Testseek.com have collected 74 expert reviews of the LaCie Rugged Pro USB3 / Thunderbolt STFS and the average rating is 85%. Scroll down and see all reviews for LaCie Rugged Pro USB3 / Thunderbolt STFS.
December 2013
(85%)
74 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
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1484 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
Excellent physical data protection
Great performance for read and write
Integrated Thunderbolt cable
Top Build Quality
IP 54 Certified Rugged Housing
Design (By Neil Poulton)
Up To 5TB Capacity (SSD Models Also Available)
Excellent Performance
Thunderbolt & USB 3.1 Connectivity
Good Thunderbolt and USB 3.0 performance
Very durable for a portable drive
Value-add software bundle
Plenty of connection options
Rugged enough for most in-field situations
Thunderbolt cable tucks away nicely
Good software
The LaCie Rugged Thunderbolt offers great performance
USB 3.0 support
And is rugged and competitively priced
Speedy solid-state drive (SSD). Has both Thunderbolt and USB 3.0 interfaces. Easy storage for permanently attached Thunderbolt cable. Ruggedized to take travel abuse. SSD can be moved while in use. Easy setup utility. Three-year warranty.
Durable non-slip coating and weather-resistant
Competitive Thunderbolt 3 performance
5-year warranty with data recovery services
Compatible with USB-C devices
Speedy SSD. Thunderbolt Interface. USB 3.0. Both USB 3.0 and Thunderbolt cable included. Ruggedized to take commuting abuse. SSD can be moved while in use. Easy setup utility.
Captive Thunderbolt cable
Good shock and dust protection
Consistant and fast speeds
The LaCie Rugged Thunderbolt All-Terrain Portable Drive has extremely fast Thunderbolt performance
Innovative casing design
And also supports USB 3.0
Competitive
Consistent performance
Durable and weather-resistant
256-bit AES hardware encryption
5-year warranty w/ data recovery services
Wellbuilt
Portable and bus powered
Ultrafast interfaces
Included cables
Relatively affordable.
The editors didn't like
Lose USB 3.0 port and activity light when port cover is in place
Price (For Some)
No daisy-chain ability
Very expensive
The LaCie Rugged Thunderbolt offers just one Thunderbolt port and its SSD version offers only 120GB of storage space
Detachable port cover is easy to lose. A little pricey
Small SLC write cache
Lacks 256-bit AES hardware encryption
Still pricey on a GB per dollar basis
Bulky case
The SSD version of the drive is pricey
And its USB 3.0 performance is not the best on the market
Published: 2014-06-27, Author: Steven , review by: tuaw.com
Portability? Check. Rugged design? Check. SSD speed? Check. Bus-powered? Check. Thunderbolt and USB 3.0? Check. Built-in Thunderbolt cable? Check. The only negative for the LaCie Rugged USB 3.0 Thunderbolt SSD is the price tag. A bare 500 GB SSD drive ...
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Published: 2014-06-24, Author: Albert , review by: techworld.com
The LaCie Rugged Thunderbolt is a fast, portable drive with a reasonable price-perGB. If you're working in the field (or desert or war zone) the Rugged Thunderbolt is designed to handle just about any situation....
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Published: 2014-06-18, Author: Albert , review by: macworld.com
Captive Thunderbolt cable, Good shock and dust protection, Consistant and fast speeds
Bulky case
The LaCie Rugged Thunderbolt is a fast, portable drive with a reasonable price-per-gb. If you're working in the field (or desert or war zone) the Rugged Thunderbolt is designed to handle just about any situation. I'm surprised they don't make matching Ma...
Published: 2014-04-28, Author: Darren , review by: bgr.com
Abstract: First, a story. I loathe mechanical hard drives. They're painfully slow, annoyingly finicky, and prone to failure — the consumer ones, anyway. Toss one in a cheap USB 3.0 enclosure, however, and you've got a bona fide recipe for disaster. I'm sure I could...
Good Thunderbolt and USB 3.0 performance, Very durable for a portable drive, Value-add software bundle
No daisy-chain ability
The LaCie Rugged USB 3.0 Thunderbolt 2TB is a relatively speedy portable hard drive that takes full advantage of both the Thunderbolt and USB 3.0 interface. In our testing, results were slightly higher than what LaCie quoted for this product, deliveri...
Abstract: We were pleasantly surprised to when LaCie sent us their latest version of the Little Big Disk Thunderbolt. It's much faster than the version we tested in November 2011. The second surprise was the new and improved Rugged notebook storage device with both...
After testing countless drives, LaCie's Rugged USB3 is one of my favourites to date. It's simple to setup and use, it has Thunderbolt and USB 3.0 interfaces, it's backwards compatible with USB 2.0, and offers SSD speed without a ridiculously high pric...
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Published: 2012-11-15, Author: Jim , review by: macobserver.com
Wellbuilt, portable and bus powered, ultrafast interfaces, included cables, relatively affordable.
Unexplained slower read speeds via Thunderbolt, no Thunderbolt passthru support, design may not be attractive to some
In the end, however, the speed of the drive is excellent for a single SSD configuration, even considering the mysterious gap between USB 3 and Thunderbolt read performance. The drive is also reasonably priced for a Thunderbolt product, and the included ca...
Published: 2012-09-25, Author: Joel , review by: pcmag.com
Speedy SSD. Thunderbolt Interface. USB 3.0. Both USB 3.0 and Thunderbolt cable included. Ruggedized to take commuting abuse. SSD can be moved while in use. Easy setup utility.
Still pricey on a GB per dollar basis
If you need the fastest, rugged portable storage, the LaCie Rugged USB 3.0 Thunderbolt is the drive you want. It's made for a Mac, but is strong enough for a PC, especially now that Thunderbolt is available on Windows laptops....
