Silicon Power 2TB Rugged Portable External SSD USB 3.2 Gen 2 (USB3.2) with USB-C to USB-C/USB-A Cables, Ideal for PC, Mac, Xbox and PS4, PS5 Bolt B75 Pro

Quality

Ive only had this 1 TB model for a week or so. I copied several folders ranging in size from 210 GB to 2 Gb to the SSD. Smaller copies were lightning fast as expected. Larger copies (200 Gb) started fast, first 5 GB in about 5 seconds showing estimated copy time of 10 minutes, but estimated copy time quickly climbed up to 2 hours as copy speed fell off to observed 0.01 GB/sec or slower. (Im working with a MacBook Pro, 2.9 GHz 6-core i9 processor, 32 GB ram, 2 TB SSD.) Final copy time for 200 GB was 1:40 hours. I repeated this test with similar results. Next I copied the same 200 GB folder to a 4 TB Seagate portable HDD - copy time was 21 minutes. (FWIW, the HDD copy required a USB-C to USB-A adapter, the SSD copy was direct connected using the 12 cable supplied with the SSD.) Im afraid this SSD will be returned.

I travelled offshore by helicopter for the last 8 years. I have had portable external hard drives get dropped by the people inspecting out luggage on several occasions. Twice I arrived offshore for a long rotation with a hard drive full of games and movies that was now broken. Keep your old mechanical hard drive at home by your main PC or by the television. I bought 2 different SSD external drives a little 256gig drive and this 1TB drive... its fast, durable and gets bumped around a lot. I just slip it in the side pocket of my laptop case and go. Because it has no moving parts unless you smash it open or somehow fry the electronics your data should stay safe. I have about 100 movies and 20 games from my steam library on this drive and everything runs perfectly!

Drive mounted as read-only. Could not open permissions or format to use on Mac Desktop, despite description saying it was possible. I was planning to use this as a photo-archive drive but lost trust immediately. Drive feels really cheap as well. It says its aluminum but felt really light and flimsy to me. Returned it to by a more brand-name drive.

I dont know whose fault it is, but the product description for the 1TB USB stick is incorrect, and the error is significant: says USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10GB spec), but the package is clearly labeled USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5GB spec). Now of course the USB labeling was invented by some gnome with a bad sense of humor, but if youre going to use the labels, you have to get it right. (To be fair, the upto 600MB/s is a clue that should have raised my suspicions, but unfortunately I wasnt really paying attention to that.) This might still be a reasonable product for the price, but not what Im looking for. Caveat emptor.

Using this drive as an external for a Mac Mini since its not possible to upgrade the internal drive after purchase. The drive is fast and worked immediately upon plugging in. I dont intend to use this as a portable drive, but its incredibly light if you do need it mobile.

Its been about a year and this has worked out great. I couldnt beat the price it. I work it fairly hard as all my games run from this and it works well. For my purposes, I would recommend it 100%. Very compact, silent and while I havent speed tested it, its fast enough for what I need.

Steer clear of this bargain. After formatting it for my Mac, which failed the first attempt, I ran a Disk Sped Test. The read results are OK, but this disk wont consistently write even 10MB/s despite the claimed speeds of 50x that number! On repeated tests the drive gets progressively slower, down to under 2 MB/s. It is completely useless for any photo or video editing, or even a simple backup of my hard drive. I should have spent the extra $30 to get the 1TB drive from Samsung or SanDisk.

An excellent bagdet SSD unit undercutting lots of the competition. It has decent writing and reading speeds

Bought this for my son since he has a great gaming laptop but was running out of space and kept having to uninstall software to install others. It goes with him everywhere now- he has had no issues with it. We got the 1 TB version - it easily connects with the USB cord and does not need any external power for it to run. He has not had any speed/lag issues. He plays games like Halo and Minecraft using it.