I was looking for a fast and reliable portable drive to carry files when I travel. This one had a rugged design and seemed to be exactly what I was looking for, so I gave it a try. I've been using it for a few months now, without any issues.

I use to sync between home and second location I can fit all my photos ever on it

Needs a good way to connect to older NAS and PC via fast interface, only product for this pogo plug series 4 not available in EUnat the moment

Easy To Set Up; Easy To Use; High Capacity; Portable; Reliable

I was a bit skeptical about the mini at first. But it works flawlessly, fits perfectly in decent sized pockets, and is fast! The only con is that at times it can get a little hot but this has only happened twice. Overall it is a great product and well worth your money!

Fast; Quiet; Reliable

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.

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.

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

Great product. The trouble with most hard drives is that mechanically wear out in 1-2 years. I hope this one will last. The was no difficulty set it up to perform Time Machine backups on my Mac. Only time will tell if this product lives up to ti's r...

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