Oyen Digital Helix Dura 2TB USB-C (USB 3.2 Gen2) NVMe Portable SSD, Up to 1050MB/s

Great portable SSD. The fins to aid in cooling is a nice touch and helps the SSD maintain it’s read and write speed. Highly recommended.

Used to backup my new 16" MacBook Pro (over 750 GB in less than 15 minutes) with included Thunderbolt cable. Incredibly fast. From reading some of the earlier reviews I was expecting the Dura to become very hot, but during and after the backup process it was warm but comfortable to hold in my hand. Very durable enclosure and smaller than expected. Very happy with this choice.

Love how small this drive is and how FAST it is. File transfers are instantaneous on my 2019 MacBook Pro with USB C. Biggest downside is really with exfat I think, which is out of Helix’s control. I may reformat to Mac OS journaled to get around some of the weird errors I get. With exfat, it’s hard to safely eject the hard drive without relaunching finder every time so it becomes a pain.

Picked this up for back-up for my computer. It's amazingly fast (I'm using Thunderbolt 4 ports on my computer). Also, scary light. I'll try to remember to update when I've had it long enough to determine longevity, but despite being a little pricy, I bought another one as well.

After light use for video file transfer between computers, both 2TB drives have already failed. The warranty replacement for a failed Helix Dura thermal-throttled down to 70MB/sec after a few minutes of sustained video file archiving. The design seems defective when sustained write performance is worse than mechanical hard disk drives, and sustained write times are more than ten times slower than the speed the vendor claims.