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.

Fast, easy to use and durable. When it comes to drives I always use samsung

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.

Terrible! Had to return as it wouldn’t power up reliably.

This device is simple to use. I also didn't think it was going to be as small as it was. I have Apples ecosystem of technology and use the devices in every day life and they all perform some type of task differently. My point being... Apple implemented a new feature for the iPhone 16 pro max camera and now you can record in 4k 120/60 FPS. You cannot record on iPhone storage so you will need an external ssd like this ssd that'll plug into the phone to use that feature. As follows: Plug into iPhone. Enable 4k 120/60 recording in camera settings on iPhone. After you get done recording, it automatically stores photos/videos directly to the ssd. In the camera app with the iPhone still plugged into the ssd, you will see the external storage icon that you can click and then have the option to manually send items to your usual iPhone photos storage location. Plug it into the MacBook Pro and open ssd and the footage came through perfectly. It's the easiest thing I've used in a while that works! 2 TB oughta be enough for me! They didn't have 4 TB in stock... Just remember that before you unplug the ssd from your computer, click the "eject" button to avoid possible file corruption.

I need to return this item since only 1 port works.

This backup drive is easy to use, fast, and most importantly for me, it works right.

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.

Small, portable, fast. Great storage device. Highly recommend

Great piece of equipment. Fast. Easy to access. Reliable.

Nice design looks great on my desk. HD speed and capabilities are as advertised

I've owned a few Samsung SSDs in the past, and they've never disappointed. This new generation continues that legacy of great performance, with the added bonus of a new rugged build. It's slightly "rubberized" (though I'm not sure what the material is technically called), and it gives me great confidence when handling the drive. I've used this drive for multiple applications so far, and it's passed each test with flying colors. GENERAL STORAGE This is use case that almost everyone will go with, and it performs exactly as it should. Read/write speeds are quite fast, the 2TB capacity is more than enough, and with the connection port being USB-C, it interfaces with essentially any device. I've been able to move my data between my Mac, my PC, my Android tablet, and my Linux desktop with no issues. DUAL BOOTING Speaking of my Linux desktop, as someone who distro-hops as a hobby, I've experimented with a disk partition on this drive holding a Linux distribution (Mint) and the read/write speeds were so fast that if you told me I was running the OS on an external drive instead of an internal one, I wouldn't have believed you. STEAM STORAGE This is the ultimate destination of the drive for me - my PC laptop only has a 250GB internal drive, and that's not nearly enough for my Steam library. With a few clicks of the mouse, I've been able to install my entire Steam library to this T7 and game performance has been smooth and fast. In summary - Samsung SSD = good. The new T7 Shield continues that legacy.

Works great, fast and reliable. It's also nice and small.

Fast, clean, waterproof and very durable and portable

It does not connect with my Android device, other than that just a regular SSD

We have used Samsung SSDs in our business for some time, and have found them reliable, fast, and in the case of the ruggedized Shield drives extremely resistant to damage when transported. We have never had problems with any Samsung SSD and have standardized on them for backup and data transport.

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.