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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Francis Stoltenberg (verified owner) –
I bought this hard drive to serve as both a backup and working library for my unedited and archival hobby photos. With the number of photos that I take, I don’t want to overload my desktop computer with excess material other than those shots I plan to keep. So far, the SanDisk 2TB portable SS hard drive is fast and quiet. Only time will tell, which is why I’m giving it 4 stars for now. But; I’ve been a loyal SanDisk user for many years and have confidence this item will do the same. B&H, as usual, was quick to send it to me as soon as it was in stock. My only problem was the SanDisk website did NOT recognize the serial number of the item when I correctly entered it on repeated attempts. I wonder if anyone else has had the same problem.
Marc Krajcik (verified owner) –
Works as advertised. Only quibble is it runs hot to the touch I was hoping for improved battery life. I don’t have run time numbers but my guess is power use is about the same as my old mechanical external hard drive.
Eden Kiehn (verified owner) –
They work..they’re fast and they’re small. The best of all worlds!
Christelle Mayert (verified owner) –
I like the size. Bought it to have space for shooting while traveling
Arden Reinger (verified owner) –
My wife and I travel a fair amount and I always want a good-sized drive to take along. I use this every evening to make sure I have a backup of every shot. I hook it up to my small laptop and let Nikon Transfer use it as an image backup drive. The primary images are loaded to the Laptop HDD and the backup to the SSD. Once thats done I can format the card ready for the next days shooting.
Carmelo Kertzmann (verified owner) –
Engineering and photography share a need not to have single point failures. Redundancy is a must. The small foot print of this drive works amazingly with my notebook.
Rafaela Koelpin (verified owner) –
2TBs of data fit in this disk which is about half the size of a deck of cards and light as a feather. Wow! And it works so fast that it’s almost as though it’s an internal drive.
Coralie Blick (verified owner) –
I have used this a bit on the Pocket Cinema 4k but I mostly use it on my Mac.
Niko Cormier (verified owner) –
Technology is getting better and smaller
Scottie Ledner (verified owner) –
so small, so slim, so light, so perfect
Brayan Feil (verified owner) –
I depend on this now for all my travel needs.
Monique Purdy (verified owner) –
Needing a safe hard drive to back up photos & videos, the SanDisk Extreme does exactly what I need it to do. Amazing fast, and compact- I am really happy with the purchase. I am most pleased knowing there are no moving parts that will eventually ruin the drive causing me much distress like a previous disk drive did. So relax, and have one delivered today!
Adela Kerluke (verified owner) –
Excellent external storage for my 2020 Imac 27 inch.
Lenna Effertz (verified owner) –
compact data disc which can not be formatted with Mac APFS formatting to use as a separate startup drive for Mac OS Mojave.
Nathen Schmidt (verified owner) –
I bought this for my iPad Pro (2018) 12.9″, and it works GREAT! I can download videos and pictures onto the SanDisk and keep more room on the iPad.
Robbie Turcotte (verified owner) –
This little drive is perfect for being on the road. Its quite small. Its quick (Ive been getting over 500MBps read/write). Its pretty affordable. All around great on the road piece of kit.
Margot Kunde (verified owner) –
I bought this SSD, to supplement my external editing hard drives. Glad to be able to hit 450mb/s while using the USB A to USB C connection
Asa Kunze (verified owner) –
I mostly use this with Lightroom on my laptop. I found it interesting that connecting with USB 3.0 (using the included adapter), it is faster than the SSD on my laptop both in benchmark rating and actual CrystalDiskMark results. I find it plenty fast and cant imagine how much faster it would be with USB 3.1. Time for a new laptop?
Abagail Lakin (verified owner) –
I bought this to use with my 128 GB Macbook pro 2019 and I’m amazed. It is so small, works great, and is really fast. I reformatted it to APFS apple file system, it took 2 seconds only. But the exFAT format worked just fine for Mac and windows. Regarding the speed, this one is just really fast with its 550MB/s. There is no need to buy the Pro version which is using the thunderbolt max speed, this one is much cheaper The cable is great, perfect size and short (you dont need a long cable for such a small SSD drive).
Mariam Bechtelar (verified owner) –
its seems to be cheeper in gulf market than us performance is excellent