Features:

  • High-speed storage for high res photos, videos and files
  • Transfers files at blazingly fast speeds
  • Compact and shock-resistant
  • SanDisk Secure Access software encrypts private files
  • Three-year warranty
Great first opinion and think it'll fit your needs very well!

Purchased this for a class where we use a lot of VM's, and having an external SSD makes things go by much easier. I had needed a reason to purchase an external SSD for a while, so this was a great excuse. The drive is absolutely TINY -- about the size of a small headphone case, and very thin and light. I feel much better carrying this around in my backpack rather than my aging 1.5TB mechanical HDD, which has a ton of important personal files on it. Write speeds were at least double my mechanical HDD in my initial tests --- I copied over a 60GB Windows 7 VM to both drives, and the SSD had speeds well above 300+ MB/s, whereas the HDD hovered at 140 for a while, before dropping and holding at 120 MB/s. I've never had an issue with any Sandisk products and I own multiple flash drives and memory cards from them. This makes a great addition to my collection and continues my love for the brand!

Don't pass on this Tiny SSD. It's AMAZING

LOVE LOVE LOVE this thing. Crazy how small it is compared to other SSD's on the market, and its Insane how much cheaper it is. Its really so much smaller than you'd expect and as fast as current standards allow. I routinely copy 10GB+ from my computers hard drive to this thing and it take all of 20-30 seconds to complete (my laptop is USB-C 3.1). I have two of these - 1 for use with Lightroom and for storing RAW and JPG Photos, and a 2nd to act as a redundant backup of the first (cause you can never be too safe). I'm getting ready to buy a 3rd one, but of the 900 series, to use as my primary SSD for TimeMachine backup's of my MacBook since i've read its a straight USB-C to USB3.0 Micro cord thats included and its much faster for the larger amount of data thats being transferred.

Buy the drive, but ditch the included cable.

This drive is super fast for copying files between disconnected networks. I was concerned about the reviews which indicated that the mechanical connection of the port would fail. Other reviews commented on the tightness of the connection when the cable was inserted. I saw a connection between these two problems and ordered a Cable Matters 2 Pack, SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Type A to Micro-B Cable in Blue 6 Feet at the same time I bought the drive. Sure enough, the cable that comes with the drive is oversized and requires way too much force to insert. The aftermarket cable fits fine, with no danger of damaging the port. Just stay away from the included USB3 cable and you'll be fine.

SanDisk stands behind their products.

I like many on here have been a victim of the USB malfunction where the USB comes completely off of the motherboard when trying to disconnect the USB chord from the device. Having stored thousands of pictures from a once in a lifetime trip on the device, when it happened to me I thought I'd lost them forever. I reached out to SanDisk about the issue and they quickly acknowledged fault and began the warranty return process. In said process, like all storage companies, they do not guarantee that they will be able to recover the files on the device. I mailed it off knowing the risks and waited patiently. In less than a week they sent me back all of my recovered files on a new portable ssd. In my mind before sending the product back to them I'd decided to no longer do business with them feeling slighted by the faulty product. However, with my positive experience I can't say that will be the case. They recovered my files, acknowledged fault and took care of the issue promptly. They have said in other comments on Amazon that they have fixed the USB issue in the manufacturing process as well. Companies don't stand behind their products as often as I would prefer but SanDisk did all that I could expect of them with my warranty claim and I will continue purchasing their products.

Best external drive I've ever owned. Period.

I have dragged this all over with me, and I use it to run servers on several Linux virtual machines which do some significant file I/O. I could not be more impressed. I don't have hard numbers and they would not be fair because of the virtual machine layer, but I have to say, this is not only just as responsive as any external hard drive I have had (probably a lot more so), but it's so convenient and rugged that in time, I'll replace all my external drives with these. I keep one in my computer bag which is thrown and manhandled all day every day, and I've had this in the cold and snow and in the baking desert. It's durable, and reliable. It's been great with sand and anything else - just blow the grains off and plug it in. Wonderful. I'm not saying it IP-67 or anything, but it might as well be for something that you're going to plug into a USB port. I only wish I could get some larger than 480GB - but for something this tiny, half a terabyte is enough that I can carry a few of them if need be.

Great for photographers & videographers.

I love this little SSD drive. This drive is perfect for photographers and videographers. I shoot all of my pictures in RAW, and as you know RAW files are huge. On my last photo shoot I took around 600 photos which was about 14GB. I was able to transfer all of my photos in under 3 minutes. SanDisk really out did them selfs with this SSD. UPDATE: I recently purchased a GoPro Hero 4 and I took 16GB's of 4K video and I was able to transfer the footage to my Mac in about 2 minutes. Compared to my old Western Digital hard drive which took 19 minutes to copy the same footage. PROS: - Small compact size - Super fast transfer speeds CONS: - I don't care for the little cap that covers the USB port

The only external SSD brand worth buying.

This is the ONLY brand of external SSD on Amazon that's worth buying in my opinion. The weird encryption software that you must install before you can use the Samsung drives rules them out, despite their other nice attributes. The MyDigitalSSD drive I ordered let me down badly: it repeatedly overheated and unmounted itself before I could finish transferring my Photos and iMovie libraries onto it. Nice job, SanDisk. This unit is small, but clearly designed to take a little punishment. The rubber edge bumper and rubber plug for the micro-USB3 port are a nice touch. I won't worry about messing this drive up by tossing it into my backpack with my keys and such. Where the MyDigitalSSD fell down, the SanDisk shines. No heat problems, no weird un-mounting issues, and rock solid reliable so far. The diamond shaped design with the USB plug at the corner is a little weird, but it's growing on me. There's no substitute for reliability. Buy this one if you want a fast external SSD you can trust.

Great product (if it works)

I needed two 1T SSD drives and I found a less expensive one on Ebay (plus no taxes!) so I unfortunately bought it (the seller had a great rating). He only had one unit, so I was wondering what to do about the second unit when Amazon had a sale on it so I bought my second unit from Amazon. It worked great right out of the box, just attach the USB to it and to a USB 3.0 port on my computer and the computer immediately recognized it. I started doing a backup and I don't have any exact numbers, but it seemed to be the fastest copying from my computer's hard drive to an external drive that I have ever seen. I was very happy. My rating above reflects my Amazon purchase. If I were rating the unit from Ebay, it would have been a 1 since the drive simply fails to work, despite several attempts using different cables, different USB ports, rebooting, etc. I noted that my experience is far from unique, when the drive works, it is great, when it doesn't work, well it doesn't work. My advice is to make sure you get a good warranty from the seller (by the way, Amazon has the best warranty program of just about anyone; perhaps with the exception of Costco which also provides a great warranty). I am just now beginning to worry about how to deal with my defective unit. Do I try to return it to the seller (who is Canadian), deal with SanDisk, deal with Ebay? I am fretting about even thinking what nightmares I will have trying to get this unit returned/replaced/refunded/repaired/who knows what.

SSD upgrade for an Xbox one.

I have an Xbox one and was experiencing insane load screens for games like Battlefront 2 and Fallout 4, also needed the extra storage space for my games. For starters, you simply plug this puppy into an one of the USB ports on your xbone and within 5 seconds it is up and running and formatted to the Xbox. I had some concerns that the USB port may be a bottleneck to the performance of this drive but I am happily wrong about that assumption. Load times are far far faster running games from this drive - like 80% faster than the internal platter drive. If you have an Xbox and are looking for a qualitative upgrade to your system, I could not recommend this drive highly enough. I am very impressed.

Sandisk Backs Up a Really Good External Hardrive

Every time that I think I've found the solution for an external hard drive, I always get let down hard. Usually it begins with device failure followed by an IT tech telling me that I'm SOL on data recovery... I have been especially disappointed when I've paid extra for a product to be more ruggedized (some drives are MIL-SPEC for drop, shock and vibe...) and they fail anyways. I've tried different brands and it doesn't matter. And most warranties don't extend very far into the future. The worst part is when you ask about getting your data back. Data recovery is never guaranteed and it's often twice what you paid for the device in the first place and again no guarantees... Then I bought the SanDisk Extreme SSD device. Fast data transfer, reliable, easy to protect,...And I love the form factor. Unfortunately, the USB 3 port on my device broke after eleven months. Suddenly the drive wasn't visible to my computer. Here we go again, right? So why did I rate the device 5 stars? Because for the first time in my external hard drive buying experience, I found a company that actually really supports their products. SanDisk support was terrific. When I didn't see a warranty with Amazon, I called them direct, their number showed up right at the top of Google search, and I was speaking to a live person in about a minute. I thought for sure, they would tell me the same thing, no guarantees on the data, maybe no replacement on the hardware,... Instead, they apologized for the inconvenience and informed me that they support the device for three years. They gave me an RMA number and told me no worries on the data. And then they blew my mind - they gave me the permission to open the device (who lets the customer do that?), access my data via the SATA port and back it up and delete it off of the device before sending to them for a replacement. For once, I didn't lose all of my files...at a time when I really couldn't afford to. So I have a new device, my data was saved, and for once, I actually felt supported by customer support. Kudos Sandisk!

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