Customer Ratings & Reviews

This review will not show up as verified as I purchased it from a major online retailer, that has their own delivery vans, and has for no reason at all banned me from reviewing. So I'm reviewing it here. Let the little guys get some business too! I have used a 500GB Samsung T5 drive for many years, and I have quite liked it. However, the 500GB drive is no longer big enough for today's file sizes, so I decided to upgrade when the T7 Shields were on sale. Please note that I have abused the T5 a lot, dropped it, accidentally tripped on the cable, carried it with me on travels into the wilderness, and photo shoots so I know Samsung makes an extremely good portable SSD. I got 2 of the T7 shields as upgrades, a 2 TB one and a 4 TB one. I got the shield version for more protection against drops and abuse since I'm pretty rough of my electronics, and I go into the wilderness a lot with my photography. The drives have a silicone jacket on it, which also puffs it up a little bigger than the T5 I have. These drives according to H2TestW (if my memory serves me correctly) was around 437MB/s read and write, while plugged into my USB 3.0 port on my computer. Unfortunately my computers don't have faster ports, but I'm sure this drive would go faster on those. This is plenty fast, and I think on par with my old Samsung T5 drive. With the overhead in the USB 3.0 protocol, I think I maxed out the ports on my desktop PC. I do have some complaints about the product however. It would appear some bean counter at Samsung decided to skip on the 2 cable ties that original came with the T5 drive. I wonder how much money they are saving, but I'm not totally satisfied, and stuff like this leaves a horrible taste in my mouth. Also the silicone surface makes it impossible to stick a label with your name and contact info on it, which I do on my old drive.

Great Hard Drive. It is super small and quiet! You hear nothing while it is running. It has mac, windows and android files preloaded. I plan on connecting it to my Nvidia Shield to use to record programing and expand storage. It comes with usb type C and usb type A cables allowing you to connect it to old and new devices. Response was fast too. This is great if you are looking for a small compact SSD hard drive. I love Samsung products and this one did not disappoint. There are so many options available and I always want a product that I know I can rely on to be dependable. Samsung claims it is water resistant. I did not test it and will assume it is-hopefully will never need to know. This hard drive does not heat up like other mechanical ones will. I was able to transfer larger files and the transfer rate was exceptional and fast. The exterior is a rubber like soft finish. It doesn't seem like it will chip and won't dent. Pricing seems in line with other quality products with similar specifications.

Durable and lightweight with a ton of storage!!!!!

The Samsung T7 Shield is just what I needed. It is durable, small, and easy to use.

I bought this for use away from the office so I wanted something sturdy that could stand up to being shoved in a backpack and repeatedly moved around without breaking. So far so good! An unexpected bonus is how much faster data transfers are with this device than the thumb drives I’m more used to. I would definitely buy this again.

I wasn't really sure why I'd need a mega-rugged external harddrive because I usually keep all my electronics in safe spots and treat them like invaluable devices, because the data some contain are. So Samsung comes out with a external drive built like it's ready to go to war and back...I'm certain it can do it! First impression was "Wow, this thing has some weight!" I've had other portable NVME drives that were build for normal folks, but they don't have near the heft of the Samsung T7 Shield. The body is encased in a non-slip rubber that adds grip as well as shock absorption. As a test, I knocked it off my desk onto the carpeted floor and good golly the data survived, lol. Most drives can take a small drop like that, but the way the T7 Shield is built I'd bet I could drop it on the concrete floor at work and not worry a bit. Testing the drive proved that's it's not too bad at data transfer. Read was 464MB/s and writes topped at 464MB/s also. I didn't test other USB C ports I have so it might be the limit of that particular port, which really isn't anything to be mad at. Old school USB HDD's hit around 100MB/s and most people are fine with them. This one is surely going to get some use in my "service bag" and I won't have to worry about being too gentle knowing the T7 can take a few rounds ring and come out still standing.

Ever since I bought and attached the drive to my phone (s22) my phone has not been working correctly.

Didnt do what i hoped it would. Will probably end up returning it.

First of all, it looks just like the pictures. It is a lovely shade of blue, not too bright but a nice deep color of blue. Second, the marketing statements about it say it's mighty tough and ready for the rough and tumble. Well, it accidentally fell off my desk hitting a tile floor. Not only did it hit the floor, it bounced off the side of the table where the printer sits. It ended up between the desk and printer table, a spot that gets a bit dusty and has a collection of the dog's fur. Not the best for electronics. I picked it up, wiped it off, plugged it in and starting transferring files. So yes, its pretty rough and tumble and doesn't mind a bit of dust. I wasn't able to transfer files at first. Stopped into the Geek squad and they said to use file explorer, click on the T7 and then choose format. Changed it from the delivered NTFS format to exFAT and viola I'm dragging and dropping files. I use this to copy files from my PC so I have a backup. The speed is fine for my use, no issues.

portable, easy to use, and smooth. Transfer speed is very fast. Can be used with a blackmagic 4k easily

Works great for backing up my iMac and is fast. I have had it only a couple months but have had no problems.

Great backup, works easily with plenty of available space.

EXCELLENT! BEST PORTABLE SSD I HAVE USED! ALSO…. IT IS WEATHER RESISTANT AND SHOCK RESISTANT!

Great product, rugged design, does exactly what its suppose to do. Will probably by again for same deal

Nice little compact size. Easy to setup and use. Fast transfer speed. Would purchase again

Very good and high quality ssd can handle heavy games such as cod and star citizen

Great external SSD! Pretty fast! The design also looks pretty cool!

Works great. Fast transfers. Includes 2 cables for USB C to A. Case is rugged.

This product works just as I had hoped and is helping me to back up important memories for safe keeping. Worth the price.

Love this. It's small and compact. Plenty of space for videos and pictures.