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Pros

Usb-c is a selling point for me despite some skeptical reviewers here. ssd.

Worked flawlessly did nothing differently just weird. Never had a drive failed on me 1 under 3 years. Does anyone knows if seagate one touch is reliable. Also have a nas system with wd hard drives that are over 5 years old that i rely on for redundanc...  Read More



Cons

Sandisk will not honor my refund request, all they will do is give me a replacement. When trying to back up files for the second time this year, it isn't being recognized by any devices. It appears that they pull the same scam to have your disk passwo...  Read More

Don't buy this brand. These are rubbish. Buyer, beware. Very misleading, metal design means it has a metal looking plastic finish.

Support is not easy to navigate, nothing works. It fails for no reason and becomes inaccessible.

Money down the drain. Spare yourself. It is beyond frustrating. In the meantime - no backup.

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Quality


Particularly impressive to me is the sturdy construction of the device and the secure fit of the usb cable into the unit and th...  Read More


Ive bought several of these and they are solid, and compact.


My time capsule finally failed after 14 years.


In the process, the trojan permission was stripped off and in the end i formatted the original drive and put the files back as ...  Read More

Price


Here is your solution as a good value.

Shipping


The initial backup took over 12 hours, but that was still faster than the time capsule.

Packaging/appearance


This is an expensive external hard drive and it was put loose inside a vinyl mailer without any packaging.

Competitiveness


I have pictures and videos all the way back to 10 yrs ago, all store in this passport and i still have alot of spaces left for ...  Read More

Overview

  • How are reviewers describing this item?
    external, good, new and tried.
  • 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 18,023 reviews as of our last analysis date on Oct 31 2024.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    The transfer was reasonably fast and the case did a good job of dissipating the heat over the hours it took for 3tb


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I dont think it had password capability so i returned it


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I didnt do my homework apparently this drive is crazy slow


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    It is usb c and i expected some pretty good throughput


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Thats about 13 of the speed i get on my older nonc usb external backup drive and about what i used to get 10 or so years ago on much older drives


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Ok it works but surprised by the low speeds on a usbc device


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I have a 8tb nas drive that got compromised by the s1521


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    It took over the permissions of every file on my nas drive blocking me from moving or modifying the files

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