SanDisk Extreme Portable SSD 1TB up to 550MB/s read Solid State Drive

This is the only external hard drive I'll probably never bother putting in a case. It's small, light, but incredibly durable. I wasn't actually expecting it to be as small as it is, which is a plus in my opinion. One of the main reasons I wanted this drive was that it is USB-C – having moved over to the new MacBooks in 2017 I wanted to go some way to leaving the clumsy adapters behind. The drive comes with a very short USB-C cable, with a small adapter if you're using on a device with standard USB-A ports. The build itself is very good, it's amazing how far USB devices have come even in five years – this isn't much bigger than about three of my old Kingston drives put together, and is about 60 times the capacity. The design is modern and a bit funky, and the firm rubber edging makes it bounce when dropped and provides good protection, though it is a magnet for dust. Even though this is a rugged drive, it would've been nice to have even a small slipcase included, considering the price. As for speeds, I'm not one to meticulously get into the nitty gritty and measure them on these fancy pieces of software. I preferred to test it in a way which would produce real world numbers, so I just transferred some files. I saw a file of 5 gb transfer in 9 seconds, a file of 15gb transfer (from my USB-C MacBook Pro) in 28 seconds, and a group of files totalling 38 gb transfer in two minutes. That, to me, is incredible. Every time I transfer a video file or a collection of RAW photos files I'm amazed at the speed, compared to my old HDD which took an age to transfer, with the frustration and clunkiness of adapters on top. This is a drive that would be perfectly suited to being used as a video or photo archive, which is what I am using it for, and obviously it's ideally suited to be a Time Machine or any other back up drive. The speed and ease of transferring, through a cable my Mac is designed for, makes my work flow so much better. In the end, even with the 'deal of the day' I got, this was triple the price I've ever paid for an external hard drive, but I'm so glad I dove in.

Purchased as I needed to replace my Seagate one. Nothing wrong with Seagate, but due to the new USB-C ports machines now have, the cable on the old Seagate one kept cutting in and out and was dying on me. Chose this. Was expensive, but was in middle of a live project and so had to invest. SIZE WOW. I think this is a real selling point for me. I was so surprised by how small it was. I've tried to take a pic for buyers to relate to it. It can sit in palm of hand. About size smaller and so light, than a computer mouse. RUGGEDNESS Completely feels secure, and has already has had some knocks being on set and around my bag. When you plug it in, you know the cables are secure and during transfer. Yet to test against external extreme conditions. EASE OF USE Like with all of the portable drives. They are simple to use. Simply plug and play. Up to you if you want to use it as an external drive, or/and as a back up drive. No issues what so ever. Up to you if you want to install the Sandisk encryption software. If it wasn't so pricey (as everyone is different), I would snap up another.... maybe if I save up after this festive season.. Definitely recommend. I'm work remote and so my needs are for it to be quite resilient. Hope this review helps others.

No words. Absolute monster on speed, weight, size and theoretically on durability too. When I saw the product box I was astonished. When I opened it and grabbed the disc I was shocked. As you can see from the attached pictures (sorry for poor quality) it is a lot smaller than a WD My Passport Ultra 2Tb, specially a LOT thinner. What you can't see is how LIGHT it is. It also feels sturdier, specially knowing there's no moving parts inside. I'm just happy to throw it around now with no care at all. Comes with a (short) USB-C to USB-C cable plus a USB-A 3.1 adaptor for the computer side. This is probably the only weak side of the whole product - as with any other, be careful with the connection. Ah! Forgot about the blasting speeds (CrystalDiskMark run on Win7, on a 4 years old Latitude E5570). It is 3-4 times quicker than all the portable HDD I've got. It's almost as quick as the SSD in my laptop. If you live on the move, and moving lots of files, this is a no-brainer and a must-have. Save some money up, it's well worth it. PS: Main downside: it's so amazing you are going to fill it up too quickly! Can you tell I fell in love with it? UPDATE: 2 extra pics, speed checks this time with a new Latitude E5501 with Windows 10, first one running on USB-A, second on Thunderbolt port. Also, after extensive and hard use, hard drive becomes quite hot. This is I suppose quite normal, though a potential point of concern for durability.

The load times on my original Xbox One were getting poor. As I do not have a 4k TV I did not want to splash out on an new Xbox one X as I only wanted the extra processing power and improved load times. 4k capability was useless to me. Instead of spending ~£400 on an Xbox One X I just bought this little beauty. It is a fantastic bit of kit with blisteringly fast speeds. I now load in faster than my buddies who have an Xbox One X. If I ever do get an upgraded unit I can still use this drive as extra storage so no wasted money at all. I could have got a cheaper unit which was not designed to be so robust and portable; but I really liked the look of this unit. And it does not disappoint. It is well made and has a pleasing aesthetic. It is smaller than I expected and the place to attach a loop for carrying is nice. The has been running for a few weeks now with no problems. My only (minor) complaint: the included USB cable is *very* short. I cannot even plug it into the back of my xbox and leave the unit sitting on the top. I understand it is probably short by design to keep everything neat; but I don't think double the length would affect this and it would give a lot more flexibility in the units use. I didn't knock a star off as this is easily fixed - I have more loose USB cables than I know what to do with.

Great product. Very fast and portable

I have used external hard disk drives for data back-up for some years now, but when one of these drives started exhibiting the 'click of death', I decided to invest in a solid state external drive. Having looked at the reviews, the SanDisk SSD 1 TB seemed to match my requirements. I was not disappointed, the download speed is lightning fast provided you use a USB 3 port on the PC. It will work with USB 2, but is much slower. The price is about twice that of a conventional external HDD, but for me, reliability, small size and fast download speed are worth the extra. Perhaps the only niggle is that the supplied cable (a USB C to C cable with an adaptor) is only a few inches long and most people will probably want to buy a longer USB A to USB C cable.

The first thing you notice is this drive is very small and lightweight. In the picture that's an iPhone XS Max for scale. An old school external HDD is easily double the size, triple the weight, a quarter of the speed at best and much less reliable. And the price is excellent: at the time of writing I paid £79 for the 500GB model with 550MB/s speed. However it also feels rugged as the description advertises. I could probably drop this and not damage the actual flash storage. It comes formatted as exFAT which is what you want. It works on every major OS (Windows, Mac, Linux) and handles large files and external flash storage well. Other formats I've found only work properly on one OS and especially with FAT32 don't accept large files. Don't reformat it unless you have to but if you do have to I recommend formatting it again as exFAT unless you're doing something very specific that needs a different format (e.g. backup software that takes "snapshots" of your OS and data usually require specialised formats). I originally got this to backup my laptop but since the internal storage on my laptop is almost full I've ended up filling this drive with media instead and honestly might just buy another one for backups. And I would have no problem buying this exact drive again too. The only downside is the short cable and awkward adapter. It's easy to buy a third party one of course but the included cable is awkward to have plugged into a laptop as it just hangs off when you lift the laptop up. To be fair though it does stay plugged in just fine while hanging which is good because it could corrupt data otherwise. Oh and if you don't have a spare USB-C port and need to use the adapter for USB-A (regular old USB) make sure you put the adapter on the right way around! Yes there is a right way with this. If you put it on upside down it'll keep unplugging itself from the computer and you'll get data corruption. When fitted the right way it's solid. And again you can cheaply buy long high quality USB-C to USB-A and USB-C to USB-C cables right here on Amazon. I got a pack of three for under a tenner. Bargain. Oh one more small complaint. It came with some encryption software on it. This seems to be closed source and I can't see much info on how it works. I wouldn't trust random closed source software with encrypting my data personally. It's nice SanDisk is clearly taking encryption somewhat seriously at least but I recommend using some tried and trusted open source encryption software like VeraCrypt instead. Overall highly recommend this drive. Light, durable, fast, probably going to be very reliable (it's an SSD made by experts in memory), great build quality especially for this price, has USB-C which is good future proofing even if you don't use it right now. Only warnings I'd give are buy a better cable for it and don't use the included encryption software.

I bought the SanDisk Extreme Portable SSD 1TB for my games degree at uni, and it was hands down one of the best purchases I made with my student loan. The speed is impressive—up to 550MB/s read speed means transferring large game files, projects, and software is super fast and efficient. It’s lightweight and compact, so I can easily carry it around in my bag without worrying about space or weight. Plus, the rugged, water-resistant design gives me peace of mind that it can handle the bumps of student life. Even more so if you can grab a case for it too, double peace of mind. It was a lifesaver for storage and performance, and I can’t of imagined managing my coursework and projects without it. This is 1 of 3 I bought because I was so impressed. One for Unreal projects and another for Unity projects.