An extensive collection of hands-on, no-nonsense reviews on portable drives — external storage devices that connect to a host via USB or Thunderbolt standards. Hint: You can’t have fast speed via USB 2.0.
If you’re looking to carry a lot of data on a little storage device, there’s some exciting news about Samsung thumb drives. Today, the company announced the new versions of its USB flash portable storage, the BAR Plus, and FIT Plus, with 512GB in capacity, or double the previous version’s …
The Samsung T9 Portable SSD, announced on October 3, 2023, is easily the best USB external storage the electronics giant has had. It represents the latest in the company’s popular Portable SSD series and is the first that features USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 (20Gbps). At the core, though, the new …
At first glance, the Synology BeeDrive portable SSD, first announced in May 2023, is an odd device. It has nothing to do with what Synology has been known for, a NAS maker. But after spending my sweet time with it, I realize it’s a perfect device for those needing a …
On the one hand, the Crucial X10 Pro is Micron’s first USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 (20 Gbps) portable SSD—rivaling the SanDisk Extreme Pro or the WD Black P50—and it has everything to live up to its specs. As a matter of fact, it’s the fastest portable SSD for the USB …
Over two years ago, I reviewed the Micron Crucial X6 and thought it was the tiniest portable SSD that’s fast and spacious. I’d sound like a broken record today if you asked me to describe the company’s latest portable SSD, the Crucial X9 Pro. And I’d only be more right. …
Here’s some exciting news for portable SSD fans. Micron today releases not one but two new drives, the Crucial X9 Pro and Crucial X10 Pro portable SSDs. Update: The in-depth reviews of both drives are now available. They are the upgrades to the company’s existing Crucial X8 and X6 that …
Per conventional wisdom of portable storage: If you get a Thunderbolt 3 (or 4) drive, it won’t work with USB despite fitting perfectly into a USB-C port. That changed on October 5, 2022, when the SanDisk Professional PRO-G40 SSD, the latest in Western Digital’s PRO storage lineup, arrived. And the …
