Customers find value in the Elite 240GB External USB 3.0 Portable Solid State Drive's compact and portable design. Many appreciate its small size, ideal for travel and easy transport. Positive feedback highlights its convenience and portability. The drive's small form factor is repeatedly praised for its ease of use and transport.
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Overall performance, Speed
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Fast, but not as fast.
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Did some research on this item before purchase and I was so excited to have one available at my local store. Kind of a odd size, but still plenty of room for my needs. After looking at the stats I was looking forward to get this on my computer. Well it is faster than any external drive I have ever owned. It is still not faster than my extreme flash drive. The diags for this, rated the speed around 180-200 mbs ( was supposed to be up to 5gbs via USB 3.0). I am happy with it as is, but wish it was closer to the advertised speed. I can play all my online games on it with no issues. Run heavy programs like Photoshop and Premiere with little to no lag. So all in all I was glad I got it and wished I could have afforded the larger version.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Capacity, Overall performance, Portability
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Small but a workhorse!
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This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Quick review to let you know this is one of my best storage investments
Fast enough-small enough and has worked in every machine i have put it into-
Including 2 different picky digital mixers/recorders
I would recommend this to a friend
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Overall performance, Portability, Speed
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Excellent external storage option for the price
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Needed more storage for photos, music and other media files, typically would pick up an additional micro SD type card, but spotted this on the shelf and went for it. For the price, hard to beat i think. It's well made, transfers files quickly, and is plenty portable. Works great for my needs.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Overall performance, Portability
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
My best SSD drive for on the go!
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I love using and working with this small SSD drive. I take it for all my projects wherever I go as it sturdy and reliable.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Overall performance, Portability, Speed
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Blazing fast, metal case, minimalist look
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This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
I purchased this primarily to record live music to it, which it has done flawlessly. Have found it handy for transferring large video files between locations. Very fast transfer over USB 3.0 and 2.0. Small enough to drop into my pocket with the short USB cord still attached. Will probably buy another one.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Capacity, Size, Speed
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Awesome Drive
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It may be really small physically but it packs a ton of space digitally. Very light and really fast. Have it to a client to put all their content on it for a corporate event. It was very fast and perfect. Hard to believe there’s as much space with the size of it.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Overall performance, Portability
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
PNY - Elite 240GB External USB 3.0 Portable Solid
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This PNY solid state drive is compacted and works great for backing up my computer
I would recommend this to a friend
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Overall performance, Size
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great for travel
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Great for travel small size cuts down on weight in my bags. Fast and Reliable has not crashed on me. Only thing to be careful of is does get warm, especially if transferring large amounts of data back and forth.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Portability
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Little big drive!
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I used my little big drive to take some videos to a client across town..I always worry about tradional drives as they might fail if mishandled but this little SSD drive is just great for the job. I was able to show the client a 58 GB film and it was without any problems. Love this little big drive!
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Portability, Speed
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Small, very fast, good price.
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This drive is much smaller than I would have expected based on the image, about a third of the size of a normal portable drive. I got it on sale for 84.99, which was a steal compared to some of the other portable SSDs available. I use it to run virtual machines, makes file transfers to/from the host machine much faster than regular HDD, and I'm less worried about physical damage to the drive when I move it back and forth to work.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Capacity, Portability, Speed
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Powerful
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This device is small and fast plus it holds a lot of music or movies for on the go
I would recommend this to a friend
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Portability, Speed
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Excellent Portable SSD
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
I love this little guy. It’s perfect size, one of the smallest I’ve seen and it’s usb 3 fast. It’s so tiny I keep it in a little case when I need to take it with me. I use this as my main ext hard drive for music production with Pro Tools 12 and a MacBook Air and have had no issues. I have a similar one from same company that I also use, (usb C 3.1), both only have around 250 gb on them but they work great for me
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Overall performance, Portability, Speed
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great solid state drive
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It's small, fast and as solid state is, very reliable. I recommend this external drive.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Size, Speed
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Small But Perfect
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Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
This external drive is a little bigger than a standard flash drive, but smaller than your normal external drives. It's a perfect size to fit in your pocket or bag. It upload and download files quick. While I have not personally did a spec test, every performance was quick and efficient when used. The 240 GB space is great for a small drive.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Speed
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Works correctly.
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This drive worked well with my Mac no formatting required.
I did not time it but the transfer times for several large, 68Gb, files had read/write times that seemed to be very quick.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Portability, Size
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
The way to go
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Faster, smaller, and safer to store files on because it can with stand more abuse - but it won't get abuse because size makes it easier to transport safely.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Size, Speed
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Super fast, works seamlessly!
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I got this thing to run virtual machines on so I could save space on my MacBook's drive. Needless to say, this thing does the job! Really fast and it's nice how small it is. I would recommend.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Portability, Speed
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Super portable and super fast
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
It came a lot smaller than I expected. Going from regular Flash to Solid state is a world of difference. I highly recommend this for anyone who needs to transfer a lot of storage securely.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Portability, Speed
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Best purchase I have made
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Posted . Owned for 1.5 years when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Since I work with multiple large files from time to time, I needed a reliable, fast external hard drive that was cheaper than owning a storage BANK. Even better that it was portable
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Overall performance, Speed
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Saved a lot to save a lot
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Got the package in a timely manner,was well protected and looked great .
plugged it in and it works exactly as advertised.
It works as fast as I expected .
No problems after one month
I would purchase it again.