SanDisk 500GB Extreme Portable USB 3.1 Type-C External SSD
$51.99
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Description
Designed for saving and editing high-resolution photos and videos, the 500GB Extreme Portable USB 3.1 Type-C External SSD from SanDisk provides users with up to 500GB of storage for their creative content work, as well as a 10 Gb/s USB 3.1 Type-C interface, which is also known as USB 3.1 Gen 2 and delivers read speeds of up to 550 MB/s. Additionally, this SSD is IP-55 rated and features resistance against water, dust, and shock. It can withstand a water flow of up to 30 kPA for 3 minutes, 1500 g of shock, and 5 gRMS of vibration @ 10-2000 Hz. It can also withstand drops of up to 6.5′ on a concrete floor and temperature extremes, with operating temperatures ranging from 32 to 113°F and storage temperatures ranging from -4 to 158°F.
Compact and pocket-sized, SanDisk has preformatted this SSD as exFAT, meaning it is ready for immediate plug-and-play use with both Windows 10, 8.1 and 7, plus macOS High Sierra, Sierra, and El Capitan without the need for any special drivers or reformatting. Thanks to SanDisk SecureAccess 128-bit AES encryption, private files can be password-protected. Included is a USB Type-C to Type-C cable and a USB Type-C to Type-A adapter. Protection is provided by a limited 3-year warranty.
Additional information
| Weight | 0.21 lbs |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 5.1 × 4.05 × 1.45 in |
| Storage Capacity | 500 GB |
| Connection Interface | 1 x USB 3.2 / USB 3.1 Gen 2 (USB Type-C) |
| Read Speed | Maximum: 550 MB/s |
| Pre-Format | exFAT |
| Encryption | 128-Bit AES |
| Internal Interface | SATA (Unspecified) |
| Type | Solid-State Drive |
| Form Factor | 2.5" |
| Power Source | USB Bus Power |
| Cooling System | Passive |
| Environmental Resistance | Shock |
| IP Rating | IP55 |
| Operating Temperature | 32 to 113°F / 0 to 45°C |
| Storage Temperature | -4 to 158°F / -20 to 70°C |
| Dimensions (L x W x H) | 3.8 x 2.0 x 0.3" / 96.5 x 50.8 x 7.6 mm |
Reviews (472)
472 reviews for SanDisk 500GB Extreme Portable USB 3.1 Type-C External SSD
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Mossie Greenholt (verified owner) –
Sobre todo el tamao es ideal!!!
Idell Murphy (verified owner) –
Useless – Trying to store multiple photos, but you can only view one image at a time!!!!
Nyasia Blick (verified owner) –
We have started to replace HD’s with these in the field to transfer shot video files to clients. They are small, easy to transport, water proof/dust proof. More than anything is that they are high speed, a 128 gig card that would take 22 min to transfer to a 5400 rpm disk drive will transfer in about 9 minutes on this SSD! Well worth the few extra bucks to save transfer time at the end of the day!
Gerda Volkman (verified owner) –
This ssd is much faster than any hard drive I’ve ever used. It can be difficult ejecting from my laptop, but other than that this SSD has been incredibly helpful for me as an editor.
Estell Mraz (verified owner) –
The 1 TB disk has now arrived in the price segment, which is affordable. It is used on the laptop as a database for tens of thousands of photos and can safely travel to a mission in the tropics, without having to worry about failure. Very well. I would buy it again.
Betsy Altenwerth (verified owner) –
This thing is so tiny and convenience for backups or to use on the go.
Madisyn Bechtelar (verified owner) –
Super-fast and compact design
Maudie Crona (verified owner) –
This product does all I want it to, which is to store videos. It has 465 Gigabytes of available space despite it saying 500 (I assume that is because of the preinstalled software), it would have been nice if it said that in the description though. It has a really small & stiff cord, but I find that useful because it can hang from my laptop without any issue. It also has an adapter for those (like myself) who don’t have a USB Type C port. Overall, I am very satisfied with my purchase, but keep in mind that I only owned this for about 2 weeks at this point. I am unsure of its lifespan, but it comes with a 3 year warranty so I’m not worried.
Ellie Crist (verified owner) –
I have purchased this series of SanDisk (black with red ring) and they are fabulously fast reliable external storage. Reliability is so key! Typically, I have purchased 2TB but for this application I only needed 500 GB. No moving parts, small and so reliable.
Donnie Boyle (verified owner) –
This is great SSD drive! Quick to transfer files and a 1TB worth of storage that fits in your pocket. I love it so much, I bought 2!
Addie Gibson (verified owner) –
The SSD is small with a study case. It was easy to access from my iMac. My only complaint its that the security software provided only protects individual files. It will not encrypt folders or the entire drive. A minor point, you have to provide your own case or pouch to hold the drive and the wires.
Alvah Padberg (verified owner) –
Very fast backups compared to a USB driven My Passport I was using. I use this with a desktop iMac 5k and back up once a week. These weekly backups take less than 1/4 the time once the mac preparing backup process is over. As the SanDick is solid state, I have no worries about motor or head failures which would render a disk drive useless. I did reformat the SanDisk to use iMac Apple File System (APFS) which I was using with the My Passport. Very Happy with the performance.
Zack Smitham (verified owner) –
This little jewel is great for downloading video on location. Totally reliable.
Eve Wilkinson (verified owner) –
Fast to install and extremely fast reading and writing. Attached is the measured speed (more than 10x faster than a comparably sized non-SSD Passport). One difference. This drive came pre-formatted exFAT with a 1MB cluster size. My other external drives are NTFS with a 4KB cluster size. I suspect that larger clusters give you better perfomance, but don’t know by how much. The much larger cluster size will require additional disk space, and if your files are small, then the percentage cost could be quite high. In my case, a folder with 53,000 photos and videos totalling 473GB inflated by 5% (25GB) to 498GB compared to a negligible increase of 100MB (0.1GB) on the non SSD drive formatted with a much smaller cluster size. 5% inflation does not seem like a terrible cost to me, but I don’t know how much performance would deteriorate with a much smaller cluster size.
Alexis Parisian (verified owner) –
Having already purchased the 500 GB version of the same drive with excellent results, I opted to buy the larger 1 TB model. The first 1 TB drive I received was not recognized by 4 USB ports on two laptops. On an exchange, the second one had to be plugged in numerous times before being recognized. Upon opening the included SanDisk secure vault software, I was prompted to upgrade it. That put me into endless spinning of the download circle until I was able to finally cancel the unresponsive download, after which the vault software disappeared from the drive completely. Just opening the drive took forever. So I returned the second one too. Also, the included USB adaptor was easily dislodged and constantly had to be checked to make sure it was properly attached. My old 500 GB version still works great though.
Ardith Marks (verified owner) –
I purchased this drive as a backup drive and it works well. I do not use the software it came with. It works without it and I like to keep things simple.
Angelica Barton (verified owner) –
These things are very fast, reliable, and tiny. Works flawlessly with my MacBook Air M1.
Beulah McClure (verified owner) –
So far the ssd disk has been very reliable and fast.
Era Rosenbaum (verified owner) –
perfect for backup
Jessika Schoen (verified owner) –
The drive is very compact and can be easily carried in any pocket. I have a Dell XPS 13 PC and the drive works with Thunderbolt connectors on the left side but not with regular USB 3.1 on the right side of the machine. unless it is downgraded to 3.0 through an adapter. Don’t know if this is a Dell or SanDisk issue but could not find a quick fix.