What makes a Thunderbolt 3 enclosure good?

[skitsafrit]

Hi howdy!
I'm in the market for a Thunderbolt 3 enclosure for my home computer. I've been looking all over Amazon and there's a lot of options at all sorts of different price points. But to be honest they all look/sound the same. So in y'all's opinion:
What makes a TB3 enclosure good?
What makes a TB3 enclosure bad?
What sort of specs should I be paying attention to?

Specific recommendations welcome!
If this matters, I'm getting this thing to get a bunch of audio, video, and photo files off my machine's main SSD, so I have more space for games.

 

[MaikuTech]

Thats going to be upto you to figure out what is best for your needs.
I do suggest you don't move any hdd/ssd enclosure kit too much.

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=thunderbolt+3+nylon+braided&I=electronics&ref=nb_sb_noss

Otherwise tell your cords goodbye after so much wear and tear.
Look at this link and pair it up a high speed rated enclosure kit.

This is something that might fir you.

https://www.amazon.com/10Gbps-Standalone-Duplicator-Dock-SATA/dp/B019Y4JE22/ref=sr_1_37?dchild=1&keywords=thunderbolt+3+enclosure+kit&qid=1607192345&sr=8-37

Honestly if it were me I would stick to usb 3.0 or higher enclosure kits and leave well enough alone.

 

[terzaerian]

Thats going to be upto you to figure out what is best for your needs.
I do suggest you don't move any hdd/ssd enclosure kit too much.

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=thunderbolt+3+nylon+braided&I=electronics&ref=nb_sb_noss

Otherwise tell your cords goodbye after so much wear and tear.
Look at this link and pair it up a high speed rated enclosure kit.

This is something that might fir you.

https://www.amazon.com/10Gbps-Standalone-Duplicator-Dock-SATA/dp/B019Y4JE22/ref=sr_1_37?dchild=1&keywords=thunderbolt+3+enclosure+kit&qid=1607192345&sr=8-37

Honestly if it were me I would stick to usb 3.0 or higher enclosure kits and leave well enough alone.

USB 3x enclosures seem to struggle more the more disks you have on them. I ended up giving both USB and Thunderbolt a pass and just building a hack job of a NAS and putting it out of the way in my house.