Silicon Power 1TB Rugged Portable External Hard Drive Armor A80, Waterproof USB 3.0 for PC, Mac, Xbox and PS4, Blue

Just received this today. I looked through many similar products and their reviews before purchasing this. It will be traveling with me everywhere and will probably get beat up a bit, so I went with the military grade. Ill update this review if anything goes wrong. The two different length USB cords are great, both connected the device with my laptop and it was instantly recognized with no problems. Plus, theyre blue, which will make them easy to find in whatever bag they wind up being in. My only issue, and the only reason for a docked star, is that after unwrapping and opening the packaging, I found the hard plastic packaging within the container already torn open. This leads me to believe this is a REFURBISHED device, instead of a NEW device which I paid for. Further, when opening the folders already on the device (for registration and whatnot), 2 folders are dated 2012 and 1 is dated 2014. I am not at all happy that I paid for a new device when it appears that what was shipped is refurbished, but I have registered it and will immediately contact the company if I have *any* issues with it - and will update this review accordingly. Looks good and works well so far though.

I needed a portable external hard drive to keep several virtual machines on that I could use in more than one location. I went with the Silicon Power Rugged Armor A80 because its USB 3.0 and 2.0 compatible and because as well as being shock resistant, its water resistant too. Ive used this drive daily now for several months and couldnt be happier with its performance. Its faster than most external drives when using USB 2.0, and blows everything else away when using USB 3.0. I havent had time to do a benchmark test on it, but when I finish a task 10 minutes sooner than the guy next to me doing the same thing, I figure thats all the proof I need. If I could give this thing 6 stars I would. Two weeks after purchasing it my three year old spilled his apple juice on it while it was plugged into my home computer. I unplugged it immediately and cringed. Then I remembered that it was water resistant. So figuring I might as well really test it out, I rinsed it off in the kitchen sink and dried it off with a towel before plugging it back into the computer. To my great relief it started up without a problem. I would definitely not hesitate to recommend this drive to anyone in need of one. And I know my next external drive will be from Silicon Power.

My ability to securely and safely store data and carry with me is the difference between getting a check and not. Im a freelancer and depending on the job at hand, I may need to move around video files or photos but I will always need to be able to pull it all up right away. Sure I could put some stuff in the cloud, but as the meme goes, aint nobody got time for that. A bonus here is the splash-resistant casing in this particular drive; Ive finally come to terms with the fact that Im clumsy and it actually has saved my life already. This drive hits all the right notes for me in terms of durability, read/write speeds, and price per GB. If youre in the market for a portable drive, this is it.

Ive had this hard drive for a while now, and after many drops (a few from 3-4 ft on hardwood floor, and one from 5 ft on hard carpet), it still works perfectly! Im a bit clumsy, so when I was struggling to open the box, the hard drive flew out of the packaging and hit my hardwood floor... it even left a mark lol. Ive also had it fall from my kotatsu a couple times (which is not very high, and the tatami mats arent much danger to it lol) while plugged in and in use, but no harm done at all. I do, however, wish for improvements, like faster speed, higher capacity, and a handy usb cable that isnt annoying to use. Other than those things, this is the best hard drive Ive ever bought!

Ive been wanting to get one of these Armor A80 for awhile, finally got around to it. First off I really like the design of this hard drive, it is looks extremely simple but looks good and feels very sturdy. The small cable enclosed on the side is extremely handy. Just got it the other day and already unintentionally tested the ruggedness of this hard drive, I went rock climbing and the A80 was sitting in a little pocket in my backpack when it fell out. It was about a 80-100 feet drop and at that time I didnt even know it was the A80 that fell out, I thought it might been my bottle or something else. When I went back down I saw the A80 on the ground and I was like crap... I usually take out everything from my backpack before I go rock climbing but in this case I forgot. I brought it back home thinking its most likely not going to be working anymore after a 100 feet drop onto solid ground. To my surprise it ran like nothing at all happened to it, all my files were still there and no weird sounds or anything. Im amazed, I havent tested if it submerge in water but I assume it can, this is one heck of a rugged hard drive. Also another amazing perk is that Silicon Power is doing a promotion on their face book page, you get a $15 Amazon gift card if you buy it now until early February I believe. I just sent in my invoice so I should be getting a response soon. If you buy one I recommend you searching for silicon power usa on facebook, you have to be a fan and then you can send in your invoice for a free Amazon gift card. Forgot to mention that the case did get a few dents from the drop but not as bad as you would expect from a 80-100 feet drop onto solid ground. I will try to see if there are any cases for this hard drive, keep you guys updated.

I shoot photos for Getty Images and the Berlin based photo sharing app EyeEm. I currently use two of these particular drives in the field for backups. I really appreciate the fact that each one of mine came with two cords one a foot long and one a few inches that fits in the side compartment (redundant drives redundant cords etc.) Keep in mind its not IF but WHEN your hard drive will fail so if you are a serious person you know only 1 copy of your data is not a actual backup! Its just like a vague suggestion or ticking timebomb... I carry two of these drives and bungie them together in a bank deposit size tool bag with the cords, fits perfectly. In the field I copy my photos from one(not dual-because Im a FujiX shooter) SanDisk extreme pro SD card, to two of these Silicon Power drives, and one WD wifi hdd with a card reader that rips straight from the card. I do upload to the cloud, a private Google photos, Flickr pro account, and Amazon S3 bucket ASAP but I have 5 physical copies laptop, 3 drives, and SD card. When I return to my homebase a copy goes to the servers and I also make personal archival DVD backups. Search for a video by Angry Photographer if you want to learn how to keep your data secure he has the best, most honest and accurate information Ive seen anywhere on data backup. We trust that every hard drive will eventually fail and not outlive our data but they are a valuable tool to quickly and easily move large amounts of data... that being said I think this rugged little drive is very worthwhile and because of the price its not crazy expansive to have multiple easy to carry redundant drives! If you care to view my documentary photography of rural Nebraska , search for (shannonpatrick17 on EyeEm) and (Shannon Ramos/EyeEm Getty Images)

I have a gaming laptop and kinda have a problem of dropping my external hard drives. I wanna play in the living room then move to my bedroom and sometimes my external hard drives like the seagate ones would slide off and fall like 2 ft and never work again. So i ordered this thinking it would help since its armored. But so far so good. Speeds are fast when putting stuff on external hard drive. Comes with 2 cords and they are usb to usb so no android like port basically 2 usb flash drive ends to each cord end :). I just got this today and hopefully it will work as intended

After looking at all the external hard drives available for under $100 I settled on this one. The selling points to me were waterproof, shock proof and the 3 year warranty (Toshiba, WD, Seagate all have 1 year warranty on portable external hard drives). After receiving this and taking it out of the package it is very apparent that it is a quality external hard drive and built to last. I quickly hooked it up to my pc, formatted it to ntfs (it comes formatted as fat32) and added the partitions I wanted to separate my backups on multiple PCs. Everything worked as expected. In addition to durability, this external hard drive came with two cables....the 3 one that stores in the side of the hard drive case and a longer 2 foot cable to use at home. I used both and they worked as expected. When I am in need of another external hard drive I will look to Silicon power first.

When you hold this drive in your hand, you feel the weight of QUALITY. It feels like its meant to be thrown against a brick wall (dont do that though :D ). I coupled this product with a Drive Logic DL-64, then placed this in my safe. I feel like my backup data is invincible! Planning on buying a handful more of these in the future for sure. Have recommended this to friends and workplace and assisted some of them with purchasing this rugged drive. EDIT: 2015/1/24 Do not throw your rugged drive against a brick wall. Fortunately, Silicon Power is willing to try recover data + replace drive in warranty. If Amazon would let me, I would also include some photos of disassembly but I cant find the Add Photos button.

This is very easy to use, just plug in, wait for the installer to do its thing and you can get to work. Would recommend not having any other type of flash drive connected when you first plug it in. Nearly had a heart attack when I did and then tried to access my flash drive. It looked like it had been wiped. I unplugged it and reattached it, and it came back normal, bit still could have done without the panic. I havent needed to test the durability of it yet, but it feels and looks like it will live up to the claims.