Cheapest price I have seen in a while and includes free delivery.. Looks to be only on the Blue.
CamelCamelCamel.
was looking at that as well.. Only need 1tb though :)
Good price but I personally stay away from Western Digital. All of them have failed. Seagate seems to last the longest.
I had 5 WD and 5 Seagate in the last 8 years.
All the Seagate have failed with clicking noise.
Lol. I guess for reliability need to switch to SSDs.
Let me guess….clicking sound of death?
My 4TB portable WD went that way. I could be wrong about this but seems like the less you use it. The more likely they will fail. Just a hunch.
Keanu Reeves made a documentary about how digital film is starting to take over 35mm film. One of the quotes I'll never forget when they are talking about storage (paraphrasing) " If you use the hard drive all the time it will tik, if you don't use it all the time it will eventually tik"
SSD is out only hope
Seems expensive for a spinning disk these days…
Did a quick random search -
https://www.kogan.com/au/buy/goodgoods-goodgoods-2tb-mini-ex…
No warranty.
no idea about the brand but 2tb SSD for $34.18 with Kogan First seems pretty cheap…
Definitely stay away from no-name flash storage that seems cheap. They are fake.
You're not getting a real 2TB SSD for $34.
Is this a deal? the 2TB SSD sandisk one was going for $150
Mechanical Hard Disk… avoid.
I bought a Samsung Portable SSD T7 Shield 1TB for $98 in late 2023.
Please tell us about Samsung SSD T7 as well?
What do you need to know?
Is that good or bad and why?
@Avi0001: Apologies.
Yeah, I bought a 1 TB SSD (solid state drive) for practically the same price as this HDD (hard disk drive)
1 paragraph summary from Chat-GPT:
SSDs (Solid State Drives) are much faster, more durable, quieter, and energy-efficient compared to HDDs (Hard Disk Drives), which are slower, have moving parts, and are more prone to damage but offer larger storage at a lower cost. SSDs are ideal for speed, performance, and reliability, making them great for operating systems, gaming, and frequent file access, while HDDs are better for high-capacity, budget-friendly storage like backups and media libraries. Many users opt for a combination—SSD for speed and HDD for bulk storage—to get the best of both worlds.
So yeah, in my opinion, I would not be using a HDD for portable storage in 2025.
Pretty sure I got 3 of the 2tb ones for around $65-75 in 2023.
Please don't get mad at me for pointing it out.
Agree with others, pointing out this is a mechanical HDD.
Purchased 4TB portable HDD for $131 from Amazon few years back (before Covid).
I just don't understand that electronics would appreciate over time so much.
Prices have increased quite a lot over the last 2 years. Still cheaper than the ssd equivalent. A lot of the stock seems to be older which should mean prices come down… I was looking at the star wars etc on amazon and they've been sold out for quite a while, local Big W still has them collecting dust at full RRP.
$100 for 1TB of spinning rust? What year is this?
You can get a 1TB external SSD for about $110
Have to agree with many of the comments here. Either get a portable SSD or a ssd enclosure with a standard SSD. Portable HDD aren't worth the hassle over the years I've had so many file lose data.
2TB at $130 looks like good value?