Best Portable Storage for Youtubers and Travel Vloggers || HDD vs. SSD speed, price, reliability

(First published in September 2021.)
Photographers, Videographers, UA-camrs, Musicians create a lot of creative content. And it all needs to be stored somewhere. Things are harder for Travel Vloggers who need somewhere to store their footage before it can be edited. Laptops usually have limited space and files take a long time to upload to Cloud storage even if you have fast internet - which Travel Vloggers usually don't!
The obvious solution is portable storage drives (also known as portable USB hard drives). There are thousands to choose from, and in this video I test five of them. I look at the benefits of SSD vs HDD, read speed vs. write speed, price per Terabyte, and ruggedness / waterproofing. Is it better to buy the cheaper slower HDDs instead of fast expensive SDDs? And what's the size and weight difference between the different options?
Sandisk Extreme Portable SSD: amzn.to/38I275x
WD My Passport SSD: amzn.to/3tkxLiS
Lacie Rugged Mini HDD: amzn.to/3BLzqkp
Samsung M3 HDD: amzn.to/3thiP50
Silicon Power Bolt B75 SSD: amzn.to/2YwSRzf
00:00 - Intro
01:44 - HDD vs SSD
02:52 - Lacie Rugged Mini HDD
04:04 - Sandisk Extreme Portable SSD
04:43 - WD My Passport SSD
05:50 - Silicon Power Bolt B75 SSD
06:35 - Speed test conditions
07:51 - Samsung M3 HDD
08:16 - Read speed results
10:08 - Write speed results
12:06 - Conclusion
#HDDvsSSD #PortableStorage #TravelVlogging #USBHardDrives #USBDrives #LacieRuggedMini #SandiskExtremePortable #SandiskExtremeProPortable #SandiskSSD #SandiskPortable #WDMyPassport #WDMyPassportSSD #WesternDigital #WesternDigitalSSD #SiliconPower #SiliconPowerSSD #SiliconPowerBolt
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[@alexisryan8725]

Very good info, thank you.

[@skepticalmechanic]

WD My passport 4TB $129.00 USB-c

[@BigFatTech]

That's a great deal.