Review on 🔌 Tool-Free USB C to M.2 NVMe Enclosure - Thunderbolt 3 & USB 3.1 Gen 2 Compatible, 10Gbps Speeds. Includes USB-C & USB 3.0 Cables. Supports 2280 2260 2242 M.2 NVMe SSDs. by Charles Lewellen

EDIT: I'm changing my rating from negative to positive because Pluggable has switched from the problematic JMC583 chip to the RTL9210 in new adapters! Be sure to check out the details on the Pluggable product page. I now have a Realtek RTL9210 adapter and it works great in all cases where jmicron adapters fail. Buy an adapter based on RTL9210! The rest of my old review is below and was for the JMicron version of this adapter. None of this works! I have purchased three of these USB NVME adapters and all have failed in one way or another. I tried: SSK HE-C325, Plugable USBC-NVME and Sabrent EC-NVME. Here's what I found out. I tested these adapters with 3 different NVMEs. SSD brands on five different Windows and Linux computers. I've encountered random power outages, shutdowns, USB bus errors, read timeouts, and other reliability issues. In one instance, the desktop boot would loop as EFI tried to recognize boot disks until I disabled the adapter. On another occasion, my laptop warned that a USB device had exceeded its power consumption limit. Sometimes they worked well for a while and then they just didn't work. Running a short USB extension cable between the drive and the USB port often caused USB bus errors. Using the front USB ports, which would otherwise work just fine with other devices, would cause similar issues. All of these adapters were unreliable and all used the same manufacturer's chips internally. SSK uses JMicron JMS562 while Plugable and Sabrent use JMicron JMS583. Based on my own testing, other reviews, and comments, I suspect there is something fundamentally wrong with the JMicron chips. They shut down randomly, cause USB bus errors, boot your computer in a loop, and I've even read a number of reviews claiming they're killing people's SSDs due to overheating, even though I have the cases blame poor cooling rather than the JMicron chip. That. There are currently four chips I'm aware of on the open market that provide this type of NVME-to-USB bridge: JMicron JMS562, JMicron JMS583, Asmedia ASM2362, and Realtek RTL9210. Unfortunately I have no experience with Asmedia or Realtek chips. Currently there are very few options for Asmedia ASM2362. Both UGreen and Syba have models that they use here on Revain, along with a range of generic Chinese adapters. I haven't tried them yet. The Realtek RTL9210 seems to be the newest chip, making it the fewest options available, but there are at least two adapters on Revain and the JEYI i9 GTR seems like the best to try. Asus will also appear to be coming soon, but it looks like it. To play. Haven't tried anything with this chip yet, but I plan to. FYI, if you want smartmontools (smartctl) to check your adapter information, you must use the "-d sntjmicron" argument and it must be version 7.0 or later. The -d argument may not be needed in future releases, but is required for now. Overheating is possible with these adapters. take this seriously I don't recommend using plug-in lids like SSK and Plugable. Get a sandwich adapter like the Sabrent. Both SSK and Plugable included thermal pads with an adhesive so strong that I assume they had to be permanent as you couldn't remove them without ripping off your SSD's label, which happened to me. . Also, thermal pads don't conduct heat well from the SSD to the metal case. In the case of the SSK and Plugable, I was able to get my Samsung 960 EVO to hit the 77°C temperature limit and then it started to slow down. I was able to get temperatures down to 70C with Plugable by adding my own thermal pads to the top and bottom of the SSD, but it was ugly, complicated, and time-consuming. Just do yourself a favor and use a clamshell/sandwich case adapter. The SSK adapter looked great but was the worst in terms of stability. It drew too much power from one of my laptop's USB ports and had the biggest stability/reliability issues. The plug-in adapter worked fine on some computers, but connecting a short USB extension cable or using the front USB ports caused it to fail. The adhesive on the thermal pads was also a nightmare to remove. As with the Sabrent EC-NVME, the USB-C connector is recessed too far into the mount, resulting in a poor cable connection. The cable plug cannot be fully inserted because the wall of the aluminum bracket is too thick. This causes disconnects when I pull the cable or try to move the adapter across the table. If it wasn't for that, the Sabrent EC-NVME could be a pretty good adapter. It's a big heavy piece of metal so I'm sure it absorbs all the heat from the SSD and you can put thermal pads on either side. The latch and lid can rattle a bit, but I'm sure some tape or a dab of silicone can fix that. They just made a design mistake by not using a USB connector that protrudes slightly from the case to allow the cable to be fully inserted. Adapter?", Thread ID "stable-nvme-usb-adapter.2572973". Apparently I'm not the only one having trouble finding an adapter that actually works well. I've had hours with this spent on these adapters and am sorry to return them all but none of them are reliable.