Lacie Rugged SSD Pro Portable Hard Drive Review

LaCie has a new SSD external drive for videographers and other professionals who work in the field and need a fast, rugged storage solution for their data. It is light and small enough to fit in your pocket or bag nicely and not take up too much space! It has a USB-C 3.1 Generation 1 and 2 ports, with a Thunderbolt 3 equipped computer you can maximize this drives features! 

To achieve its mind bending speed it uses a Seagate FireCuda NVMe SSD and Thunderbolt 3 interface, this rates at an impressive 2,800MBps for reads and writes! In addition to having the USB-C ports and Thunderbolt-3 connectivity; it is rugged! The LaCie drive locks out dust, water and is crush resistant. It can withstand being submerged in shallow water for 30 minutes and you don't have to ensure the Thunderbolt-3 flap is closed over the port. It is constructed with an aluminum case and further protected with a silicon skin that gives it enough "grab" to prevent it from sliding around! Its black case is only .7" by 2.6" by 3.9" making it compact and easy to fit into a jacket, shirt or vest pocket! The drive's drop tolerance is rated at 3 meters and is designed to withstand a crushing force of 4,410 pounds(2,000kgs.) These stats put it in a league of its own! The LaCie Rugged SSD Pro also comes with a 5 year warranty.

Its the little things that make life better! The Rugged SSD has one USB Type-C Port and includes a single USB-C to USB-C cable. Both cable and port support Thunderbolt 3. Which is crucial if you plan on taking advantage of the Thunderbolt 3 speeds out in the field. There is a status indicator light next to the port so you are aware of when it is in operation. The drive comes pre-formatted to using exFAT, so it will work with both PCs and Macs. If you don't plan on switching between OS's you can format it as you please.

Included with the hardware is "LaCie Toolkit," via download, the aforementioned five year warranty and five years of Rescue Data Recovery Service. After the installation when ToolKit loads you will be given the option to reformat the drive, if you defer this option you will have to do it via your OS later. The ToolKit includes backup and restore, mirroring which are both part of the Seagate Sync Plus App. Mirroring allows you to specify the folder you would like the portable drive to sync with on your computer, it is done automatically whenever you edit or move files. The Backup and Restore tools let you choose full or partial backups to run continuously, one time only, hourly, daily, weekly or monthly(Windows Only.) LaCie assumes if you use a Mac that you are utilizing Time Machine for backups.

For users of portable SSD Drives the LaCie Rugged SSD is a market leader. it is extremely fast and rugged! Available in 1TB and 2TB versions at TapeandMedia.com! Your source for the tools you need to secure and store your data!