8TB External SSD USB-C Portable Solid State Drive (USB 3.1 Gen 2) | 3D NAND Flash | Rapid

UPDATE FEB 5: I have been completely blown away by this company's commitment to fixing this problem, which they did with grace, diplomacy, care and urgency. The problem turned out to be the cable. They immediately sent me not one but TWO brand new cables. Swapping out the original cable for one of the new ones completely resolved the problem and the hard drive has not dismounted since, despite me trying everything I could think of to get it to dismount. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS COMPANY AND THEIR PRODUCTS. In my experience over the last two weeks they have done EVERYTHING right and have provided an absolute blueprint for how every business should treat its customers. It is clear beyond a reasonable doubt that they stand behind the products they sell and will go to extraordinary lengths to make sure you, the customer, is satisfied. I did not dream that things would be resolved this way and could NOT be happier. They have earned a customer for life.UPDATE: Company saw my review an immediately contacted me. Extremely determined to help at all costs and to make the situation right. Great customer service on their part and I have been working with them on solutions. I expect that this will be resolved positively and will update accordingly once the various tests have been carried through. So at this point I can say that this company KNOWS WHAT THEY ARE DOING AND KNOWS HOW TO TREAT A CUSTOMER. That goes a long way in my book.For an SSD drive at this price point, I was expecting rock solid durability, dependability and endurance. Two strikes and the count is full...waiting for the inevitable third strike. Within a month of using this drive it began to dismount itself continuously without any provocation whatsoever. It spends the majority of its existence laying flat on my work space protected from any disruption and yet it will dismount repeatedly in the middle of editing in Lightroom. It is beyond infuriating. My suspicion is that the cable is a pure pile of garbage because looking at how the connection into the drive sits, it's clear that it is tenuous at best... it is nowhere near a tight lock. On top of the random, ghost dismounting, if I so much as brush the cable with an arm as I reach for my phone, it will dismount. Unbelievable. I can't believe that 1200 buys this level of crap attention to something as simple as a cable. On the plus side, it has not dismounted and then failed to remount... in other words, it hasn't died... YET. I continuously back it up to BackBlaze because based on my experience with every other external hard drive manufacturer (one particular lesson cost me 2500 dollars to recover my data) I know this one will fail one day. Given the rapid drop in prices for SSD memory and the obvious crap shelf life of all of them, I would consider buying the cheapest one you can find and investing in multiple, redundant back ups. That way, when the drive fails (and it will) you're only out a couple hundred and you can restore from your redundancies to a new crap drive.

Easy to use. Did the job.

Purchased this to improve performance on a few games for my Xbox One (I have the very first edition). I'm providing some context for this game as as precursor to the review to help illustrate the impact adding this SSD had.The game is PUBG, a royal rumble type free for all where you drop into a map out of a plane and guide your parachute to a landing spot and begin collecting supplies. There are several steps to the load process when you sign in. The first is a pre-lobby where all the players are collected into a single game. You wait here for up to a minute. Then you are put into an airplane to fly over the map. You decide when to jump out and guide your parachute to your desired location to start looting. Occasionally, because they still claim beta version, you get booted and have to reload the match.The loading of each of these phases takes time and can make a difference in game play. Before adding this SSD, I would get to the pre-lobby with perhaps 15-20 seconds. Now I usually have 50 seconds or more to run around. When I would jump from the plane, I would land amid buildings that look like big blogs on the ground and have to wait up to 30 seconds before I could go in and actually see the loot. If not careful I could also end up getting literally stuck in the walls, tables, sinks, etc. because it was rendering with me in the picture. This created situations in which other players with faster processors got to gear faster and took me out of the game or I just had to abandon the game and restart to get unstuck. Finally, if I ended up getting booted it could take as much as 5 minutes to get back in the game. My character would keep moving if I was moving, stay in a vehicle if I was riding, etc. My squad would have to babysit my avatar until I got back in or just leave me due to being in a high risk situation. With the SSD, this relaunch time is down to about 60 seconds. I hope that goes to zero because the game stabilizes, but it's a huge improvement.Overall, it saved me having to purchase a brand new Xbox and has plenty of room for the few games I do play. Worked well and VectoTech offered a free case after my purchase, which I only just replied to and can't guarantee everyone gets.

I spent 5 to 7 hours attempting to configure this drive to my 2018 MacBook Pro. I also called the company support. Bottom line is drive dismounts EACH AND EVERY TIME you shut down the Mac. DISMOUNTS EACH TIME YOU CLOSE THE LID. The product literature states that it is compatible with Macs. The support person said it hasn’t worked properly with Macs since 2013. Info on box, on Amazon and Company website is not correct. The unit does not work well with newer Macbooks. Granted the installed base of Macs is far smaller than PC’s. And granted that Macs have their issues. Simple truth is it’s a small company that does not have the resources to support the drive’s use with Macs. A very nice little drive as to footprint, but a total waste of you time and money if you are thinking of using with a Mac. Do not buy if you are seeking a compatible drive for the Mac. In fairness to the Company, I did first try the external Samsung ssd that Apple sells in its stores. The Samsung is far worse, not compatible with Mac. My take is the drive might be ok for pc as pc’s are more broadly supported. Also, the reviews mentioning the frail cable and connector are accurate. Further to that, Apple advises to use the Lightning To USB C dongle that is $20. The drive maker claims there is a drive to lightning cable but they can ‘t provide it or tell where to buy it. Support also tried to blame the Apple adapter. I challenged that as the adapter works with my 20 year old printer, my 8 year old ROM and the new stuff as well. Dongle is fine, it’s the drive. Again I fairness to the Company, even large Companies do not support Mac well. Logmein in and GOTOMYPC do not work well on new Macs/Mojave.