SanDisk Extreme 500GB Portable NVMe SSD, USB-C, up
SanDisk Extreme 500GB Portable NVMe SSD, USB-C, up to 1050MB/s Read and 1000MB/s Write Speed, Water and Dust-Resista
Powerful yet Portable
Get fast NVMe solid state performance featuring 1050MB/s* read and 1000MB/s* write speeds in a portable, high-capacity drive that’s perfect for creating amazing content or capturing incredible footage
Tough Enough to Take with You
Up to two-meter drop protection and IP55 water and dust resistance(1) mean this durable drive can take a beating.
It Goes Where You Go
Use the handy carabineer loop to attach the derive to your belt loop or backpack for extra security when you’re out in the world.
Put a Lock on Your Files
Help keep private content private with the included password protection featuring 256-bit AES hardware encryption(2).
Powerful Storage for Your Toughest Jobs
From the brand trusted by professional photographers worldwide, the SanDisk Extreme PRO Portable SSD provides powerful solid state performance in a rugged, dependable storage solution.
Performance that elevates your creativity
Our most powerful SD UHS-I memory card yet delivers performance that elevates your creativity.
Extreme PRO UHS-I Card
Work straight from the drive
Fast transfer speeds to edit straight from the drive
Higher sustained speeds
Save time moving and editing your files with transfer speeds up to 2000MB/s(3)
Accelerate your workflow
Shot speeds up to 90MB/s, transfer speeds up to 170MB/s(4)
Work Safer
IP55 rate for dust- & water-resistance
Tough Enough to Take with You
IP55 and aluminum enclosure for added durability
4K UHD Ready(5)
Capture all the action without skipping a frame
Legal Disclaimers
* Up to 1050MB/s read speed, up to 1000MB/s write speed. Engineered with proprietary technology to reach speeds beyond UHS-I 104MB/s, requires compatible devices capable of reaching such speed. Based on internal testing; performance may be lower depending on host device, interface, usage conditions and other factors. 1MB=1,000,000 bytes.
(1) Password protection uses 128-bit AES encryption and is supported by Windows 8, Windows 10 and macOS v10.9+ (Software download required for Mac, see official SanDisk website).
(2) Based on internal testing. IPEC 60529 IP 55: Tested to withstand water flow (30 kPa) at 3 min.; limited dust contact does not interfere with operation. Must be clean and dry before use.
(3) Up to 2000MB/s read and write speeds. Engineered with proprietary technology to reach speeds beyond UHS-I 104MB/s, requires compatible devices capable of reaching such speed. Based on internal testing; performance may be lower depending on host device, interface, usage conditions and other factors. 1MB=1,000,000 bytes.
(4) For 64GB-512GB: Up to 170MB/s read speeds, engineered with proprietary technology to reach speeds beyond UHS-I 104MB/s, require compatible devices capable of reaching such speeds. Write speed up to 90MB/s. Based on internal testing; performance may be lower depending upon host devices, interface, usage conditions and other factors. 1MB=1,000,000 bytes. X =150KB/sec
(5) Full HD (1920×1080) and 4K UHD (3840×2160) video support may vary based upon host device, file attributes and other factors. See official SanDisk website for more details.
| Weight: | 49.9 g |
| Dimensions: | 0.97 x 5.26 x 10.08 cm; 49.9 Grams |
| Brand: | SanDisk |
| Model: | SDSSDE61-500G-G25 |
| Colour: | Black |
| Batteries Included: | No |
| Manufacture: | Sandisk |
| Dimensions: | 0.97 x 5.26 x 10.08 cm; 49.9 Grams |
It is lightweight compared to my Western drive, and feels rugged to take everywhere with me. Comes with additional adaptors to use the traditional USB A ports but I highly recommend using the USB C.
On their own they are pretty tough – I have occasionally dropped them with no ill effect. Protected in the small dedicated case, they would have to be trampled by an elephant to break. A bit pricey, but worth it!
This SSD is perfect for travelling and moving around as it’s so small yet powerful to hold your videos and photos. I use mine with a Satechi high speed cable as well to make moving items/editing faster.
Small enough to be ultra portable, with enough capacity to hold large art and music projects. The speed is such that I can run vst instrument libraries/audio projects from it should I wish.
Great fit and finish, this feels like a quality product- the inclusion of both usbc-c and usba-c cables is a nice touch.
Highly recommended
It’s a shame because the physical device and performance is great, but they’ve shot themselves in the foot for a great all round product because the software part is annoying to use and makes the experience annoying.
So far it seems to be reliable product. Good speed. And nice dest.
I use this for sentry and dash cam in my Tesla, works perfectly.
Zero setup, easy to use, for me using a Mac. A little pricey but happy.
I use these drivew almost daily as a video editor and they are fast reliable and compact. They have geniuenly changed my life, I now have half a dozen of them. Would recommend them to anyone!
Nice and compact but started putting stuff on it but, 70gb seems to have disappeared???
No issues with it apart from this.
Very easy to use, good price. Top bit of kit.
Super little drive, didn’t seem worth the extra for the Pro version given the mind-boggling USB compatibility maze of specs. So good, I bought another.
They are not much different but extreme and extreme pro are not the same and can be overlooked sometimes.
This onehave little bit different shape than extreme pro but this can be totally ignored as read and write speeds are so similar.
Always use Sandisk memory cards and this was on offer so made perfect sense to use their SSD too.
Brilliant portable HD. I’ve been using it for video editing projects and speed is fantastically good. Has USB C connection only so if you need a USB port then don’t worry it comes with a little connector. I would buy again.
A good quality, fast SSD. I thought this would be a bulkier unit however it’s actually quite small. Stores everything I need it to for my P.C / Mac and is rugged enough to last until failure.
I use it as my main SSD on my M2 Mini and it flies! I couldn’t be more impressed. I moved 29Gb worth of data in one go and it took it less than 30sec to complete! I was a bit weary it would require formatting when using a Mac, but it was plug n play, so that also was super convenient!
Highly recommend
This handles the transfers effortlessly and allows me to edit 4k footage with numerous effects applied, without dropping frames (Macbook Pro M1 Max) – all while working on the footage stored on the Sandisk SSD, not my internal SSD..
I’ve thrown a lot of work at it and it gets warm, but never hot. It’s small and convenient to carry, fits in a jacket pocket or a backpack pocket quite easily as it’s remarkably thin.
Can’t fault it.
I’d previously purchased a cheaper SSD with very disappointing results. Very hit and miss loading and very slow file transfer. But with this sandisc SSD it’s incredibly easy to use and easy file uploading. I can highly recommend this product.
Brilliant! I’ve got about 20 of them now. Never once had an issue or failure!
Highly recommended.
This SSD is great and is smaller than it looks in the pictures. Which is what you want. No issues but I wouldn’t recommend using preinstalled software that comes with it. If you do you make sure you learn how it works first.
It is also overheating when transferring large amounts of data for a while. I don’t know if that’s a problem or not but it could be if SSD is covered and not cooled down. When you touch it it is actually hot but you can still hold it without getting burned. I’m sure SanDisk know what they are doing and it is not a real threat to the device.
What’s not to like? Works well with my Mac. Use it to manage and backup my Mac Photo Library. Speed is excellent. It does get warm under load, but that’s to be expected. Wish the provided cable was slightly longer, but that’s being petty.
A small and fast 1Tb SSD. It comes with password protection using 128-bit AES encryption, though for many this can simply complicate things – but its there if you want it!
Not bad for the price [99] and would certainly buy another. Can’t comment on how reliable it is for the long term, but suffice to say it is one of several back-up devices I possess.
The replacement arrived and I started playing around with it.
It came formatted with ExFAT, as well, so be aware, if your device doesn’t support ExFAT, you just need to format it to something that can read it.
I got speeds faster than advertised, 1086MBps read (vs 1050MBps advertised) and 1038MBps write (vs 1000MBps advertised).
There was 1.81TiB of usable space on the 2TB version I purchased, which is absolutely expected and not false advertising as some of the comments suggest. (A quick note to those people, a TB is not the same as a TiB. The 2TB version is 2TB, which is ~1.81TiB, what it shows in the OS, albeit falsely labeled in Windows).
The leaflet suggests I can update the firmware on it, and should do that when I get it, however I am unable to find anything on the website about this and I assume it should be fine. It says it has hardware encryption capabilities, which uses the software provided but I never trust that stuff. I just formatted it to EXT4 in Linux (My OS of choice) and used Veracrypt, which you can use in Windows (and MacOS, I think), to encrypt my drive with FDE (Full Disk Encryption).
The drive is extremely responsive and I was able to fill it up with my files, and was able to read them all afterwards. It should be noted that whilst the first one got hot during operations, the second one seemed to run quite cool. I’m not sure why this is and I’m not going to complain either.
It seems to be quite solidly built and I do recommend it if you want to store lots of things, but it may be more expensive than a hard drive or the equivalent in M.2/NVMe. I got mine during Prime Day so it was quite cheap.
All in all I highly recommend it. It’s a solid drive and time will tell if it’s reliable. I will update this after a year or so.
Portability was a big factor, and hoping it would work with iphone (since there isn’t a lot of info on it)
The ssd itself works well however max transfer speed I’ve seen so far is approx 270 MB/S on magicbook pro using default hardware, nonetheless faster than my other HDD’s. I have noticed it heat up a lot in use, more than the 500gb version. In terms of wire / usb-c port connection, it feels a little flimsy and weak. The ssd has a front patterned surface and a rubber back both of which seem to attract dust.
Now onto iphone connection…I have tried both the 1TB and 500GB versions (with the supplied usb-c to usb adapter), both work with iphone (12 mini) via a genuine Apple Lightning to USB 3 Camera Adapter (make sure adapter is original as fake / defective wires have given me an unpredictable intermittent connection). In my experience the 1TB ssd loaded faster than 500GB on iphone.
Now Iphone allows you to view ssd contents BUT as soon you start saving iphone files onto it or tinkering with the ssd’s data you get the infamous ‘This accessory requires too much power’ sign. Even if you re-connect the ssd, once the sign appears once it keeps coming back. What worked to reverse it for me was actually connecting it to a laptop and deleting the iphone files saved on the ssd or the folders where data was altered. Another option is to scan for errors (whilst plugged into the computer), even if there are no errors I found that often the ssd starts working without needing ‘extra power’. Another option to try, this has given mixed results tbh is to connect the ssd to iphone whilst it is switched off then turn it back on and see if the sign reappears.
If you definitely want 2-way iphone-ssd use then you will need a power hub to power the hardrive (and also bypass the ‘…requires too much power’ message, or if none of the above options work to get rid of the message). I bought the ‘…RSHTECH 5 Port USB 3 Hub with 4 USB 3.0 Data Port + 1 Fast Charging Port Portable USB Splitter with 12V/2A…’ because it provided more power i.e 24W compared to similarly priced 5-port power hubs – so far so good! As a bonus iphone was able to read both ssds (1TB + 500gb) at once when plugged into the power hub.
In terms of folder load time there was no difference for me using a power hub vs none. I didn’t notice a difference in performance or predictability between an old iphone lightning cable vs latest lightning to usb-c cable. I have tried iphone (with ssd connected) plugged into a usb wall socket vs plugged into an apple 30w adapter, again no obv difference.
Another point to mention, with big folders around 90gb (raw files/4k videos) my iphone struggled to read the content despite loading for 20+ mins? The successful cut off for me has been around 65gb folder size max, anything larger definitely gets divided into smaller folders. I did notice some large 4k videos load slowly and freeze midway, but the ssd did let me save them directly on my iphone despite this so was able to view them better that way.
My Sandisk ssd-iphone experience so far (in summary):
Option 1 – viewing/saving ssd content on iphone -> no power hub required
Option 2 – deleting/altering ssd content and/or saving iphone content onto ssd -> power hub required
Hope that helps, I struggled A LOT to find info on iphone sandisk ssd connection so thought I’d share all of my recent findings.
On a sep note – the ssds worked absolutely fine with ipad Air 4th gen utilising it’s usb-c port so no adapter required. Literally a case of plug and play – and definitely a lot faster than on iphone.