Pros: Great Price
Dependable
Fast USB 3

Cons: Have not found any yet

Other Thoughts: I have been using Fantom drives for many years, starting with 1 TB units and they are still working well, This dependability is what has kept me buying the newer higher TB units. I have been very pleased and recommend them highly.

Pros: 04-27-2015: As a "follow-up" report on my initial comments, this drive continues to do what it's supposed to do, store data. It is a fast drive when being copied to. Writing to another drive, the speed will vary based upon the characteristics of the other drive. Physically, the drive warms up a little bit but I have other Fantom drives that heat up to a greater extent. This is not a problem to date. New Egg now advertises another 5TB Fantom HD (GD5000U3 Silver) for $210.00 with free shipping. The drive I purchased sells for about $204.00 plus about $8-9 shipping. It appears to be a "wash" regarding the price comparison. The silver version hypes the "the Cloud" and "green," capability, whatever that means. I bought my drive simply to store data. Maybe this other stuff is significant to others, can't say. Again, this drive is doing what I bought it for. It's still running fine and it is faster.

Cons: Refer to above.

Other Thoughts: HDs and USB flash drives may contain different components from the same provider/company depending upon who they sub-contract with to manufacture the units. This causes variances in performance and levels of dependability that result in great satisfaction or disappointment by the customer. It's basically a gamble when you buy these items. The buyer simply needs to keep this thought in mind and hope they get a unit that has all reliable components.

Pros: Not enough time to evaluate yet.

Cons: The first big problem is that the drive shows that the actual, usual capacity is not 5TB. The available space is actually 4.54TB. Where is the honesty in advertising? 1/2TB is nothing to sneeze at.