Transcend 1TB External SSD, Up to 1,050MB/s, USB 3.2 Gen 2 Portable SSD, 2-in-1 Type C &Type A, USB Hard Drive for Steam Deck, ROG Ally, MSI Claw, Windows&Mac, iPhone&iPad, Android, PS5&Xbox, Smart TV

I'm giving this the 5 stars it hugely deserves for price and capacity. I'm expecting longevity as well, since so far everything I've purchased from Transcend has been problem-free. If it doesn't last, I'll come back and grumpily remove some stars.I'm not using this for incessant daily transfers, but more as an exceedingly handy all-purpose storage bin. And it definitely requires 3.0 after it starts to fill up, or you'll be waiting longer than you are used to these days. I didn't love it laboring away on a 2.0 connection. But 3.0 is fine for my purposes.And I appreciate that it works without fuss with everything from an antique netbook to several laptops of various vintages and powers. When I do want to share something among my widely varied collection of this and that, it is a pleasure to have this wonderful capacity.Don't fool around with the all-important aspects of learning smooth connection and disconnection practices with this. Take care, don't yank and pull but go slow. You'll save yourself a lot of trouble by noticing precisely how this device wants to be connected and disconnected. (In the last 20 years, every USB device I ever bought was a little different than every other one--- and they all still work well. I'm certain it pays to be faintly obsessive about this part.)I keep all my uncapped USB drives in zipped cases to keep the dust out. Capped, uncapped, somewhat capped: it matters.Some years ago I accidentally sent a Transcend 64 GB flash drive through a washing machine cycle. Because it was securely capped it still works as well as before. So I'm just more careful where I take the slide-in varieties like this one.The real question is: how much in the way of educational material, cultural enjoyment, tech-tools and sheer fun would you like to carry around?

Exceptionally fast speed, much more than expected. This is very very good. This is now my go-to USB stick with speeds resembling directly connected SSD‘s.

After doing some research, reading reviews, etc., I finally decided on this Transcend 64 GB flash drive. I just needed something I could use to periodically back up some of my non-critical folders (I take care of the critical stuff in other ways), and this was one of the more economical products I found.After two weeks of use, I'm reasonably happy with it. I'm using it with a MacBook Air 13" and a fairly high-quality USB hub (almost mandatory since you get only w USB ports on the MacBook). The outer housing seems a bit flimsy -- not sure it would hold up to much abuse -- but since I'll just be using it once a month, I think it will be OK. Transferring the files from the MacBook was smooth and quite fast. Reading from the Transcend presented no issues, either -- it seemed just as fast as reading directly from the MacBook. I didn't clock it -- as long as I'm not having to sit and wait too much, I'm fairly easy to please.Overall the design is fine -- the business end slides in and out with a locking slider -- it's small and relatively sleek, too. No issues at all.Solid 4 stars for quality vs cost. Would purchase this brand again if the need arises.

I highly recommend this as Transend JetFlash USB thumb drive (which I bought in the 128GB size)PROS:Works flawlessly (no problems being recognized by devices, saves well, etc.)No discernible speed issues; seems fast to appear as a hard drive, and to save filesLarge storage size relative to costDoes not have a cap (...that will invariably be lost; I do not buy thumb drives with caps anymore)The slide out function works well (...thereby protecting the device when stored)Has a space for a lanyard to be attached (...I always run a lanyard or ribbon through these so they are easier to find and harder to lose)CONS:It is bit bulkier than some thumb drives (but only slightly; it is still a reasonable size)No other cons that I know of; it does what it is supposed to do, at a good value, and does so with out a cap. I am very happy with it.

I have been using an external SSD by SanDisk for many months with the problem that its USB-C connector is faulty and looses its connection with slight movement of the cable. This USB has no cable but a built-in connector that I plug directly into the laptop and it is very stable. Other reviewers have pointed out that large copies start out fast enough but slow to a crawl, and this is true. But I've found that under ordinary usage with files that are not overly large, it performs well. The large file I copied was 1/2TB, but files of hundreds of MB or few GB should be fine.