Lacie Rugged Thunderbolt Drive Review

Lacie rugged portable hard drives are the most trusted way to capture and transport data in the field.

Lacie rugged thunderbolt drive review.

This capacity is commonly found in la cie s portable mobile and rugged designs. Performance capacity or compatibility or all three. For example this lacie rugged thunderbolt usb c drive we are looking at today is usb c enabled but the usb c port is simply using the usb 3 standard and not the newer usb3 1 standard. Lacie s latest rugged thunderbolt all terrain is the new height among portable drives in terms of both design and performance.

The majority of lacie external hard drives can be found in the 1 to 10. We tested the less capacious unit. The lacie rugged thunderbolt is a fast portable drive with a reasonable price per gb. Ssd and hdd versions are available both feature an integrated thunderbolt cable and a usb 3 0 port if needed.

The storage device has two layers of casing to protect it against. If you re working in the field or desert or war zone the rugged thunderbolt is designed to handle just. It only has two platters each with a 1tb capacity. The lacie rugged usb 3 0 thunderbolt 2tb is a relatively speedy portable hard drive that takes full advantage of both the thunderbolt and usb 3 0 interface.

Most external hard drives offer at least 500gbs worth of storage. Again this comes down to the fact that the maximum speed of a mechanical hard drive doesn t even come close to saturating a usb 3 connection so paying for usb 3 1 hardware would have no benefit at all but. In our testing results were slightly higher than what lacie quoted for this product delivering read speeds of 112 2mb s while write activity hit 113 8mb s in a thunderbolt mac environment. Lacie has used a seagate hard drive the st2000lm007 which is a mobile hdd with a 7mm profile and that explains why the device is so small.

While that s plenty of space for a casual user s collection of photos videos and documents some users may want more space for large hd video files games and photos. Choose from thunderbolt usb c usb 3 0 and firewire 800. Select the version optimized for your use.