SAMSUNG T7 Shield 2TB, Portable SSD, up-to 1050MB/s, USB 3.2 Gen2, Rugged,IP65 Water & Dust Resistant, for Photographers, Content Creators and Gaming, Extenal Solid State Drive (MU-PE2T0S/AM), Black

Was told by my computer repair guy (who I totally trust, and was not selling me anything) this was the one they buy. This brand, and Sold State - no moving parts, so it's fast, but costs more and should last longer, I'm told. So far so good. The device itself uses a USB-C connection and you get two cables, one with USB-C on the other end and one with USB-A on the other end. One is way faster, like the ones phone phones have been using for a while (android anyway, know nothing of Apple phones), the smaller ones that can go in up or down (there really is no up or down). But if you don't have a USB-C port on your computer, or not a spare one, I'm told the USB-A will work fine. Used USB-C and it worked with my Windows setup and BluOs music system, hassle free. Only had it a few weeks but so much better than old style drives, with moving parts that read the sectors with that thing that looks like record player arm inside. Used a free program called Total Commander to move stuff and back stuff up onto it. Easier than Robocopy. BUT you have to be careful whend downloading it, you just want that program, not the extra garbage.

I got tired of my little Cloner capture box cooking USB thumb drives. The continuous writing for an hour or two was just no bueno. They'd get hot even when I put a small fan pointed directly on them and then they'd eventually fail. I bought basically every different kind of USB thumb drive, ones rated for "extreme" use etc. and none of them held up particularly well, they all struggled to manage the heat generated by any sort of extensive capture session.I was a bit wary as to whether this SSD would pull too much power, but it seems to run just fine with the included USB-A to USB-C cable.So I gave it a torture test and asked it to run a continuous, 5 hour long, 1080p capture and it did it fine, without ever getting hot. Will it last forever? Probably not, but I am at least cautiously optimistic that I am not going to have to replace it in a couple months. Note that I can't tell you if it gets hot when you run it at faster read/write speeds, but it handles the bit-rate of a 1080p encode just fine.I do like how small it is, and how sturdy it feels in the hand. It is obviously bigger than a thumb drive, but if you think about a credit card but a 1/4 inch thick, you are in the right ballpark. It has just a single activity light that shows if it is reading or writing to the drive, and I had no issue reformatting it to NTFS.

this thing is awesome. I anticipate it being my media storage device for the next 10 years. currently have 300 GB on it. mostly I love how durable it is. I'm hard on stuff and this drive handles way more abuse than I will ever put on it. I totally believe the 10 foot drop test they did it with. solid state storage is totally the way of the future!. my first drive 15 years ago was a mechanical disk with 8mb. the solid state is just better in every way!

I've been using this for a while with my Laptop as I have a great many very large Music files and Videos and I do Photographic stuff too so I need a large external drive which has multiple advantages. I have a variety of Samsung products and I have a few of their drives. I have found their SSD's to be first rate in terms of quality, compatibility and reliability. This drive is no exception. It checks all the boxes its very compact and has shock resistant coating. A nice touch which all mobile devices should have. I highly recommend this drive. I'm probably going to get another.

Upgrading from a standard portable HDD, this is great. Even works on my iPhone 16. It’s nice to be able to remove and backup photos and videos from my phone and be able to view them on the computer. It’s fast and I know they’re faster ones out there, but for the value it’s great! No more noise like a portable HDD, which is nice too.

Plug and play. Small and compact. Great speeds. 4 stars because it says it is dust resistant. This couldn’t be further from the truth. The type of material it is encased with attracts dust and lint. Just be aware of that if you do get it. Anything else, I’m extremely satisfied with it. I’ll modify my review if anything changes.

We're using this as a back up for family pictures & videos. Transferred all from a Windows 11 Desktop - 215 GB of video in about 15 minutes, and 500 GB of photos in about 45 minutes. Blazing fast!!, especially compared to years past of using a 'WD' brand storage drive, which was slow & recently just stopped working, so we decided to try this. This software downloaded fast and simple. Can also secure it with a password. Seems to safely hold anything you send to it. Glad we got this one, seems great!

As a professional digital producer, this product offers me too many things for the price. It has great space for hundreds of videos and pictures. It also helps me to be organized with all the content I use on all my platforms. This includes the product being compatible with all my devices (tablets, computers, and phones) and connecting very fast when you connect it to the devices.Is a great product for producers, creators or people with a lot of content.