Testseek.com have collected 129 expert reviews of the Seagate Backup Plus Portable USB3 STBU and the average rating is 82%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Seagate Backup Plus Portable USB3 STBU.
May 2013
(82%)
129 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(91%)
717 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
Easy to connect
Reasonable turn of speed when backing up and restoring data
Runs quietly
With very little noise or vibration
Runs cool even after prolonged use
Good looking drive
The bundled Seagate Dashboard software is easy to use
And perfor
Convenient
Useful
And innovative backup solution provided with the drive
Social media backup is a great idea
Drive offers fast transfers rates
Available in a variety of sizes and colors
Competitive pricing
Super simple backup process with oneclick local backup
Truly both Mac and PC friendly
Can backup your Facebook and Flickr accounts
Fast read and right speeds over USB 3.0
And compact formfactor
The
USB 3.0
No external power supply required
Small proportions make it very travel friendly
Uses highest capacity 2.5inch portable hard drive on the market
Very fast performance
Seagate dashboard makes backups easy
Comes with 3 year warranty
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Build Quality
Compact Size
5TB Capacity
Excellent Performance
Free Two Year 200GB OneDrive Subscription
Works with Lyve
Low Temperatures
Dashboard Software
Price (For Some)
IPX7 waterproof
18 hour battery
USB charging port
5 Light battery indicator
Sounds great
Speakerphone sounds great
Audio Boost mode
Colors
Portable
Good value
Fast
200 GB of free cloud storage
Fast performance
Flexible interface
Including Thunderbolt option
Easy-to-use backup software
Interoperable between Macs and PCs
Available in four colors
USM Connector for additional interfaces. Backup Plus automatically saves Social Media photos. Time Machine Compatible.
The Seagate Backup Plus Portable 5TB Drive, released in Q1 of this year, is the descendant of its 2016 brethren, which bears the same name. The key differences in the newer edition is the addition of the 1-year subscription of Mylio Create, is half the we...
How can you not like a drive the fits in your pocket (at least your larger pockets) and holds 5TB of data? I can't, and I'm betting you can't either, though you could get away a bit cheaper with WD's 4TB My Passport. Note also that Seagate's $220 Backup P...
Build Quality, Compact Size, 5TB Capacity, Excellent Performance, Free Two Year 200GB OneDrive Subscription, Works with Lyve, Low Temperatures, Dashboard Software, Price (For Some), ,
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Having 5TB worth of storage space with you at all times is something not many people expected to happen this soon and i say this because when Seagate send the backup plus 5TB model many friends I mentioned it to them were really surprised. Of...
Portable, Good value, Fast, 200 GB of free cloud storage,
Warranty a little short, Only available in 4 TB capacity
If you want lots of capacity in a portable hard drive, the 4 TB Seagate Backup Plus Portable Drive is tough to beat. It's fast, reliable and delivers great bang for the buck...
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Published: 2016-01-21, Author: Joel , review by: pcmag.com
Large storage capacity, NTFS driver for Mac included, Seagate Lyve app creates network-attached storage (NAS)-like capability, Includes 200GB of OneDrive cloud storage for 2 years
Case lacks rubber feet
The Seagate Backup Plus Portable Drive gives you 4 terabytes of speedy storage you can take with you, as well as a personal cloud, all for a very reasonable price...
Proprietary charging cable — no Micro USB charging
Overall, Seagate's Backup Plus Portable Drive is a solid portable hard drive that offers plenty of storage and good performance. But if you need more speed, we recommend checking out Seagate's Backup Plus Fast Portable Drive. In any case, if you're lo...
The Dashboard also allows upload and download of photos / videos associated with a Facebook or Flickr account. In terms of other features, the free 200GB on OneDrive is available only after the product is registered (launching the registration through the...
Published: 2014-03-19, Author: Helena , review by: chipchick.com
USB 3.0, no external power supply required, small proportions make it very travel friendly, uses highest capacity 2.5inch portable hard drive on the market, very fast performance, Seagate dashboard makes backups easy, comes with 3 year warranty, Seagate d
A bit pricey, uninspiring design, internal drives are not removable, RAID 0 set up has a higher risk of data loss and we wish it had option for RAID 1, it's also a little bigger in size than many competing portable USB 3.0 drives
The Seagate Backup Plus 1 TB external disk drive is compact, very well-finished, and flexible.Most compact external hard drives are hard drives with a USB interface added to their printed circuit boards, i.e, they are not standard laptop hard drives. But...
Abstract: The Seagate Backup Plus 1 TB portable hard disk drive is one of the better-designed USB drives we have seen. It shows its GoFlex roots in its upgradability. Where else can you find a portable drive that you can upgrade from the standard USB 3.0 interf....
