WD 256GB My Passport SSD External Portable Drive, USB 3.1, Up to 540 MB/s - WDBKVX2560PSL-WESN

Seems to be working exactly as expected. Unfortunately it doesnt work like a regular flash drive and plug and play with my Samsung Galaxy S9. Guess it requires too much power. Runs a little hot when in use. Transfer rates are nice and speedy. No lag when watching movies of it.

I purchased this SSD for the sole function of backing up Macbook Air computers used by my wife and me. The backup program which I had installed on the computers had ceased to work with earlier Passport devices for some arcane reason that I really didnt understand (something to do with new Mac OS and interplay with the backup program). The good news is that backups to this unit are faster, it had double the capacity of the two prior Passport devices (I had one 500 GB drive for each computer) so I need only this one drive to backup both laptops, this Passport is much more compact than the older 500 GB drive (that is, it is smaller than one of the older drives so our backups now consume far less than 50% of the space needed previously) so it will be handy for extended travel as we are very oriented to traveling with one carry-on size suitcase each for trips that are up to 4 months in duration.

Well, my expectation was to get it moving seven, eight, nine, ten times faster than the ten year old motherboard, usb 3.0 port that I have been using . . . Acronis backup - full. Uses 460GB and then said it had 1.5 terra left. I really wished to get my son and I TWO backups and tit really looks like there is not enough terras left . . . Grumble . . . . Wow, it it so TINY for $400 !

Draws a lot of power compared to others

Limited testing on an Inspiron 7573. No optimization beyond token attempts to keep drivers up to date. Windows 10, usable as D: second I plugged it into a port. No issues moving to other ports. Approximately the same size as a business or credit card, although not as wide. Will be lost the first time My kids unplug it. Downloading an installing a single Steam game at 10MB/sec Connected to usb-c port (has DisplayPort logo next to it) Writes to drive burst above 30MB/s but mostly stayed around 20-25ish. Avg response time 3-8ms. Connected to USB port marked SS for superspeed Writes solid at 20-23is, no burst, but response time 10-20ms. Please note, connected to usb-c i’ve seen write bursts to 140MB/sec. I don’t know if I can truly say the top speed of this drive, but the port on your machine may make a significant different

Extremely lightweight and compact. I needed more memory for Photoshop and Liggtroom, the 2TB version was on sale for $299 and I couldnt pass it up. So far so good I partioned the drive (1.86TB available) for Storage, Camera Raw cache and a Photoshop Scratch Disk. Working like a charm so far. Appearently this is made by SanDisk which is where you register the product for the warranty. Its so light I can keep with my laptop at all times plugged in. Perfect for my needs and the price made it a no brainier.

All works fine, only thing is that it just doesnt get to the max speed listed in the specs, not real life proof... There are some lexar SSDs that go up to 900mbps... This one is listed as 540mbps but it often works at 300 or so... Yet I give it 4 stars because who needs that stupid high speed, it works fine.

The product is as expected. WD high quality material and fast response times. Light weighted and easy to transport. Price tags under USD 90,- are fair. BUT - dont buy from the reseller Home Office! Awful customer support. During 2 weeks, no response. The charged my credit card twice and delivered only one SSD, after canceling first my order because of amazon technical problems. Amazon supervisor dont want to help either. Pushing everything away. Now my lawyers have to take over this fraud! Therefore my recommendation: Yes - great product, but buy at another market place.

I have backed up two desktops and my laptop on this unit. It was a snap to set up, and move between the computers. Its a hard drive that allows me to share my thousands of photos simply.

I bought this ssd drive for being the “Startup” drive on my Mac computer. It works great! The computer speed has been raised and improved dramatically. Actually it is a “new” computer while using that external drive. By the way it is connected via the usb 3, it works much better then I expected.