Mac OS Extended (Journaled). The second photo is up against a SSD enclosure so you can see how small it is. You can buy the 2400MB/sec-2800MB/s 4x NVMe RAID 0 array drives out there but they will be much bigger. OK, I just switched the T3 cable to the one that came in the box with the drive and the speeds are a little faster, 776MB/s and 908MB/s. Interesting. Use the cable in the box, too many inferior T3 cables out there.Update: I can confirm this does work with the 2020 iPad Pro 11 inch. I tried the Sabrent NvME but the ipad would not recognize it, iPad does not support thunderbolt 3. So far the tough nano is the fastest small portable drive that works with the iPad. I don't even need a hub because I plug in an SD card reader, the SanDisk UHS-II and I can capture a 2 GB video file (300MB/s sandisk card) in 7 seconds. BTW, the SanDisk SD to USB-C card reader is the fastest out there in my tests So get it. I don't see any need for a Gnarbox box anymore. I capture from the SD card onto my iPad Pro because I have a 1 TB of storage. I can dump from the iPad back to the Caldigit tuff nano if I need to. But that process is slow, if you wanna dump 230 GB from the iPad to the Caldigit tuff nano it will take about three hours. Not sure why the process is so slow going out from the iPad. But I still have the originals on the cards and a copy on my iPad, that's good enough for me. I'm liking this tuff nano more and more especially as the prices drop.

this is super durable and fast hard drive. it works fine for me for photos and is very sturdy and lightweight and easy to transport. very compact and nice looking too. have had no issues accessing the drive so it seems reliable so far. no idea why one of the items to rate is "warmth", but it doesn't seem to get too hot so I guess that's a plus? kind of a weird thing to have to rate. I like it. also I had a coupon so it was extra great value but I like it enough that t I will buy another for backups.

So far, very nice. It's compact and the file transfer times are extremely fast. Definitely loving this one! Looking into other CalDigit items because this one is so good.

i'm from those who really pay attention to the details, and when i say so, is because on the advertisement of the product page here on amazon, the manufacture show a read/write performance that doesn't show in reality. they claim to have 900mb/writing rate, which is not true. That the main reason why i do not give it 5 stars.i do currently have a USB C 3.2 built in, on my x570 motherboard, with ryzen 7 3800x processor, with two SSD high speed M.2. gen 4 drive.the maximum write speed was 550mb/s. nothing more. from my ssd m.2. drive.and if you copy from any mechanical drive, obviously the bandwidth will be determine by the bottleneck of the mechanical drive, down to 123mb/s

Had this drive for a couple weeks, fast and compact.

Bought the 1TB Tuffnano with the olive green protective case (being the former military guy that I am) for work. Liked it enough that I also bought a (really bright) tomato red 1TB model also.The case is aluminum. The whole thing comes in a plastic carrying case with a USB C cable.Currently the drives that are in the 1TB model is an industry standard 2230 M2 NvME - specifically a a Toshiba/Kioxia, so you're getting basically what would also be used in some small computers and some notebooks.From experience I can tell you NvME storage runs on the warm side. This case is engineered well enough that it doesn't run too hot- I saw about 51-52C when doing a 400GB upload. By comparison my HP Z book that was doing the transfer to it had a drive temperature of 64C (a Samsung Pro 970 NvME M2) .I think there's only one 1TB external data drive that's smaller than this- the ADATA- and it costs less, too. The ADATA has a Micron 1TB, however I'm not sure if there is an industry standard form factor SSD in it. Personally I prefer the look of the Tuffnano.I know what Im getting with industry standard SSD's from a reputable manufacturer by buying this- most importantly proven reliability. If it dies I suppose it isn't a total loss- the drive may still be ok, or the case and the USB/M2 controller might be used with another 2230 NvMe.I really can't think of any cons- even from price, as a bare Kioxia 1TB currently costs more to buy than this thing costs- and you also get an enclosure to boot.