AXE MEMORY Portable SSD 500GB Solid State USB Drive, USB 3.2 Gen2 UASP SuperSpeed+. Optimal Speeds Up to 600MB/s Read, 500MB/s Write - Speedy+

I was getting tired of cluttering up my workstation with large external hard drives and SSDs, so I was really excited to try this USB-size SSD. The AXE drive comes FAT formatted with 465GB free. It is rated USB 3.2 Gen 2, with 600MB/s read and 500MB/s write speed. It’s nice and small, about the size of a standard USB stick. It comes with a cap that snaps over the USB port and can be stored on the opposite end of the drive so that you don’t lose it. Performance: The performance of the drive seems very fast compared to other external drives that I have used. I actually got 522MB/s write speed at one point. The read speed wouldnt reach quite the 600MB/s rating, but that could because my laptop hard drive couldn’t go any faster. The one form factor disadvantage is the length of the drive is enough that you can accidentally bend the USB connector if you are not careful and try to set the drive down at an angle or if something pushes up on the drive. I have broken other drives this way so I will have to be careful. Some of the other reviews mentioned that the SSD got hot - but I only found that it got slightly warm while I was doing the writing test, nothing abnormal at all. Thoughts: Its a huge 500GB SSD, packed into a device the size of a typical flash drive. The read and write speeds are fantastic, and its so much faster than your standard flash drive. There are really no negatives to speak of - just be careful not to lose it or accidentally bend it.

I know the line tiny yet powerful gets thrown around alot, but I mean it for real here. The 500gb storage on this drive Im trying matches my internal SSD in space, yet plugs into a USB and fits on my keychain! In other words, I can back up my entire drive C: and carry it around with me. Thats awesome. And the speed is super impressive over a USB3 connection, pretty close to the advertised speed (It is plugged into a hub for this test, so expect real world direct connection to be slightly higher). I can understand why some people might prefer a USB-C version of this for modern laptops, but the computers Im using all offer USB3 in the full size A port, so no complaints here. I knew what I was getting and was NOT disappointed!

This SSD is great for my old laptop.

This thumb drive actually has a decent transfer speed for a USB 3.2. Most thumb drives have the right capacity but this one has faster speeds for a USB 3.2. Please be aware that you do need the correct port to utilize the full transfer speed. This is a great thumb drive to have for if you need a quick transfer of larger files or a back up for pictures and videos. Although 250 gb is a bit unorthodox compared to many other flash drives, pictures and videos probably could easily fill up 250 GB. I would say this is pretty nice to have some more important files stored safely on a thumb drive as back up if needed. The first thing I will say is that this thumb drive is a little thicker than your average thumb drive but it is still decent size for 250 gb. It is thin enough where it will not take up too much space. It does have a small loop I would say you could be a string through so you can put this on your keys or on a lanyard. This one is easier to put a string through because it is not one of those really small tight loops. In terms of scratching, this does not scratch as easy as say metal case thumb drives. The cap stays on pretty well however when you do not have any place to put the cap if you have the thumb drive open. You cannot put it on the back end like some thumb drives. I did do a test and verified that this thumb drive indeed has 250 gigabyte capacity and the transfer speed is pretty fast even on a USB 3.0. Again all varies as well on the port you plug into as well (if you are using 2.0 or 3.0. You have plenty of space to work with and transferring should not take too long, but you may be able to fill up 250 gb pretty quickly depending on the file sizes. For your average user, it will most likely take some time to fill up all the way unless you take a ton of pictures every day. Overall this is a nice thumb drive to have for storing pictures and videos but be aware with the sizes of videos and pictures you may actually fill this up pretty fast. Compared to other usb thumb drives, it has a super fast transfer speed. The only minor down side is that this thumb drive is a little thicker compared to many other thumb drives, but it makes up for it by have a decent transfer speed.

This thing is super fast and durable, I love it!

For sure this is one of the fastest USB drives Ive ever used. Its not quite to the stated speed of 600MBs read but it did write faster than the stated 500MBs speed at around 560MBs as you can see in the screenshot I attached to this review. You could actually edit 1080p video directly off this drive. In reality if you are using a lower bitrate 4k video you might be able to edit 4k right off the drive. I hope this becomes the standard for USB drives now. Its amazing how fast this one is!

●AXE MEMORY アクス 500GB 外付SSD (USBメモリ)の感想について ・本製品はＵＳＢメモリと同様なサイズで大容量のＳＳＤです。コンパクトで持ち運びに便利です。 ・本製品の表記上の容量は５００ギガバイトで、使用開始時の空き容量は、４６５ギガバイトと表示されます。 ・本製品は、エクスプローラー上では、「AXE DRIVE」という装置名称で表示されています。 ・Ｃドライブにはウインドウズ本体が格納されており、これに加えて、ユーザーデータをＣドライブに大量に格納すると、Ｃドライブの空き容量が少なくなり、様々な問題を引き起こす原因となります。 ・本製品内に、デジカメの画像データや、ラジオを録音した音声データなどを保管してみましたが、快適に使用できています。 ・Ｃドライブがユーザーデータ追加で巨大化すると、システムイメージのバックアップが長時間かかる様になる為、ユーザーデータは極力、本製品の様なＳＳＤなど、Ｃドライブとは別のドライブに保管するのが良いと思います。

This does operate at their specified speeds, if your PCs USB ports operate at that speed. Not all ports are of the same specifications. Awesome capacity in a regular sized memory stick. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

仕事のデータのバックアップに使ってます。 大量のデータでもかなり早く読み書きしてくれて、しかも５００GBもあるので、クラウドバックアップのサブとして活躍してくれています。 いまのところ、私のはエラーが出たりはないですね。 大量のスキャンデータなどを読み書きするにはちょうどいいかなと感じました。

PS5でのプレイ動画を結構保存するので、本体の容量がすぐに埋まってしまうのでこちらを使用。 PS5で問題なく使えます。 書き込み速度が他のSSDと比べると遅いような感じがしました。 読み込みは早いです！ 使っていて不便さは全くないので良かったです！