But what will undoubtedly catch your eye immediately is the relatively large orange plastic loop which makes it easy to add the SSD to your keychain. One quick glance at the SanDisk Extreme and it becomes immediately clear that we’re dealing with a far more rugged device than your average portable SSD, the entire case being covered by a rubber-like coating to protect it from drops (from up to 6.5 feet).įurthermore, the coating on the bottom area is soft to touch and will easily retain all types of dust, while the hard plastic on top side aims at increasing the style factor of the device (it’s also a smudge magnet). This means that either device will easily slip in your pocket and will take very little space out of your backpack. The SanDisk Extreme and the WD My Passport share very similar dimensions, the former measuring 3.78 x 1.95 x 0.34 inches (and weighs 1.37 ounces), while the latter is measuring 3.5 x 1.8 x 0.39 inches (and weighs 1.23 ounces), so, besides a slight width difference, both drives have almost the same size. So, the shape and the dimensions of the drive are very important considering that it has to be small enough to be carried around, rugged enough to survive multiple trips and elegant enough to not look like a toy next to your professional laptop. The SanDisk Extreme and the WD My Passport are expressly built to satisfy this need, so let’s see which is the better portable SSD drive.ĪLSO CHECK OUT: SAMSUNG T5 SSD VS SANDISK EXTREME SSDĭesign There are multiple reasons to use an external SSD, such as to easily transfer data between computers or, in the case of some laptops that don’t allow you to upgrade the internal SSD (the MacBook Pro), to add more available storage or to store the OS (but in this case I would recommend a Thunderbolt 3 SSD). It’s true that both the HDDs and the SSDs have become a lot more affordable the last two years (even Thunderbolt 3 external SSDs such as the Samsung X5 have had a significant price reduction), so more and more user will turn towards the portable SSD to help them maintain the workflow even if they have to constantly change the working stations (especially if the user needs to go to different locations, so they can’t rely on a NAS).

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