Customer Ratings & Reviews

This blows some of my other externals out of the water in terms of copy speed. Worked with 2019 Mac Pro seamlessly. Overall Great value and seems very well built.

I have several flash drives that I carry off and on depending on what I am working on: a Mushkin 32GB USB 3.0 and a Sandisk 64GB combo USB 3/3.1. The Mushkin is pretty old but has held up very well and has proven itself to be very fast and reliable. After using the G-Drive R-series, I now have a drive with enough capacity to really fit some of the projects I work on and yet it is still nice and small. Maybe not as small as a pocket flash drive, but with its speed and capacity, I may find myself sticking it in once in a while! When I ran Crystal Disk Mark 6, I was impressed by the speed of the drive. It performed very well compared to the SSD in my Dell G7 laptop, getting very close in speed on a couple of the tests. I did some real-world testing before starting to use it as well, backing up a folder of pictures (996MB) in only 11 seconds. In other uses, it has proven to be very fast in both large and small file transfers. When I first took it out of the box, I tried it on three machines and could not see it in Windows file explorer or my Chromebook's file browser. After doing a little digging online, I found out that they have designed it to work out of the box for Mac machines, but it needs to re-partitioned to work with Windows. I found that kind of odd, since it is marketed as "rugged, super-fast portable storage" and lists both Mac and Windows compatibility. After looking closer, I did find on the side of the box that under the Windows compatibility it does have "w/ reformat" in very small writing. I was able to talk with one of the techs from Western Digital and she did confirm that it does need to be set up if it is going to be used on a Windows machine. No big deal, if you have set up new drives before, it is a simple process. Just make sure you pick the right drive before deleting and creating the partitions! I am very happy with the drive and will be using it for anything that needs speed or capacity in the future. With a five-year warranty and since Western Digital is behind it, I expect it to last me at least as long as my trusty Mushkin has! They also offer even larger drives if needed, it is really nice to see these kind of drives finally becoming reality in this compact package.

Comparatively to a flash drive or a portable HDD this is way faster. About on par with a regular 2.5 in sata 3 SSD. In case you're like me and forget that something's are OS specific this doesn't work out of the box with Windows. It will work after a format, which conviently they provide software to do so directly on the G-Drive website.

Honestly feels solid, works solid and overall is a good external drive. The problem is the price and capacity..

I bought this to make transferring video in HD pictures from my new 16 inch MacBook to my cameras and other devices. The price and the size make it worth it.

I use this G-Drive for my video editing projects on a MacBook Pro. Works great with 4k and 8k footage. My only wish is I would've purchased the 1TB model.

Pleased with item. Was not expecting for it to be this small (credit card size) but like that it doesn’t take too much space.

This product is perfect for editors and filmmakers on the go. I've already bought one for my friend and can't wait to upgrade to another one with more storage.

After years with a G-DRIVE external drive I was ready to go for an SSD to be less worried about damage and have some faster read/write speeds. Loving this purchase! Mine is partitioned for both backups and some external storage, time to grab a 1TB for a true storage surplus! The rugged yet smooth feel to the exterior is pretty awesome, and I love the option for a USB-C to USB-C to easily communicate with my MacBook Pro.

Still running and at blazing speeds quality A+ and the brand has never let me down. All products are amazing!!!

I use this item for storing and editing videos. Sped up my editing time tremendously!

Superior product. It’s the only external SSD I trust to always work quickly, quietly and perfectly.

Simple, very low profile, and reliable. Would recommend for media use.

Stupid fast and saves everything super fast and I don’t know what I would do withoutit

G-Tech does a great job with their SSD drives and this one is one of their best, very happy!

This SSD is surprisingly small, and touts a ridiculously fast transfer rate – perfect for editing my music videos/documentaries!

Super fast and reliable! Very pleased with the performance with my new IMac 24”!

Very fast use very nice for Windows and Mac. Can transfer data like a pro, High recommend .

This drive is so good I went and brought 2 more. The transfer speed is phenomenal.

Does what is supposed to do and very easy to use. Would buy again.