9000298 Rugged MINI

I bought two of these, both 2TB, for use as backup drives for my main PC. So far I'm pretty impressed! Just for clarity - these are mechanical hard disk drives (HDD) as opposed to solid state drives (SSD). LaCie sell both versions in the Rugged mini range, but the 2TB SSD versions are considerably more expensive. For my needs, i.e. a long term back-up that will sit in a drawer, the HDD version was the best option. The drives are shock resistant, pressure resistant and rain resistant, coming with the distinctive orange bumper case. They are small is size and look smart with the silver/orange colour combo. These are great drives for throwing in your backpack (not that I'll be doing much of that). The drives comes with a connecting cable - in this case a USB 3.0 Micro-B (on the HDD) going to a USB-C on the PC. OK, I'd have preferred USB-C at each end, but no big deal. There's a distinctive LED light on the drive when it's running, so no issue of accidentally unplugging whilst the PC is accessing it. The drives come formatted as exFAT (readable by PC and MAC). They have installed software that allows you to easily register the drive with LaCie (actually Seagate who own LaCie). They come with a generous 3 year warranty and data recovery. I reformatted my drives to NTFS as I'm using them exclusively on PCs. I haven't done any geeky measures of speed - but would say they seem plenty fast to me! Final thought - the price for these seems to be very variable with Amazon. I've seen them advertised for around £90, then seen other listings with lower prices. Be assured, these came brand new, unopened, with cable and a full 3-year warranty direct from Amazon - don't hesitate to buy one is you see it in the £50 - £70 ball park.

Fantastic

Feel like I cased the join with the price I paid for this. Huge storage, small portable case - everything I wanted. It’s been reliable and is well built. You just plug in and go - very easy to use.

I was particularly pleased to be able to purchase this 2TB rugged Mini for less than £40 from Amazon Warehouse. The Rugged Mini uses the slower USB 3 interface which is fine as I am using it to back up an older stand alone Mac. It came in a plain bubble wrapped pouch with no documents and without a USB 3 MicroB cable. For the price I am not complaining. It registered with Lacie for the warranty and the cable I purchased arrived the next day. Back-up done.

Great price - I bought this to attach to my WIIM amp so that I didn't have to wirelessly stream my music library to it from my NAS drive. It's small & quiet and performs well, though I did have to attach it to a powered USB hub as my amp didn't supply enough power through the USB socket to run it. One other thing to note - the supplied USB connector is USB-C, so you'll need to buy a USB-A to USB-C adapter if you intend to attach it to devices with older USB-A sockets. It's been running flawlessly since installed and I'm delighted with it. No more wireless drop-outs streaming to my amp now that all my music is permanently attached to it!

Ignore the bad reviews. This was a great buy for the price. Comes with USB C cable.

Solid product, worth the price

If you're wondering, I'll tell you that I was a little disappointed with the product. Its description mentions it as "mini," so I was interested in buying it. Upon receiving it, I found that it's anything but "mini." I have a 3TB hard drive, purchased 5 years ago, which has smaller dimensions...

Excelente producto muy rapido, se conecto directo para registrar la garantía , lo que te da seguridad en su autenticidad

Voldoet uitstekend. Niet te vergelijken met wat ik op Alieexpres had gekocht

All good