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
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129 Reviews
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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
Seagate d
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.
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
The supplied USB3 lead is really too short to connect to a large host PC, where I found the Backup Plus had to hang in midair. This shouldn't be a problem if the Backup Plus is connected to a laptop, No carry pouch is supplied to protect the Backup Plus
Let us summarise the most important positive and negative points belowPositiveEasy 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 dri...
Published: 2012-11-29, Author: Joel , review by: pcmag.com
USM Connector for additional interfaces. Backup Plus automatically saves Social Media photos. Time Machine Compatible.
Thunderbolt or FireWire adapters are extra
The Seagate Backup Plus Portable for Mac is perfectly named. It doesn't purport itself to be the fastest drive, but it is a lot faster than the FireWire 800 and USB 2.0 drives made for Macs. If you need backup for your Mac, period, then take a look at th...
Published: 2012-09-17, Author: The , review by: hardwarebbq.com
Abstract: Seagate sent a Backup Plus 1TB Drive with a backup software which also enables you to backup your FB account ever since its enabled .I am not really into software or Operating systems, but as someone who sees software to the level that its user friendly, ...
Fast performance, Flexible interface, including Thunderbolt option, Easy-to-use backup software, Interoperable between Macs and PCs, Available in four colors
Social-backup software has some crucial Facebook limitations, Drive shell looks like metal, but is really plastic
The Backup Plus Portable Drive is a fast, flexible drive you can upgrade to other, faster interfaces down the line. It's snap-simple to use for basic backup tasks, and the price is right. Read More…...
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Disparity in software features between Mac and Windows. Only a difference between 500GB and 1TB, so there's no reason to buy the lowercapacity drives. Seagate's cloud storage service, which this drive can interact with, is pricey and seems unnecessary giv
Abstract: Seagate is moving away from its GoFlex branding with a new series of external drives dubbed Backup Plus, which will store not only your photos, videos and files, but some social media data as well -- users can back up or share documents to Facebook and...
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Published: 2012-06-14, Author: Jason , review by: bigbruin.com
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
Would like to see a GoFlex Slim style version even smaller and even faster, Please drop by the Bigbruin.com Forum and feel free to post any comments or questions
Seagate has put out a large number of external hard drives over the last few years, and I'll admit that it can be hard to distinguish one from the other given all of the names, configurations, and so on. With the Backup Plus line up they seem to have take...
