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
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.
Published: 2012-06-12, Author: Helena , review by: chipchick.com
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
Thunderbolt support is only available via an adapter – but this does help keep the size of the drive down
Overall, the Seagate Backup Plus is a capable and compact portable hard drive that makes backing up your data simple, as it should be. We especially appreciate that Seagate has simplified the process of formatting the drive for use on both Mac and PC...
Super slim design and lightweight construction without sacrificing strength or durability, A great price for a 4 TB external hard drive that “just works” right out of the box, Cool freebies (one of which we highlight in just a moment) that make this a rea
Naming conventions haven't changed so buying the latest Seagate Backup Plus Portable can be a little confusing online, especially with so many previous-generation models still out there, These external drives still use HDD technology versus SSD (though it
At the end of the day, if you're looking for a reliable, rock-solid, and great performing hard drive to protect and backup your data you can't go wrong with the Seagate Backup Plus Portable.Combine that with the special promotion we mentioned a moment ago...
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Published: 2017-09-28, Author: Thomas , review by: gadgetguy.com.au
Enormous capacity, high read and write speeds
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Decades ago I re-wrote a small program in assembler because I resented the couple of seconds the computer took to read from a floppy disk the 11 kilobytes of the version compiled from Pascal. That disc had a 160KB capacity. How things have changed!If you...
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...
"The Seagate Backup Plus is a good, affordable and fast external drive."...
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Published: 2016-01-22, Author: Joel , review by: au.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...
Abstract: As with its 500GB counterpart reviewed in the affordable portable section, there's a tremendous amount to like about the new line of Seagate Backup Plus drives. We're talking gr...
Abstract: Whatever Seagate is doing to make its drive go fast, it's working. Like its 1TB compatriot in the super-sized portables group, the Backup Plus 500GB left nearly every other drive ...
Quick performance, Easy to use, Changeable interface
The Dashboard software interface needs some work, Facebook and Flickr uploads failed, Flickr backups restricted to the 'large' photo size
The Seagate Backup Plus Portable Drive comes with software that can backup your Facebook and Flickr photos in addition to your computer's data. However, the implementation of that feature could be better and some other aspects of the software need to be w...
