"Where are my shoes?" I asked my friends. Looking around our Airbnb rental apartment in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada, reality was about to set in. For some reason, despite getting the check on my list of things to pack, my shoes are still almost 2,000 kilometers away in the foyer of my house in Calgary. Since I am not about to spend money buying shoes anywhere in this city of 20,000 people here in the Canadian North, I decided to embark on our week-long adventure with the only footwear I left my house with: A pair of worn out flip flops I paid $1.00 for at Old Navy last year. Now that I am back here in Calgary, I have to admit while it was not too bad getting around town, embarking on a hike to Cameron Falls and making a loop on the trail around Frame Lake was certainly not a good idea. In all cases, appropriate footwear is recommended for different activities, even though you can go outside with either flip flops or running shoes. Earlier this year, we reviewed the Crucial MX500 500GB in the 2.5" SATA form factor. Understanding that the 2.5" SATA form factor may not be appropriate in all situations just like my flip flops, today, we decided to take a look at the Crucial MX500 500GB in another form factor: M.2 2280. Featuring the same Silicon Motion SM2258 controller and Micron's 64-layer 3D TLC NAND ICs, will the M.2 version of the MX500 deliver the same level of balance in performance, features, and price as its 2.5" SATA variant? Read on to find out!