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.
The OWC Envoy Pro SX is the second Thunderbolt-exclusive portable SSD I’ve reviewed, long after the Samsung X5. Part of the reason is that the Thunderbolt has become a bit of a mess, with Thunderbolt 3 merging with USB4 and Thunderbolt 4 having almost nothing to call its own. So, …
The WD Black D30 Game Drive SSD, first announced in May 2021, is both more and less versus the previous WB Black P50 that came out in late 2020. More because, well, it’s significantly thicker and now includes a nice stand. And less because it houses a slower MVNe SSD …
The Apricorn Aegis Padlock SSD is a niche product that doesn’t apply to general use. But if you have it, chances are you’ll find it super useful anyway. Indeed, this little portable drive is a lot more than regular extra storage space. It’s an impenetrable digital storage vault, complete with …
Western Digital’s 2020 SanDisk Extreme PRO Portable SSD is not to be taken lightly. It’s the first in the SanDisk Extreme family (including the PRO and non-PRO lineups) that supports the venerable USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 USB standard with a cap speed of 20Gbps. That, plus using an NVMe SSD …
The 2020 SanDisk Extreme Portable SSD is a clear improvement over the previous 2018 model. While sharing the same name and design, on the inside, it’s a new drive entirely with more features and much faster performance. Considering the drive’s support for USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10Gbps), which is getting …
Despite the similarly rugged design, the WD Black P50 Game Drive SSD is in an entirely different league from the P10 that came out in early 2019. The new portable drive, first released in late 2019, houses an NVMe SSD inside to deliver many times the speed of its older …
The all-new WD My Passport SSD of 2020, first announced late last month, is different from the previous models. It now has a different look, a slightly larger physical size, and, most importantly, much faster. But it inherits some valuable similarities, too, from the rugged design to the built-in hardware …
