Customer Ratings & Reviews

This is my fifth 8TB Western Digital External and i must say i love it, granted it is not as flexible as my three 8TB Seagate externals with their dual USB hubs and build in wifi but then again the WD is also less expensive and from my past experiences, more reliable. I would rate performance fair to good, you can stream up to 10GB video without any lag or issues and most files copy in a reasonable rate of time. With that said, i would not recommend it for trying to play larger 4k video content as there seems to be a bit of lag, and even on a powerful system after 18 to 20 minutes in the audio can sometimes get off set from the video but i believe this to be more of a USB bus constraint than a drive output issue. Otherwise there is no reason to not buy as many of these as you need for back up and even extra storage space (just remember to set power settings to "power down drives that are not in use after 10 to 20 minutes) as this will keep them cooler and thus increase life expectancy. So let that drive power down if you aren't using it. Also great for off site backups. As a final though i compare this $159 8TB to my two 24TB NAS Boxes (which cost well over $1,200 EACH and i am reminded of what a great deal these 8TB & 10TB WD external drives are, so pick one or more up today and please enjoy and find me on Youtube at MiloHajek for more tech tips and other updates on all kinds of tech.

Easy to use, and fast. Great deal. More than enough storage. Had fotos from 2003 to 2022 and still plenty more storage space.

Works great! Exactly as advertised. Very pleased with the product.

I purchased two of these and use one as backup for my computer and one for additional file storage. They work great and are a great value. Very simple to hookup.

This is a fantastic value for an 8tb when on sale. The internals of the drive is very stable and reasonably fast. The drive is quiet and cool. 8TB is plenty of space. Basically everything one wants in an external drive.

Easy to connect and transfer data. Best value for 8TB of storage.

Western Digital makes some very good drives. This easystore appears to work well, as expected.

Works as it should. Quiet, spacious, includes power cable and usb cable. Setup literally takes about 45 seconds from opening the box to hooked up and done

Excellent product and easy to set up. It’s rock solid and reliable. It includes backup software and also has great customer service and technical support

I bought this for my Xbox One for extra storage. Very easy to use. Basically plug and play after Xbox formats the drive. Does not get hot if idle for a while.

I have had no problems so far. easy to install...really just plug and save. You can Back-up files, pics, movies... whatever you want to save and have it put away....just in case.

Purchased the product when it went on sale. Definitely worth a buy for backups and saving files away from your computer. It comes formatted for Windows, but requires reformatting for MAC OS use. It went on sale for $129.99 the week before Black Friday, but I was unable to get it since it sold out. Luckily, it went on sale during the winter break sale for $139.99 and purchased right away. It comes with some Western Digital software in the hard drive. If you use hard drive software such as Crystal Disk Info, you can find the serial number and search the type of drive. It is true that these drives are red WD NAS drives. For the price it is worth it since the bare desktop drives cost more. I may consider purchasing another one when it goes on sale again since it is a large amount of space. It uses USB 3.0 and an AC adapter. It has vents on the top, bottom, and back for releasing heat. The only main issue with this external drive is the dissipation of heat. There isn't a fan, therefore, the drive can get pretty hot after long use. Just use hard drive software to monitor the heat. Also when laying down the hard drive, make sure the usb and power connections are in the direction away or top side (left) away from the surface it is laying on since the hard drive sits close to one side of the case and kind of hangs since one side of the drive seems to be only secured, which is the connection side.

It was easy to connect and move files. A good bargain for the price. Would definitely recommend thus product.

This is the only external hard drive I buy anymore, I start each year with a fresh drive for storage and will continue getting these ones from Bestbuy, thanks!

Picked up the drive on a black friday sale price of $150 and was pleasantly surprised to find a Red NAS drive inside (typically costs around $250). Added it to my storage array and is humming along happily.

Got this for Time Machine backups on my iMac. Very easy to install and set up. Runs quiet. Seems really nice for the sale price.

Excellent product. Plenty of space. Ease to use.

I bought this 8tb WD external hard drive and couldn't be happier. I already own the 3tb and 4 tb. The set up is seamless with great reliability and is perfect if you need more memory as I buy games digitally.

It's a Western Digital device... what else can I say? I have WD external hard drives that date back before the turn of the century that still work today. I have never owned any WD hard drive that caused me any heartache OR made me wish I never bought it in the first place. I have never had to return a WD hard drive for any reason. * * * I might have been lucky so far, and probably jinxing myself with this review, but I completely trust WD to sell me a quality device that fits its advertising and that will serve me well for years. * * * Your mileage may vary...

Great product very easy-to-use. More then enough space to store everything you need.