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 Jason Unruh

This adapter is pricey, 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. As a comparison I have a Unitek adapter which is also said to be quiet and one of them uses a molded plastic piece on the end to hold the NVME, whilst this also sounded easy this is a real benefit as the plastic piece has no holding power , there could be an incorrect print NMVE was installed correctly. For me none of them are a good solution. I'd rather use a thumbscrew that can be finger tightened and still secure the gate 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 a fast USB storage instead of cloning your system drive, then clearly it's not worth buying expensive NVME. 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 Celsius, when the Unitek crashed. I suspect that the controller in Unitek has overheated. The point is, while the Unitek might be cheaper than this one, stability and reliability of a storage adapter are more important than cost. This is an excellent adapter.