Reviews for LaCie 1TB Rugged Hard Drive Triple USB 3.0 (5400 RPM)

As someone with more than a small reputation for being clumsy, this drive is a good fit with me. The 1TB is just the right size for my needs and the transfer speeds of the USB 3.0 are very good. What really completes the package though is knowing that the drive can take whatever I throw at it and my data will still be safe and secure.

I spend a lot of time in the field under less than ideal conditions. Sometimes there's no mains power and sometimes things get dropped. Thanks to the drive's Eco feature, my laptop's battery lasts longer. Thanks to the drive's MIL-STD-810F, I don't have to worry much about everyday shocks and bumps. The speeds are great. Bottom line: I can concentrate on my work.

I love these HD's, nothing is more important with external drives than reliability and the LaCie Rugged line offers that. I work in photography and design and I needed something that I could use at home and on the road and not have to worry about babying it too much. The first one I bough a few years ago I still use for Time Machine and regular file backup, the other two are for my photo catalogues in LightRoom. They're clones of each other for backup purposes and that all told is peace of mind. If you need to carry an external with you as well as have it at home I highly recommend this line for their speed, connectivity options and reliability.

I purchased this LaCie 1TB Rugged Hard Drive in late May 2012. I am currently in Afghanistan, which requires me to have a durable hard drive. My Passport lasted a month at the location I am in.

This product has been 100% reliable since I've been in country (June 12 - Present). I use it via firewire, file transfer times are fast, I have yet to have a corrupt file.

I also use the Private-Public which password protects a portion of your HD in order to protect your more sensitive files. I was used to setting a password for my entire HD which I would prefer, LaCie only allows you to allot a certain amount of space for private storage. According to forums there are ways to increase how much space is allotted, but they aren't very user friendly for basic computer users. A good thing about Private-Public is that it doesn't show your private partition when you open the HD. You need to dig a little to get to the point where you enter your password. It definitely protects your information significantly better than other HD's I've used.

Although very expensive, I feel that you get what you pay for with this product.

As a photographer I needed a quick, easy solution for takings files to clients and on-the-go backup. The Rugged turned out to be a perfect solution. The quick transfer speeds let me get my data onto the drive quickly and with backwards compatibility with USB 2.0, and Firewire interface it'll work on most of my clients' computers.

I like that this drive comes with all cables that one would need to use it. It's rugged enough so that I don't have to worry about the bumps and grinds of everyday use. It's compact and has an excellent choice of interfaces. The speeds are awesome. So five stars on all of the above.