ADATA HD710 Pro 2TB USB 3.1 IP68 Waterproof/Shockproof/Dustproof Ruggedized External Hard Drive, Black (AHD710P-2TU31-CBK)

I am a tech junky and have external drives as old as 12 years. Some are simply bare drives in enclosures, some are firewire, some are USB 2.0. I even have 8-bay RAID drives running on USB 3.0 or eSATA. Lets just say I have some experience with external drives from many manufacturers. On top of that, I have used them for travel, work, and even sent several through the mail over seas and back! After all these experiences, the ADATA HD710s are by far my favorites. First of all, USB cable storage...PRICELESS! Fast, not the fastest, but fast. Durable: oh yes. I havent tossed them out on a freeway or anything, but I did drop one down a flight of stairs. I think my stairs took more damage. Fair warning: pets think they are chew toys. My drives have bite marks, but still work fine. I have recommended these drives to many of my friends and family and will continue to do so.

I ordered this item in July 2022, and in December of that year, it could not be recognized by any computer, not matter how many places I tried or ways I jiggled the wire. I contacted the company since its under the warranty. I received an email with detailed instructions about where to send it, which I did. That was the last I saw of my drive. They never sent a confirmation that they received the drive. They havent sent it back to me. I tried emailing them via the email from the confirmation they sent, it bounced. Found some other company emails, those replied back in a language I dont understand and couldnt translate. I called the company and left messages, no answer. Absolutely horrible service and will not be purchasing from their company again. I lost all my beloved pictures and work and cant get them back.

Great drive. Performs great when plugged into 3.0 and 3.1 ports. Transferred an entire 2.4TB in less than 1 hour! Only quirk is the port cover could be a better more rugged design.

Envío rápido y oportuno; dispositivo en excelente estado y funcional. Desafortunadamente la compañía de envío está aplicando un impuesto de 20 Us$D aprox, que sólo fue notificado al arribo del dispositivo y no al momento de hacer el pedido.

Es buen disco duro pero la velocidad de lectura es extremadamente lenta si no tienes problema en eso compralo

I get this problem EACH and EVERY time - when I right click on eject the drive, It always says it cannot eject because something is running. I dont get this problem on my other external drives. Im afraid this will not be good for the long life of the drive, and I risk losing my data. Im a bit disappointed :(

I take this everywhere as I travel a lot. It survives living in my work bag and TSA love. It has a simple interface that you can use- or not to encrypt the device with a password. If it is lost it will only display information that you set, such as point of contact and reward information. Great and tough travel companion that woks like a charm! *Update* This tough little guy has been with me EVERYDAY from the day it arrived. It has lived in my every day carry backpack in the front compartment, been tossed on to desks, into trunks, subjected to heat and cold, been inspected by TSA- x-rays, and has racked up a ton of frequent flyer miles. It has survived a Army mobilization, where the backpack was treated much less friendly than the airline baggage handlers. It has survived all of this with no data loss and no problems whatsoever! I now own a second one that is the main back-up for the house computers. Great tough product- highly recommend it!

after 2 dead harddrives containing all of my media , the 1st died when i dropped something on the table so the 2nd big external drive was on the floor well one day my lava lamp fell on it, i called it a freak accident so i googled shock proof hardrives , saw the price and performance and look and immediately got the blue one with a 5 foot usb extension that was recoommended for me here ( i think these small drives are meant for laptops ) i like the small ones because its easy to bring all my movies and such anywhere i want it looks like it could go to war and come back , its the smallest external drive ive ever gotten its very small compared to the pics here i want to buy another!

I have found this external to be very useful. I am by no means gentle with my electronics, and by nature I am very clumsy and that leads to carelessness with devices such as these. Thus, durability is the quality that I find the most important, and this product has held up to my standards (which I think says a lot because often my standards can be impossible to meet -- Id like to be able to throw electronics at a brick wall and know theyll be safe...) I am a scientist and have to keep backups of my data regularly, and the hard drive that I am provided with at work looks and feels very fragile, to say the least. I bought this almost two years ago on recommendation from a friend to use as a backup to my current work hard drive, and have had zero problems. I have ended up using this as my primary external as it is very easy to use and has a number of wonderful features. What I like the most is that the cord attaches to the hard drive itself, making it difficult to misplace and allowing for ease of transport. I can throw this in the pocket of my backpack and not worry about it. If you are looking for a durable hard drive and dont want to spend a ton of money on an SSD, this is it. As an amazon customer I constantly find myself reading the most critical reviews, and always wish that some other reviewer who liked the product would address those exact concerns, so Id like to do that here. The main problem I can see in the critical reviews is that the cord can be faulty. I didnt experience any of the problems that the other reviewers have mentioned. This company has wonderful business practices, and I have seen them respond directly to these reviews and offer to supply a new hard drive under the warranty. Another issue Ive read about is that it spontaneously stopped working. This is true of any brand of hard drive -- none are perfect and hard drives dont always last -- that is the nature of hard drives in general (and why it is smart to keep back ups of your back ups...). However, some brands have higher success than others. Knowing this, I did extensive research on all of the hard drives available on Amazon (and elsewhere) and think this stands up to the best and most expensive. All things considered, I think this hard drive is a safe bet and would recommend this to anyone looking for a durable, long lasting and easy to transport external hard drive.

I ordered this hard drive for my Playstation 5. The hard drive works perfectly and I have had no issues so far.