Sandisk Extreme Pro Portable SSD review: Pricey, but a sturdy buy if on sale

Sandisk has long been associated with storage peripherals, whether thumb drives, hard drives, or SSDs. The Sandisk Extreme Pro Portable SSD is an external SSD for convenient data storage and transfers. Let’s try to check how well it performs for its current price tag of ₹13,999.

 

The external SSD is enclosed in a familiar aluminium chassis with a grippy and textured material that is comfortable for carrying around without worrying about slipping from your hand, or when lying down on a surface like a smartphone with glass around it might. 

 

Weighing a little under 80grams, one corner at the top has a triangular cutout while the Sandisk branding sits bang in the middle, followed by the USB Type-C port facing the bottom. 

 

You get a short USB Type-C to Type-C cable and another USB Type-C to A cable, so no proprietary ports or dongles to deal with here. Any storage disk is suggested to be kept away from water, but even if you get a small splash or dust on the disk, it should likely be okay since it is IP65 dust and water-resistant. 

 

Available in 1TB (the one I used), 2TB and 4TB options, the Extreme Portable SSD is based on the WD Black 850XE and supports USB 3.2 Gen 2 over Thunderbolt. I got maximum read and write speeds of about 1,050mbps each when connected to a Windows laptop, very similar when connected to USB Type-C and Thunderbolt USB Type-C, too. 

 

The disk never really became too warm when used for hours. You can use it across platforms and devices—Android, Windows, iOS, macOS, Android TV and so on—without having to worry about any compatibility issues.

 

There’s an Android app also available for data transfer, but I didn’t really see anything extra there compared to the inbuilt file manager for copying any small or large files to and from the smartphone. 

 

While sharing large 4K video files, photos, backup files or PDFs, there weren’t any glitches when either transferring or opening these files on the other device right from the SSD without having to copy them to the internal disk first.

 

Coming with a 5-year warranty, the Sandisk Extreme Pro Portable SSD is a proper external disk more than good enough for your backup needs, data transfers or multimedia playback on smart TVs. 

 

It’s not the lowest-priced external SSD in the market as of now, but it can justify the price tag for those looking for a reliable name, more so if you can find a decent deal with online deal carnivals like Amazon Prime Day coming up, with its performance and portability in place.

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