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)

Excellent Rugged Portable SSD with Fast USB-C

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 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.

light weight accurate speed

Good device, but sent the wrong color

I have about 900 GB of data on this 2TB CalDigit Tuff Nano Plus. Im using the provided cable (and Ive tested with a second CalDigit TB4 cable) connected to my 2021 MacBook Pro M1. Using Blackmagic Disk Speed Test, Im seeing regular/typical write speeds of 50 - 90 MB/s. Read speeds stay above 400 MB/s. Occasionally, the drive write speeds will jump into the 100s of MB/s but then gradually slow back down. I have an older CalDigit Tuff Nano 512GB and it consistently gets over 500 MB/s write and read speeds using same cables. I sent CalDigit support an email with questions on this drive - will revert back if/when I hear something from them. If not, then I will be returning this drive. *** Update - I sent multiple inquiries to CalDigit Support. Never heard back. I decided to delete all the files off of the drive and retest for write speed. When the drive was empty, the write speeds jumped (and stayed consistently) to 800 MB/s. I can only surmise that the write performance drops significantly when the drive reaches about 50% full. I recommend you test your CalDigit Tuff Nano Plus 2TB with data on it and monitor for write speed reduction(s). Good luck. I will be returning the drive.

Great item.

Works well

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

This is a review of the Caldigit Tuff Nano with a brand new 16 Macbook Pro with a thunderbolt 3 40Gbps 100 watt 17 inch OWC cable plugged directly into the T3 port on the MBP it tests at 700MB/s write and 904 MB/s read using the blackmagic design disk speed test. So beware any time you see a speed that says up to. Still its fast for the money, and small, and Ill probably buy another for field work. Small is good with the size of my kit, small and faster is a win win. Go out and buy it. Works right out of the box with Mac. Mac OS Extended (Journaled). The second photo is up against a SSD enclosure so you can see how small it is. You can buy the 2400MB/sec-2800MB/s 4x NVMe RAID 0 array drives out there but they will be much bigger. OK, I just switched the T3 cable to the one that came in the box with the drive and the speeds are a little faster, 776MB/s and 908MB/s. Interesting. Use the cable in the box, too many inferior T3 cables out there. Update: I can confirm this does work with the 2020 iPad Pro 11 inch. I tried the Sabrent NvME but the ipad would not recognize it, iPad does not support thunderbolt 3. So far the tough nano is the fastest small portable drive that works with the iPad. I dont even need a hub because I plug in an SD card reader, the SanDisk UHS-II and I can capture a 2 GB video file (300MB/s sandisk card) in 7 seconds. BTW, the SanDisk SD to USB-C card reader is the fastest out there in my tests So get it. I dont see any need for a Gnarbox box anymore. I capture from the SD card onto my iPad Pro because I have a 1 TB of storage. I can dump from the iPad back to the Caldigit tuff nano if I need to. But that process is slow, if you wanna dump 230 GB from the iPad to the Caldigit tuff nano it will take about three hours. Not sure why the process is so slow going out from the iPad. But I still have the originals on the cards and a copy on my iPad, thats good enough for me. Im liking this tuff nano more and more especially as the prices drop.