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

I've only purchased G-Tech drives for years and a couple Fantom drives (7200 rpm) because they had the same insides (Hitachi) at G-Tech drives had, but 75% the cost. But, I edit from 12K and 8K .braw footage and needed an SSD that could hold massive projects. I still don't know what brand this is so I was leery but for the price, I tried one. It was actually great... super reliable after about 1.5 years right now with about 6 TBs of footage on it, varying resolutions, no lag at all. Okay, then I shot a film in 12K and 8K and figured I'd have to turn my footage into proxies (smaller versions of the files) to edit from... nope, not with this. I got a second drive for that project and it's been great, literally taking a break from editing on that right now. I'm a drive snob but I'm amazing by these so far. I'm still skeptical that it'll hold-up but it's been rock solid even though I've taken it into an office, back home, back and forth five days a week so it's not just sitting at home and still hasn't bricked. There's nothing else even close to this value for how much storage you get at these speeds.

Had it for 5 years now. No issues. Paid 129 back then. Darn inflation. Edit - July 2025- Had a lightning strike right next to my home that fried a lot of things, but this thing is still working perfectly. I have no reason to give a good review other than it's a rare exception compared to a lot of items. My bluetti power station bricked in my garage at the opposite end of the house. Both me and this HD were prob. 20 yards from the strike, that hit just outside my home. The strike blasted the phone (twisted pairs) box lid right off. The power station was around 50 yards away. I do realize, I dodged a bullet not losing this and more. Thinking of getting another one. It was plugged into a computer at the time. They say you should have important files that you keep on a drive unteathered to the grid. Can't speak to why it wants to back up whatever computer I happen to be on at the time. It's nice that it does that, but I usually erase it and we start the dance all over again. I only store on it what I want, not what it wants... :P

I have a Synology Network Attached Storage (NAS) device that is setup with 1 drive fault tolerance and It is backed up to the cloud but I wanted to have something I could grab quickly and go if I needed to and know my data on this drive would not only be encrypted but accessible when I need it. This drive should work nicely for this intended purpose. I am using it to mirror about 5TB of data and I wanted something faster and more reliable than a Spinner. This also allows me to be fully in compliance with the 3-2-1 rule. 3 copies - 2 different types of mediums/equipment - and one location being offsite, my NAS HDDs, This External SSD, and an offsite cloud provider. This doesn't matter much if both local mediums get destroyed but that's why I have an offsite cloud too. Also the slightly faster speeds will allow me to access data a little quicker locally if I need to which will be nice. Overall 8tb for a little more than buying a cheap enclosure and a data internal ssd myself. M2s are a lot faster but also easily cost twice as much as this and 3 years warranty seems fine for the price difference of building my own. If you have more than 4tb and don't want to use multiple drives and want some speed this works for now.

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.

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.

[Edited] I bought the 1TB version of this product for video editing purposes, and on arrival, found it to be woefully slow - less than 10% as fast as expected. I returned it, and was then offered a free 512GB model instead. Once that arrived, I was pleasantly surprised to see that the rated speed was much higher - as high as 350MB/s read and write when formatted as exFAT. After filling up the drive about 90% full, the write speed dropped significantly (to 34MB/s) but the read speed stayed fairly high. Both drives were lightweight, drop resistant, and came with nice USB-A and USB-C cables. [Original] The description for this product lists it as a 1TB SSD with up to 450MB/s transfer speeds. When tested on multiple different computers, via both USB-A and USB-C (and formatted as both exFAT and HFS+), the fastest possible read and write speeds I could get were around 43MB/s - less than 10% of the rated speed. This is worse performance than I've seen from a single SD card, let alone an SSD that costs more than $100.

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.

Edit: Been using this drive for 4 years and it is still going strong. I've been recommending this company ever since. Recently I purchased 8TB for my Macbook Pro 2019 running macOS Catalina and 4TB one for my Xbox. Speeds are faster than before with USB-C. Screenshots of the Crystal Disk Mark speed test are attached. Original review: VectoTech Rapid 500GB USB 3.0 Portable SSD is a great addition to my storage needs. I’ve been using it for some time now, so here is a list of pros and cons. Pros: 1. Easy to use, just plug it in. 2. Fast transfer speeds. I used BlackMagic speed test and I got 416Mb/s write speed and 421MB/s read speed (screenshot attached). 3. Slick look. 4. Lightweight (it's only 3.8oz) 5. Shock resistant, it’s a plus when you move around a lot. Cons: 1. Price. Well, it's an SSD, all of SSDs are pricier than magnetic disk counterparts. I needed the reliability and really wanted the speed, so had to pay a bit more. 2. Comes in black. I can see from the picture that it comes also in white and grey, which would match better. Hopefully they will come out soon. Test: Macbook Pro 2015 Retina used for testing, 3 video files ~4.5GB each. Write takes 42 seconds, so it's 13.5GB * 1024 / 42 = 329MB/s Read is 31 seconds, which amounts to ~445Mb/s. I guess speed could be less, if I were copying a lot of small files, but that's tied to particularities of the file system.