UGREEN Hard Drive Enclosure USB C 6Gbps USB 3.1 Gen 2 External Hard Disk Case Type C to SATA SDD Cover Adapter Compatible for 9.5mm 7mm 2.5 Inch SATA I II III, PS4, HDD, SSD, Fast Speed UASP

Got a sustained 380 MByte/s read speed with it, using its original cable.With the usual cables I got with phones etc., it was 30..40 MB/s (yes, about 10%), so I cannot stress it enough: use it with a quality cable (like the one it is shipped with), a lot depends on it!It's a plain plastic box, no screws, just plug the ssd into it, slide the cover on, and ready to go. If you use it with an hdd, handle it with a bit more care, it's not much of a mechanical shock protection, it's designed for ssds.

I planned to (reluctantly) retire my 10 year old PC and move on to a newer system or laptop. I wanted to transfer all the important files and data from my old PC to a new storage which could be installed in the new system or laptop. I was unsure if I should be going with a PCI-e SSD or a SATAIII SSD. Doing a bit of research, I ended up purchasing a Crucial MX500 1TB SATAIII SSD.As I would be working with my PC till the new one (system or laptop) arrived, I wanted to ensure that the SSD has some sort of protection while being plugged as an external storage device.My past experiences with external drive cases and drive connectors are bittersweet. I had some which would not work straight out of the box and some which would just randomly chose not to work (even though the HDD was fine). Therefore, it was with a lot of apprehension that I chose the UGREEN USB C Hard Drive Enclosure.The enclosure comes in 2 options: 1. the one with USB 3.1 Type C to SATA connector (this one), and 2. the one with a USB 3.0 Type B to SATA connector. I purchased this one as I could use a USB Type C to Type C cable which would offer (theoretically) higher transfer speeds and bandwidth. Also, it meant that in case I lost the cable which came with the enclosure at some point, I could still try or be able to use the one from my android device.The enclosure comes in good packaging with a simple instructions manual. This is a tool-less installation enclosure, so to install and use, you just:1. Slide open the cover of the enclosure2. Match the SATA ports on the SSD or 2.5inch HDD3. Slide in your SSD or HDD till it snaps fit with the SATA connector4. Close the rear cover5. Plug in the cable to Type C connector on the enclosure and to a USB (3.0 or 2.0) Type A port on your PC/laptopThe drive starts to or should start to work immediately. In case it doesn't, check the connection between the SATA connector and your SSD or HDD.The enclosure comes with foam padding on 3 sides - 2 longer sides along the length of the main enclosure and one on the rear (fixed inside the cover). This ensures that the drive doesn't move around and has some shock absorption. This is not a water-proof and dust-proof enclosure. I would categorize it as a water-resistant and dust-resistant enclosure.As my system is older, I have plugged this into a USB 2.0 port. I haven't run any performance tests with my SSD plugged into the enclosure, as my intention was to save the data on priority. Overall, my impression was that, the transfer rates are on par with the speeds the connectors support.I have waited a couple of days before writing this review, just to be sure that there are no misleading first impressions. I am absolutely satisfied with this enclosure and it's performance. For this it gets top points.

Sleek, Simple, Affordable, Efficient and Speedy enough to have us access our data in the old drive.

I like the product. Compared to SATA to USB cables, the risk of fatigue failure of the SATA connector on the cable or the storage drive is greatly reduced.

With This USB C enclosure, you can buy bare HDD and install it in this enclosure and it will give you -if not better- similar speed to the ready made portable HDD however for a cheaper priceIt has also a great feature that will put the HDD for a sleep (if you devise support that of course) rather than to keep spinning even if not used while connected to the devices.Did I say the quality is so play great too? Well it is!

I can reuse my old laptop hard drive and use it as external storage and good for archiving my old and new files

Work as intended and also fast enough that you will be getting sometimes more than 100mbps data transfer.

Excellent for ssd ,,, love it