Having replaced hundreds of HDDs and SSDs over the last 40 years...

Reliability issues have come and gone with the worst being after the big factory in Thailand blew up 25 years ago.

I have always focused on who gave the best support when there were issues. WD/SanDisk and Crucial stand head and shoulders above all others. Both have USA warranty centers and, once you have an RMA, you're good. Turnaround times are excellent. Worst has always been Seagate.

Crucial is the retail/consumer brand of Micron, an OEM supplier of RAM and SSDs to everyone including Apple and HP.

You will often find Micron on eBay and other sites saying that they're the same as Crucial—these should be avoided. Although the same RAM and SSDs, the Micron brand is only sold as OEM to VARs and manufacturers with no warranty ever. The discount is large enough so that these customers are expected to eat the occasional defect. Micron makes this quite clear on their web site.

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