Transcend Military Drop Tested 2 TB USB 3.0 H3 External Hard Drive (TS2TSJ25H3B) (Personal Computers)

I already had two 1 TB Transcend hard drives, so when I needed even more storage space, I went directly to Transcend. They make compact external hard drives that are tested for durability. For someone with definite klutzy tendencies (I'm raising my hand here), the durability part is a big sell. The prices aren't cheap, and may be a bit more than some other brands, but for me, it's worth it. Other brands of hard drives I've had have gone bad very suddenly and very completely, and my Transcend drives have been reliable for years. At this point, it's the only brand of hard drive that I buy.

Last week I received, and fell in love with, the Transcend 1 TB USB 3.0 External Hard Drive - Military Drop Standards (TS1TSJ25M3). So I decided to order another Transcend drive that I can alternate with the first for backing up files, and I ordered this drive. It arrived today, and I'm as pleased with it as I am with the other one.As always for me, it's important that a product not only work with Linux but work WELL with Linux. This drive does, straight out of the box. (Note: I did format it as ext3 using gParted before using it because its original FAT32 file system would lose case sensitivity on file names, and that's not acceptable for this 30-year UNIX/Linux person. Aside from that, it works out of the box.)As I noted in my review for the other drive, there is some software included on it, but it's only for Mac...Read more

With my ever growing family of devices, I needed a new external hard drive with a decent capacity. I searched through the available options figuring I'd probably go for a Western Digital, but I saw this Transcend model which was about the same cost as standard devices but was built tougher. In a household with several young children, military drop tested hard drives are a major plus. I'd owned plenty of Transcend media products in the past, but never a hard drive.I have to say that I'm extremely happy with the drive. All the devices I'm using it with have USB 3.0 ports so the higher access speeds (vs USB 2.0) are noticeable. I didn't benchmark it personally, so I don't have any raw stats to report but speed was not a major concern of mine. I've used this drive with windows 7, windows 10, and Android devices. In every case it was quickly detected and performed as expected. It has a useful and unobtrusive LED indicator. I mostly use it with my Nvidia Shield Android...Read more