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.
Abstract: The Seagate Backup Plus is a quick and easy back-up system. Available in 500GB, 750GB and 1TB versions it supplied with Dashboard software which is designed to be simple to use as well as supporting social networks. It supports USB3.0 for high speed da...
Software is a bit of a letdown, downloaded images are too small
If you want a USB 3 hard drive that performs well, is nice and light and stylish and has reasonable capacity, then this is the drive. While we like the cloud backup and download, we don't think Seagate has built its software well enough...
Published: 2016-01-22, Author: Joel , review by: in.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...
Seagate has two capacities for the Indian market – 500GB priced at Rs 5,600 and 1TB priced at Rs 7,700. It's expensive by a few hundred rupees than portable USB 3.0 hard drive by other brands, but the premium is quite justified by the useful backup softw...
Seagate Backup Plus may seem another run-of-the-mill external hard drive but it's the software that shows the drive's true worth. Seagate Dashboard 2.0 is a nifty app and if you consider your content on the social network ‘save-worthy', the combo of the s...
Good transfer speeds, Cool backup features, USB 3.0, Thunderbolt, FireWire support
Chassis feels plasticky, Thunderbolt and FireWire is optional
The Seagate Backup Plus Portable is a hefty drive, not just in terms of storage space, but really the amount of connectivity options and backup features that come with it. USB 3.0, FireWire and Thunderbolt support is great to have, while the social netwo...
Abstract: Guys, let me introduce the Seagate Back Up Plus 1Tb. It comes with a dashboard which makes it interesting to use and promises free 1 year Cloud Storage. The transfer speed is also superb at 5Gb/s(10x faster than USB 2.0) with increased bandwidth as it use...
