Verbatim 47681 256GB Vx450 USB 3.0 External SSD

I am a keen photographer and needed a small back up drive to take on my travels. This drive appealed to me because a) it is a solid state so I expected reliability and speed and b) it is very small. Unfortunately the reliability was an issue as it just isn't stable. After just a couple of weeks of use every time i connected it to my Surface it reported errors with the drive and said it needed scanning to fix the errors. So each time I let my Surface scan and fix the errors. I am not a computer geek so I dont know how to delve into the system and get specific details on the errors, but then why should I, it shouldn't have them. Then I started having connection problems. First it would connect and then just drop the connection while in use. I Have used this drive on 3 different PCs/tablets and it loses connection on all 3 . I have used different cables, the one that came with it (which incidentally is very very short) plus 2 other cables and connection is lost with all of them. So very frustrating and I wouldn't recommend this drive.

This portable SSD feels very cheaply made of probably brittle plastic, but it is fast, very compact and does the task required of it. As it is small it is much more convenient and lighter than just a regular 2.5" SSD in an external case.When I first formatted this drive it took ages to format and made me wonder if it was a genuine 128gb drive Any fears were resolved when the SSD was able to perform fast transfers right up to when the disk was full.It would be nice if this had had a built in USB 3.0 plug just so that I don't have to make sure I always have a USB 3.0 cable with me. But it does come with a very short USB 3.0 cable.Pleased with the item and to date has been reliable.

Great product which is only little bit bigger than a credit card. I use this with my XBOX One and this has reduced load times of my games i.e. games installed onto this SSD will load much faster. With Battlefield One I'm always first with multiplayer games so have the choice of the best vehicles - nice....

Very fast, reliable and shock resistant device for an affordable price.That's the second one I purchase and I use them every day.I have had many external flash drives in the past which suddenly broke. Not reliable.I'm very pleased and I recommend il.

I've had one of these for over a year. It's great. Faultless. I use it as the main drive for a Raspberry pi 3. Removes the need for a micro SD card. The pi is running 24/7 off the drive. No problems. Only down side is how much they have gone up in price in the last year.

Great little drive, I use it for booting Apple devices when they fail, it's quick and works a dream, it stores bootable images and restores them too.

The SSD would stop transferring files after a short time . no large files would copy and pasteitem returned to get refund

I was looking for a cheap SSD drive to store my Steam games, ended up with this. Have had no problems running my games off it. It's not as nippy as my internal SSD, obviously, but I've not noticed any slowness. I leave it plugged in to my laptop all day and it gives off a little warmth. I'll update this review if it has any problems.