Reviews - Transcend ESD200 external USB 3.0 SSD

[HEXUS]

Tiny in size, big on performance.

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[mikerr]

Portable hard drives never seem to last as long as internals - likely due to physical shocks, so SSD with its lack of moving part is a winner there.

I cringe when I see users literally drop (or throw !) portable HDDs into their bags.

[ed^chigliak]

SSD capacity just isn't enough to cover typical usage as a backup device. Manufacturers not using robust circuit board designs combined with the cable connectors often being a weak point mean that external SSD will fail too. Often you can pull the HDD from a failing external enclosure and drop it in a drive dock to discover the HDD is still good. QA on the drives > QA on the enclosures.