G-Technology 1TB ArmorATD All-Terrain Rugged Portable External Hard Drive - USB-C, USB 3.1 Gen 1 - 0G10433-1

A video production I did with a large company required that I use these drives to work with them. Fell in love with them after buying and now its the only type of hard drive I use. Its built for durability, but Ive never had any issues of file damage, corruption or anything of that nature yet - like Ive experienced with other brands. Plus, it comes with both USB and USB-C compatibility.

This is a really durable and beautiful external hard drive. It seems like it could be plugged in and be 99% waterproof and 99.999% dust proof. It is relatively fast for file transfers with Windows 10. It uses USB 3.0 with a unique cable that has USB C on both ends and a USB C to USB 3.0 adapter. It was working great for about three months and then suddenly, without moving it or changing the USB port it disappeared from Windows Explorer--even though the light on it is on indicating it is powered. I changed the USB port it is plugged into on the PC and it came back. Ive read other reviews about MACs where they can no longer see it. So, Im going to move data off of it and not rely on it any longer. It is about three months since I bought it so it is too late to return it for a refund so STBM caveat emptor to you.

Muy Bueno

Well built and works great with Xbox series X. Price was fair for memory size.

This external drive has been nothing but junk from the day I got it. I have spent numerous hours attempting to get this 5 TB drive to work properly, but one day it will mount, the next day it will not mount. This has caused me to reformat this drive at least a dozen times. I got so fed up I called customer service and because it was under the three-year warranty, they told me to send this in for repair. Sounds great right? Is there anyone out there that feels secure about sending all their personal data to someone they do not know, where they can access the drive and get to your banking and personal information? Of course theyre going to tell you that they are safe and can be trusted. I personally know of a tech rep who worked on the receiving end of these products that were sent in for repair. He absolutely agreed with me stating never to trust them. So I am stuck with a paperweight that never worked right from the beginning. I have 11 other western digital external hard drives and five of them failed within the first year. I will never buy another western digital product again. Save yourself some headaches and money and do not buy this product. Customer service gets a 3 out of 10 stars.

Product is sound, so far. Extremely grateful this is a ruggedized hard drive though. Amazon literally slapped a label on the original packaging and shipped it.

I needed a external hard drive to back up line files from my computer. This one provides enough memory space with 1 TB and durability for traveling as the external edges are to cushioned. Overall I have not had any issues with extra hard drive during the first two months of using it. A great and useful tool for anybody

For the last two years this drive has been on my desk taking back ups of my computer. The externals look brand new like it was just taken out of the box. After not using it for a period of time, I took off the rubber bumper to check the size of the drive. When I took the bumper off the plastic plate that holds the hard drive to the metal enclosure fell off. The plastic bracket that holds the drive in its case snapped on both sides which caused the plate to fall off and the actual drive to be exposed. Knowing that the drive is still under warranty, I contacted customer support and made the subject of the ticket “Armor Housing Broke”. After providing pictures and info about the issue, customer service approved my replacement. They specifically asked for the “bare drive” and no accessories to be shipped to them. Being that the drive is exposed from the case, I took the drive out of the exterior metal case to ship the “bare drive” as they asked. Before shipping out the bare drive, I emailed back and asked what I would be getting in return; thinking that if they just send me a new drive, I will still have the same issue because the enclosure is the part of the product that is broken and so a new bare drive will not fix the issue. They then asked for more pictures, which I provided, and they responded that they do not cover external damage to the drive and because the internal drive was exposed from the shell, they can no longer honor the warranty. They continued to explain that they didn’t realize there was “external damage” to the drive which is not covered under warranty. And again because the drive was removed from the metal shell the warranty is voided. However the only reason the drive was ever removed from the shell was because they asked for the “bare drive”. Emails have gone back and forth now for almost a week. Any other company I’ve dealt with in recent history has not given me this much trouble over a product replacement that is still under warranty. Not to mention a warranty replacement that was approved and then retracted because they finally understood the problem; even though the subject of the ticket clearly explained the problem. I’m now currently stuck with a drive that even customer support considers “unreliable“. I don’t feel comfortable using this drive for what it was intended for because of the issue. While I originally liked the product, customer support is horrible to deal with and the warranty is useless.

Looking forward to confirming its longevity for backups

After using this hard drive for a few months files have started becoming corrupted, mysteriously. Thankfully I had some of the files backed up on a Sandisk SSD. Dont waste your time with this garbage, buy a Sandisk. Its worth the extra cost. **UPDATE** The drive completely wiped itself out and gave me a fatal hardware error. DO NOT BUY!!