LaCie Rugged SSD USB3/Thunderbolt

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 13 expert reviews

Excellent:

6
Good:

7
Average:

0
Bad:

0

Pros:

Speedy solid-state drive (SSD). Has both Thunderbolt and USB 3.0 interfaces. Easy storage for permanently attached Thunderbolt cable. Ruggedized to take travel abuse. SSD can be moved while in use. Easy setup utility. Three-year warranty.
Excellent physical data protection, Great performance for read and write, Integrated Thunderbolt cable
The LaCie Rugged Thunderbolt All-Terrain Portable Drive has extremely fast Thunderbolt performance, innovative casing design, and also supports USB 3.0

Cons:

Detachable port cover is easy to lose. A little pricey
Lose USB 3.0 port and activity light when port cover is in place

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Last revision on December 20, 2017

Reviewers Liked

Speedy solid-state drive (SSD). Has both Thunderbolt and USB 3.0 interfaces. Easy storage for permanently attached Thunderbolt cable. Ruggedized to take travel abuse. SSD can be moved while in use. Easy setup utility. Three-year warranty
Excellent physical data protection, Great performance for read and write, Integrated Thunderbolt cable
The LaCie Rugged Thunderbolt All-Terrain Portable Drive has extremely fast Thunderbolt performance, innovative casing design, and also supports USB 3.0
Wellbuilt, portable and bus powered, ultrafast interfaces, included cables, relatively affordable
Speedy SSD. Thunderbolt Interface. USB 3.0. Both USB 3.0 and Thunderbolt cable included. Ruggedized to take commuting abuse. SSD can be moved while in use. Easy setup utility
The LaCie Rugged Thunderbolt offers great performance, USB 3.0 support, and is rugged and competitively priced

Reviewers Didn't Like

Detachable port cover is easy to lose. A little pricey
Lose USB 3.0 port and activity light when port cover is in place
The SSD version of the drive is pricey, and its USB 3.0 performance is not the best on the market
Unexplained slower read speeds via Thunderbolt, no Thunderbolt passthru support, design may not be attractive to some
Still pricey on a GB per dollar basis
The LaCie Rugged Thunderbolt offers just one Thunderbolt port and its SSD version offers only 120GB of storage space

Expert reviews and ratings

The LaCie Rugged Thunderbolt (500GB SSD) makes improvements to a proven design and gives a half-terabyte of solid-state drive (SSD) storage to power users on the move. It's a little pricey, but it's worth every...

By PC Mag on July 11, 2014

If you want to keep your data safe from handling mishaps while getting the top Thunderbolt performance on the market, look no further than the LaCie Rugged Thunderbolt All-Terrain portable...

By CNET UK on June 28, 2014

If you want to keep your data safe from handling mishaps while getting the top Thunderbolt performance on the market, look no further than the LaCie Rugged Thunderbolt All-Terrain portable...

By CNET Australia on June 28, 2014

100

Portability? Check. Rugged design? Check. SSD speed? Check. Bus-powered? Check. Thunderbolt and USB 3.0? Check. Built-in Thunderbolt cable? Check. The only negative for the LaCie Rugged USB 3.0 Thunderbolt SSD is the price tag. A bare 500 GB SSD drive...

By tuaw.com on June 27, 2014

If you want to keep your data safe from handling mishaps while getting the top Thunderbolt performance on the market, look no further than the LaCie Rugged Thunderbolt All-Terrain portable...

By cnet on June 27, 2014

In the end, however, the speed of the drive is excellent for a single SSD configuration, even considering the mysterious gap between USB 3 and Thunderbolt read performance. The drive is also reasonably priced for a Thunderbolt product, and the included...

By The Mac Observer on November 15, 2012

We are on a Bus-powered storage kick this month. We compared various bus-powered Thunderbolt storage devices in a recent article. This article is a shootout between various brand/models of USB 3.0 bus powered storage...

By Bare Feats on August 04, 2014

The LaCie Rugged Thunderbolt portable storage solution brings a lot to the table including great performance, unique design and superb durability for those who need it on the...

By StorageReview on June 30, 2014

We were pleasantly surprised to when LaCie sent us their latest version of the Little Big Disk Thunderbolt. It's much faster than the version we tested in November 2011. The second surprise was the new and improved Rugged notebook storage device with...

By Bare Feats on February 15, 2013

After testing countless drives, LaCie's Rugged USB3 is one of my favourites to date. It's simple to setup and use, it has Thunderbolt and USB 3.0 interfaces, it's backwards compatible with USB 2.0, and offers SSD speed without a ridiculously high...

By Techworld on November 28, 2012

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