Customer Ratings & Reviews

Connects to iPad Pro (iOS 13.x) and have the ability to move photos back and forth, you can free up your cloud space.

I bought this drive to use for a specific PC game, and it did not work for me. Set up was easy but it scrambled my PC files. I tried to reinstall the drive a few times, but no wishful outcome.

The best SSD on the market in my opinion for the price. The rugged design allows for a safe storage of files in a small place

Used this as a spare drive to backup my GoPro files on my international trip. Easy to use and fast transfer rate.

(This review reflects my experience with a unit was provided free of charge by SanDisk.) USB flash drives have been an ubiquitous means of storage for years now. I doubt I am the only one that has accumulated a drawer full of these devices, all with various capacities and speeds. And for the most part, their speed has been adequate since USB 2 was state of the art. I have some that support USB 3 natively, but mostly as a marketing gimmick - in practice, I have not yet had one that was markedly faster than most of my USB 2 drives. For the most part, I never minded the speeds… but every now and then, I'd have a need to transfer a large number of files, or make a backup while I migrated my primary hard disk. I usually turned to an external mechanical disk drive, or transfer via NAS. However, after using SanDisk's Extreme USB 3 SSD, I can't imagine doing it any other way. SanDisk's primary goal was to create an external drive that really takes advantage of the full bandwidth of USB 3.1. They benchmark it specifically for USB 3.1 Gen 2. The fastest USB standard any of my computers support is actually only USB 3.1 Gen 1, but out of curiosity, I tested the Extreme SSD anyway with CrystalDiskMark (version 6.0.1). I could not quite achieve the maximum speeds that SanDisk claimed, but this was still an extremely fast drive. I was able to read from the drive at 450 MB/s, and writing was only slightly slower at 445 MB/s. That is dramatically faster than any other external USB drive that I own. All that speed can certainly come in handy. I used the drive to back up two computers while migrating the boot drives to faster/larger NVMe storage devices. I was able to complete both much faster than if I had used my external mechanical drive (the time it would take was one of the reasons I had put off the drive upgrades). SanDisk highlights the needs of media-producing professionals as a use case for this drive, but it's a god-send for any task that needs to move around a significant amount of data. The drive has a solid and compact design. It's larger than an ordinary USB drive, but not a great deal larger than a M2 or NVMe internal drive (a little wider and thicker). It has a rubbery, soft-touch finish and a sturdy molded loop for a carrying strap. SanDisk claims IP55 water resistance, though I (fortunately) did not need to put that to the test. And of course, since it's a solid-state device, there's no worry about bumps causing potential mechanical shock to the mechanism. One of the small details that impressed me was the included cable + adapter for both USB type A and type C support. A short USB cable is included with type C connectors on both ends. This is great, in my opinion, as type C will only become more common in the future. SanDisk thoughtfully included a type C to type A adapter as well. When I ran the CrystalDiskMark benchmark, I ran it multiple times with the drive connected both ways (with just the cable, and with the cable + type A adapter), and achieved virtually identical results. (Suprisingly enough, I saw a 0.5 MB/s better performance using the type A adapter, but that is roughly a 0.1% difference, and certainly within the margin for error in my non-rigorous testing.) One thing that is just slightly disappointing is that the type A adapter has little molded nubs that require the type C cable end to be plugged in with a specific orientation, which somewhat defeats the purpose of type C. It took me a few seconds to realize this; at first I thought the connection was just rather loose because it was not pushed in all the way. (The type C cable works fine in either orientation to an actual type C port, of course.) All in all, this is a premium external drive that performs exactly as designed. Not everyone will have a need for it, at least not all the time. Anyone who regularly moves large amounts of data, however, will save a ton of time. The inclusion of native type C support helps future proof your investment in the drive as well.

Looking for a storage solution that is fast but easy to tote? This is it. A very slick piece of gear at a great price!

Great drive to supplement smaller SSD in laptop. It was easy to install/startup on my Windows10 PC.

You can never have to many backup drives. These are good for organizing all my files too.

When we first purchase this item I had high hopes but after first plunging into my Mac it would not work. We then tried it on our windows ten pc to then find out that we were trying to put photos in Sandusky vault and not just on the SSD it’s self

Purchased for our son to use at college. Sure he will get a lot of use out of it. Highly recommended by Best Buy staff

I save my Adobe Lightroom Catalogs on here and it’s very fast. Worth foregoing the GB for the speed!

This drive works great. It is fast and very portable. The only con I have is with the USB C to USB adapter. This adapter can be lose and cause the drive not to connect sometimes.

I like it. It is fast, lightweight, and stylish. I did some online search and ended up buying this one.

This is awesome. I use it for a NAS to function with my NVR software for customer demos. A half TB goes a long way.

Easy. Great device with lots of storage. I like the fact that you can tie it to something

I added this to an iMac to expand the existing internal SSD storage. The product works well and was affordable.

Pretty straight forward this little guy is wonderful for speed while backing up my digital camera photos

Very small unit and works very well. I like the hook attachment for portability

I use this for photo backup and it is fast and very light. best part is the USB-C connection for my Macbook Pro.

I am very pleased with this portable SSD. It's capacity is large enough to store all my files, photos, and songs.