MAIWO USB C Docking Station for M.2 PCIe NVMe + 2.5 3.5 Inch SATA SSD/HDD with Offline Clone, Clone HDD to NVMe SSD, USB 3.2 GEN 2 10Gbps External Hard Drive Enclosure

HD was easy to install and worked as expected.

excellent product, well made, reliable comes with all accessories. bonus for having a toggle on-off switch and usb-c port

I've been waiting for a consumer level (inexpensive) device that can clone a SATA drive directly to an NVME drive. This allows me to easily upgrade a client's older computer image to a new computer that supports NVME drives. I simply clone their older SATA drive to an NVME and put the NVME in the new computer. With this device, you can also clone an NVME drive to a SATA drive if that is something you want to do. Very useful tool. Perhaps the only thing that is unusual is that the device is designed in such a way that it has an enclosure in which you can install the NVME and SATA drive in a plastic tray which can then go inside a metal enclosure. My main interest in purchasing this product is to clone drive images between SATA and NVME (or vice versa) and I imagine that otherwise would also be purchasing it for this same reason. So, I think the design would be better if it were more in the style of a docking station in which you temporarily insert source and destination drives, perform your clone and remove the drives from the device, rather than a design that seems to be more along the lines of a permanent enclosure in which you install the drives with screws and then screw on an outer metal shell. Despite the current design, it is nice to finally have a cloning device that can work with mixed drive types.

The cables that came with this thing were unreliable and slow. I replaced them with quality USB C cables that were 10Gbit cables capable of 100 Watts, and even with a 6 foot cable, it works like a charm. The included cables were a bit short, but even using the short cables, it caused issues with disconnects and slow speeds. Swapping it out for better cables all around made the difference for me, and now I'm happy with the purchase.Let's face it, this was an inexpensive enclosure. Considering the price of a reliable USB C high speed data cable, there's no way they could have included one. That's my opinion, and that and $10 might get you a cup of coffee if you show a little leg to the barista. (Inflation sucks.)

Quiet and easy to set up!

Capping out at 400ish Mbps. I've tried 4 different USBC cables, 3 computers. All machine and cable combos seem to max at the transfer rate of the hardware I test against this. A Samsung t7 is getting faster results than the screenshots posted in other reviews here but I'm seeing the old sub spec of 480Mb/S or about 38MB/S. It is 2024. I'm not going to wait a week+ to transfer video from a 20tb drive.Build quality is bad. No instructions included, and it has all these strange accessories in a bag. I have no idea what it wants me to use to hook up the m2 drive so I haven't tried that. The data performance is so bad I don't care to be bothered measuring the holes and buying standoffs to screw into on my own.There is no heat removal despite being an aluminum case. Everything is surrounded by an insulating plastic layer. I'm just leaving it open with an old CPU cooler sitting on top of the drives I've tested. It would be better to make your own enclosure out of wood than use this thing.Bizarre case, don't waste your time and money.

I gave it three stars for 3 key reasons from a usability perspective.1. The cable to connect the drive to your system is very short.2. My hard drive with an existing partition and data cannot be seen in this unit. But connected anywhere else it can. I will have to put the data elsewhere and reformat the disk in this unit order to use in this case.3. While there is an indicator light on the back, it should be on the front of the case not the back.All that aside it has many good qualities. The unit is constructed well and made out of good materials. There are many functional features including power control, charging ports, daisy chaining the drives, and lays on its side rather that standing up (which is an accident waiting to happen). Other external cases have plastic shells that don't' conduct heat well and set the drive on it's side. This is very dangerous with a spinning disk. I've ordered some longer USB 3 ( USB-C to USSB-A) cables to solve the length issues.But knowing what I know would I buys these again? Most definitely !

The MAIWO Hard Drive Enclosure has proven to be a reliable and versatile solution for my data management needs. It accommodates both 2.5 and 3.5-inch SATA drives, allowing me to easily swap between them as required. The USB 3.1 Type-C interface ensures fast data transfer speeds, and the included power adapter provides stable operation even with high-capacity drives. The aluminum design not only looks good but also effectively dissipates heat. The included power switch adds convenience and safety, allowing me to easily turn the enclosure off and on as needed. I've experienced no issues with compatibility or performance, and I highly recommend this enclosure to anyone seeking a reliable and efficient way to connect their internal drives externally.