LaCie Rugged Mini SSD 2TB Solid State Drive - USB 3.2 Gen 2x2, speeds up to 2000MB/s, Compatible with PC, Mac, and iPad (STMF2000400)

Very rugged and sturdy external hard drive. That holds over 5000 of my high memory files. Absolutely extraordinary. It runs day and night and stays cool. No degradation, and I did not have to form at it to windows. It just worked right out of the box.

I regret that my two year experience with this drive using Mac machines is not positive. I have not found it to be reliable. To recover files on the drive now...again...I must fire up an antique Chromebook, which sees my files so I can back them up elsewhere. It worries me and I'm not messing with this drive further. -- Same issues on newer UnionSine drive. Drives mount one time but not the next...Disk Utility hangs trying to find it...workaround is to mount the drive on my ancient Chromebook...which sees the drives and files fine...then retry on Mac...usually this works but it is really weird...I see now it has to do with how I formatted these drives as exFAT as advised...both my Macs randomly spit it out and say yuck...nerve wracking as these are important back up drives...honestly WTH why are we still having drive compatibility crap like this? So apologies LaCie it does not seem to be your fault...

5TB like it was advertised (I’ve gotten ripped off before) It’s small enough to carry in a bag. I’ve downloaded a few things on it and it’s working great. It does come with a charger. I read a few reviews that said it didn’t so I ordered an extra. The charger is a C so unless you’re plugging into a phone or tablet you’ll want to order a USB one. I’d buy again.

Very easy to install and download items too. Received in a timely manner.

We got a 4TB LaCie Rugged Mini to backup design project files, and before handing it over to be used, I ran it through the paces of speed tests in the various disk formats both for Windows computers and Macs. I found that the cross-platform compatible format LaCie uses for their drives out of the box, ExFAT, was consistently faster on Windows and Mac OS, averaging at least as fast as the 130 MB/s speed promised by LaCie. The rubber cushion exterior case is great for protecting the drive on the go, but know that dropping a platter-based hard drive like this one, even a small distance, while it is powered up and spinning, will probably destroy it. Once powered down, then it's more protected from damage by drops than most other portable USB drives out there. As with other reviews, my only complaint is that no USB type A adapter is included for the USB-C cable, though most of our more recently purchased computers include at least one USB-C port. Due to this one downside, I'd rate this drive a 9 out of 10

Great Drive. Reliable and durable.

This nice little drive is big in storage. I use it for Time Machine backups as the drive is seamlessly Mac compatible, and I'm very happy. Couldn't be easier to set up on Mac. Data transfer over USB3 is fast for my purposes — and that's how the drive is powered! Gone are the days when you needed an external power source — one usb3 cable serves for power source and data transfer. I understand that spinning hard drives (HDD) like this drive are better for data integrity than Solid State Drives (SSD): since my mac's drive is solid state, it makes sense to back up onto a spinning HDD — and it's much more affordable than a comparable SSD. I travel a lot, and I've been burned in the past by HDD failures due to drops, bumps, etc., but LaCie boasts protection against shock, drops up of to 4 feet, and dust and water resistance. We shall see... I'll update this review if I have any trouble.

The LaCie Rugged 5TB Portable HDD delivers precisely what it promises: ample storage in a rugged, travel-ready shell.

Perfectly on time and a perfect product. The best HDD to have.

Buen producto. Es muy fiable y bien protegido. Tal vez un poco pesado.

Die Festplatte ist nun seit einem Jahr in täglicher Verwendung und kann voll und ganz überzeugen. Geliefert wurde die Festplatte mit einem USB A und einem USB C Verbindungskabel, somit schon mal ein Pluspunkt für mich gewesen. Bei dieser Größe haben wir unsere Festplatte auf NTFS formatiert und unter Mac OS mit entsprechenden Treibern unter Betrieb, immer problemlos und bei voller Geschwindigkeit. Steckt man die Festplatte das erste Mal am PC an, öffnet sich ein Einrichtungsprogramm. Dieses ermöglicht einem kinderleicht Partitionen in verschiedenen Dateisystemen und Größen zu erstellen. + Vorteile Sehr viel Speicher für unterwegs, perfekt für längere Urlaube und Fototrips um immer entsprechend rückzusichern. Kompakte Abmessungen und somit optimal in jeder Laptoptasche und jedem Rucksack unterzubringen. Durch die Hülle, geschützt vor Staub, Erschütterungen, Stößen und Spritzwasser. Außerdem liegt sie somit rutschfest auf allen Unterlagen. Geschwindigkeit: Je nach Datei, im Schreiben ca. 100MB/s und im Lesebetrieb um die 116MB/s Preis: Immer wieder in Blitzangeboten zu recht guten Preisen erhältlich. - Nachteile Langsamere Geschwindigkeit als SSDs. Fazit: In der Größe um den Preis top! Als SSD wäre sie natürlich noch praktischer, aber in dieser Größe noch kein Thema.

Easy to use and very good quality 🫡👌🏻

Super produit et beaucoup d’espace