Please recommend 1TB USB drive

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So I need to buy a high-capacity USB drive, at least 1TB, ideally with a larger capacity. My objective is to encrypt it and carry it with me everywhere. I was thinking of a USB drive, but the read-write speeds on a flash drive may mean it takes forever to write 1TB of data. So I'm also open to any other thingie with at least 1TB capacity - that I can carry around with me everywhere. Something smaller than a portable hard drive would be good.

Any recommendations, suggestions? Please also chime in with brands I should stay away from, any other helpful tips, etc. Thank you much!

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You could also make your own with an enclosure and bare ssd but they won't be as rugged although cheaper.

The sandisk one has been as low as $119.99 recently so watch for price drops.

There are lots of different ones and they all should be decent eg sabrent rocket, samsung, wd etc.

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Smallest Option: It shouldn't take forever and a day to write 1 TB of data to it.

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"Q: What are the USB data transfer rates and specifications?
USB 1.0/Low-Speed: 1.5 Megabits per second (Mbps)
USB 1.1/Full-Speed: 12 Mbps.
USB 2.0/Hi-Speed: 480 Mbps.
USB 3.0/SuperSpeed: 5 Gbps.
USB 3.1/SuperSpeed: 10 Gbps."

$149.99 - PNY - PRO Elite 1TB USB 3.0 Flash Drive - Gray
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/pny-pro-elite-1tb-usb-3-0-flash-drive-gray/6356709.p

$169.99 - SanDisk - Extreme 1TB External USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-A/Type-C Portable Solid-State Drive
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/sandisk-extreme-1tb-external-usb-3-1-gen-2-type-a-type-c-portable-solid-state-drive/6185366.p

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If you can afford it, go for a USB3 solution with the drive being SSD. I run a full Windows 10 OS from on such drive. Using a regular HD, the same setup is painfully slow, so certainly very different. Now, if you are working with very large files and random access is not a priority, you can get away with a regular HD.

P.S. Just sharing my experience. Be sure to research accordingly for the intended use