This issue is similar to how many consumers did not realize that a Thunderbolt 1 or Thunderbolt 2 port was really a Mini DisplayPort connection with another data signal piggybacking on the port type. A consumer may not necessarily understand that USB Type-C and Thunderbolt 3 can be one in the same, particularly with how new both technologies still are. and other devices like a laptop that could take advantage of this enclosure may label their USB Type-C ports as simply a ‘Thunderbolt 3’ port. This is particularly difficult because Thunderbolt 3 operates over USB Type-C ports.

There are a lot of challenges when it comes to providing information that is both accurate and not contradictory, without getting overly wordy with regards to compatibility of a device like the USBC-NVME. This would be usable when using high-end NVMe SSDs (Example the Samsung EVO -series). Compared to USB-A (3.0) port, the TB2 gives double the bandwidth for the connectivity for this enclosure. Is it possible to upgrade the exclosure firmware to make it fully TB3 (and older TB2/1) compatible ? This would be really beneficial for users that use example older MAC computers that don’t have a TB3/USB3.1 port, but have TB2. This will not work for this enclosure as is not a TB3 device. This has meaning example when trying to use the native Apple Thunderbolt 2 to Thunderbolt 3 adapter. BUT, it would be good to mention that the enclosure is not an actual Thunderbolt 3 device. This gives an indication that the device supports Thunderbolt 3. It reads in the product description: “Capable of read and write speeds of over 900 MBps, depending on the SSD used, and when connected to a Thunderbolt 3 or USB 3.1 Gen 2 port.” I have a question/suggestion for Thunderbolt support for this enclosure.

Thunderbolt 2 external enclosure