Silicon Power Black 1TB Rugged Portable External Hard Drive Armor A60, Shockproof USB 3.0 for PC, Mac, Xbox and PS4, Black

»Ive been using this drive at work and home and am very happy with its performance and design. I have the 1TB model which when formatted in Windows using NTFS ended up being 932GBs. »The outer casing consists of hard plastic and the green silicone material you can see in the photos. The green silicone is actually what is surrounding the hard drive inside, protecting it from drops and is how the suspension system works. The green silicone also has a slot that goes all the way around which is used to hold onto the included USB 3.0 cable using 2 clips. The 2 plastic pieces simply screw into each other on each side using 4 screws. The USB port has a flap in the silicone to keep it closed and free of dust when not in use. There are also 2 openings on the bottom plastic part where 2 green strips come through and provide grip on whatever surface you put it on, preventing slips. Simple and effective design for protection, grip and convenience. »There is no external powered needed for this, power it taken from the USB port on whatever device you are using it with »Copying to and from the drive was speedy and I the speeds I received when running a speed test were about what I expected for a traditional hard drive over USB 3.0. I attached a photo of my results which were 120.0MB read and 115.8MB write for sequential writes. Im not sure if Silicon Power wanted me to do this, but I did it anyways, I unscrewed the 4 screws to see what drive was inside. I know Silicon Power does not manufacture hard drives like Western Digital and Seagate do. I was hoping to find a brand name from one of the very few large drive manufacturers and I am happy to report I did. Inside is a 1TB standard Seagate laptop drive. Not some cheap white label drive, a quality brand drive. Good choice. »I have not tested the ability to survive a drop because I am actually using this on a daily basis so I am being slightly cautious. I am however throwing it into a backpack filled with things and plopping it down on a desk multiple times a day, you dont want to treat any standard hard drive with moving parts too terribly, but so far so good, no problems with performance or any strange issues. »Overall this has been a great drive for me and I recommend it to anyone looking for a more durable external drive to take on the go, if anything changes I will update this review in the future. *I received this product at a discount in exchange for an honest review, I hope this review was helpful.

Very nice. I was afraid there would be a humming noise but i didnt notice (unless you literally press your ear on it) I was also suspicious of it not getting warm while playing a game off of it but fortunately the answers other gave about it not getting hot were correct. It does not even get warm. I usually place it on my leg and I cant tell it is there. :) The cord fits into the notches on the sides that are removable. While they can come out without much effort they do stay in there just fine. I just just pull the cord out while gently pressing the notch and have never had a problem. I have not tested the shock proof water proof part though...and I am not going to XD

So far, so good. I just wanted to address the cable-clip problem: the clip stay on the cables, by the clips dont stay on the drive unit. Its a bad design, but it doesnt affect the drive at all, duh! I got the frequently bought together Amazon case for, like, 6 bucks, and Ive taken the clips off, put them in the interior pocket with the cable, and everything is still in one place.

Construction is top notch, clearly heavy duty and Im not worried about dropping it or anything. The cord is standard male USB to standard male USB which is a little odd. If you lose it youll have to get a replacement somewhere, and the way it attaches to the drive is a little suspect so I assume Ill probably misplace it at some point in the future. Drive works well with Windows as well as Mac OS

Sturdy and durable. Claims to be shock and water resistant (and feels like it probably is). Plugged into an old HP laptop with Windows 7 and was able to due a full image backup from the computer to this Armor drive with no errors (and didnt require a driver installation scenario). Then tried to image my Windows 10 machine but, Windows 10 is a little tricky. The drive was easily recognized but, you have to figure out how to get Windows 10 to behave with regards to completing an image/backup. The drive was easily recognized and allowed file transfers. The only problem was getting Windows 10 to complete the imaging processing (which is a known issues with Windows 10). UPDATE: Trying to get a basic backup of my Windows 10 Home ASUS laptop. After it sits processing for a couple of hours it ultimately completes the process but returns some error stating the backup couldnt complete. Have tried several times and it seems like its a Windows 10 Home issue. Online search on the error does not resolve the issue...frustrating.

The hard drive arrived on time and was in original packaging. Initial thoughts when taking it out of the package were that it was light but felt durable at the same time. The USB cord being attached to the drive itself is a nice feature. When transferring files to the hard drive from a USB 3.0 flash drive using a Windows 10 PC, the file transfer rate was fast than what I get when using my Seagate USB 3.0 Backup Plus drive. The usable size of the drive is actually 930 GB, which wasnt a surprise do to the difference between Gb and GB. After having the drive for a day it fell out of my pocket while running up stairs at work. This would have destroyed my Seagate Backup Plus, but this Silicon Power drive loaded right up when I connected it back to my computer. Overall, Im very impressed. If anything changes, Ill update his review.

Does support USB 3 as claimed, even as 2.0 is enough, as the HDD itself is not a speed beast :) Practical for travel, not expensive, very quiet. The included cable & the plastic brackets fall off easily, but that is not a problem anyway, as those can be put back in seconds. Spillproof indeed, but not waterproof. The green rubber tends to accumulate dirt, clean with non-alcohol solution, or youll destroy it. Very happy with it. Comes formatted as FAT32, with a small registration app on it (Windows-only), also comes with an html version of it. There is a firmwate update on SP site, applied it, so far, havent had any trouble.

Es una buena opción de almacenamiento, es durable.

So far I like it. Im not going to give it a five star rating yet because I havent tested it long enough to see its length of life or rugged qualities, but it looks tough and runs quietly, smoothly, and runs without any necessary setup [unless youre using a mac and want to use it as both a time machine backup (os extended journaled) and also a drive to store files for transfer between macs and pcs (I believe the format for that is FAP)]. Im hopeful that it will survive the long run. I also ordered the Drive Logic DL-64 Portable EVA Hard Drive Carrying Case Pouch (Red) and it fits in there; I just had to remove the side usb to usb dongle cable from its plastic clamps and the clamps from the hard drive as well (which is super easy to do). Both of these fit in the pouchs pocket. Having this hard carrying case will make me feel more at ease when bringing it to rougher environments.

I have purchased quite a few Silicone Power shock proof external hard drives and I couldnt be happier with them. They are extremely easy to use, have the perfect amount of storage for what I need them for and the size is very convenient for travel. Plus, I have never had any issues with the ones that have inadvertently got away from me and crashed to the floor. The armor is completely effective. The seller always gets the product out in a timely manner. Even with the current delays in deliveries all over the nation due to Covid-19 and the Christmas season, I received my latest package a day early. They are amazing.