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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Amy Krajcik (verified owner) –
I wasnt disappointed. The drive is fast and portable. Ill be buying a few more. Anyone who is looking for a portable storage option should seriously consider this one. The item was priced good and shipped very fast from B&H.
Hassie Donnelly (verified owner) –
Case in point, was trying to back up a full 240g XQD card on a USB 2 drive, We were shooting on location and the client wants to leave with the footage. My computer says it will take 45 min. So I switch to a Sandisk Extreme, the time is now 12min. I am DONE with spinning drives, who has that kind of time? Yes these drives are more expensive, and yes they are worth it!!
Haley Von (verified owner) –
This is exactly what I was looking for. It’s a little smaller than I had imaged and that is actually good. About 2/3 the size of an iPhone 7 and much lighter but feels solid. It’s comforting to know there aren’t any moving parts. installation was easy on my iMac. I’ve had it in use for a little over a week with no issues of any kind. Will be mostly be using it to archive photo files.
Dayton Torphy (verified owner) –
I’ve now purchased (2) SanDisk Extreme Portable SSD drives over the 2021 holiday season. The first was the newer 2TB V2 version of this drive, and then I bought this 1TB thinking it was also a V2, however, it is a V1. The speed is still decent and I’ll find use for this in my line of work as an event tech/media specialist.
Shemar Wintheiser (verified owner) –
Small & super fast SSD!
Weston Grimes (verified owner) –
So much better storage than the way we used to save our memories!
Stan Schultz (verified owner) –
From the perspective of someone who doesnt know much about computers, this thing is pretty fast and not to difficult to set up. remember that if you are setting up for mac, you have to expand the disk options in the disk utility if you want to rename/rewrite the drive. Faster than my external USB2.0 HDD. Comes with USB-C and a USB-C to USB 2.0 converter if USB-C is not what you are going for.
Halie Terry (verified owner) –
This device is delightful. Not all that much bigger than a thumb drive, but far faster on my USB 3.0 machines. Remarkably faster than a spinning drive. I really like the easy-to-grip finish. I’m glad SanDisk included a simple USB-e to USB-A adapter instead of an additional cable, but I wish the cable was a few inches longer. This minor quibble isn’t enough to warrant knocking a star off, since the device itself is outstanding, as was B&H’s price. I’m looking forward to using mine for photo backup on the road and various other things.
Dorian Smitham (verified owner) –
Just received the drive less than 3 days ago and it’s already stopped working. Only had it plugged in maybe 5 times.
Danial Heidenreich (verified owner) –
After a lot of research on a fast, yet affordable SSD drive, this one won by far. The Samsung SSD 2TB was comparable, but the writing speeds on this was enough to make me go this way, along with the more rugged capability/ hook to attach to a card. It also helped to have a sale happening through B&H!
Quentin Morissette (verified owner) –
I like that it’s formatted in ExFat so that it easily works between Mac and Windows machines. Because it’s solid state, it’s rugged. I have yet to edit with this drive but will and update review.
Abbigail Schinner (verified owner) –
I’ve already written a lengthy review about Lightroom freezing up on me, then restarting my computer and then this SanDisk drive not mounting up again. I use it on my iMac. That same day, after writing that review, the drive decided to suddenly mount up again on my computer a couple hours later as I was trying to recover the footage from it. Ever since then, whenever I’ve been using the drive and have had to restart my computer for one reason or another (it’s been Lightroom troubles lately), then the drive doesn’t mount up again for another 30 minutes to an hour. I can restart my computer 10 times and it won’t mount up. It’ll just mount when it decides to mount again. Let me be clear………If I start my computer normally, after it’s been shut down in a normal fashion, then the SanDisk drive will mount up just fine when the computer boots up. But if my computer has to be forced to shut down due to a problem or a crash or from freezing up, then that’s when the drive won’t mount for awhile after booting the computer back up. Today I was working in Lightroom and my computer shut down due to a power problem not related to my computer. So I restarted my computer and sure enough I can’t get the drive to mount up again. I’ve unplugged it, changed the cable, restarted my computer, nothing works. This is actually the 3rd time this has happened to me and this time I’m at least a little more hopeful because I do believe it’ll mount up again whenever it decides to do so. In fact, as I’m writing this, it just now popped up on my desktop. So my computer was restarted 30 minutes ago and now the drive has finally decided to mount up (it’s a relief each time I do see it finally pop up). Before I decided to write this new review (as I was sitting here hoping the drive will mount), I did a little deeper research online and this mounting problem appears to be a pretty common problem with this drive. I’ve read some things from people that have had the exact same experience as me, where it mounted up on it’s own time. Some people were saying they couldn’t get it to mount up at all anymore. So the frustrating thing is……. this is a great, fast little drive. PERFECT for storing all my photo work and working straight from Lightroom with it. But this mounting issue is REALLY frustrating when if a computer problem occurs and I have to wait (and hope) for it to mount again. It makes me wonder if it’s finally going to decide not to ever mount again at some point. I have no doubt SanDisk knows about this issue so hopefully they’ll get this issue fixed. Until then….. buyer beware!
Kevin Kuhn (verified owner) –
love the sandisk portable ssds – i have the samsung t5, the g drive ssd, and these sandisk. the sandisk is my favorite built for how small and smooth it feels. in my DIT kit i keep a couple of these drives and they have traveled and bounced all over yet still work great out in the field. i’ve also been able to run windows 10 off of it externally bootcamp. some people online have said they can only get the other SSDs (any brand but SanDisk) to work but i was able to after thoroughly formatting it in disk management on Parallels and by booting into Safe Mode /Security Startup on the mac side and making sure that Security Boot was set to no security – this is mac’s T2 Chip preventing devices like this to externally boot off it. Very happy with it for all purposes i’ve used, highly recommend.
Montana Yundt (verified owner) –
All i want from a external hd
Amy Hahn (verified owner) –
Pros: -super fast download and upload speeds, makes file transfers an absolute breeze! Files that would normally take minutes to transfer now only take seconds! -An expensive but EXCELLENT alternative to USB sticks which take FOREVER to transfer files with. Cons: This drive gets kinda warm to hot with very large files which concerns me a bit about its overall longevity, heat is the enemy of electronics…. Overall: If you are a professional or a student GET ONE. It makes life so easy on people who work heavily with digital files and need a faster alternative to your USB stick, which is why I bought this. It makes deliverables easy to handle.
Rod Kihn (verified owner) –
Purchased 3 of these for the extra speed and reliability. They have been great to work with.
Terrance Lueilwitz (verified owner) –
Great for large files that I don’t want or need on my lap top.
Geovanny Koelpin (verified owner) –
A lot of bang for the buck!
Sierra Hilpert (verified owner) –
This was the first external ssd I ever bought, so I thought they were still the size of a phone, I was pleasantly surprised it is the size of a credit card. I was able to copy around 1k raw photos in 30-45 minutes, the same set of photos took 1.5 hrs copying to a cheap hard drive. This can be used for video games as well. Forza horizon 5 runs perfectly from it.
Colby McLaughlin (verified owner) –
Very impressed with write speed. Also small physical size and weight ideal for travel. Hope it will be robust enough. Excellent delivery service from B&H.