Verbatim has a huge reputation in portable storage. It still makes 3.5in floppy disks as well as CDs, DVDs, USB sticks and portable hard drives. The new Store'n'Go range ships with USB 3 support – something we hope Apple supports in the near future as well as Thunderbolt.

Just works

Needs USB 3 cable

Bought one of these a while ago to use for school. I keep it on my keychain so I pretty much take it anywhere.. and it is still alive. Very durable and reliable.

Durable; Reliable; Capless design

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Since 1969, Verbatim has been providing innovative data storage solutions, and to this day they remain one of the most known names in the industry. Verbatim recently announced a series of portable hard drives called the Store 'n' Go.

Only 2 weeks after purchasing this product, and its already broken/ very sensitive. The extendable plug is very fragile, and mine has already been snapped into a sharp angle. Because of this, the device is often not recognizable by computers and needs to be held at a very specific angle to work.

Hard disks aren't the most exciting of products, but Verbatim's Executive drive has a number of useful features that help it to stand out from the crowd. We tested the 750GB version of the Executive, which costs £101.99, but there are also 500GB and 1TB models priced at £86.99 and £127.99.

Fast; lightweight USB 3 drive; with useful security features

Needs to be reformatted for Macs

This company has a 15-dayreturn policy but if you don't have a need for the purchase, don't buy until then because by the time you try it, and the...

nothing;not seen bynew BestBuy HP Tower running Win8

unable to test and non-functional

Bought the 64GB version when it was available on the egg. After that, never saw them listed again. So I had to do the next best thing and get the 32GB.

Bought this to close out an archving project; I couldn't quite fit 32GB on it; I had to delete some of my content and managed to get 29GB copied

Where is the 64GB anymore

The Verbatim Store 'n' Go USB 3.0 External SSD has a relatively small storage space of 32GB. This is not an external hard drive for storing thousands of digital photos, movies and music.

Small size; USB 3.0 compatible; Very fast transfer files; Available in a range of capacities

More expensive than standard USB flash drives; Small size means it could easily get lost; 32GB capacity is relatively small

Verbatim's latest line of portable hard disks add a splash of colour to what is normally a quite generic looking product. Our review sample came in bright purple, but you also have a whole rainbow of colours to choose from, including orange, blue, pink, green, silver and black.

good stuff

compact; 2x faster than USB2.0 drives; 7 years limited warranty

Factory formatted FAT32 needs to be converted to NTFS to make it much faster