MAIWO USB-C Enclosure for M.2 2230 PCIe NVMe NGFF SATA SSDs, 10Gbps Full Metal Compatible with iPhone 15/16 Pro/Pro Max 4K ProRes Recording, Windows, macOS, Linux

looks nice, works, good quality

Fast and reliable.

I had a spare SSD that needed an enclosure. This seemed to be a great solution. It certainly looks nice. It's very easy to install the SSD into this enclosure. But, there are a couple of problems. When I try to use the included heat transfer pad and the aluminum heat sink, the cover doesn't close all the way. Using just the heat transfer pad, the cover makes contact with the pad and I presume that will be sufficient. The outside of the enclosure gets very warm, so I'm assuming that the heat is being dissipated. But even when the enclosure is empty, the cover doesn't want to stay on. Any casual brushing causes the cover to come off. I've had to resort to applying tape to keep it closed.The enclosure seems to be a bit bigger than it needs to be. There is extra room on both sides of the SSD inside the enclosure. Since there isn't any air movement, the added space can't be for heat dissipation. I'm expecting that the extra size is so that it's a square as that might look more pleasing.Transfer rates are good. But some of that is dependent on the SSD being installed. Having said that, using the high speed USB interface makes this a very fast disk.This was fairly inexpensive. I compared it with other SSD enclosures of the same type. The price of this one wasn't out of range of the others.The prepopulated review ideas suggests commenting on noise. But I expect that everyone should know that this enclosure doesn't have any moving parts. The SSD doesn't have any moving parts. As far as I am aware, there isn't anything in this combination the could make noise. I held it up to my ear and wasn't even able to hear any buzz.

It does get very warm to the touch when operating. This is to be expected. The metal case seems to work fairly well at radiating heat. When I'm concerned the heat might be an issue, I also set up a small fan next to it to improve heat dissapation. So far the heat doesn't seem to have ever been a real problem. The thermal conduction setup between the drive is finnicky to assemble but does seem to work fine. The conduction pad is supposed to stick to the drive, but mine had no adhesive to it, so I just carefully placed it in the right spot and avoided letting it slip around while I clamped the lid on the case. It's not ideal, especially if you want to change the drive frequently. That would be the case even if the adhesive was working as specified though.

I used it in replace the SSD in surface laptop, it worked as expected. like the compact design, able to hook to a key chain.

There are probably smaller/faster enclosures out there but I bought this one for like $20 on a whim and it’s been rock solid. I have used it with windows/mac/ipad/iPhone/linux and had 0 hiccups. The way everything is put together is great, good build quality!

Works well, but thermal pad is too thin for proper contact. I used a 2.5mm pad and it still closes, but also makes contact with the lid and SSD.

Would have loved to use this since I have quite a few 2230 NVMe SSDs that I use for the Pi5 and HomeAssistant. Sadly, the enclosure was supposed to come with 3 x silicone plugs that allows the SSD to be mounted, but as you can see from the pic - no plugs. There is however a proud stamp claiming 'QC PASS' - which if the lack of plugs is anything to go by, is a total lie.Oh and since there's no threads, one cannot just screw the SSD inIn short - stay away from this enclosure