Customer Ratings & Reviews

This thing is great bang for your buck. And it’s reliable. But, it’s a bit big.

The 8TB EASYSTORE is super quiet while the 8TB My Book Desktop drive had an annoying low pitched vibration that could be heard and felt as it sat on my desk. In comparison, the EASYSTORE is dead silent and I don't even notice it. The 8TB WD EASYSTORE costs more than the 8TB My Book Desktop HDD but it is well worth it to me . It is rumored that the 8TB EASYSTORE uses the higher quality WD Red NAS disk which is known to be quiet and reliable.

I have about 10 of these ranging from 2 TB to 8 TB, and use them to store/backup RAW photos as well as processed images. They work well, store a ton, and I've never had one fail (knock on wood).

This external has a very nice professional NAS level WD Red drive inside. The drive manufacture date is recent and it's very reliable. Only regret is not getting it on even more of a discount :D

Got an excellent price on this item at Best Buy during a sale. It seems to work fine although set up was a bit confusing. Not really plug and play. It does make some noise. Not totally quiet. The real test is if it will last, and how long, so since i’ve Only had it for about a month, this review is not conclusive.

I just got a new camera and higher end gaming computer for processing photos and videos but needed more room for storage. I wasn't really looking for so much as 8TB, but saw this on a deal of the deal (for slightly under 50% of the current price). With the great customer ratings, it was too good a value to pass up. Easy to install and so far, works great. Assuming it lasts, it will be a long time before I need any more storage.

This item has my vote! Finally have a hard drive with enough space for all my photos!

My 6-th purchase in recent years. Fast transfer speed (150 MB+) and sturdy construction. Reliable.

Great product that makes it easy to back up files.

Bought this as a backup for my readynas. So far it works well. Relatively fast for a usb device, and you can't beat the price for 8tb.

Fantastic price for tons of storage. This western digital storage device is, as usual, easy to unpack and install. 8 GB might seem like a lot in storage but certainly will hold for the future.

WD PRODUCTS ARE always solid. easy to install and setup. was using within 5 minutes

I already had a 10TB Western Digital external drive and bought this one for a different desktop....they both are excellent storage drives...

I got this to replace a 4tb My Passport drive because I was running out of room. This one works fine but it is noisy compared to the My Passport. There is a steady thump thump sound when it is on. I have been able to archive a lot of files to it.

Works great and you can't beat the price! 10/10 Would definitely recommend!

Shucked Easily. Mounted it in my UNAS 8 Bay DAS and it worked perfectly. Would buy another one at 119.99 when they get back to that price.

works great very fast plug and play set up is so easy

Great drive and highly portable. Will Look great on your desk. I had to purchase a second one since I already filled up the first one.

This is a good and reliable 8TB external hard drive for my Windows-10 laptop computer, and my desktop computer. I use it to store backups.

Western Digital drives have always been reliable for me. Plug and play. I would recommend using the WD drive utilities software to remove the built-in sleep timer if you are doing long transfers. A good value. I recommend it and would purchase again.