Lacie Rugged Ssd Review

The lacie rugged ssd pro external drive is designed for professional videographers and others who work in the field with thunderbolt 3 equipped computers most often macs.

Lacie rugged ssd review.

Seagate sent over the lacie rugged ssd 1tb model to review that is sold under part number sthr1000800. The lacie rugged thunderbolt 500gb ssd 499 99 is a speedy if pricey solid state drive ssd made to take the hard knocks of life while making sure you can get to your files quickly. But even then an ssd like the samsung t3 usb 2tb is likely to be a better purchase with a marked improvement in durability and speed. Lacie s rugged ssd comes in three capacities.

With current prices at around 0 22 0 30 per gigabyte the rugged ssd fetches quite the premium over standard flash products. 500gb 1tb and 2tb. Lacie rates the rugged ssd pro to deliver sequential read performance of up to 2 800 mbps but the ssd lacks a defining write speed specification. Reviewed in the united states on june 19 2018 i have several lacie rugged drives with different connection ports and use them for travel.

This drive is currently priced at 229 99 shipped and that makes it about 0 23 per gb. All of the previous ones i ve owned have worked well so i was surprised when i received this one and it was a lemon. It also means that the drive is resistant to being crushed drops up to 3m rain and can be immersed in water for up to 1 minute in certain conditions and pressure levels. Performance that the rugged ssd pro performed well reading and writing well over 2gbps in a couple of the synthetic benchmarks wasn t surprising in the least.

Lacie rugged usb c 2tb review. The lacie rugged ssd is also rated ip67 which uses a dust tight enclosure to prevent the elements from entering the enclosure.