hey everybody gets Lawnside butt and
we're taking a look today at the let's
see rugged USB type-c external hard
drive this is their 4 terabyte model it
also comes in a 2 terabyte model and it
looks very similar to their other rugged
drives but this one has a USB type-c
connector on the end of it so if you
have a USB type-c computer you're all
set but it also comes packed in with a
USB type-c 2 regular USB connector as
well so they've got both bases covered
I do want to mention though in the
interest of full disclosure this came in
free of charge from Lissy they do not
want it back we'll be using it for
backup purposes here on the channel but
no one's paying for this review all the
opinions you're about to hear are my own
and no one is reviewing this content
before it is posted alright so let's
take a quick look at the hardware now
there's not much to it just a single USB
port for data and power so one cable is
all you need they get a nice rubber
sleeve here that encompasses the drive
that keeps it from slipping while it is
on a desk or other surface but also
provides some shock protection if it is
dropped now they rate this for Falls
from 1.2 meters or 4 feet onto a hard
surface provided the drive is off and
that's the important thing to note with
these rugged drives that are still using
mechanical parts that when they're on
they are very susceptible to damage
especially if they are dropped while
those things are in motion so they're
safest when they are off and parked and
then if you were to drop it like from
the height and on that you shouldn't
have any problems with it later on you
can take the rubber sleeve off here if
you wish but I don't recommend it they
do say it's splash proof but not
waterproof and I would say that's
probably because these screws here are
probably not watertight so you
definitely don't want to dunk it in
water but it should survive a puddle or
maybe getting rained on it in a very
light way but I again wouldn't consider
this something you want to dunk into any
tanks or buckets or anything like that
it is very sturdy a nice metal hard
shell case I believe this is made out of
aluminum it's sturdy enough they say to
survive a car running over it provided
that car is about a ton or less so more
of a subcompact versus a pickup truck
but it will certainly survive somebody
stepping on it so I think that's
probably the more likely scenario that
somebody might get up and step on it if
it's on the floor or something so you
are
detected against that it is expensive
though so this one with the four
terabyte configuration is 250 dollars
that is double the price you can get for
something like this which has the same
performance and capacity so the question
might be why are these things so
expensive well the reason is the
industrial design they are certainly a
lot more hardened and have a lot more
materials and it's probably more
manufacturing cost involved with it
they're also geared to professionals who
are willing to pay for some protection
and that is really the difference here
between something like this and
something like this so if your desire
here is just performance and capacity at
the lowest price you can certainly find
that in a less expensive drive and get
the same exact performance you're about
to see out of this one but if you're in
a professional environment and are
trusting the intern with your days worth
of shooting photos or video or something
you probably want to get something that
might give you a little added peace of
mind which is why these drives tend to
be attractive for professionals so let's
take a look now and see how it performs
all right so I've got the drive hooked
up to my aging 2012 MacBook Pro this
computer built this channel and it's
still going strong in you can see here
the kind of throughput we're getting on
the drive connected to that Mac so right
sir around 130 megabytes per second or
so and about the same on the reads -
which is actually pretty good for a
spinning drive I'm seeing a nice
progression in performance on a lot of
these spinning drives over the last year
or so so this one is certainly keeping
up with a lot of the other external
drives that are out there let's take a
look now though it's some 4k multi
camera editing with Final Cut Pro and
this is often a test that really foot
spinning drives in a stressed
environment and that they really can't
keep up with the data load this one is
getting there it's going to lag out a
little bit as these videos get a little
more intense with more motion here as
the dog is running through the scene but
it is actually working pretty decently
for a spinning Drive I often recommend
though for multi camera editors to use
an external SSD but we're getting to the
point where some of these spinning
drives might actually be something that
can be workable in one of those multi
camera environments that is the rugged
USB type-c Drive from lesea remember
this is not a drive you're buying for
its performance or capacity you can get
that in something that costs a lot less
like this one but if you were to step on
this you'll probably break
get this one will survive not only a
footstep or two but a couple of drops
and maybe even a Hyundai rolling over it
or something like that so you do get a
little more protection here and for
professionals out in the field that
might be something worth paying the
premium price for this is lon Simon
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