Fast, flexible and portable. Reviewers test the LaCie Rugged USB 3.0 Thunderbolt and find it offers very good performance overall. CNET's Dong Ngo tests both USB 3.0 and Thunderbolt connections, with results he says "proved worthy of its $200 price tag.

Fast Thunderbolt and USB 3.0 interfaces; Solid-state (SSD) technology in versions up to 500 GB; Very durable for a portable drive; Good value for an SSD drive with Thunderbolt

High price per GB; Largest capacity is not solid-state

I have a number of these LaCie Rugged drives in various configurations because I'm a very shallow man and can't resist their Neil Poulton-designed cases. Performance is decent enough via USB 3.0 and the 2.5-inch mechanical drive is whisper quiet.

Super reliable, super fast delivery, too. I have faith in my little hard drive. I use it for storing sample libraries for music and it has done the job quickly and efficiently. I'll be ordering others in the future I'm certain of it.

I like the weight of this drive; and for someone who may be travelling more in the future; I'm very pleased that it is so reliable and yet portabable

As with all drives, it does get hot, and when it gets hot, it can occasionally make a humming noise; But, honestly, it's barely noticeable at all

My rugged lacie mini turned out to be not-so rugged. After less than a month of use (at home on my desk), my computer could no longer detect the hard drive and after running lacie service diagnostics under their direction, they told me it was broken and needed to be sent in for repairs.

No way to even salvage the drive inside, as LaCie uses the same type of weird screws with pins in the middle that Apple uses on their products to lock them down.

Looks nice; The drive itself worked fine; Rugged orange rubber bumper is a good idea

Worked for about 9 months, then the connector began to act spotty; It became difficult to maintain obtain or maintain a connection; The special funky and delicate USB connector that manufacturers seem to be so fond of now was just not making good contact anymore.

There's little mistaking the LaCie Rugged USB 3.0 Thunderbolt Series , thanks to its eye-catching orange rubber bumper. You can find it in three capacities – 120, 256 and 1000 GB – although the latter is currently reverting to spinning disk technology instead of the solid-state flash tech in the...

Good performance; choice of interfaces; very tough

Unsubtle colour finish; disappointing small-file performance; expensive

solid product. works great. a lot of people i know count on this product bc it is so rugged.

I'm very happy with this drive. I bought it for backing up data on location shoots, and they it's excellent for that. I'm safe in the knowledge the backup will be in once piece when I get home, no matter where I go.

The Rugged USB 3.0 Thunderbolt that LaCie announced today is the third bus-powered Thunderbolt drive to hit the market and the second one that also supports USB 3.0. Its two contenders are the Elgato Thunderbolt SSD, which is the very first Thunderbolt drive that's bus-powered, and the recently...

The LaCie Rugged Thunderbolt offers great performance; USB 3.0 support; and is rugged and competitively priced

The LaCie Rugged Thunderbolt offers just one Thunderbolt port and its SSD version offers only 120GB of storage space

Bought Lacie cause I read a lot of positive reviews about it. Took it with me upstate NY to film a retreat for the client. On the 2 day of the retreat, I transferred all information from SD cards to my new LaCie and checked everything before I went to sleep.