Echo 13 Thunderbolt 5 SSD Dock

Excellent! Just what I needed for my Mac min M4 Pro! Adding the 4TB of super fast storage is cheaper than buying an comparable external drive or even just the NVMe. As I mentioned, it is incredibly fast. Using Black Magic, the internal storage tested out at 6GB/sec. I partitioned it out into two drives and encrypted one of them. I expect to lose quite a bit of speed from this, but i was still able to get 5800MB/sec throughput. The only other drive I've seen that is this fast is the OWC Envoy Ultra... and it costs twice what this does and doesn't give you all the extra goodies. All of the connections work, at the speed they are advertised. I connected it to my MacBook Pro and then to my LG 5K Monitor, and it worked without a hitch. All expected resolutions were there. It also provided plenty of power to charge my MacBook Pro. Solidly built. I'm not worried about handling it with kid gloves. I love that it gives me 3 additional Thunderbolt ports, and also provides all of the extra ports and connections I need, like the SD card reader and none of the stuff I'd never use. For my use case, this is perfect.

I purchased this dock to use with my 2024 16” M4Max MacBook Pro because it had the best combination of Integrated 6000MB/s NVMe Storage (1TB, 2TB, or 4TB), high speed data transfers to other Thunder Bolt 5 devices (and compatibly with TB4 and TB3. It is a full featured Docking Station, with a quiet fan for cooling the SSD. It will charge a laptop at up to 140 watts. The dock was installed in April 2025 and has worked without a problem since. I use it with a 27" Studio monitor and a 32" LG Monitor. It works fine with the MBP 16" screen in the mix as well. I recently installed a second, identical device for an older Intel MBP (TB3) in place of its older dock. This is in preparation for another new MBP to replace the Intel MBP. I anticipate that the upgrade will require swapping the TB3 computer cable for the new TB5 computer and then do the transfer from the old computer to the new one. If you are looking for an excellent high-end dock, this is one to consider!

This item didn't live up to my expectations. The read/write speeds were not to spec. Also, it is a lot bigger and clunkier than can be seen from the pictures. I returned this item.

Been a month since using this. My impressions Good - 1. The inbuilt SSD slot . With SSD WD 850Nx 2 TB inside I was able to see 5800 MB/s R/W . Thats faster than the M4 Pro 16 in internal SSD which is ~4200 MB/s 2. Stays warm , but doesn’t get hot even after hours of use 3. No fan noise , barely hear it but it works well 4. Works Seamless through thunderbolt 5 port with 2 Dell Monitors I used with HDMI and display ports 5. Didnt notice any throttling on the NVME SSD inside with 2 Dell displays connected at 60 Hz 6. Daisy chained well with a thunderbolt 3 mini dock. Bad - Quite a few 1. Doesnt work with Thunderbolt 3 of Dell XPS 15 9550 2. Doesnt work with a usbc portable monitor when connected with Windows 11 Lenovo P14s laptop.But the same usb c monitor works through the sonnet dock with Macbook Pro m4. The same monitor also works when directly connected to the usb c of the Lenovo P14s Window laptop, but doesnt work through the Sonnet dock. Contacted Tech support explaining the problem. But Sonnet Tech support was pretty useless , they responded without helping much and their response are too slow. 3. Connections wise the dock could use a extra usb c port at the least and a proper HDMI/Display port since currently 2 thunderbolt ports get used for 2 displays , leaving only one thunderbolt port for any peripherals like a SSD NVME enclosure. If you have more thunderbolt peripherals , good luck. 4. Its plastic , durability of dock outside surface may be a issue for some.

Well I rarely write reviews but this thing is expensive and I wanted to warn everyone about this. I had a problem right out of the box with extremely slow data transfer speed when trying to copy data from an external TB5 SSD drive to the internal SSD drive via a TB5 rated cable. I emailed their "tech" support and after a week and a half, still did not get a reply. If they don't have the confidence in their own product to support it, then it shouldn't be on the market and consumers shouldn't buy it. ABSOLUTE JUNK UPDATE: 12-24-25 This "dock" constantly disconnects from my 2025 M4 Pro Macbook Pro and has caused data loss in its own dock SSD drive. In addition, it disconnects both monitors and forces a cold reboot of the dock to restore. I have emailed tech support 6 times since early November and received zero replies with the exception of this auto replay from the same day, "Thank you for contacting Sonnet Technical Support. I am sorry your device is not working as expected. In order to provide you the best possible support, I will be reaching out to my team for further assistance. We will do our best to have a response for you soon."BE WARNED, you will not be happy with anything this company sells you. Buy something from a reputable company instead. My only regret is not sending this piece of crap back before the return period expired. Hope this prevents others from getting scammed.

Works exactly as expected, i watched many many reviews on this device and you get exactly what is reviewed. For me it cuts the cost of a thunderbolt 5 ssd that is too expensive

Just received this very expensive dock and the thunderbolt 5 cable was not in the box. Now I have to spend even more money for a cable!!! Send me the cable and I’ll update my review! They sent the cable and all is well👍. The Echo 13 is working wonderfully

This thing is great!

Das Thunderbolt 5 Dock ist qualitativ super. Es wird im SSD Betrieb nicht warm und arbeitet einwandfrei. Die Daten stimmen annähernd. Wider der Beschreibung lässt sich die SSD aus dem Gehäuse völlig unproblematisch mit einem Kreuzschlitz Schraubendreher demontieren und damit austauschen. Dank eines informativen Videos von YouTube. Ein anderer Mitbewerber hat da optisch ein ähnliches Produkt, welches tatsächlich aus komplett Aluminium gefertigt wurde, und es ist auch tatsächlich nur 200 € billiger, hat aber keine SSD verbaut. Ein dritter Anbieter, der im Gaming Bereich ansässig ist, bietet auch eine Dockingstation beim selben Format an, indem man auch unproblematisch. Eine entsprechende NVMe es ist die einbauen kann. Diese zeigte aber wohlweislich in diversen Foren Grafikprobleme bei angeschlossenen Monitoren… ich habe keinerlei Probleme

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Das Ding ist gut, eine ganze Menge Anschlüsse. Für mich fehlen ein paar normale USB-Anschlüsse. Auch wird der Laptop permanent geladen. Es wäre schöner, wenn die Ladefunktion ab und zu auch ausgeschaltet würde, ohne dass man die Festplatte entkoppeln muss. Auch ist der Preis sehr üppig. Da gibt es günstigere Alternativen, vielleicht nicht o umfangreich, aber auch gut.

Excellent product. Now Time machine backup takes only few minutes.