Customer Ratings & Reviews

I have a lot of external hard drives. I have switched to Samsung SSDs because I had two traditional hard drives fail (luckily I had backups). This is my first "Rugged SSD". This is all I will buy going forward.

Great capacity and speed in such a small package. Works with all systems.

Works as expected. Transfer speed is good. Wasn't on the store front, employee had to search for a while in the back.

This upgrade replaces 3 old external hard drives. While fast, I wasn't able to get near the claims of its speed (until a new PC). It doesn't play well with older USB ports. Using it on the old PC It was actually faster using USB 2.0 over 3.0! USB 3.0: It would start fast on 3.0 (up to 350mbps) then after only a few terabytes (on large file transfers) it would slow down to 30kbps! Yes kilobytes! Sometimes it would speed up again (up to 100Mbps) but would average about 1.5Mbps! I couldn't even use file syncing software to mirror my main drive; it would lock out and freeze. USB 2.0: It would steadily remain at between 20-40Mbps and could file sync. Format By default, it is formatted as exFAT instead of NTFS, so I reformatted to NTFS. It is no longer throttling, the speeds are more consistent, but slower for 3.0 (100-200Mbps) On the new PC This one has USB 3.2, which ran about 180-560Mbps. USB 3.1 runs about 260-400Mbps. USB 2.0 runs at 40-50Mbps. Testing My results were based on the highs and lows of a large transfer of about 1tb. That being said, I also ran DiskMark and the results were always higher there compared to real-world testing. For instance, DiskMark did reach 1060Mbps for USB 3.2, so it is now reaching the right speeds. Also, one of the cords that it came with intermittently lost connection, so the USB to C cable was no good. I discovered this early on, so it is not the cause of the throttling. I am wondering if there are bad sectors in the drive or maybe an issue with the controller. I could never replicate the issue on command. It seemed to only happen when you didn't want it to. I could have sworn it still throttled a few times since reformatting, but hasn't for the last month even when retesting. I never had so many issues with a device right out of the box. Regardless, as of now, it is working and runs fast on USB 3.2. I have tried a dozen cords and ports, and everything seems to be working as intended. If I had gotten it after a new PC, I may have never run into these problems and would have given it 5 stars.

This ssd drive is fast and quiet. Also, the size is very compact. Super good as backup and as portable drive.

Great product! Ordered same day delivery & got it set up with ease, works great & very fast

I highly recommend this SSD drive since unlike an exterior drive with disks that can fail. This drive was purchased to restore back up data updated from my internet storage account when an exterior drive failed. All internal computer drives and exterior drives (including SSD drives-are backed daily). Though this drive is not the fastest, the price and quality was great.

Excellent hard drive that assisted in backing up most of my existing hard drive. Good space for the value.

This product is excellent in shape and performance.

I needed ore space for my PC. I kept hearing about SSDs coming down in price. I waited and then I pounced. it is fast and does what it suppose to do. I use it for gaming and the games just load like butter. it isn't magic so the games that take long to load still take time to load, but like 3% faster. It is easy to use. it comes with a cord to hook it up to your PC. it is a great device

Pretty rugged and compact. Lots of storage space!!

Robust compact 4T external memory; speed is great; happy with the purchase with decent price.

This is the handiest and most compact way of storing I have for the large files I need handy, even as I travel. It is a wonderful way to get a small office organized.

This Samsung drive is great, lots of space, very fast, small and compact. It’s everything I need.

So easy to use and thankful you dont have to have a coupter to download photos and videos from your phone

I like how small and portable this device is in comparison to other hard drives of similar capacity.

Great external ssd fast, durable and compact size. I already purchase a 2nd one....

Worked like a charm. The data transfer to this SSD - which amounted to more than a terabyte - took far less time than it would have taken using a mechanical disk drive as the archival device. It was so good that I have shelved plans to buy a larger mechanical disk drive for backup. This much smaller and much faster device should satisfy my archival needs for both documents and photographs for years.

Great speed and capacity, it transfers files quickly and makes backing up workstations easy.

Perfect go anywhere size drive. Capacity big enough to backup entire computer! Very happy with this!