Customer Ratings & Reviews

The Lacie portable drives are fantastic, durable and fast. And I love the cable storage feature in the rubber case. Very cool product!

I was super excited to use this hard drive as a wedding photographer because I know SO many who use it and love it. I honestly have not been impressed. It was great for the first 4-5 months. It was portable, quick to edit off of and easy to use. However, I was on a road trip and using it in the car. It slipped off of my seat and fell literally 2 feet into the side of the door. After that, it started blinking red at me and wouldn't plugin or read on my laptop. It was done. I had to send it into data recovery to get my data off of it WHICH COST A FORTUNE. Fortunately, LaCie has good support and warranty so it replaced my broken drive but it was a headache to fix with so much extra stress, money and time. They talk about these being shock absorbant and obviously since it is not an SSD the moving parts were not protected enough because falling 2 feet ended up being a level three data recovery process. Definitely sticking to SSD drives to work off of from now on out and I would not recommend this to anyone who travels, works in coffee shops or moves around at all because accidents happen.

When I was looking for smaller fast portables for taking my creative life on the road as I juggle data from drive to drive. I found rugged to be a necessary spec. With three of these I am able to complete my act. The supple orange rubber helps me see them then they are in the air and allows them to absorb impact for those (rare) occasions where I miss one. I constantly rotate my drives and keep three always as redundant backups when I’m the road for special projects. These are fast. And with my Mac thunderbolt 3/USBc port I can work in real time with my edits while I juggle my hard drives.

I cannot believe that 2TB of memory now comes on this size of an external drive. As they continue to make them smaller, this will be a game changer. I am a bit concerned that the connector is hardwired into the drive, but I love the protective case, and its color, (I still dig orange things!) and the size of the external HD!

We have about 5 of these guys laying around the house and I NEVER worry about them being damaged, dropped, spilt on, NOTHING! High recommended for a rugged hard drive. The USB and thunderbolt options are MUCH better than the usb 3.0, but nonetheless, its a great external hard drive.

Love everything about this unit: Huge storage, super fast thunderbolt, small footprint. My only complaint may seem like a minor thing but with so many cords to tangle with this one is particularly annoying: Not long enough, too stiff, and blazing orange. You just can't hide it. Small complaint, but super annoying.

The LaCie - Rugged 2TB External Thunderbolt and USB Type-C Portable Hard Drive has three ways of connecting to a laptop or a pc. There is the standard USB 3.0, Thunderbolt, and then USB Type-C connection. You'll see lightning fast speeds for video and photo workflows.

I have been buying these drives for over ten years and have had great luck with them, even as the interface has changed and the capacities have mushroomed. My only other comment is to pay very carefully attention to the specific interface, speed and capacity are for the drive you buy. They often get misplaced (Under the wrong price tag) in the store by other customers or careless blue shirts. It’s an easy mistake to make since they all look the same... and as a result they are sometimes priced incorrectly. Buyer beware... but definitely Recommend.

Like size, USB-C (though wish was the primary cable), and storage capacity)

As a tech i needed a drive that would hold up to lots of movement and different computers. It connects easily to both mac and pc. The drive can be split to have partitions for both computer types. rugged design will hold up well to lots of movement and very quick to respond when connected.

My laptop was overloaded and there was nothing else I wanted to remove. This great external hard drive took care of all my problems.

I started using LaCie's rugged drive back in Jamaica because I traveled a lot for work and needed a drive that was small in size, large capacity, and wouldn't die if it fell, that was over a decade ago and I still use them today. Very rugged, very safe, very convenient.

I've used many hard drives in the past and the first thing that comes to mind with this one for me is quality. It's fast when launching and transferring files (including HD video files) and I just feel confident in its ability to last. Feel very durable. Highly recommend.

This is a great unit and has done a wonderful job for me. I didn’t realize that it would not be instantly compatible with my MacBook Pro. It does have a USB see connector but it is not thunderbolt three. I had to buy a thunderbolt 2 to three adapter in order to see its full potential. I wish there was a TB 3 version!

I needed a portable hard drive that was rugged and fast. This was the answer. I carry it back and forth from home and work. I use it out in the field and needed something that was built for everyday handling. This was it.

I've owned Lacie drives before, and love them. But I had never purchased the "higher" end ones before this one. I absolutely love this drive, fast, flexible, and very easy to use with my latest MacOS. So glad I returned the cheap drive I bought initially and went with this one.

Small enough to fit in your laptop bag without adding bulk, but big enough storage wise to be a reasonable backup for Apple Time Machine. The ruggedized rubbery shell is a nice touch that makes it very portable.

Received in a timely manner, has plenty of storage for my wildlife photography photos. Easy to back up all photos on my Pro MacBook. I have had this external drive since May of this year and it is very durable.

Bought it as I needed to transition data from a 2013 Mac Pro with thunderbolt 2 ports and it comes with a built in thunderbolt 2 cable, USB-C to USB-C cable, and USB-C to USB-A cable. Very good performance, works really well over thunderbolt 2 and USB-C. You can get cheaper drives for just USB-C and then use the USB-C to USB-A cable, but this way I get maximum speed from the older generation of Macs (non USB-C) and can continue to use this for the newer generation.

Works great. Was looking for a reliable external hard drive with a USB Type-C port. The Thunderbolt 2 cable allows me to also connect it to my old Macbook Pro if I need to.