OWC Envoy Ultra

The First and Fastest Thunderbolt 5 Portable SSD

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Over

6000MB/S

Up to 2x faster than Thunderbolt 4 and USB4

Maximizes

Performance

of Thunderbolt 3, Thunderbolt 4, and USB4 machines

Weatherproof

Protects data from dust, drops, and downpours

OWC Envoy Express

The world’s first Thunderbolt™ certified bus-powered ‘add your
own drive’ enclosure

Bus-powered

1st

Thunderbolt™ 3 Enclosure

Install

DIY Easy

NVMe M.2 SSDs

Up to

1553

MB/s

Real-world Performance

Compact

3.3 OZ

With Drive

OWC Envoy Express

The world’s first Thunderbolt™ certified bus-powered ‘add your own drive’ enclosure

Bus-powered

1st

Thunderbolt™ 3 Enclosure

Install

DIY Easy

NVMe M.2 SSDs

Up to

1553

MB/s

Real-world Performance

Compact

3.3 OZ

With Drive

0TB

DIY Enclosure

Add your own NVMe M.2 SSD

$169.99

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4TB

Ready-built with a fast Aura P12 Pro SSD.

$1,194.99

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8TB

Ready-built with a fast Aura P12 Pro SSD.

$2,689.99

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2TB

$699.00

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4TB

$1,099.00

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0TB

DIY Enclosure

Add your own NVMe M.2 SSD

$169.99

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4TB

Ready-built with a fast Aura P12 Pro SSD.

$1,194.99

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8TB

Ready-built with a fast Aura P12 Pro SSD.

$2,689.99

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Rugged. Reliable. Revolutionary.

Built like a tank for go anywhere ruggedness. Bus-powered with a built-in cable for ultra convenience. Jaw-dropping mind-blowing revolutionary real-world speed over 6000MB/s1,2. Envoy Ultra gives you the best of everything in the palm of your hand with reliability you can count on from the proven global leader of Thunderbolt innovations.

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Ultra Fast

Over 6000MB/s1,2…up to 2x faster than Thunderbolt 4 and USB4

Weatherproof

Protects data from dust, drops, and downpours

Ultra Maximizer

Gets the most speed possible from Thunderbolt 3, Thunderbolt 4, and USB4 machines

Ultra Convenient

Bus-powered with built-in Thunderbolt cable

Ultra Ready

Easily handle daily data needs to pro level creative projects while matching internal storage performance

Ultra Silent

Fanless, heat dissipating aluminum design

Ultra Compatible

Works with Macs, PCs, iPad Pros, Chromebooks, and Surface devices

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Be Your Best with the Best

History-Making DIY Pocket-Sized Storage Solution

While small in stature, the OWC Envoy Express is big news. For the first time ever in the history of Thunderbolt™, you can buy a bus-powered Thunderbolt™ certified enclosure and install your own drive in it. Finally…a DIY kit that lets you break free of pre-configured choice limits so you can build a pocket-sized storage solution to meet your specific needs. And rebuild it anytime those needs change. Equally revolutionary is the included slide mount. This surface-safe removable drive holder allows you to slide the Envoy Express onto the back of your laptop’s screen for out-of-the-way mobile use convenience. More options. More usability. More functionality…only from OWC.

Certified

The first bus-powered enclosure that meets stringent Thunderbolt™ power requirements

DIY Easy

Uses any NVMe M.2 2280 SSD available today and in the future

Super-Fast

Supports up to 1553MB/s real-world performance¹

Convenient

Integrated 10.2-inch Thunderbolt™ 3 cable

Compact

Shorter than a ballpoint pen and weighs a mere 3.3 ounces with drive

Silent

Runs cool and distraction-free

Stylishly Rugged

Black anodized aluminum provides “field-tough” data protection

Gets Onboard

Includes back of laptop screen slide mount for safe, out-of-the way use

Worry-Free

2 Year OWC Limited Warranty

The Power of Build Your Own Options

Build your Envoy Express with a brand-new drive for a fast boot drive. Retask an existing drive replaced during an upgrade for added storage and backup capacity. Or, use Envoy Express to regain access to files on a drive removed from an inoperable machine. Whatever the reason you want to build your own bus-powered Thunderbolt enclosure, Envoy Express gives you the power to make it happen.

Backup, Play, and Edit. Faster.

Whether you want to backup your growing photo and music libraries, share files, play your favorite games and movies anywhere, or even want to capture and edit up to 8K video, the Envoy Express can do it all. And it’s built to support super-fast sustained data transfer rates up to 1553MB/s…often faster than your machine’s internal drive performance!

Uses Today’s and Tomorrow’s Drives

Designed to support any NVMe M.2 2280 SSD, the Envoy Express gives you the freedom of flexibility to use any drive today — including OWC Aura SSDs up to 8.0TB capacity — as well as being ready for tomorrow’s 16TB and future capacities without limit.

OWC recommends OWC Aura P12 Pro NVMe M.2 SSDs up to 8.0TB

Gets Onboard with Macs and PCs

Today’s office is often a tiny bistro table, your lap in a remote location, or a cramped airplane seat. There’s no power outlet and not enough room for an external drive. Besides being the industry’s first Thunderbolt™ 3 bus powered (no power adapter required) enclosure, the Envoy Express is the first to include a laptop mounting system.

Removable adhesive gel and a lightweight yet durable plastic holder secure the Envoy Express onto the back of your Thunderbolt™ 3-equipped Mac or PC laptop screen. Easy to add and easy to remove with no marking or marring.

Vrrooooom into a whole new gear

Faster than anything that came before, take advantage of the OWC Envoy Express certified Thunderbolt performance with blazing-fast data transfers and backup. The ultimate in DIY drive flexibility and performance is finally here.

300%
FASTER

THAN THE FASTEST USB 3.0 OPTIONS

50%
FASTER

THAN THE FASTEST
'THUNDERBOLT 3 COMPATIBLE'
OPTIONS²

Vrrooooom into a
whole new gear

Faster than anything that came before, take advantage of the OWC Envoy Express certified Thunderbolt performance with
blazing-fast data transfers and backup. The ultimate in DIY drive flexibility and performance is finally here.

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Certified Confidence

Like all OWC storage products, Envoy Ultra underwent rigorous development testing processes, including intensive mandatory Thunderbolt certification. This hyper-focused attention to detail helps ensure you’ll enjoy a guaranteed consistent experience using Envoy Ultra with a wide range of products and brands.

Then it was subjected to near sadistic environmental abuses to give it our legendary tank-like toughness that pros working in the field stake their reputation on. As a final reliability assurance, each Envoy Ultra goes through a multi-step performance verification prior to shipping.

Need to share the Envoy Express?

Easily work and share cross-platform with Macs and PCs using OWC's MacDrive software (sold separately). Peace between the platforms.

Need to share the
Envoy Express?

Easily work and share cross-platform with Macs and PCs using OWC's MacDrive software (sold separately). Peace between the platforms.

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OWC, Trusted by Pros & Enthusiasts the World Over

We build our hardware to the highest standards of reliability and performance. Because 100% reliability is always the goal, we rigorously quality test and back our hardware with a 2 Year OWC / Macfixit Australia Limited Warranty and award-winning customer support.

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Up to 6000MB/s sequential read/write (max) performance based on testing a 2.0TB OWC Aura Pro IV equipped Envoy Ultra connected to a Windows 11 PC equipped with an Intel Core i9-14900HX 2200 MHz 24 Core processor and 32GB 5600MHz RAM running AJA System Test (4K-Full resolution, 64GB file size, 16bit RGB codec, single file test). Performance will vary depending on drive and application used.
Initial data rates of over 6000MB/s for continuous data write. Longer data write sessions will have sustained write speeds of 1350MB/s (2TB) and 1700MB/s (4TB). Read speeds consistently over 6000MB/s end to end.
PCs, Chromebooks, and Surface devices require a Thunderbolt 4, Thunderbolt 5, or USB4 port to use Envoy Ultra.
Envoy Ultra enclosure is IP66 rated. Connector/plug end of the built-in Thunderbolt cable is not waterproof and must be dry/clean before connecting Envoy Ultra to a machine or device.
In the unlikely event the integrated cable must be replaced, it is a user serviceable item and will be available beginning 2025.

OWC, Trusted by Pros &
Enthusiasts the World
Over

We build our hardware to the highest standards of reliability and performance. Because 100% reliability is always the goal, we rigorously quality test and back our hardware with a 2 Year OWC Macfixit Australia Limited Warranty and award-winning customer support.

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Drive not included. Performance results will vary depending on user installed drive. 1553MB/s performance based on testing a 2.0TB OWC Aura Pro P12 equipped Envoy Express connected to an iMac Pro Late 2017 (iMacPro1,1) with 32GB RAM and 3.2GHz processor running AJA System Test (4K-Full resolution, 16GB file size, 10bit RGB codec, single file test).
“Thunderbolt 3 Compatible” devices are those that are not true Thunderbolt solutions, but utilize the same USB-C connection. While computers with Thunderbolt 3 support all USB-C devices, only true Thunderbolt devices offer the higher performance capabilities, certified reliability, and stability that Thunderbolt 3 is designed to deliver.