Review on 💧 Sabrent EC-WPTF USB 3.2 IP67 Water Resistant Tool-Free Enclosure for M.2 PCIe NVMe and M.2 SATA SSDs with Enhanced SEO by Ryan Marx

This adapter is expensive, but since its body is made from a thick, solid block of aluminum, it's worth it. The device itself weighs 5.4 ounces. The kit also includes a USB-CC cable, a USB-CA cable, and two heating pads for better heat transfer from the NVME to the case. There is a rubber seal between the case cover and the main body to protect against water. Instead of a normal screw, NVME is held by a rubber stopper at the end to archive a useless function. The problem is that putting the rubber in is trickier than it looks. It takes some practice to get it right. In comparison I have a Unitek adapter which also claims to be silent and it uses a molded plastic part on the end to hold the NVME while this also sounded easy, this is really useful because the plastic part has no holding power , it could give the wrong impression that NMVE was deployed correctly. For me none of them are a good solution. I'd rather use a thumbscrew that can be finger tightened and still lock the target in place without tools. I deduct a star for that. In terms of speed, I'm using a Samsung 980 Pro and an Intel 660P with an HP Ryzen 4700U based laptop. While this is slightly better than the Unitek, it's pretty clear that USB is the bottleneck. The speed is much slower than PCIE2, let alone PCIE3 or PCIE4. If you want to use this as fast USB storage instead of cloning your system drive, then getting an expensive NVME is clearly not worth it. Instead, you should simply choose the cheapest one. In addition to the speed, the temperature is also important. Solid aluminum is what counts here. I put an Intel 660P in Unitek and a Samsung 980 Pro in this box (without using a heating pad) and copied Unitek's 80GB folder into these. Unitek is mostly read-only, this one is read-only. Normally, Intel runs cooler than Samsung and a read generates less heat than a write, but here, after copying three times, Intel dropped to 70 degrees C in the Unitek and Samsung to about 65 degrees C in this device. When trying the other way around, Unitek got stuck in the middle of the second copy with Samsung's write process. The temperature of both NVMEs was about the same, around 63 degrees C, when the Unitek crashed. I suspect that the controller in Unitek has overheated. Bottom line, while Unitek is cheaper than this, as a storage adapter, stability and reliability are more important than cost. This is an excellent adapter.