SanDisk Extreme Portable SSD 1TB up to 550MB/s read
SanDisk Extreme Portable SSD 1TB up to 550MB/s read
Disclaimers:
[1] Based on internal testing; performance may be lower depending on drive capacity, host device, OS and application. 1MB=1,000,000 bytes.
[2] IEC 60529 IP55: 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. 4 Shock‐resistant (up to 1500G) and vibration‐resistant (5 gRMS, 10‐2000 HZ), non‐operating temperature (from ‐20°C to 70°C), operating temperature (from 0°C to 45°C).
[3] Up to 2M (6.5’) on a concrete floor.
[4] 1TB = 1,000,000,000,000 bytes. Actual user storage less.
| Weight: | 40.8 g |
| Dimensions: | 9.63 x 4.95 x 0.89 cm; 40.82 Grams |
| Brand: | SanDisk |
| Model: | SDSSDE60-1T00-G25 |
| Colour: | Black |
| Batteries Included: | No |
| Manufacture: | SanDisk |
| Dimensions: | 9.63 x 4.95 x 0.89 cm; 40.82 Grams |
Very handy and super fast. Pricey though. I’d buy another.
Worked from the first moment it was connected. You get what you pay for, rather more than the cheap unbranded SSD drives, but this was worth the price as there was no hassle, or problems.
Should have done that from the start!
Only problem with mine was it developed a crack after an international trip. How, I do not know, but Sandisk to their credit, replaced it and gave me a 2Tb version. Thats why I buy their SD cards for my camera and also an SSD when I upgraded my MacBook Pro.
For some reason exFAT file system would not copy across some of my music files, so as I will only be using the drive with a windows PC I have formatted the drive to NTFS and it works fine now.
Also as mentioned by some reviewers, the drive does get quite warm. So it may be worth disconnecting the drive periodically during an initial backup to let it cool down just to be safe.
Very nice external SSD, would recommend.
Other than that, it’s very fast, small, compact and does its job. Only gripe is that the cable is super super short.
I’ve found it essential for transferring from my phone and the speed there is excellent. But I’ve also use it to back up my XBOX 360 games, laptop files, and a load of old hard drives. It is expensive but if you can afford it you won’t regret it.
Windows picked it up immediately with no fuss. Does what is says on the box.
One thing to note: The supplied USB cable is stiff and only 15cm long and totally inflexible so guaranteed to break the USB port on your PC or the device itself – so the first thing I had to do was to go back to Amazon and buy a USB-C cable to replace the rubbish cable that was supplied (remember to factor this in the price when making the purchase).
Other than the vendor supplied cable, the drive is fantastic.
So – I found this by chance – for 79. For that price, it is a bargain. It works on my 2019 Samsung UHD, it’s got plenty of capacity, it takes ~4 mins to transfer 80GB – in fact the bottleneck is my existing internal system SSD.
If you are sitting on the fence – just go for it – I would have been happy paying over 100 for this drive!
However it also feels rugged as the description advertises. I could probably drop this and not damage the actual flash storage.
It comes formatted as exFAT which is what you want. It works on every major OS (Windows, Mac, Linux) and handles large files and external flash storage well. Other formats I’ve found only work properly on one OS and especially with FAT32 don’t accept large files. Don’t reformat it unless you have to but if you do have to I recommend formatting it again as exFAT unless you’re doing something very specific that needs a different format (e.g. backup software that takes “snapshots” of your OS and data usually require specialised formats).
I originally got this to backup my laptop but since the internal storage on my laptop is almost full I’ve ended up filling this drive with media instead and honestly might just buy another one for backups. And I would have no problem buying this exact drive again too.
The only downside is the short cable and awkward adapter. It’s easy to buy a third party one of course but the included cable is awkward to have plugged into a laptop as it just hangs off when you lift the laptop up. To be fair though it does stay plugged in just fine while hanging which is good because it could corrupt data otherwise. Oh and if you don’t have a spare USB-C port and need to use the adapter for USB-A (regular old USB) make sure you put the adapter on the right way around! Yes there is a right way with this. If you put it on upside down it’ll keep unplugging itself from the computer and you’ll get data corruption. When fitted the right way it’s solid. And again you can cheaply buy long high quality USB-C to USB-A and USB-C to USB-C cables right here on Amazon. I got a pack of three for under a tenner. Bargain.
Oh one more small complaint. It came with some encryption software on it. This seems to be closed source and I can’t see much info on how it works. I wouldn’t trust random closed source software with encrypting my data personally. It’s nice SanDisk is clearly taking encryption somewhat seriously at least but I recommend using some tried and trusted open source encryption software like VeraCrypt instead.
Overall highly recommend this drive. Light, durable, fast, probably going to be very reliable (it’s an SSD made by experts in memory), great build quality especially for this price, has USB-C which is good future proofing even if you don’t use it right now. Only warnings I’d give are buy a better cable for it and don’t use the included encryption software.
Included in the box is a usb-c cable with a usb-a adapter, so you can connect the SSD to your machine whether you have only usb-c or usb-a ports. The drive itself feels very sturdy, with a plastic front face and rubbery edges and back.
The drive works perfectly on linux (I am running Ubuntu 20.04.1), and was detected by the file manager as soon as I plugged it in. I was easily able to format the drive using the GNOME Disks Utility, and found that the size of the drive shows as 500Gb, which is how much was advertised. The drive automatically mounted at /media/username/ and I was able to copy all of my Documents over in a couple of minutes.
Would highly recommend this drive for its size and ease of use.
Overall, I can say I am very happy I did. The drive is very small, about the size of a credit card and the thickness of a pen. It feels like quality and sturdy, not flimsy and not like you have to worry about breaking it in daily use. Its ridiculously fast, too. Others here have provided better information about it, but for common use and without much technical knowledge the speed boast compared to my previous drives is VERY noticeable. It also comes with a very flexible USB-C and USB adapter for all varieties of outputs. Only thing that was useful to know (which another user here posted) was that its helpful to reformat the drive to use a lower minimum file size. I also bought the carrying case for it, which definitely allowed to store all the stuff more comfortably, so I can recommend that as well. Overall a great piece of technology.
I have had this a week now and I love it. I just plug it in and it works. Very small size and silent too. Does get warm after an hour or so being plugged in but nothing to worry about. I will be saving up for 2nd one of these, as I am also a keen photographer and want to have one as a 2nd /3rd back up. Got the case that matches this and that’s great- especially as it stores the cable in it too. Would recommend.
– as fast as advertised, if not faster
– as small and pocketable as can be
– large enough for pretty much any need
– cool to the touch even after an extensive backup session
There really is very little else you may need. Provided, that is, you can afford it (Amazon’s credit plan helps).
In a few more words: purchased to do full system backup of my laptop’s 2TB SSD; plugged it in and ran my backup script; many hours later (I have upwards of 1.5TB of data to back up) it was done; it never got even warm to the touch; occasional inspection showed a sustained transfer speed hitting the maximum stated in the specs.
All in all, I’ve never been happier with an external drive. Highly recommended purchase!
between 100 and 180mb/s faster than a fast external usb hard drive, but it’s actually a lot more than that if you take into account how much data is on a given hard drive. Hard drives slow down as more data is written to them, because the heads read and write from the inside out on circular disks called platters. The heads have less area to travel to pick up the data near the centre of the platters. I know SSD’s can slow down when more data is written to them, due to the block size of written data where new data has to be written while the old data is rewritten. However, slowdown happens sooner with a hard drive, with less % of the drive full. Also, not all SSD’s slow down pretty much or even at all. e.g. some SSD’s retain 90/100% of their performance with 95% of the drive full. Should I plug a brand, I found this is the case on, atleast with their modern drives of the last 2yrs. Samsung. Excellent drives. As for this Sandisk slowing down. Nope. I’ve had 95% data written and still 300mb/s r/w. So Sandisk excellent too. As for a few other brands I won’t mention, well not so good when they start to fill up with data. One very big brand is terrible for slowing down, not just when getting full but just over time even with little
data written. Also, not just with me, but with many users. I don’t want a lawsuit, so I won’t menton the brand. You’ll never, guess unless I tell you. So i’ll be alright. Just stick to Samsung and Sandisk SSD’s, then you don’t need to know.
Really liked how small this hard drive is. Even before I plugged it in to check how fast the read and write speeds were, the actual drive itself is smaller than your average wallet. It has a nice, smooth, rubberised texture which is a nice touch as well.
I’m not sure of the exact speeds to which data transfers, but all I know is that it is QUICK. At least from USBC-USBC anyways. It comes with an adapter for USB-USBC, but even that I found to be much faster than any traditional HDD I’ve used before.
Was using this more as a time machine for my macbook, and as such was an extremely simple and straightforward process. You pretty much just have to plug it in, click backup, click for it to be encrypted, then off it goes. I believe it took about 10 mins or so to transfer all my files (about 150gb or so) over, so needless to say I was very impressed! 10/10 would recommend.
I tried using a standard hard drive as an eternal drive but goodness are they slow!
This 1Tb SSD drive has made my life so much easier in such a short period of time. I move all my video files – some as big as 150GB – over to this drive in no time at all. Files that previously too a couple of hours now take a few seconds. That’s so much time that I can save to do other things in my business. If I run out of space, I’d have no hesitation in purchasing another and another. maybe it could come in a selection of colours so I could easily identify which is which?
So, in summary,
Pros:
Fast
Tiny
Weighs nearly nothing
It’s USB C
Cases are very reasonably priced
I can use it still in its case (just upen the zip 1cm)
Did I mention it’s fast? 🙂
Cons:
Erm…no, can’t think of anything. It’s even a decent price now that memory prices have become sensible again.
If you’re struggling with a laptop or MacBook that keeps filling up or running slow, this is definitely a great buy.
I went for the 2TB device. It’s lightweight and should survive knocks and drops but it’s not indestructible – it feels like it could snap or crack if you dropped something weighing a few kg’s on it by accident.
It is fantastic and very fast to backup. I have a NAS for slow backups over WiFi but wanted a portable device that is fast and lightweight. You can see from the video that it’s quick, not lightening fast but still quick enough for my use. It took about 2hrs for a TimeMachine backup of 900gb which is quick considering I was using the Mac at the same time and it usually takes my NAS about 15-18 hours for the same.
Only niggle is that the included encryption app crashed each time I tried to load it so I deleted it, but I wasn’t aware of that app when I purchased so don’t feel too concerned that I missed out.
If you want super quick backups when you’re on the run I recommend this.
Hope this helps someone choose the best device for their needs.
In conclusion: It’s a really good external SSD, looks good and performs great.
SIZE
WOW. I think this is a real selling point for me. I was so surprised by how small it was. I’ve tried to take a pic for buyers to relate to it. It can sit in palm of hand. About size smaller and so light, than a computer mouse.
RUGGEDNESS
Completely feels secure, and has already has had some knocks being on set and around my bag. When you plug it in, you know the cables are secure and during transfer. Yet to test against external extreme conditions.
EASE OF USE
Like with all of the portable drives. They are simple to use. Simply plug and play. Up to you if you want to use it as an external drive, or/and as a back up drive. No issues what so ever. Up to you if you want to install the Sandisk encryption software.
If it wasn’t so pricey (as everyone is different), I would snap up another…. maybe if I save up after this festive season..
Definitely recommend. I’m work remote and so my needs are for it to be quite resilient.
Hope this review helps others.
Another positive, advertised as 1TB, capacity (on mine) is 988GB, which is far closer to advertised capactity than any other HHD or SDD I’ve purchased.
Would recommend 150% for gaming, photographraphers/ film makers with high resolution cams in need of a portable drive or just in general. SSD load time is phenominal booting recently released games on an ASUS TUF Gaming/ AMD Ryzen 7 8350H/ 16GB RAM/ RTX 2060 6GB GDDR6, data transfer is very fast and the drives portability makes it ideal for when I’m putting together footage from an Airsoft game with my team, when I may not necessarily be at my home workstation.
Works fastest on a USB-C cable, but the drive does come with a USB adaptor should it be required – however, this will marignianlly slow down data transfer.
5*, would buy again when the need arises. Probably larger capadcity, 2-4 TB.
I’m extremely happy with my purchase!
– This small little device fits neatly into the palm of my hand and is also very thin.
– Solidly built with nice materials.
– Much smaller than my old hard drive disk, and is very fast.
– The cable is very (very) short but happy they also included the adapter for the traditional USB so in future when I update to USB C on my desktop I won’t need an adapter at all (rather than the other way around). Luckily I have longer USB C cables anyway so happy to have a portable short cable in this case, but worth mentioning.
– Nice inclusion of the built in loop for attaching to key rings etc if that’s your sort of thing.
When I saw the product box I was astonished. When I opened it and grabbed the disc I was shocked.
As you can see from the attached pictures (sorry for poor quality) it is a lot smaller than a WD My Passport Ultra 2Tb, specially a LOT thinner. What you can’t see is how LIGHT it is. It also feels sturdier, specially knowing there’s no moving parts inside. I’m just happy to throw it around now with no care at all.
Comes with a (short) USB-C to USB-C cable plus a USB-A 3.1 adaptor for the computer side. This is probably the only weak side of the whole product – as with any other, be careful with the connection.
Ah! Forgot about the blasting speeds (CrystalDiskMark run on Win7, on a 4 years old Latitude E5570). It is 3-4 times quicker than all the portable HDD I’ve got. It’s almost as quick as the SSD in my laptop.
If you live on the move, and moving lots of files, this is a no-brainer and a must-have. Save some money up, it’s well worth it.
PS: Main downside: it’s so amazing you are going to fill it up too quickly! Can you tell I fell in love with it?
UPDATE:
2 extra pics, speed checks this time with a new Latitude E5501 with Windows 10, first one running on USB-A, second on Thunderbolt port.
Also, after extensive and hard use, hard drive becomes quite hot. This is I suppose quite normal, though a potential point of concern for durability.
Accompanying cables work very well, they are short to keep the speed up, the adapters snap together snug and tight provided you align “arrow to arrow ” as marked on cable and adaptor. So far copied across 100Gb of photo etc without issue.
The Sandisk Extreme Portable is a rugged device. It looks hardy and wouldn’t suffer if dropped (well not from extreme heights of course). It is somewhat water resistant and dust resistant and is designed for the mobile storage user. The read write speeds are comparable to its competitors such as the Samsung T5, but its profile is less beautiful. The carabiner clip hole allows you to clip it to a bag if necessary. It is not much of a surprise that the device looks less nice compared to its competitors given it needs to be more rugged. The hard drive comes with a handy usb C to C cable with an regular USB adaptor. This is quite a handy addition as some of the competitors out there do not provide such a sleek accessory.
After extended use however, i have found this device to heat up pretty quickly compared to the Samsung T5. Overtime, i don’t know if the SSD will survive as well given the way it heats up. However, for now, it serves as a great back up. I only give it 4/5 because of this heating issue, but otherwise a solid little SSD.
The unit is very small and light with good build quality. How long it will last is unknown but I am hoping for many speedy video editing sessions to come. I have also added an extensive photo collection to the drive and, again, access times are unbelievably fast.
For Mac users you will need to format the drive before use.
At present this looks like a good investment – money well spent!
I’ve attached velcro to the HD and the lid of my Mac, which allows me to stick the drive on the lid to avoid any issues of it getting unplugged when I move my machine – it also saves space (not much as the HD is tiny!) when working on cramped coffee shop tables.
The speed is excellent, I don’t notice much difference at all between working off it and the internal SSD of my computer.
I did use the supplied USB cable with adapter to make the USB C fit my USB A ports, but found the adapter made it a little wobbly so bought a dedicated USB C (HD end) to USB A (MacBook Pro end) cable.
Would certainly recommend, and will be purchasing another once this one is full
The drive comes with a very short USB-C cable, with a small adapter if you’re using on a device with standard USB-A ports. The build itself is very good, it’s amazing how far USB devices have come even in five years — this isn’t much bigger than about three of my old Kingston drives put together, and is about 60 times the capacity. The design is modern and a bit funky, and the firm rubber edging makes it bounce when dropped and provides good protection, though it is a magnet for dust. Even though this is a rugged drive, it would’ve been nice to have even a small slipcase included, considering the price.
As for speeds, I’m not one to meticulously get into the nitty gritty and measure them on these fancy pieces of software. I preferred to test it in a way which would produce real world numbers, so I just transferred some files. I saw a file of 5 gb transfer in 9 seconds, a file of 15gb transfer (from my USB-C MacBook Pro) in 28 seconds, and a group of files totalling 38 gb transfer in two minutes. That, to me, is incredible. Every time I transfer a video file or a collection of RAW photos files I’m amazed at the speed, compared to my old HDD which took an age to transfer, with the frustration and clunkiness of adapters on top.
This is a drive that would be perfectly suited to being used as a video or photo archive, which is what I am using it for, and obviously it’s ideally suited to be a Time Machine or any other back up drive. The speed and ease of transferring, through a cable my Mac is designed for, makes my work flow so much better. In the end, even with the ‘deal of the day’ I got, this was triple the price I’ve ever paid for an external hard drive, but I’m so glad I dove in.
The speed is fantastic, allowing storage of very large files very quickly. I’ve automated all my back ups to store onto this SSD now and it is so much faster than the USB3 drive I was using before, I sometimes suspect that the bottleneck is with the internal drive in my laptop (NVME SSD).
I also use it to back up photos from my phone when on holiday. This is super easy when using an Android, allowing me to free up space on my phone whilst still away.
All in all a great investment, and well worth the extra money over a cheaper alternative.
I have a lot of archived files on Dropbox. The laptops only have 500GB drives, but the full Dropbox is now around 400GB, so I keep one machine with the whole Dropbox folder on an 500GB SD card, and only 100GB or so of active files on each of the other machines, stored on the hard drive.
I keep the remainder as an archive on this drive and carry it around in case I need to access those files while working on a plane, or when out of WiFi range.
That arrangement works perfectly, and enables me to update presentations on the plane, or anywhere else.
I also keep a few movies recorded off the TV for watching on those long flights 🙂
Love this drive – and I see the price is falling.
I am a research study in Earth Sciences and Geography, and I needed a new hard drive that was portable, able to withstand a bit of a scratch or a drop, and most importantly, fast enough to deal with large image files, GIS layers, point clouds and datasets. The 500GB capacity version was the sweet-spot for me, and I have achieved read/write speeds of up to 380-400MB/s. The maximum read speed (550MB/s) is not only influenced by the physical limits of the port, but by your computer’s hardware too. If you are copying files onto an internal drive with a traditional rotating disk, performance will be greatly reduced compared to the use of an SSD
I thought I would write this review to save problems for anyone trying to load it on Linux. Of course it’s early days yet and I can’t speak to the drive’s longevity.
Obviously it is also very fast.
I bought it to make a backup system for photographs while traveling.
These are the components:
1 – OTG cable, to connect the smartphone to the HUB
2 – USB hub 3 with 4 ports, on a smartphone with powerful batteries there is no need for power supply. But on a smartphone with a low battery there is a need for the power supply
3 – memory card reader, I got one that reads both SD and CF
4 – HDD extreno with sufficient capacity to backup, I have used a 500 GB SSD
With this system from the smartphone I can see both the memory card and the HDD and you can copy the photos directly from the memory card to the HDD. I have done various tests and to copy 8/10 GB of photos takes about 8/12 minutes, depends on the speed of the memory card. So a copy speed of about 15/20 MB / sec.
Instead of spending ~400 on an Xbox One X I just bought this little beauty. It is a fantastic bit of kit with blisteringly fast speeds. I now load in faster than my buddies who have an Xbox One X. If I ever do get an upgraded unit I can still use this drive as extra storage so no wasted money at all.
I could have got a cheaper unit which was not designed to be so robust and portable; but I really liked the look of this unit. And it does not disappoint. It is well made and has a pleasing aesthetic. It is smaller than I expected and the place to attach a loop for carrying is nice. The has been running for a few weeks now with no problems.
My only (minor) complaint: the included USB cable is *very* short. I cannot even plug it into the back of my xbox and leave the unit sitting on the top. I understand it is probably short by design to keep everything neat; but I don’t think double the length would affect this and it would give a lot more flexibility in the units use. I didn’t knock a star off as this is easily fixed – I have more loose USB cables than I know what to do with.
I was wondering if the SSD was living up to SanDisk’s promise of Read Speeds of up to 550MB/s and attached it to my Macbook Pro with Thunderbolt 3 port. I used BlackMagicDesign’s Disk Speed Test. I first tested the internal Apple SSD and got 1329 MB/s write and 2209 MB/s read speed (see first picture).
I then switched drives and tested my SanDisk 1TB SSD (see second picture). Write speed was about 411MB/s and Read speeds around 506MB/s. That is about 90% of advertised max read speed. I would have expected 100%, especially at this price point and having tested it on a computer, which certainly checks all the requirements.
It’s easy to set up and install the Secure Access software, which offers password protection and enables you to back up encrypted files in its Vault. Alternatively, you can just use as a normal additional drive, and copy files / folders to the drive’s root folder.
My only niggles are that if you choose the Secure Access option to save images in the Vault, it doesn’t list them (as in Windows Explorer) in strict numerical order, it sorts by the first digit NOT the actual file number. As I number my images in bulk which show as ‘Image (1), Image (10), Image (100)’ etc., in the Vault, Image (10) follows Image (1), Image (11) comes between Image (109) & Image (110), and Image (2) comes after Image (199)! Then it lists Image (20) followed by Image (200), etc. As you can only view the files as Details, List or Icons – NOT thumbnails, this makes it a bit difficult to find an image when can’t view all the actual images, though you can double-click on an individual image to view it. I’m not fussed about images being locked away and encrypted, so copying images / folders to the drive’s root folder and viewing in Windows Explorer is better for me. The Secure Access option seems better suited for such as document files, i.e., MS Word, Excel, PDF, etc. Oh, and the supplied cable could be longer!
However, I do really like it, and though yes it is a bit expensive, it is quite small, very light and truly portable – and very stylish too! Certainly would buy another when the drive gets full.
I formatted this disc to the new APFL system and cloned my hard-drive to it. It took around 6 hours to copy 350Gb over – the bottleneck being the HDD, of course. After that I booted from this SSD and it was like owning a new machine. One that works properly! Programs load instantly now. A complete transformation.
I formatted the internal HDD and use it for Time Machine backups and archiving. As for the SSD, I used some sticky Velcro strips to attach it to the rear of the Mac. Not pretty, but since you can’t see it, I don’t care.
In short, if you hate that spinning coloured wheel that means “Apple shouldn’t sell HDD-only machines”, get one of these. You absolutely will not regret i
It has a very small form factor, being about as thin as my iPhone 7 and is very light…a touch lighter than an AA battery.
The only problem with this is the included cable. The package comes with a VERY short USB-C to USB-C cable (16cm), with an adapter for those of us don’t have USB-C ports (adding the adapter increases the length to 20cm). The cable is already too short for me to plug into the front USB port of my desktop PC and still be able to rest the SSD on the top of the case but the addition of the adapter seems to make this situation worse because although it effectively adds length to the cable, it doesn’t bend. If you plan to use this with a USB hub or a laptop, the cable is fine. But anything else will require you to purchase a longer cable, unless you are happy with the drive hanging in mid air whilst connected to your PC.
Modern laptops with SSD built in tend to have drives ‘just not big enough’, adding an SD card or USB Drive like SanDisk Ultra Fit 128 GB USB 3.1 Flash Drive Up to 130 MB/s Read improves storage but they always slow down severely when copying files to them -this doesn’t.
I have a HP Pavilion laptop with a USB-C port sitting begging for something to plug in and this does the job. I use it to store music, ripped DVD videos and running VMWare virtual machines.
The only slight annoyance is the size and weight of the supplied attachment cable which is almost the same as the drive itself, but that’s down to USB C. I’ve also checked I can connect to an older computer using a USB 2 to USB C adaptor cable (speed tops out at 45MB/s, but it works)
Purchased while on special offer, so even better value for money.