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 is used in conjunction with both an iPad Pro and a MacBook Pro. Large 200+ bitrate video files are a breeze to transfer and it is easily possible to edit leaving the files on the Nano. The main advantage is tiny size for ultimate portability.

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

Top notch. Easy to use. Fast transfers. A win in my book.

Best hard drive I’ve ever owned! And I’ve owned A LOT!!

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.

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.

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.

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

Fast Fast I have it working with my Mac and work wintel usb c can’t be beat very nice nano storage

Best hard drive I’ve ever owned! And I’ve owned A LOT!!