Kingston XS2000 - Solid state drive - 1 TB - external (portable) - USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 (USB-C connector)

For many years I’ve used a large-capacity external drive to store my home studio music recording, video creation and publishing files (including music scores, text books and catalogues, destined for commercial publishing), as these kinds of files can grow quite quickly and can fill up space on my iMac’s internal drive in no time. When my trusty G-Drive 2TB thunderbolt disc drive started refusing to power up, admittedly after years of service, it was time to find a trustworthy replacement - ideally something that would offer a quicker startup speed and also a faster speed when writing to the drive. I had ruled out SSD drives previously because of the price but a recent search for the fastest 2TB SSD drives included this Kingston SSD, with a much lower price tag than I was expecting. My previous external G-Drive was very slow and it was frustrating to have to wait for the disk to get up to speed, if it had been idle for a while. Physically, it was also comparatively large - it must have been about 12cm wide x 22cm long by about 4cm high (as a rough estimate). So I was very surprised that this Kingston SSD is smaller than a Mars bar! Though I don’t plan to carry it around with me, I can see how someone producing large files at home could easily put it into a pocket and take their work elsewhere, eg, to a recording studio or a location where they plan to deliver a presentation, for example, where the drive could be plugged into another computer (Mac or PC). This could be useful for any space-hungry files, including video, large images, audio recordings, larger presentations, etc. While file sharing via the cloud is cheap enough and pretty normal these days, the ease of being able to take your work on this drive and plug it into a computer in another location, means that you don’t need to worry about whether the host computer has enough internal drive space to accommodate your massive files! In my case, this 2TB SSD’s tiny size (see the photo) helps keep my desk clearer than I’ve been used to but I’m particularly delighted that it’s available instantly. Unlike my previous drive, which whirred for up to 10 seconds like a tiny helicopter getting its rotors spinning before take-off, this Kingston SSD is totally silent, as there are no moving parts. So, I’m absolutely delighted with this, my first SSD external drive. Can’t recommend it highly enough.

This is working well. Does not heat up, not sure about the power consumption though. Good performance in terms of speed and seems to be fair price considering today's reality.

Small size, easy to use, solve a big issue with your storage

High transfer speeds, high capacity, great brand. Wish there was some way to use high in that last sentence LOL. But yeah, works splendid for the job. I don't believe mine came with a way to adapt it to what I believe is called USB 2.0, which is why I gave it 4 stars instead of 5. Nothing a quick £5 purchase can solve though!

Looks good, well made. Benchmark for me: I just transferred a load of Video to this and averaged 560MB/s (MegaBytes/second) via USB C to USB C. That was for 18GB with about 70 individual files. It probably didn't have chance to really get going for each file before it had copied. Beats my failing drive by a factor of 10. Hence this replacement.

I use this SSD for recording movies and Hi-Res audio. It works great.

Excellent size, and very fast

A++++++ amazing size, lightweight, fast one of the best backup ssd out there

Arsiv depolamak icin ideal. Hizli transfer yapiyor. Saglam ve kaliteli bir urun.

Transferred 170gb in 15 secs

so good ssd with low prise

Muito bom e prático

Ottimo prodotto servizio impeccabile grazie