Zike - Z666 40Gbps USB 4.0 M.2 NVMe SSD Enclosure w/ Thunderbolt 4, Tool-Free Aluminum Case for 2230/2242/2260/2280 Drives - Gray

I've had this a little over a month. I prefer a housing over a sealed drive so I can open it and replace the storage. I like the design but I do prefer a metal thumb screw to hold the NVME in place. This uses a little rubber nubbin with ridges in it. It works but I just prefer the metal thumb screw. I put the 8TB WD_BLACK SN850X in this and it's ripping fast. Copies 20 gig turnover folders in a blink. So far it only gets warm.. not hot. I'm running a master foley session with 24 playback tracks 4 guides, a pix track and tons of inactive reference tracks. Session contains 10 - 50-ish minute episodes. Rips right open. I wonder about the plastic cover. Seems like the bare metal would allow heat to dissipate better if you are concerned. I've left the plastic on with no issues but it is easy enough to slide off. I'm very happy with the Zike enclosure and will probably buy a second one if it goes on sale for $100 or less. I would give it 5 stars but I am always reluctant to do so as nothing is perfect. There are options out there for this type of enclosure and value seems like a moving target. You decide if it's worth the money. If you see it for $100 grab it. I like this enclosure and once I like something I tend to stick with it unless it lets me down. So far this has been great. I have used it on the M2 mac studio, M1 Macbook Pro and an intel Mac Mini. Performance is always good. Mounts near instantly.

This is a SOLID enclosure for NVMe. i've tried many other enclosures and this one by far exceeded my expectations. At first, took a while to open the casing, once I was able to slide off 75% the transparent cover of the casing, the remaining 25% transparent casing opens by clicking and sliding that cover. Installing the NVMe SSD drive was apiece of cake. Once it was all put back together, you can feel the solidness of this enclosure, assuring the confidence of this enclosure. The additional short USB-C to USB-C cable in the enclosure is a nice bonus.

The Zike SSD enclosure is one of the better ones on the market having a robust aluminum cooling fin design to keep everything cool. I paired it with a Samsung 2TB SSD card and using it with Thunderbolt 4 connection, the read/write speeds average around 3400 MB/s which is very high speed for disk drives.

This is my second Zike Z666 Thunderbolt drive enclosure, each M.2 upgrade I do the old drive goes into a new enclosure. Works well and has fast read and write speeds.

This is a very solid and well built case. It works awesome and the storage for the built in cable is pretty cool. The case comes with a plastic outer case which I was not sure if I should leave on so I took it off. The case is easy to open and access. The drive bay uses a cleaver rubber nub to keep the drive in instead of a screw so its a tool less install as well. Pros: Solid and durable case Easy to open and install the drive Great cable storage Easy drive install Cons: A bit pricy for an external enclosure NOTES: This does get warm as the case is the heat sink and the M2 drives put out a lot of heat.