SanDisk 500GB Extreme Portable External SSD - Up to 550 MB/s - USB-C, USB 3.1 - SDSSDE60-500G-G25

Pros: * Very small and light * Comes with USB-C cable (both ends) * Fast

Cons: * Would like the option of different colors * Dust tends to stick to the plastic/rubber

Overall Review: This is a no-(bad)-surprise product. Everything is as-advertised. Will buy again when I need a new external SSD.

Pros: - I use it as the root drive for my Raspberry Pi 4 media center. The system boots up noticeably faster than when I only used a microsd card. I'd say maybe 2x faster. - Small size so if I wanted to take the PI and SSD with me, I could probably do so using a regular coat pocket or purse. - Doesn't require a powered hub to use on PI 4 (though having a powered hub probably wouldn't hurt if attaching more than one drive)

Cons: - None I'm aware of.

Overall Review: The shipping was quick, the size is about that of a credit card. It doesn't seem to require a powered hub to work with a raspberry PI (at least PI 4 anyways). The PI4 also has a USB3.0 512GB flash drive attached to it to give you an idea of how little power this thing uses. Anyways, I might opt for the 1TB version at some point so I have much more drive space for the PI. Might use that to make a NAS. So yea, it's a good product, it got here on-time as well.

Pros: - super fast transfer - compact, easy to transport

Cons: - the casing scratches easily

Overall Review: I have a shelf filled with external hard drives that I've used over the years with photos, videos, and Unity projects, but this has by far been the best, most efficient external drive I've ever used. I'm just blown away by how fast and compact it is. For the price I paid for this external drive, it was absolutely worth it. I sort of wish I had gotten the version that has metal casing, but I'm happy with this one. From now on, I'm only buying external SSDs.

Pros: - Great form factor: compact, small, and easy to store. - Fast data transfers - Reliable: no change in performance after 10 months of moderate use and admittedly poor storage conditions (kept in a backpack, jostled around, dropped on the floor)

Cons: - Limited to 2 TB

Overall Review: I bought two of these for backing up videos and photos from several cameras while on the road. They fit easily in a small backpack pouch, giving me a great extra storage option when I'm on the move away from my larger backup drives. I haven't used the USB-C functionality but the USB-A adaptors work great and still transfer data super-fast.

Pros: - Fast sequential reads and writes! 400MB/s or higher - Rubberized enclosure feels like it will handle being dropped unlike cheap plastic enclosures

Cons: Low performance with lots of small files. 10-30MB/s

Overall Review: Performance isn't great across the board, but even at its worst it's still many times faster than thumb drives which is why I bought it!

Pros: Small, portable, seems rugged

Cons: None I can find

Overall Review: Very happy

Pros: Great price, works very well, very small, I use it to travel with my videos, music and documents.

Overall Review: I would recommend this.

Pros: Already have a 500 Gig SanDisk, So I knew this would work well. I intend to use it for storing video on my soon to own BMPCC.

Cons: None

Overall Review: Buy one if you need small reliable storage.