A portable hard disk is all well and good, but their slow speed and vulnerability to drops makes them a liability. Small flash drives are similarly vulnerable, and have the added disadvantage of being incredibly easy to lose.

Stylish design; Great performance; Convenience of USB Type-C connection

Only USB 3.1 Gen; 1, More expensive than a normal 2.5in drive, Not waterproof or ruggedised

Conclusion The Samsung Portable SSD T3 is an excellent choice if you need to carry or copy a library's worth of data in a device that will fit in your front pants pocket. It is certainly pricey, but if you're a power user, you will want nothing less, especially if you need to work on 4K or HD video...

Speedy performance; USB-C port; Mac, Windows PC, and Android compatible; Drop tested to 6 feet; Three-year warranty

Pricey; USB-C-to-USB-C cable not included

Much like the original T1, the new Samsung T3 proved itself with internal SATA SSD-like results, sustaining a throughput of 390MB/s when downloading (reading) a single large compressed file and 300MB/s when uploading (writing).

We selected two SSD- and two disk-based portable storage products to compare against Samsung's Portable SSD T3 2TB. Kingston's HyperX Max 3.0 was one of the original portable SSDs. Although it's older, it represents the performance of several other products launched during SandForce's heyday.

The new Portable SSD T3 with a metal structure makes the drive very sturdy and less susceptible to damage; The performance is very good, compared with most mechanical, platter-based products sold today

The price is the obvious problem for most users, and we really hoped this series would see a major cost reduction; Real-world file transfer performance is lower than we expected from a product with superior synthetic performance

I like having files stored in at least two places and was running out of room on my SSD in my Dell PC. This Samsung drive is a great second file location. It works fast and is password protected.

For those who really need a portable drive with very fast transfer speeds PLUS easy portability and don't mind paying for those luxuries, portable SSDs are been a good option. They're still a bit rare, largely because they're not cheap.

Nice Product.

This drive has is all, size, storage, simplicity and encryption in a bullet-proof package. Samsung really nailed it on this one. I was a little weary about storing all of my photos and video from my entire vacation on just one drive but this thing held up and function as expected problem-free.

This drive will save you tons of grief on the road as it is everything you want tiny, huge, secure and blazing fast; I got this drive to store photos and video on my upcoming month long vacation and boy did it not disappoint; The build quality is excellent - full metal housing, check.

The price does sting a bit at $300+ for 1TB of USB drive but the functionality and reliability are worth it; The drive does take a touch longer to become available on newly connected devices compared to devices you normally connect to (10-15s longer)

Portable solid state drives are the new black. At least, I like to think they are. For me, Samsung's Portable SSD T1 has managed to replace both flash drives and external hard drives for me.

Really fast; Small form-factor; Better value than last year

No USB Type-C to USB Type-C cable in the box; Slightly slower and slightly bigger than last year's model; Slow drives will bottleneck the T3

The Samsung Portable SSD T3 delivers excellent performance in a small package with a USB 3.1 port that is both convenient to use and future-proof.

Excellent performance; USB3.1 port for convenience and future-proofing; Metallic chassis; Extremely compact; Android support; 3-year warranty

Small update to the T1; Still quite expensive