Fantom Drives Extreme 2TB External SSD - 2800MB/s, Thunderbolt 3 and 4, USB Type-C, Aluminum, 3D NAND TLC, TB3X-2300N2TB

Right out of the box, this drive actually appears to exceed the manufacturer’s quoted performance metrics for sequential read and writes speeds. Was a pleasant surprise! It is literally a solid chunk of black metal. Very high quality physical fit and finish with very high quality performance. It’s about the size of a deck of cards but feels heavy and solid in the hand. Mine stays put, tucked away just out of sight on top of my iMac Pro’s base. Using this drive as primary cache/scratch media storage for an iMac Pro assistant station in a post-production facility. It runs at 90%+ capacity, 24/7 and the performance and reliability have been absolutely top notch. Makes 4K DPX and EXR image sequences feel like ProRes on an edit timeline.

Compré este disco (SSD) para usarlo como disco de arranque en un iMac late 2019 que viene de fábrica con un HD y es sumamente lento. La instalación del OS en el disco es simple y fácil de hacer y funciona muy bien, sin duda lo recomiendo a todos los que compraron una máquina como la mía y que han padecido por no poder cambiar el HD interno por un SSD. Saludos

The best and fastest way to adding more storage to m1, m2 pro. This thing is amazing, I never used a thunderbolt ssd and when I tried this for the first time I was blown away at how fast it is. I have the sandisk pro extreme witch I thought was fast coming from a HDD but this fantom drive is so fast it’s insane. A super large folder with thousands of files usually takes days to transfer with a HDD or 1-2 hours with the fastest SSD, but with this thunderbolt it takes less than 5 minutes to do both copying and pasting. I can edit 4k videos directly from the drive with ease. What makes this better in my opinion than any other thunderbolt ssd out there is the size and build. This drive is hands down the smallest self power thunderbolt ssd. The next option is OWC which is a good option but this fantom has the latest technology and it’s smaller. The drive is made in Taiwan not China and then assembled in the USA. Mind you the high speed it’s only noticeable if you have a Mac with thunderbolt port to utilize the full speed. When I use it on my iMac 2017 it’s fast like the sandisk but not like when using the thunderbolt port.

Set the FD drive up for my new Time Machine to my mid 2020 iMac Thunderbolt 3. Just plug and go. Fast! Had to use it to restore my iMac after a memory failure required a complete wipe disc, and reinstall Big Sur. Getting my apps and data that use 400gb was quick! Less than 20 minutes. Getting another one for expansion. My iMac only has a 500gb SSD.

Tested on an M1 Mac Mini. Couldnt be happier. Bought the 256 GB storage mini and this is my 1 TB external drive for everything else.

So far it lives up to what the specs are saying! Only time will tail is far is it’s reliability. As of this moment, I really do like this product.

These are good drives when someone doesn’t swap out the SSD from inside. Received the drive. No issues same speed but found out weeks after receiving that the SSD was swapped out inside for another manufacturers drive. Guess that’s what you get when the drive goes unexpectedly on sale.

I have struggled for years to find a reliable and fast back-up system that would play nice with my Time Machine. Other drives were large (not really portable), and my operating system consistently had trouble finding them. Well, no more. Kudos to Fantom Drives Extreme 2TB External SSD - you are reliable, fast, extremely portable, and a breeze to use.

When I bought my current MacBook Pro, I configured it with a small SSD, figuring I could always put in a larger one later, as I had always done in the past. But since Apple decided to start making $3K disposable computers, thats no longer an option. Luckily, the Thunderbolt ports are super fast and so is this external SSD. So far, I love it. Testing with Blackmagic, its just about as fast as the Sabrent Rocket. (Write speeds are slightly faster, read speeds are slightly slower.) The aluminum case feels nice and solid. The detachable cable is nice as well. I had two Sabrents that failed at the attached cable. Also, this Fantom drive has a 5 year warranty. Sabrent only offers 3 years with registration.

Love editing in FCPX with this little guy attached to my M1 MBP. super fast and works well! I then back this up to my home server and also backblaze.