OWC Envoy Pro SSD Enclosure - Alternatives?

[cleonoff]

Hi there!

Long time reader, first time poster!

I was wondering if anyone might be able to help me out with a question.

My early 2013 MBP w/ Retina recently met an unceremonious end courtesy of some water damage. The cost to repair was far too much to be worthwhile so I purchased a replacement instead.

However, it turned out that the SSD (768gb!) appears OK. The guy at the Genius Bar suggested I look for a third party external casing that I could use to (a) access the data (since he said Apple charges $90CAD or something to transfer it over) and (b) use the SSD as an external drive in the future. He was kind enough to remove the SSD for me.

I found the below option:
https://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/MAU3ENVOYPRO/

I'm just wondering if there are any other less expensive alternatives? I couldn't find anything else online. The OWC enclosure is not outrageously expensive but I'm just looking to be thrifty since I don't plan on making too much use of it.

Thank you so much!

 

[gymrat2k]

I was in a similar situation, with a extra 2013 500GB blade SSD after buying a used rMBP mid 2015. I noticed that he SSD installed was from 2013, complained and got a later faster SSD plus could keep the 2013 version.

Searched for a while and found that the open box-version of "OWC Envoy Pro USB 3.0 Portable Enclosure for select SSD/Flash Drives from most 2013 & later Macs" at https://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/MAU3ENPRPCIO/ seemed to be the cheapest version for keeping the disk running in any capacity.

 

[PBG4 Dude]

Transcend includes enclosures with their SSD upgrades. Maybe if you contacted them they could sell you the enclosure separately? I don't see any way to do this on their website so you'll probably have to email/call them.