SABRENT M.2 NVMe Enclosure, Tool Free NVMe and SATA Portable SSD Enclosure, 10Gbps External SSD Enclosure, Reusable Thermal Pad, Compatible with 2230 2242 2260 2280 (EC-SNVE)

Metal heatsink is functional, with a thermal pad included inside to wick heat from your M.2 SSD. The main body and latch mechanism is made from plastic but I've no concerns at all regarding quality. The plastic appears to be used in the right places for the price point without compromising functionality.20cm USB-C to USB-C cable is included (but no USB-A adapter, so just a heads up).Really simple but good design that allows for really easy opening and closing without tools. It's really convenient if you want to swap out the SSD (like I was looking for).This is capable of accepting multiple formats of M.2 ssd as well as multiple lengths. The SSD is secured with a plastic turn-tab, maintaining the toolless approach to this design

Great little enclosure. I used it to transfer my documents from my old pc ( nvme gen.3 ) to my new one (nvme gen.4 ) after I had installed the graphics card and blocked the spare nvme port. It comes with a usb-c cable so it was pretty quick. Good build quality and worked right out of the box.

It works as you would think, slot your nvme and interface using usb c . Simple plug and play. When I did a 400gb write to a 500gb drive I saw temps in excess of 70 degrees c. The drive didn't throttle but if you're going to use this consistently then it's not good for drive health long term. I added an additional NVMe thermal pad and temps maxed out in the mid to high 50s never hitting 60 in the same stress test. I feel the enclosure is solid and the nvme is held down securely. I've seen people complain that it is too hard to move the knob but they are underestimating the importance of fastening down the drive.

Really good and easy to use! Great value and keeps the hard drive safe inside its sturdy case. The whole device is tiny but adequate in size.

Fitted with a cheap 512GB M.2 and connected with a USB C 3.2 gen 2x2, 20Gbps cable into a Thunderbolt 4 port, and got a great result in CrystalDiskMark. Trying various cables and ports, the speed is highly dependant on the quality and speed of cable, and the type of USB port you connect to. I got better results from a 0.5M generic brand 20Gbps/240W cable than from the short cable included with the enclosure. Don't use a SATA M.2, they are too slow. I went for a slightly better than the cheapest NVMe, with a speed of 2150/1600 MB/s. Thermals seem good, no overheating apparent so far.

This enclosure seems to be very well designed and constructed. It has a metal top cover which works well as a heatsink as it has a heat conducting pad on the inside which contacts the SSD. You press a button on the end and then the cover is hinged and just lifts up. The SSD is retained by a rotating lever, so there is no screw to lose. It comes with a short USB C cable, so it works out of the box.I can't find anything to criticise with this enclosure, but then Sabrent are a decent brand, so that is to be expected. I would recommend this enclosure as it is useful not only when transferring data when moving to a larger SSD, but you can use the SSD as a removable storage as well.

Awesome compact enclosure at a good price point with good thermal protection and nice design.

I bought it as I'm messing about with an old PC with only a single M.2 slot which currently has a 1TB SSD and not a lot of space left on it. I planned to upgrade it to a 2TB drive, and the easiest way to clone it was to attach my new 2TB SSD as an external drive with a USB C cable while I cloned the original 1TB drive to the larger storage device. The Sabrent M.2 enclosure makes this very easy and allows the new 2TB drive to work perfectly as an external drive. The enclosure is well made and robust, so I'll continue to use it as a portable device for transferring large files between various machines once I've cloned and replaced the 1TB M.2.