- The thinnest 1TB and 2TB portable hard drives at only 9.6mm
- Uniquely tough and textured metal design
- Create easy customized backup plans with the Seagate Dashboard software
- Quick file transfer with USB 3.0
- Includes 2-month complimentary membership to Adobe Creative Cloud Photography Plan. Must redeem by January 31, 2020 (Redeemable during product registration. Internet connection and Adobe ID required. Available only to users 13 and older. Not available in all countries. See www.adobe.com/legal.html for applicable terms and privacy Policy)
One of the best backup solutions you will find right now
07/25/2016
This review is from: Seagate Backup Plus Ultra Slim 1TB USB 3.0 Portable External Hard Drive with Mobile Device Backup Model STEH1000101 Gold
Pros:
This drive is awesome and it is definitely my new portable drive solution. It is very slim and non-obtrusive. Very modern, elegant in design and I've gotten great comments on this drive. The speed is great and I have been averaging 110 MB/s using USB 3.0. No issues with a month of use using it to transfer video, music, photo and large amount of other personal data. Very happy and I would recommend it to anyone looking for a small portable drive with a huge amount of space. 1 T is an still an enormous amount of space especially for a portable solution.
An added bonus is the 200 GB of cloud storage for 2 years. I'm not even sure why they had to add this but how cool is that? 50 GB would have been awesome, but 200 GB is outstanding and simply amazes me. I no longer search through pictures to try to save the best ones to save on space and just keep everything and this cloud storage has just made that easier because my other cloud storage only gives me 50 GB of storage.
Cons:
It's still a mechanical drive and I would hate to drop this onto a hard surface. Accidents do happen when you least expect them and I plan on having an additional backup of the important data on this drive onto another drive but this is common sense with any drive so always keep that in mind.
Speed transfer is another concern. It would take over 2 hrs to fill this drive and probably more closer to 3+ if you were writing at full speed. An SSD would be a much better choice if speed and huge amounts of data are of most importance.
Overall Review:
This is a great solution to anyone needing a portable drive with a large amount of space, ultimate portability and very elegant design. I know I will be getting a lot of use out of this drive and the cloud storage that Seagate has included for free is pretty awesome and almost unheard of with any other drive you will find.
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