CalDigit Tuff Nano Plus 2TB - Compact Rugged IP67 USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 10Gb/s External NVME SSD, Compatible with Thunderbolt 4 Mac and PC, Up to 1055MB/s (2TB Nano Plus, Royal Blue)

im from those who really pay attention to the details, and when i say so, is because on the advertisement of the product page here on amazon, the manufacture show a read/write performance that doesnt show in reality. they claim to have 900mb/writing rate, which is not true. That the main reason why i do not give it 5 stars. i do currently have a USB C 3.2 built in, on my x570 motherboard, with ryzen 7 3800x processor, with two SSD high speed M.2. gen 4 drive. the maximum write speed was 550mb/s. nothing more. from my ssd m.2. drive. and if you copy from any mechanical drive, obviously the bandwidth will be determine by the bottleneck of the mechanical drive, down to 123mb/s

If i could find another one, i would buy it in a hart beat!

Works well

light weight accurate speed

Bought the 1TB Tuffnano with the olive green protective case (being the former military guy that I am) for work. Liked it enough that I also bought a (really bright) tomato red 1TB model also. The case is aluminum. The whole thing comes in a plastic carrying case with a USB C cable. Currently the drives that are in the 1TB model is an industry standard 2230 M2 NvME - specifically a a Toshiba/Kioxia, so youre getting basically what would also be used in some small computers and some notebooks. From experience I can tell you NvME storage runs on the warm side. This case is engineered well enough that it doesnt run too hot- I saw about 51-52C when doing a 400GB upload. By comparison my HP Z book that was doing the transfer to it had a drive temperature of 64C (a Samsung Pro 970 NvME M2) . I think theres only one 1TB external data drive thats smaller than this- the ADATA- and it costs less, too. The ADATA has a Micron 1TB, however Im not sure if there is an industry standard form factor SSD in it. Personally I prefer the look of the Tuffnano. I know what Im getting with industry standard SSDs from a reputable manufacturer by buying this- most importantly proven reliability. If it dies I suppose it isnt a total loss- the drive may still be ok, or the case and the USB/M2 controller might be used with another 2230 NvMe. I really cant think of any cons- even from price, as a bare Kioxia 1TB currently costs more to buy than this thing costs- and you also get an enclosure to boot.

The SSD in this drive is compatible with the Surface Laptop 3. You will have to destroy the case to get inside. But once you do, removing the SSD is easy. Its held to the main board by only one screw.

Loved the size, the weight, and durability.

I have several CalDigit products, and recently purchased two Nano Tuff 500GB SSD drives over Amazon. One was purchased on July 10, 2020, and an earlier one on October 30, 2019 when they were first released. They are used to back up data every two or three weeks. No more than that. In the last month or so, this drives’ write has dropped down to lower than 75 MB/s. I used BM and and AJA System tests to gauge speed. The other drives write speeds, purchased in October 10, 2019, is a little better at about 400 MB/s. I am using them on a newer MacBook Pro 16”. I wiped and reformatted both of the drives, but that did not correct the significantly decreased read/write speeds. This is clearly unacceptable. Original write speeds were in the 800 MB/s range, and with very limited use and a reformat, the one drive reviewed here has diminished nearly 90%

For the last 5 months, Ive been using my Tuff-Nano (1TB) as a secondary storage device with my Mac Mini 2018. That is, until yesterday. Out of nowhere, I get a system notification titled USB Accessories Disabled with the warning message Unplug the accessory using too much power to re-enable USB devices (screengrab attached). Then I realize my Tuff-Nano is no longer showing up in Finder or Disk Utility. I tried unplugging and replugging it in; tried a different Mac device; tried a different USB-C cable; tried all the USB-C ports I could find. No luck. I contacted CalDigit support. After telling the agent about the issue, they said Im afraid our only remaining recourse in this situation may be to replace the Tuff under warranty. Naturally, I followed up by asking about data recovery - were they saying the drive failed and my data was gone? did they have any knowledge and advice to share on data recovery? To these kinds of questions I basically got the response: we dont do data recovery; youre welcome to try but youre on your own. To be clear, I didnt expect CalDigit to provide data recovery services, but I didnt expect to be left completely in the dark regarding whether and what I should be doing about my personal data. Sure, I appreciate that theyll send me a replacement drive. But, honestly not even sure about getting a replacement. In order to get the replacement I have to send back this broken drive with a bunch of my irreplaceable data on it. And honestly given that support didnt have any information for me about what caused this issue, I really dont see how I can trust that this wont happen again in another 6 months or so. Ugh. So, not a great consumer experience. Will update review if I am able to learn more about the situation.

Works well with my 2020 IPad Pro and MacBook Air, Comes with USB-C and USB cables.