SABRENT Rocket Nano 512GB USB 3.2 10Gb/s External Aluminum SSD (Silver) (SB-512-NANO)

These solid state drives are tiny but powerful. Fast data save and retrieval and can be plugged into both USB-C and USB-A access ports. It has a nice solid, high-quality feel to it. I purchased a small carrying case that can accommodate both drives.

I purchased the 2TB version and have been using it daily for several weeks. It operates a LOT faster than any USB thumb drive or the fastest SD card. I have hooked it up to a pretty fast, latest generation ThinkPad running Windows 10, with USB3.1 (10Gbit/sec speed) and find the Rocket Nano to be amazingly useful.A beautiful feature of this drive is that I can also plug it into my Samsung Galaxy Note 10 and read/write files using my phone. No extra adapters or drivers were needed to use it on my smart phone.I have not tried it on a MAC yet, but if you format the drive in exFAT, then a MAC or PC (or Android) device can access the files.It's as fast as my computer's internal SSD on reads. The write speed is something that varies with the type of files you are writing. If you're copying very large files, such as an ISO from a DVD movie, the speed is "wicked fast". When backing up my business files, which are hundreds of small files under 2MB in size, the write speed is noticeably slower. However, even with writing small files, this drive is still FAR faster than the fastest uSD cards.Writing a single 1.7GB file took 7.89 seconds... about 215MB/second.Writing a directory that was 4.30GB, containing files that average about 6MB in size, took 30.38 seconds... around 141.5MB/seconds.Note: when writing a huge amount of data at once, such as loading the drive with a 900GB file transfer, it does get quite hot. I accidentally forced it into thermal shutdown during such a large file transfer, but no data was lost and the drive was not damaged. When thermal shutdown occurred, I cancelled the file transfer and disconnected it from my PC. Waiting 30-40 seconds for it to cool off and then plugging it into my USB-C port again allowed the remainder of my transfer to be completed. I seriously doubt that many users will experience thermal shutdown... I was really "beating on it", transferring nearly 1TB of CAD files all at once.

Okay, so I am a filmmaker and shoot on a 4k camera setup. I shoot Cinema DNG files (raw) on my Sigma FP. It's a small camera and the last thing I want is a SSD taking up a lot of real estate. I did some digging and found the Sabrent Rocket Nano. Man, this thing blows away the Samsung T5 and all others. First off, its tiny!!It's all aluminum body is 2 3/4" X 1 2/16" X 1/2"!! Second it's a 2TB drive with sustained Read/Write speeds of around 900 MB/s! That is ridiculously fast compared to Samsung's 500MB/s, so I get no dropped frames or any other type of file corruption. Also, there is absolutely no formatting or setup with the Nano. I literally just plugged it in and shot. The 2TB nano shooting 4k Cinema DNG at 12bit gives me 1h50m record time. It also comes with a short (6 inch) USB C to USB C Thunderbolt 3 cable as well as a short (10 inch) USB A to USB C cable. The drive works on USB C or Thunderbolt 3 computers since it is backwards compatible. It comes in a cool aluminum case. This is a no brainer purchase. I know everyone uses the Samsung T5 or SanDisk or AngleBird and so did I. But this is smaller, faster and built extremely well. Now, if only SmallRig could design a clamp for it, all would be perfection.

In my original review, I thought the problem was related to using it with a Mac, but after doing more research online, there are many people reporting similar failures online that are not related to use with a Mac. Mine has been getting worse, it gets harder and harder to have it connect, after only one year old of moderate use.So, I explored the option of using the warranty. First of all, nowhere could I find the actual warranty published except for in the Product Q&A here on Amazon. It claims one year regular, five years with registration. Okay, so I went ahead and registered.Then, went to the support ticket page, and it has nowhere to file a ticket. It seems they don’t actually want to give support, which is the experience others have had with their devices. I have therefore revised my review down to one star. For how much I paid, I’d expect more than a one year lifespan, and I’d expect some support.——- Original review ————This would be a wonderful, compact, fast drive if it weren't for one major glitch: it simply doesn't work about half of the time when plugged into a modern mac (Macbookpro 16", Macos Catalina).Today is a case in point: I wanted to transfer a large Final Cut Pro X file from a NAS using this, because it would take an hour over wifi. I put it on the Rocket Nano, it took a few minutes to copy. Then I plugged it into the mac: zero, zilch, zip, nada. Re-plugged. Switched USB Cables. Nada.NOW, after taking the time to find my order so I could write a review, and finding the file to do a network copy, suddenly the drive mounts (after ~15 minutes of being plugged in).If you're trying to get work done using a Rocket Nano, forget it. It does this kind of nonsense too often. It becomes temporarily useless for some arbitrary amount of time, but if you wait long enough, it may eventually decide to mount. I don't know if it's doing an extensive fsck or some other process, or if it's just flakey, but I do not experience this with any other drives.I would have given this 4.5 stars otherwise; the only other negative is the heat. It does get very hot.Otherwise, it would be good. I get around 900MB/S copy speeds when it's cool (and mounted). It is very light and compact. It has never actually lost data (as far as I know).However, if half the time it won't mount when needed, it is 2 stars at best.I wish I could give it a better review, it would be perfect if it weren't for this highly annoying glitch.

Currently don't know where they are, but have had them for over a year and are great. When I first got them, heard they got hot. THEY DO. So... I bought 50mmx25mmx10mm heat sinks for them, it was a four pack and I have two drives. Put one on either side. AND PRESTO, can sustain the rated speeds and doesn't get hot. THOUGH... did hinder the portability of it by tripling its thickness, and also removed the ability to attach it to the back of my GPD Win Max devices. Overall, recommend.