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Toshiba Canvio Basics 4TB 2.5" USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive $104.46 Delivered @ Amazon UK via AU

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matt wu on 13/03/2022 - 23:57 amazon.com.au (2828 clicks)
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It's a shame that I bought a 4TB for $119 two days ago.

Hopefully this is useful for someone.

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  • Hornpub on 13/03/2022 - 23:57

    shurkable?

    • nicholsonr on 14/03/2022 - 00:29
      +2

      I've had a bit of a Google, and it appears no, the PCB internally has the USB connector directly on the PCB, there's no SATA connectors.

  • turna on 14/03/2022 - 00:22
    +6

    For those that were looking it's 7200 RPM.

    • HairyChickens on 14/03/2022 - 00:42
      +9

      Spinny boi

      • avidd on 14/03/2022 - 08:41
        +1

        Yeah spinny boi is a dealbreaker for me. SSD all the way, given I don't need huge amounts of backup space.

    • Mitch889 on 14/03/2022 - 17:38

      Reviews of this drive suggest it’s 5400 rpm, I expect the listing page is wrong.

      • NoDowt on 14/03/2022 - 20:37

        Hrm, are there any 7200rpm 4TB 2.5” drives?

        • Mitch889 on 14/03/2022 - 21:22

          I don’t think there are, no.

          • NoDowt on 15/03/2022 - 00:43

            @Mitch889: Glad I wasn’t just going crazy then. Shame really 😕

  • dullbeard on 14/03/2022 - 01:07

    got one, thanks!

  • Dave Id on 14/03/2022 - 01:11
    +2

    Purchased two.
    Thanks matt wu.

    • WhyAmICommenting on 14/03/2022 - 01:55
      +1

      Without further ado.

      • McFly on 14/03/2022 - 12:14
        +1

        Dave Id… Back to you!

  • [Deactivated] on 14/03/2022 - 01:24

    I feel like I got 10+ 2-4tb external drives and always need more!

    • matt wu on 14/03/2022 - 01:31
      +2

      Same here. I filled them full with stuffs then one day I formatted them all and sold. Now I'm back again.

  • Charlie Dont Surf on 14/03/2022 - 02:23
    +1

    This is the one at Officeworks for $119?

    Bought one, thanks Matt. Have read the patchy reviews about various WD external drives, so feel good about having all my precious files on a Toshiba unit.

    • [Deactivated] on 14/03/2022 - 13:37
      +1

      Has been using Seagate Backup Plus for a while, have more than 10, super happy with them. Got one 4t from OfficeWorks a couple of days ago, so far pretty happy with it too. The only thing is that the USB port seems to be fixed on board.

      • The Magic Pudding on 14/03/2022 - 17:33

        Does that mean there are no longer any new shuckable portables?

        • [Deactivated] on 14/03/2022 - 18:22
          +1

          Not really. Should only be Toshiba really. As far as I know, Seagate Backup Pluses are shuckable and also seem to be 7200 rpm ones.
          The Toshiba one I got was a 5400 rpm one. I did a whole disk scan and the speed(140+MB/s peak and ~70MB/s low) was slightly better than my 2TB version of Backup plus, but this one seems to be 2 disks at least.

          • Mitch889 on 14/03/2022 - 21:27

            @[Deactivated]: The 2.5-inch 4TB ones won’t be 7200rpm.

            • [Deactivated] on 14/03/2022 - 22:27

              @Mitch889: I didn't know that. I learnt that only when I was scanning the surface. Given the performance, not too bad for a backup drive to offload stuffs from NAS.

  • trev likes bargains on 14/03/2022 - 06:30

    Thanks OP

  • Rimas on 14/03/2022 - 06:53

    Still rocking my Toshiba external drive from 2010 which is now full to the brim. Never had an issue with it. So I bought this one to back it up just in case.Thanks OP

  • Modesty on 14/03/2022 - 07:12

    Better than wd/Seagate or similar?

  • ja912son on 14/03/2022 - 07:45
    +1

    Thanks OP. Got one!
    $26 per GB is decent atm. Good reviews on Amazon is a plus.

    • [Deactivated] on 14/03/2022 - 09:51
      +3

      $26 per GB?! So for 4TB = 4000GB = 4000 x 26 = $104,000?!?!??!?!

      • altomic on 14/03/2022 - 10:43
        +1

        is this a portable HDD for ants from 2002?!

      • ja912son on 14/03/2022 - 12:04
        +2

        My bad. I was half asleep when I replied.
        should be $26 per TB.

    • matt wu on 14/03/2022 - 15:20

      $26 per GB seems to be the price of iPhone LOL

      • Mitch889 on 14/03/2022 - 21:28
        -1

        Pretty sure my iPhone didn’t cost $26000.

        • Zorlin on 16/03/2022 - 03:14
          -1

          hey look

          this guy has a 1TB iPhone

          rob him

  • Seven8Nine on 14/03/2022 - 09:34

    Is this windows specific ? Will work on Mac ?

    • Modesty on 14/03/2022 - 09:42

      Yes . Formst as exfat , will work on both

    • matt wu on 14/03/2022 - 11:40

      It’s formatted as NTFS.
      macOS does not natively support NTFS write, but you can get it work for free following this tutorial.
      https://medium.com/macoclock/enabling-ntfs-write-in-macos-10…

      • DaTa on 14/03/2022 - 18:47
        +1

        Quite sure you can format this drive to mac

        • Rimas on 15/03/2022 - 02:44

          But then you can only use it with Mac computers!

  • Zackeroo on 14/03/2022 - 09:40

    It's a shame that I bought a 4TB for $119 two days ago.

    I wouldn't be surprised if you were referring to the top comment on this thread:
    https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/687597

    • hollykryten on 15/03/2022 - 12:55

      To be fair the one for $119 is the Canvio Ready model, not the Canvio Basic model which this deal from Amazon UK is. Canvio Ready is a different and newer model.

  • kaij on 14/03/2022 - 10:56

    Is this the best price/GB currently out of most drives out there?

    • Dave Id on 14/03/2022 - 12:11

      Yes.

  • cool_ice6 on 14/03/2022 - 11:20

    Thanks OP!

    • cool_ice6 on 21/03/2022 - 21:15

      Update: Received my order today :)

  • DamonT on 14/03/2022 - 13:50

    Thanks OP, got 1

    • DamonT on 21/03/2022 - 21:22

      Got mine today also. Even smaller than I thought which was a bonus.

      • Modesty on 21/03/2022 - 21:32

        Hows the speed?

        • DamonT on 22/03/2022 - 21:30

          i don't know if it's good/bad but i ran an old version of crystal disk mark and gave read/write both around 150 MB/s. great for what I need.

  • manity on 14/03/2022 - 15:26
    +1

    What's the warranty situation with these drives coming from UK? If there's a problem do you have to pay a premium to ship back to England?

    • Bal on 14/03/2022 - 17:36

      You have to claim it from Amazon not Tosh.

      • Mitch889 on 14/03/2022 - 21:30

        Even if it was from AU I’d still go to Amazon. Had a router die at 11 months, Amazon sent a return post label and a full refund of the purchase price.

  • Darron65 on 14/03/2022 - 17:28

    Forgive me for threadjacking, but what's up with this 16TB SSD? Seems too good to be true.

    • Bal on 14/03/2022 - 17:37

      It's a case rather than SSD. It supports up to 16TB SSD's.

    • hollykryten on 16/03/2022 - 17:18

      It's fake. Not a real 16TB drive. It's hacked to report to the computer that it's 16TB in size but in reality the storage chips in it are far smaller in size.

      You find people on Youtube warning people all the time about these fake USB drives.

  • jebdra on 14/03/2022 - 17:50
    +1

    Sorry - in reply to Darron65

    WTF

    Sold by Enoom
    Storefront just launched. No feedback yet.

    It's referred to as a drive, not a case, right through the page. And prices from $40 for 1tb to 109 for 16tb. No reason for price to vary for a case.

    Very suss

    • Bal on 15/03/2022 - 12:43

      Prices can vary for higher capacity cases as the chipsets that support higher capacity cost more.

      Agree though someone unsuspecting will get caught out with the descriptions.

    • Cheapkiwi on 15/03/2022 - 13:43

      @jebdra FOMO says buy one - worst-case, Amazon refunds you under misrepresentation

    • hollykryten on 16/03/2022 - 17:19
      +2

      No. It's not empty USB cases. It is fake drives. You will get ripped off blind if you buy these fake drives.

      It's usually a case with a hacked usb flash drive chipset glued into to case. Or a hacked microsd card with chipset adapter glued up and hooked up to the USB port. The cases itself are near worthless.

      This is one of the videos on Youtube warning about these fake portable SSD drive scams. They the scammers place the sales on Wish, Amazon, ebay etc claiming to be all difference sizes of terrabytes. But they are 100% fake and hacked drives.

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gPxn7p2gO4

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