OWC 1TB SDD Failed for Third Time

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Last year I was getting tired of always having to clear up space on my 11" 2012 MacBook Air's 256GB SSD. So in May of last year I spent $530 on a 1TB SSD from Other World Computing. That September the SSD failed and I was sent a replacement. A year later it failed again and I was sent a second replacement. Now that replacement has failed after a little more than a month.

Has anyone else has such a bad experience with OWC? It's hard to believe I would get 3 bad drives in 18 months, but I've always been careful with my laptop. Are they selling drives that aren't fully compatible with the Air? At this point I really want nothing more to do with their SSDs, but I seriously doubt they'll give me a refund. I might see if my credit card's purchase protection can help.

This is why I stayed away from OWC drives.. I did a bit of research and self debating when contemplating getting a bigger drive for this machine. Yeah, it looked good because it was a direct fit, but I started seeing people with issues a while after I started researching.. I opted for the 2TB ADATA. No issues.. See sig. I do have an OWC TB2 dock for this I bought used. No issues.. Their drives?.. Issues.. Not sure ADATA would work in your machine though..

 

[EugW]

I'm surprised to be reading all these complaints (yes, I know this thread is 5 years old). I've always heard only good things about OWC and I replaced my 2012 iMac's HDD with a 1TB OWC SSD many years ago and it's still performing flawlessly. But that was a 2.5" SATA SSD (the kind that's within an enclosure and not a bare chip). Maybe it's just the other types of SSDs that they have issues with.

OWC mostly sells no-name stuff, branded with their name. I still don't know why people think they are a good brand. It's just a generic store brand after all.

I guess the advantage is that this store will actually replace their defective stuff, so there's that.