With a carabiner loop integrated and a durable silicone coating, the Extreme v2 features a functional, portable, and enduring design for those on the move in tough conditions. standard to move ginormous volumes of files in a hurry, the Extreme Pro V2 turned in some of the fastest transfer speeds we've seen from an external SSD. Over the years, I have reviewed iPad and iPhone science apps, plus the occasional camera, laptop, keyboard, and mouse. Password protection uses 256-bit AES encryption and is supported by Windows 8, Windows 10 and macOS v10.

It lets you set a password and provide 256-bit AES hardware encryption, which is widely regarded as the gold standard for consumer-drive data encryption. For flash memory this time is 10 years as guarantied retention time, for eeprom is 100 years in normal storage conditions.It is worth noting that if you use a data recovery service, you will not void an otherwise valid limited warranty as long as you get a written verification from the service provider. It would have been nice for SanDisk to include some sort of removable cover attached to the drive to protect this port, so maybe we’ll see that in a future version. With an already award-winning and durable design, SanDisk’s focus for the Extreme v2 was to improve on what works, rather than start from scratch.

All interface with the controller at Toggle DDR4 speeds of up to 800MTps, providing very bursty performance even with a dual-plane design. You do get a five year warranty with it but you will have to send the defective drive to Sandisk at your own expense.While this SSD lacks DRAM for caching the FTL mapping table, it leverages internal SRAM to help optimize metadata updates. Up to three-meter drop protection and IP65 water and dust resistance, 5 and a handy carabiner loop for securing to your belt or backpack all make this drive rugged enough to take anywhere.