SP Silicon Power 2TB Rugged Portable External Hard Drive Armor A60 Shockproof USB 3.1 Gen1 for PC Mac Xbox and PS4 Black

Needed another external hard drive for backup purposes. This one fit all requirements. Plugged in and used immediately, no software installation. The case is excellent for travel with shockproof case. USB speed also depends on your device. Definitely recommend!

I bought this drive with the expectation that it would be rugged and be able to sustain rough handling of the drive. But I must say I am disappointed with the build quality of this drive. Not only is this not a specially built drive that is inherently rugged, the drive itself is a normal regular 2.5 HDD enclosed by a hard shell SATA enclosure with 6 silicone bumpers on the corners. This is like comparing an iPhone that is wrapped in a hard plastic case and then calling it military grade armor. Although the silicone bumpers may provide some level of protection against accidental drops while the drive is off, this is unlikely to have any benefit when the drive is actively writing data. Furthermore, the way that the USB cable is carried for this product can significantly be improved. The way it works right now is that you have to unplug the cable each time you are done with the drive and then wrap it around the silicone bumpers of the drive enclosure. As you can see in the product image, it is not actually a very good grip and it leaves the two USB A plugs dangling around at the ends. Almost half of the time in my backpack the cable falls off the sides and end up scratching the case of the drive (which is no big deal, but merely an inconvenience). What is a big deal, however, is the way that the plugs are designed. Because both ends of the connector are the large, regular A connectors, the connections where the connectors meet can be exposed to more stress due to the connector size. This drive, in particular, does not seem to do a very good job in soldering these connections, which leads to loose connections over time. Even if the drives were military tested, the connectors themselves are good reasons why this drive is prone to premature failure. For the drive I have purchased, the drive disconnects and reconnects every time the USB cable is lightly touched. The connection is so fragile so that even moving the laptop so slightly can cause enough disturbance to the USB cable to cause a write operation to fail due to the interruption of the USB link. Support, which was done over email, was pretty useless with this issue. All I was told was what I already know (the connector being loose), and that I needed to order a new enclosure for the drive (since the drive itself is removable.) What I do not understand is why I would purchase another faulty enclosure that not only does not protect the drive inside but also one that is prone to have faulty connectors? I would go ahead and save the money and find something more reputable that you can get support for readily if you encounter any problems. For the price that you are paying for this drive, you could probably get something better without the claimed protections and still have better protections overall than this drive.

Holds a ton more than what I need. Really good price for its quality and cant wait to put more on the product in the future.

I really enjoyed this hard drive, until it stopped working after 2.5 years. My computers can no longer read the hard drive and it makes a sound.

In the last 12 years, I have bought more than 5 hard drives from different brands non-one of them have satisfied me and give peace of mind to issuer the hard drive will not broken after multiple of use. However, one of my electrical engineering friends have recommended to me if you need to buy any hard drive from excellent brand buy one of Silicon Power products and see. In 2015, I was searching in Amazon for hard drive to replace one of my hard drives then I remembered my friend recommendation so I looked at all Silicon Power products and decided to buy Armor A30. For 3 years of using it was amazing product from the design, performance, quality, efficiently and the peace of mind. Now, when I searching for hard drive first thing come into my mind this brand and I recommend it to my family and my friend even to you whom searching for this product. Buy it and give a shot then you will decided as me that this brand is the number one for spot to search and buy hard drives and even more.

Easy, plug in and thats it. works perfectly.

My friend transferred files from his PC to this hard drive which I then plugged into my old MacBook Pro. No issues at all. Files opened easily.

I use it to store music my music

Excelente producto, recomendado 100%, calidad de materiales, buen espacio de almacenamiento y portabilidad

This unit performs as promised and expected. Ive been buying these for a few years now. I was introduced to SP in Taiwan a few years ago at an electronics store. I was hesitant because I figured the service man might just be promoting a Taiwanese company whether it was a good product or not. I found out later several things - the general honesty of the people you encounter in Taiwan for one thing, and the general high quality and reliability of Taiwan products for another. These drives are fast enough for me and reliable at a good price point, and I like the way theyre built. Theyre very easy to operate and I like the design, feel, color. Theyre great as far as Im concerned.