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

The product is awesome. It is a super lightweight SSD for my personal used. The cable is too short but other than that, everything is awesome so far.

This is a great ssd, light and fast, without moving components like normal external hdds that can get scratched or wrecked. If you want a high quality drive to back up to once and then retrieve quickly later with good life expectancy, this is a great bet (if you are over-writing daily or weekly, you probably should skip SSDs). It is, however, pretty expensive. That said, its fairly comparable to similar drives and Western Digital has a long track record of quality. It just is maybe worth looking for this on sale if your need is longer term and not immediate.

Much smaller in size than expected... and much much lighter .. works perfectly and super fast.. Have a look at the pic to see actual size.. about 3 inches tall and practically weightless, I think the included cable weighs more ;) Im definitely going to buy a couple more of these and back up all my data from my older hard disks before they die on me.

I wasnt expecting this thing to be as fast as it was on reads and writes. If your main drive is SSD-based, youre in for a treat. Transfers files pretty much as fast as your USB port will send them out.

All I wanted is an external SSD drive to connect to a PC with Win7 with drive utilities-- no backup/cloud/security/or unwanted apps and trial software, etc. If you are like me, then do not install the WD Discovery software-- it breaks through your firewall, sets up a scheduled tasks to update itself-- trys to install the bloatware... So, after deleting the wanted programs and leaving the drive utilities (which you can download from WD.com without the Discovery software), I am disappointed with the drive utilities too. They are not specific to SSD drives, but at least the drive is formatted with exFAT. Perhaps I am spoiled with the SAMSUNG SSD drive utilities. WD if you are watching-- Give us a choice of what to load when launching your Discovery software. And, tell us simply what privacy we are giving up to use it. (I should think for just the utilities-- there should not be any private content taken from users.)

I transferring years and years of videos and photos from disc externals to these WD 2TB SSD’s. Silent. Takes very little USB power (helpful when you have 4 connected at once). No issues with these and I’m about to purchase another one. Seriously, for the size, these must work on pure magic.

Seems to work just fine. Definitely gets warm (hot) if you leave it plugged to computer long.

I purchased three of these drives and one came with a bad cable. Three hours with customer service led to: 1. WD: The serial number is invalid. Please send us a photo of the drive and proof of purchase. 2. WD: After two hours, oops wrong database, we found it but we cant send you the cable because its not under warranty. 3. Me: Its bad out of the box. 4. WD: Oh. Well we still cant send it because we dont sell the cable as a separate accessory. 5. Me: Send the damn cable 6. WD: Well discuss this with our RMA team and see what we can do. 7. Me: Supervisor please 8. WD: I understand your problem well get you your cable in less than two weeks. 9. Me: Aaaarrgh (This was all done in a three way conference call with an Amazon representative and WD still couldnt find a way to do the right thing.)

Quality ssd. I was very impressed by the size. I bought a 2TB one, and it is generally the length and width of a credit card or smaller. It is fairly thin, and can fit in a pocket very easily.

Works fine - fast - USB cord is very short - like 3 or so inches long