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.

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.

Wanted to buy an additional portable hard drive, as most of my files are large picture files and these can take some time when backing up a large quantity to a portable drive. A SSD drive looked to be a better option and a quicker method of backing up, and already owning a SanDisk iXpand flash drive, which has USB to Lightning connections for easy transfer between laptop & iPad, the SanDisk Extreme seemed ideal. It's easy to set up and install the Secure Access software, which offers password protection and enables you to back up encrypted files in its Vault. Alternatively, you can just use as a normal additional drive, and copy files / folders to the drive's root folder. My only niggles are that if you choose the Secure Access option to save images in the Vault, it doesn't list them (as in Windows Explorer) in strict numerical order, it sorts by the first digit NOT the actual file number. As I number my images in bulk which show as 'Image (1), Image (10), Image (100)' etc., in the Vault, Image (10) follows Image (1), Image (11) comes between Image (109) & Image (110), and Image (2) comes after Image (199)! Then it lists Image (20) followed by Image (200), etc. As you can only view the files as Details, List or Icons - NOT thumbnails, this makes it a bit difficult to find an image when can't view all the actual images, though you can double-click on an individual image to view it. I'm not fussed about images being locked away and encrypted, so copying images / folders to the drive's root folder and viewing in Windows Explorer is better for me. The Secure Access option seems better suited for such as document files, i.e., MS Word, Excel, PDF, etc. Oh, and the supplied cable could be longer! However, I do really like it, and though yes it is a bit expensive, it is quite small, very light and truly portable - and very stylish too! Certainly would buy another when the drive gets full.

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.

I've tested the drive on two laptops, one a Lenovo and the other a Dell via both the usb 3 and usb c connection. I found the performance is always the same, about 300mb/s read / write. This is still pretty quick in my book, beating the fast 2.5" external hard drives by about 180mb/s and the fast 3.5" external hard drives by about 100mb/s. Originally I bought a 1TB USB SSD from another brand and found the write speed was sometimes less than 100mb/s. To remedy it, I had to keep unplugging and plugging the drive back in and it would work at full speed eventually. This was for a short while, before the drive reverted back to less than 100mb/s, when you would have to mess about unplugging it and plugging it back in again. I've had no such trouble with this drive. I say it is between 100 and 180mb/s faster than a fast external usb hard drive, but it's actually a lot more than that if you take into account how much data is on a given hard drive. Hard drives slow down as more data is written to them, because the heads read and write from the inside out on circular disks called platters. The heads have less area to travel to pick up the data near the centre of the platters. I know SSD's can slow down when more data is written to them, due to the block size of written data where new data has to be written while the old data is rewritten. However, slowdown happens sooner with a hard drive, with less % of the drive full. Also, not all SSD's slow down pretty much or even at all. e.g. some SSD's retain 90/100% of their performance with 95% of the drive full. Should I plug a brand, I found this is the case on, atleast with their modern drives of the last 2yrs. Samsung. Excellent drives. As for this Sandisk slowing down. Nope. I've had 95% data written and still 300mb/s r/w. So Sandisk excellent too. As for a few other brands I won't mention, well not so good when they start to fill up with data. One very big brand is terrible for slowing down, not just when getting full but just over time even with little data written. Also, not just with me, but with many users. I don't want a lawsuit, so I won't menton the brand. You'll never, guess unless I tell you. So i'll be alright. Just stick to Samsung and Sandisk SSD's, then you don't need to know.

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.

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.

Loved it. have been using this SSD for more than 4 years now. Its has never disappointed me. has really helped me keep my important documents photos and video safe. Has good protection of data. Speed is really nice. Cable length is kinda ok ok, manageable. Does not heat.

Ho acquistato questo prodotto in quanto avevo la necessita di portare sempre con me un hard disk esterno veloce, piccolo e resistente, in quanto non potevo occupare spazio aggiuntivo con l'utilizzo di custodie di protezione. Questo prodotto è veramente ottimo, ha una velocità di lettura e scrittura che rimane su circa 420 Mb/sec, leggermente inferiore a quanto dichiarato ma penso possa essere dato dal fatto che non utilizzo le porte USB-C in quanto il mio pc non ne ha, ma sono costretto ad utilizzare l'adattatore incluso nella confezione. Per quanto riguarda resistenza nulla da dire, sono ormai mesi che lo porto in giro tenendolo semplicemente nella tasca esterna dello zaino senza alcun tipo di protezione e non riporta ne graffi ne altro, sintomo di perfetta protezione IP-55. Mentre per la questione della portabilità le foto parlano da sé, risulta più piccolo di un normalissimo smartphone ed è decisamente più leggero, quindi sta tranquillamente in tasca e non rischia nemmeno di danneggiarsi. Penso sia un prodotto che vale il prezzo pagato, quindi se state cercando un hard disk adatto ad esigenze simili alle mie non fatevi troppi scrupoli ed acquistatelo, non ne rimarrete delusi! Per quanto riguarda la spedizione viene consegnato all'interno di una busta imbottita, come potete vedere il foto, quindi ottimo impacchettamento e scarse probabilità che si danneggi anche solo la confezione durante il trasporto.

Excellent! I used this as my boot drive for my Mac ... it has greatly improved the overall speed of my Mac as compared to when it was booting from the HDD that it came with.

I used to have a Samsung portable SSD, but the SanDisk is my new favorite by far! It's built well, and is so light weight it can even be left dangling from the connection. I've been running with it for a few months and putting it under a lot of stress and it delivers on all it's promises. The material is non slippery and very stylish and thanks to the connector being inset into the frame its easily pocketable without damaging it. Super satisfied, highly recommended!

Ho comprato questo SanDisk Extreme dopo averlo tenuto circa 4 mesi nel carrello, nell'attesa di un calo del prezzo. E finalmente al cyber monday eccolo lì a 250€ venduto e spedito da amazon. Che dire preso al volo ed il giorno dopo era nelle mie mani. La prima cosa che vi colpirà sarà la leggerezza tanto da pensare, ma all'interno c'è qualcosa? E bene c'è e come. Il prodotto si presenta in una confezione molto curata, ed è corredato da un cavetto abbastanza corto di notevole spessore e di elevata fattura, ritengo la scelta del cavetto corto estremamente azzeccata per due ordini di ragioni. Primo, cavo corto uguale migliore qualità del segnale, e come potete vedere dal mio benchmark le prestazioni sono di tutto rispetto, certo scordatevi gli IOPS di un vero SSD, questa è una memoria flash super veloce, ma che ha il suo pro nella portabilità. (Pc di riferimento i5 6600k 4,00GHz - 16GB RAM ddr4 - Nvidia GTX 970 4GB - SSD Samsung 250GB) Secondo aspetto, diffidate dai prodotti che hanno il cavo integrato perché quando si rompe siete fritti e fidatevi dopo 10 anni anche il miglior cavo vi abbandona. Inoltre un cavo più lungo si fa presto a comprarlo con 5€, ma se ci pensate bene tutti voi avete il cavo del cellulare, che è identico. (USB Type-C / Type-A) Infine vi consiglio di formattare la memoria in NTFS se utilizzate ambiente windows, poiché si tratta di un file system journaled, ed in caso di interruzione della corrente, dovreste recuperare i vostri dati. Inoltre l'NTFS a differenza dell'EXFAT (o FAT64) che dir si voglia supporta il TRIM. (Non mi dilungo, ma ciò allungherà notevolmente la vita del prodotto se avete intenzione di fare molte scritture sulla memoria). Speriamo che il prodotto duri, ma sono molto fiducioso, non vedo l'ora che gli hard disk si estinguano.