“Product is good, although it took 12 days to be delivered as Pi Hut->Evri insist on a signature so any delivery instructions placed when ordering at Pi Hut such as 'please leave in porch' are completely ignored and Evri do not support redirection to a local collection point. This package was easily small enough to put through the letter box or leave in porch - really annoying and will source elsewhere next time”
“GOOD:
Works great with 2x Samsung 990 Evo+ 2TB. Overall an awesome HAT.
I use it mounted on top of the Pi, not on the bottom, because the PCIE flex cable blocks the SD card slot if you mount it on the bottom. However when mounted on top, it gets more heat from the Pi running underneath it, so it's a tradeoff.
BAD:
I have two minor complaints:
- The two power LEDs for the two SSDs are way too bright
- Would be great if they also sent a longer PCIE flex cable included (they sell them separately)”
“This board is great for all sizes of M.2 SSDs and I have used 2282 and 2230 with success. I leave the second slot free for future use. I han't tried it yet, but I think there is room for a thin heatsing to be attached to a NVMe memory card as some can get too hot in intensive computing operations.”
“Great add on, works perfectly. FYI I have had success using a single Samsung 990 evo+ 2tb drive. I am assume two of these would also work, which is my plan.”
“Bought to provide a NAS with mirrored WD Blue SN580 1 TB SSDs, which work well. Very quick despite the halving of speed, as warned. Recommend use of openmediavault for software mirroring and WireGuard for VPN. Lost a star as the flex ribbon blocks the microSD card so some dismantling of the Pi 5 and board was needed until configuration proven.”
