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)

This drive was purchased to run on both macOS 11.x and Windows 10, running through a variety of synthetic benchmarks and real-world tests like Adobe Premiere footage / previews drive, and others. While the design is solid and I dont have doubts about its rugged aspects, the performance of this drive is dissappointing. For starters it doesnt get anywhere close to 10Gbps as a top read/write speeds. When brand new it consistently performed around 700 MB/s write (instead of ~ 1200) and 900 MB/s read. These are not bad by any means and certainly better than older USB drives, but not to the level expected based on whats advertised. Worse was after a few weeks use the drive started exhibiting very choppy write speeds where even with simple benchmarks the speeds randomly spike between really low numbers like 200 MB/s and somewhat higher around 500 MB/s. Drive has been tested with diagnostic utilities and shows as OK, and reformatted in different ways, but the issue persists. My opinion is that this drive will not reach the speeds most people will expect and will not hold up under heavy use very well. For occasional backups or office use its probably fine.

I bought this to be able to transfer large files very quickly between computers and it does the job perfectly. I tested around 1000MB/s data transfer rates over USB-C 3.1. It gets a little warm, but thats to be expected. Build quality is great and it comes with both USB-C and USB-A cables as well as a rubber bumper to protect the metal of the drive as well as a nice locking storage case.

Very small and neat. Super fast! Rubber housing comes off if you want. Wish there were larger capacities.

External iMAC storage

this is super durable and fast hard drive. it works fine for me for photos and is very sturdy and lightweight and easy to transport. very compact and nice looking too. have had no issues accessing the drive so it seems reliable so far. no idea why one of the items to rate is warmth, but it doesnt seem to get too hot so I guess thats a plus? kind of a weird thing to have to rate. I like it. also I had a coupon so it was extra great value but I like it enough that t I will buy another for backups.

This is a good drive. If the price and specs matches your needs, dont hesitate. Tests were done on a 2017 Macbook Pro 15 using BlackMagicDesigns Disk Speed. The drive comes formatted HFS+ (MacOS Extended Journaled) by default. I am getting about 700MB/s Write, 914MB/s Read. Formatting the drive as ExFat and I get 865MB/s Write, 916MB/s Read. Quite a difference but the speeds are respectable. Look at pics for the screenshots. This is ruggedized (has a rubber/silicone bumper) and IP67 waterproof (with the port cover on). Although Im not willing to test those claims. Also, it doesnt get very hot at all. It stays cool when youre not using it and only very slightly warm when in heavy use. I think the aluminum case does a decent job of keeping it cool. Note, this is not a Thunderbolt 3 drive but it is a USB 3.2 gen 2 drive. (FYI, There is no speed difference between USB 3.1 gen 2 and USB 3.2 gen2). The speeds are along the lines of other USB 3.1/3.2 gen 2 drives. CalDigit has put a customized icon of the drive when you connect this to a Mac. Its not your typical yellow drive icon. HFS+ is not readable on a Windows computer. ExFat is readable on both Windows and Mac. If you plan on formatting your drive, you will lose this icon. You can try to save it by unhiding hidden files on the Mac and copying it off. Personally, I didnt care about it but it was a nice detail. I recommend this drive because it can match speeds of other similar drives when formatted ExFat, ruggedized, IP67 waterproof and does all this while staying relatively cool and I forgot to mention it comes with a decent plastic case keeping the USB-A, USB-C and the drive in on nice and neat package. Awesome.

This combined with my Mac, was instantly seen, with its own icon. Works fast and is my my most useful portable drive.

I bought this for the SSD inside! Opened it up, removed the SSD, and installed it in a Surface Laptop 3. $200 vs $800 that Microsoft charges for a 1TB. This drive was exactly what I needed.

If you have a Mac you are good to go, since it is formatted for Mac from the vendor. If you have a PC, its not that easy. A PC wont even recognize it as a drive until you delete the Mac information. You have to find it as an administrator and figure out what to delete, since what comes up on the screen doesnt match what it says in the directions. Once the Mac info is deleted, you can then format to your PC. If I figured it out, Im sure most folks will. It just seems like a lot of fuss, when it could have come blank - ready to format for either application.

Nice product at good price. but I intend to connect old IMAC 24 ( 2009) using thunderbolt2 to 3 adapter which apple made. it failed, it works well when using usb 2.0. but not read this SSD when connects on thuderbolt 2.