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Transfer Speed
Customers are highly satisfied with the transfer speed of the Fantom Drives Extreme 4TB External SSD. They report consistent read/write speeds over 2000MB/s, significantly reducing the time it takes to transfer large files or many files at once. Some users have experienced even faster speeds after optimizing their operating systems.
Thunderbolt Compatibility
Customers are highly satisfied with the Thunderbolt compatibility of the Fantom Drives Extreme SSD, praising its fast performance and ease of use for video editing and other CPU-intensive tasks on both Mac and iPad. Some customers have also noted that it is a reliable and portable solution for backup storage. However, a small group of customers mentioned that they had to format the drive specifically for Mac upon purchase.
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Warranty Support
Customers have reported mixed experiences regarding the warranty support for the Fantom Drives Extreme 4TB External SSD. While some have had positive interactions with the company, others have encountered issues with drive failures and unresponsive customer service. Some customers have reported that their drives failed shortly after purchase and were unable to recover their data despite attempting to do so at significant cost. Others have praised Fantom Drives for their responsiveness in addressing their issues and providing replacement drives.

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Quality
1 like a t7, but when you get into thunderbolt, my experience has seen a significant increase in the heat of the device.
I downloaded baldur's gate 3 to it and it runs the game perfectly, no lag or issues.
I hope it sustains as the heat is a concern, but my rocket is even hotter but has run “like a champ" for the past 18 months.
The mac's internal drive has scorching speeds that hover at 6gb/sec write and 5gb/sec read with blackmagic speed tests.
Price
That's ok though- got it on a very good sale, it is fast enough and with a 5 year warranty, it's hard to go wrong.
Competitiveness
I then ran amorphous diskmark which gave better reads but an even uglier picture on the writes.
I do understand that "up to" means exactly that when it comes to advertisements and more often than not, the typical results wi... Read More
Storage prices have dropped significantly, and the fantom will probably drop as well, as this market segment has seen significa... Read More
Overview
- How are reviewers describing this item?
fast, external, sec and hot. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
- Our engine has discovered that over 90% high quality reviews are present.
- This product had a total of 265 reviews as of our last analysis date on Apr 1 2025.
Helpful InsightsBETA
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Only took about 30mins for 2 partitionaes256 encryption if i recall about 45 to an hour for roughly 400gb
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
It did get warm to touch after the big transfer and that would be common for those sizes
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Ive been looking for an external ssd that is reasonably fast when using my m2 mac studio
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The macs internal drive has scorching speeds that hover at 6gbsec write and 5gbsec read with blackmagic speed tests
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I bought the samsung shield a ruggedized t7 for space and paid appx the same price for 4gb as i did for 2gb of the fantom
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The fantom runs relatively hot compared to a quality usbc 3
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
A 2 gb ssd would have been double the price or more and my sabrent project was a good deal at the time
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