Customer Ratings & Reviews

I love this storage device because it is pretty small and extremely portable. The speed is amazing, and it works for PC as well as PS4/5.

This drive would be great for any reason; however, this was purchased due to an aging 2014 Mac Mini that has an old internal 5400 hard drive that was, more or less, becoming unusable due to the load times of everything. Instead of purchasing an entire new system, we decided to try to just use this as the primary drive and bypass the internal one. And, it worked! This sub-$100 solid state drive now has our Mac Mini humming along like it's brand new. Things load nearly instantly, and it now has year's of life left in it. So, for that reason, I cannot recommend it enough. That's not to say that if I just needed an extra external drive as a backup that I would not get this, either. It's a great drive, extremely fast, more than enough memory, and at a decent price. Highly recommended!

Fast and petite, it's a great little unit. I usually build SSD external drives for my clients' backup needs but this is actually cheaper as a 500GB 2.5" SSD is about $100-$110 plus an external case at $30 from Best Buy. I was out the door, including tax, at a lower than if I had built my own. On top of being cheaper and smaller, it also comes with two cables, a standard USB cable and a USB-C to USB-C cable. This is great as many of my clients have legacy Macintoshes that still have standard USB ports. When my clients upgrade in the future to newer hardware, they already have the proper hardware for backup or to transfer their existing data to the new Mac with this Samsung unit.

Excellent SSD hard drive that is light and quite small in terms of footprint. I have a few traditional portable drives and when compared with them, the read/write speed on this is miles ahead, saving time and being able to access content faster. Given the power is USB-C driven, its easy to move it between various devices....While the price is slightly higher than conventional Portable drives, the performance and the footprint justifies this buy for me.

I have two of these drives that I use daily with my MacBook Pro. They are small, fast and decently priced. I have one drive that I load photos from recent shoots/weddings and edit from. Then I use my second drive for gaming, personal photos and office work. I know the there are SSD’s that are faster out there, but these are the best Bang for your buck. I also like that they have 2 different cords to match your setup for any device. These are good drives and very reliable.

I was on the fence about going to SSD, mostly due to cost but I have to tell you, after using one of these for a while I don't ever want to go back to a mechanical drive. Fast, reliable and much more portable. I know mechanical drives have gotten small but this one goes right in my pocket sometimes and it makes getting work done on the go very easy when you need to have a lot of files on you. Get one, you won't regret it!

Seems to be very easy to use and reliable. Size and speed are very important for my application.

I bought this T5 specifically to run my massive Lightroom Catalog as fast as possible while traveling and using smart previews. Plugged into my Macbook Pro, it has exceeded all expectations I had... it's CRAZY fast. It's enabled me to cull and edit photos on the go faster than I've ever been able to.. hooray for efficiency!! Overall it's a very nice drive that's pleasingly lightweight and unobtrusively small. If you're looking for portable speed and you have a laptop that supports USB-C.. get a Samsung T5.

These little Samsung Portable SSDs never cease to amaze me. It comes with both a USB A to C and a C to C cord unlike previous generations. This thing is also faster than the previous T3 generation. I use this drive for storing Final Cut X libraries that I am currently working on. It handles 4K video flawlessly since it is so incredibly fast and reliable. What I also like is there small size and the resilience of this little drive. Unlike external HDD, an SSD has no moving parts, that means that if I accidentally jostle the SSD I am not risking massive data loss like I would on an HDD. Also, this thing is so much faster than any thumb drive I have ever used. This device is well, well worth the price.

The physical size of this drive is so much smaller than I thought it would be and there is almost zero weight to it. It is very fast on my 2013 Usb 3 Mac and could go a little faster if my Mac was newer (USB-C)...but zero complains. Nice that they included both USB-C to USB-C and USB-C to USB 3 (older computers) out of the box.

This external SSD drive is fast, small, and very handy for mobile storage. I use it for transferring files between home and office computers. Like the metallic feel. Just one week after I purchased from Best Buy at $129, the price had dropped to $99. I don't know if I can get a refund of the difference though. Anyway, it worth the investment, and I don't have to worry about crash as there is no spinning part.

Excellent SSD that has been reliable and provudes an easy encryption solution. It is very compact, small and lightweight and runs very cool (I have two 2TB T7s which seem to run warmer). I carry the T5 with me for work and it works on my desktop PC, Surface and Android phones/tablets. My only regret was not buying a larger drive to begin with. As for the speeds, while it is not USB 3.1 Gen 2 like the T7, I found the T7 only sustains those higher speeds for smaller file transfers and will come closer to T5 speeds for larger transfers (although T7 is still faster). The T5 is still a good drive today and can be a good value if you can find it on sale for cheaper than the T7 (if the same price then it obviously doesnt make sense to get the T5). Overall, I am still very happy with it. Note, this uses the older version of the Samsung SSD software and app so if you also have a T7, you will need two different apps to use the encryption feature and get firmware updates.

I originally bought this to use my Galaxy S9 and it worked great in that role. After I moved back to iOS devices, it still does great swing duty for transporting files from work to home. It is fast enough that we tend to reach for this to move large files rather than doing it over the network. At its size, it’s easy to fit in an jeans pocket. It’s small enough to use instead of flash drives in most situations with much faster read/write speeds and far fewer corrupted files. It has survived in my pockets and work bags and my wife’s bag and it’s still going strong. For the price and size offered, it’s a great drive.

This hard drive is the boom!! The read and write speeds are incredible. The fastest I have used to date. The size is incredible and you will not even know that you are carrying this drive with you daily. Can believe the extra room I gained in my backpack by moving to this drive.

I bought this SSD to store 4K video and images from a drone. I also wanted the drive to be fast so I could edit right from the drive. It is extremely fast and very small. I like it so much I took it back and paid the difference for the 1tb model.

I love this SSD it’s super fast lightweight portable and it sped up my workflow using final cut pro X! I haven’t had any issues with it I’ve used it on PC and Mac. This is a must if you were editing 4K video!

I needed more storage because I was completely out of storage on my cellphone. This has been a excellent choice, easy to use. I found this at best buy they had the best price on it!!!! My best purchase ever!

I was looking for a drive that was small in size but big in storage and extremely fast. I know there are bigger drives out there but their physical size and slow speeds make them a hassle to carry. This is a great product and you won't be disappointed.

I started copying some very large folders (about 100 GB) from my old laptop on to an older Passport external hd. After 3 hours of copying, I cancelled it and attached the Scandisk SSD and started the same copy. It copied from my old computer in about 1 1/2 hours. When I loaded the copied files to my new HP Spectre, it only took 50 minutes. Now that is amazing!!!!!. The Scandisk ssd is about the sizes of a credit card and about 1/4th inch thick. So far, it's compatible with all my older gadgets. It comes with both a USB cord and a USB-c cord. I chose the Scandisk SSD external drive after reading all the great reviews and it's certainly living up to them.

I heard great reviews on this product and needed a fast, reliable drive to edit photos/video on, and picked this one up. This thing is incredible and I'm so glad I purchased it. I also bought a 1TB one as well.