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.

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/sRead 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.