Not too many reviews on this drive so I thought I'd add my $0.02 for anyone looking around. Took a chance buying this without any real reviews as it's new. I needed a fast drive for my logic pro x projects, but didn't need anything of X5 caliber. This is a USB-C 1TB that I got for $150, about 950 MB/S reads and blackmagic gets me b/w 850-900 writes. I've had it for about 2 months now.
It seemed Oyen DIgital did ok with their minipro so I thought what the heck, 3 year warranty so if displeased no issue and I've wasted more money than $150 on hardware before.
On the pluses, I've been very pleased with the speed as it's my first external NVME. Who wouldn't be coming from SATA? The heat sink is also very substantial and it doesn't feel "cheap" despite the price. It also has visible torx screws so I could use the enclosure to install a new blade if I wanted to. It does get warm, but duh. It also comes with the traditional USB 3.0 connector as well as USB-C cable like most drives now. Oyen Digital customer service is also VERY responsive--and I know because...
On the negative side, I had to send the first drive back for a replacement as the connector was too loose and just knocking the drive a little would disconnect it. Not good for a supposedly "portable" drive. They gave me no issues with the exchange and covered the whole cost of shipping. The second drive is more secure although there is still a little more "play" than I would like. It seems Angelbird (a small Austrian company) is the only place that builds portable drives that really feel like they're not disconnecting no matter what. Their connector actually goes deep into the housing of the drive so there is absolutely zero chance you're unintentionally disconnecting it. Could probably use their drives as yo-yo's and still not disconnec them. I just wish they were cheaper and not still using SATA.
Anyway, overall not a bad drive but I'm getting the dreaded "disk not ejected properly" error with it (but not the angelbird sata drive or my 2 HDDs) and adding that plus the first experience is making me a little wary of its long term viability. There are other budget USB-C NVMEs on the market (although not too many) so maybe they all have the same quirks. Patriot EVLVR is another I am keeping my eye on if I decide that this is too flaky for my projects.
It seemed Oyen DIgital did ok with their minipro so I thought what the heck, 3 year warranty so if displeased no issue and I've wasted more money than $150 on hardware before.
On the pluses, I've been very pleased with the speed as it's my first external NVME. Who wouldn't be coming from SATA? The heat sink is also very substantial and it doesn't feel "cheap" despite the price. It also has visible torx screws so I could use the enclosure to install a new blade if I wanted to. It does get warm, but duh. It also comes with the traditional USB 3.0 connector as well as USB-C cable like most drives now. Oyen Digital customer service is also VERY responsive--and I know because...
On the negative side, I had to send the first drive back for a replacement as the connector was too loose and just knocking the drive a little would disconnect it. Not good for a supposedly "portable" drive. They gave me no issues with the exchange and covered the whole cost of shipping. The second drive is more secure although there is still a little more "play" than I would like. It seems Angelbird (a small Austrian company) is the only place that builds portable drives that really feel like they're not disconnecting no matter what. Their connector actually goes deep into the housing of the drive so there is absolutely zero chance you're unintentionally disconnecting it. Could probably use their drives as yo-yo's and still not disconnec them. I just wish they were cheaper and not still using SATA.
Anyway, overall not a bad drive but I'm getting the dreaded "disk not ejected properly" error with it (but not the angelbird sata drive or my 2 HDDs) and adding that plus the first experience is making me a little wary of its long term viability. There are other budget USB-C NVMEs on the market (although not too many) so maybe they all have the same quirks. Patriot EVLVR is another I am keeping my eye on if I decide that this is too flaky for my projects.
