ORICO M.2 NVMe SSD Enclosure, USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps) to NVMe PCI-E M.2 SSD Case Support UASP, NVMe Pcie Adapter for M and M&B Key in 2230/2242/2260/2280 SSD (up to 4TB)-M2PV

This was easy to install an M.2 in and it seems to work very well. Applying the thermal pad is a little fiddly but worked fine. The performance seems good and I can feel that it's doing a decent job of radiating heat from the drive. At first I thought it hadn't been supplied with anything to hold the M.2 in place but there was a little plastic stud hiding in the packaging. So don't expect a metal screw.I'm sure there are better/faster/fancier enclosures available but this is fine for general use.

Unlike my last Orico enclosure that I bought, this one is much better. Do note however, that the cables included are likely to become faulty after an indeterminate amount of time - I bought one of these in March and its cable failed in August.This one is mostly plastic, with the top heatsink being made of metal, presumably aluminium. It uses Realtek's RTL2910B-G chipset.Installing the SSD is simple - unscrew the heatsink, put the rubber screw replacement in the SSD's screw cutout, then push it down so it holds in place. After this, slap the thermal pad on top of the SSD (make sure it's properly aligned with the controller and flash, this is easy) and push the heatsink down onto it, then screw the heatsink on.It seems to dissipate the heat effectively, as the SSD survived my torture test of copying 106GB of files to it with no breaks. Idling it seemed to sit at 47 degrees Celsius according to SMART data - not bad going for a tiny heatsink that's got no fan assistance.It's a 10Gbps USB-C enclosure so it can somewhat take advantage of the speeds of NVMe SSDs, but it's definitely more suited to models that can't sustain very high write speeds. I paired this one with a 500GB Kingston NV2 and it's worked perfectly.Overall, this is a good buy. I'm not sure if the issue of having two of the same enclosure on one system still exists (on Linux it will bug out if two drives have the same serial number) but if you're just getting one, it'll work perfectly fine for lower end NVMe SSDs.Wouldn't comment on the capability of it to cool higher performance models, though. Maybe get a better enclosure if you've got something like a Samsung 990 Pro.

I have using this for two years now without any fault with a Raspberry Pi 4. It’s has a 1 TB WD Blue NVME SSD inside and has worked flawlessly as the primary boot drive and is used also an informal NAS from my PCs. No flaws copying 500GB or so from PC to RPi NAS over Ethernet and runs at the 1GB speed imposed by my domestic Ethernet. It will work closer to its theoretical max when copying files within the RPi.I liked it so much, I bought another for a soon to be redundant small SSD once I have upgraded the main PC (and also for cloning the old SSD to the new one). Price is very reasonable.

I really like this enclosure, which I used for a small (128 GB) NVMe SSD that serves as a cache volume for several development tools to reduce wear on my Mac’s internal SSD. It is very compact and light, yet the cooling is also very efficient. It even comes with its own screwdriver for assembly!

Easy to pop in the NVME and feels sturdy. No issues being seen under windows, mac or debian. Good speed of data transfer

I could not get the transfer rates advertised. I tried different ports (USB3 and CType). Build quality is very good and it does seem to dissipate the heat well.

I've used Orico for storage solutions for my drives since getting an aluminium HDD caddy. Solid and reliable. I initially expected this to be fully aluminium too (it looks like it in the pictures), but only the cooling fin assembly was.That said, it's a really easy install - if you've done this on a PC, it's pretty much exactly the same. If not, it's really simple and you can't go wrong. Just be careful with the screws - they are tiny and don't need much force for tightening (no vibrations so it won't work loose like spinning platter drives). Once it's in, thermal pad added, all screwed back together, you're done!There's a couple of issues with this though - not all of it down to the unit itself either.Firstly, the bundled cables are really small - but it's great they have both USB-C and USB-A connectors for plugging into your machine. That's good, although I am totally USB-C/Thunderbolt so it's irrelevant to me.Secondly, although the unit is really lightweight, this is also a big problem. I ended up getting a longer cable for my laptop->drive so I could have it attached when using the computer on my lap. However, this is where the USB-C cables fail me. Because the drive is so light, I cannot get it to sit flat properly in the places I need it to sit. In part owing to weight, but also the cable specs make them very rigid compared to older USB 3.0 and 2.0 cables, which could be more flexible.Finally, it will get hot on top - unfortunately without a temperature sensor on board either the socket board (or the SSD) I can't tell if it's getting too hot. I know NMVe drives will get quite warm in operation (especially heavy write sessions) so it's not an issue, but would be handy to know whether it's getting too hot and it is throttling the drive itself. Can't say I've noticed performance loss.That said, 10/10 for the unit itself, another solid reliable Orico product. Needs a bit of lead in it to give it some weight though.

Worked well for 16 monthsNeatQuick enough (USB3 speeds)Failed whilst in use, swapped NVme ssd to another enclosure and the ssd works fineGets quite hot