NVMe to USB Adapter, M.2 SSD Portable Converter, PCIe Based M Key Hard Drive Reader, 10 Gbps USB 3.1 Gen 2 Bridge Chip, Hot Swap, Windows, MAC OS

Got this to be able to clone my WIN 10 PC's original small SSD to a larger SSD. Had not fooled with SSDs ever and was a little wary of this adapter and me even trying to replace my SSD but I was happy to say: WORKED GREAT! I took this adapter out of its bag, took the SSD I'd bought out of its packaging, inserted the SSD into this adapter with the included heat pad under the drive, and secured the retainer screw with the included mini screwdriver. I plugged the adapter (with new SSD onboard) into a usb3 port on front of my machine. It immediately was recognized by Windows, installed, and lit up, ready to go. I crunk Macrium Reflect software to clone my original drive to the new one. It went 100% perfect first try in a snappy 11mins38 seconds (THX, George Lucas! LOL ) and after it finished, I shut down PC, and swapped out the original SSD for the newly cloned larger one. Put everything back to right, and my PC crunk up perfectly as if nothing had happened except my system drive was now correctly larger! YaAy! This adapter worked perfectly for me on my first try, seemed to work well and quickly, and the clone operation seems to have gone perfectly by all indicators. The adapter was definitely pretty warm (!) when the cloning run was finished but cooled quickly after. I'm retaining my original SSD as a backup, but others who are also planning to UPSIZE to a larger/newer SSD as I did could opt to use this adapter as a flash drive by attaching your old SSD & reformatting/ wiping it to use all the space. (once you've had the new SSD for a while and verified it's cloned correctly and working well/and/or made a backup of your new SSD's conetents). So, this is a handy adapter even after you've set up or cloned a new SSD with it. This product was exactly what it promised and what I needed so I'm happy to recommend it based on my experience.

I desperately needed to connect a second pcie type nvme drive to my system and I was only able to find a pcie card as my only other option to do so. I don't have any slots left to spare and I don't like swapping out pci cards. This device works perfectly as long as you don't need the pcie nvme drive to be recognized as being internally installed in the system (basically a permanent device that is connected to the motherboard). It is super easy to use. Basically it is just a port on a plug. The screw is the only annoying part, but that's an issue with the type of drive, not the adapter. As long as you have a small philips screwdriver, it isn't even much of a problem. I do recommend having a good magnet to make sure that you don't lose the screw. The led is nice and shows that it is receiving power and blinks when the drive is being read/written to. I was originally worried about static discharge with it not having a case, but I have actually tried to get an esd and it still works perfectly. It's actually been nice not having to remove and replace a case. The adapter itself doesn't suffer from this problem, but the nvme drive can get hot. It would be nice if there was a red light that warned you about this, but the adapter can't have a thermometer that knows where the hotspots are on each brand and model of drive. There is enough clearance for two sided drives, but if your heatsink wraps around the bottom of even a one sided drive, it may need to be removed before the drive will fit into the adapter. This doesn't cause any functionality problems as USB cannot match nvme speeds, but it can get annoying to have to remove the heatsink and then put it back on in a situation where you are moving drives around. This isn't really a problem and keeping the drive at the intended distance from the adapter does keep it from being bent, so it is probably better this way. It's just a minor inconvenience that I encountered with my heatsinked drive when I had to use it in this adapter. Overall, I absolutely love this device and it works perfectly. I highly recommend it

This device worked quite well for me. Was doing a PC rebuild and moved from a Samsung 960 EVO to a 980 PRO. I used the Samsung Data Migration app. Plugged this into a free USB 3.x slot on my PC, launched the data migration app and it discovered the new drive. I was going from a 1TB M.2 to a 2TB and the clone/transfer took a bit over and hour for the amount of space I occupied on the old drive. The transfer rate on-screen was ~220MB/sec.I didn't have issues with heat, though I did put the supplied thermal tape on the new drive while attached to this adapter. I also have a small desk fan I had pointed at it while the transfer was going, as a precaution. I was able to remove them thermal tape well enough to reuse one more time, if needed in the future.The activity LED was nice to know stuff is indeed happening! Yes, you see progress in the on-screen app but still is a nice addition.The supplied screwdriver was helpful as well. Though I wouldn't use it on your motherboard fasteners as it doesn't provide enough leverage for those.The device is definitely 'frail' but I'm pretty careful with this sort of stuff so it wasn't a problem. However, I can see how it can be easily broken if not used gingerly or roughed during shipping.Overall a good value for the money. Now I have something for use externally over USB for M.2 drives.