I’ve been setting up the Ugreen NAS since yesterday. The actual setup only took a few minutes, but I’m currently waiting for the hard drive sync, which takes about two days. I set up the drives for RAID 5, and it says it’ll take two days to synchronize. NAS hard drive setup usually takes this long. I’ll come back later with a detailed review after I’ve used it...

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Pros. 1. This NAS is aimed squarely at beginners. There are no difficult terms or confusing buttons. When I used QNAP, I had to look up and agonize over what the heck 'Thin' or 'Thick' meant. (Though, Ugreen does have the functionality.) You can set it up roughly and it’ll still work fine. 2. Easy setup. Compared to QNAP and Synology, it’s that much simpler. If you're an expert, it’s good to have detailed features, but most regular users never touch half of them... Maybe because this is an early stage of development, it only has the necessities. Beginners will appreciate this more. For example, there is no default ADMIN account. You don't even need to bother deactivating it later. The account you create is the admin. 3. Simple apps. Uplus recently consolidated its mobile apps into one, right? The QNAP NAS I use now has several mobile apps. This app for this feature, that app for that feature... Ugreen wraps it all up in one app. Plus, the design is nice, which is awesome for beginners. (Logging into QNAP is seriously hard, too... ㅡ.ㅡ.) 4. The internal UI is fast. Honestly, this is why I switched... With Synology and QNAP, changing settings and moving screens felt slow, like using Windows 95. This thing is snappy. It’s so satisfying. 5. 2.5G support is standard. This feature is expensive on QNAP and Synology. It's standard on the Ugreen NAS. Love it. Because speed matters.