Does it have heating issues? null

Yes. These USB SSD drives (I have two) are abysmal for write performance. They heat up a LOT when in use and their write performance declines rapidly. Trying to write a 21G file from my local SSD to this USB SSD takes over an hour, but if I just transfer the same file from the same local SSD to an SMB (network) share over 802.11ac wireless, it takes about 4 minutes. Other SSD drives connected to this same computer and transferring this same file that I've used, even from SanDisk (e.g. a 128G microSSD attached via a microSSD -> USB converter), worked MUCH faster and reliably for writes. Read performance appears to be decent and does not heat up the drives as much. The above is copied from my review that I just wrote before I saw your question.

It does feel hot most times I pull it out of my computer.

It can get warm depending on the load you are transferring. Has not gotten HOT in my experience with it.

I believe I have 4 of these in this size and a few in other sizes. None of mine have had an issue.

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Yes. These USB SSD drives (I have two) are abysmal for write performance. They heat up a LOT when in use and their write performance declines rapidly. Trying to write a 21G file from my local SSD to this USB SSD takes over an hour, but if I just transfer the same file from the same local SSD to an SMB (network) share over 802.11ac wireless, it takes about 4 minutes. Other SSD drives connected to this same computer and transferring this same file that I've used, even from SanDisk (e.g. a 128G microSSD attached via a microSSD -> USB converter), worked MUCH faster and reliably for writes. Read performance appears to be decent and does not heat up the drives as much. The above is copied from my review that I just wrote before I saw your question.
Answered by Lolmer 5 years ago
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It does feel hot most times I pull it out of my computer.
Answered by ThePhoneGuy 5 years ago
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It can get warm depending on the load you are transferring. Has not gotten HOT in my experience with it.
Answered by Moereese 5 years ago
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I believe I have 4 of these in this size and a few in other sizes. None of mine have had an issue.
Answered by Mike 5 years ago
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