LaCie Mobile Drive 5TB Portable HDD Review

Pricing and Final Thoughts

Long gone are the times where you had to pay several hundreds for a drive such as the LaCie Mobile Drive. Despite the large 5TB capacity, it will only set you back £148.70 and $159.94 via Amazon. That’s a bargain if you ask me.

Final Thoughts

While a mechanical drive, especially not a 2.5-inch based one, won’t break any speed barriers, the LaCie Mobile Drive did good in our tests. It delivers the speed it promises and what you expect from a drive of this caliber and type.

While you get a drive with a large capacity and portability, you also get a great looking drive which will match your silver or grey MacBook – but it’ll also look great when connected to other systems. Speaking of connections, you get a drive with the latest in that regard. The LaCie Mobile Drive features a Type-C port and cable for compatibility with the latest USB and Thunderbolt standards. Not to worry if you don’t have that yet as it also comes with a Type-A cable for backwards compatibility.

A drive isn’t all you’re getting when you purchase a LaCie Mobile Drive, you also get some great software. To start with, there is LaCie’s toolbox which will help with your regular backups and similar tasks. But that’s not all. LaCie also includes a 1-month trial for Adobe’s Creative Cloud All Apps Plan.

Should I Purchase One?

The Mobile Drive might cost a little more than the Backup Plus drive, for example, but it also looks better. Whether that’s an argument for or against will have to be up to you personally. I quite like the Mobile Drive design and wouldn’t mind paying a little extra for it.

Pros

• Up to 5TB capacity
• USB Type-C interface for compatibility with the latest devices
• Matches the MacBook Silver and Grey colours
• Works with Windows and MacOS out of the box (exFAT)

Cons

• Costs a little more than same-capacity drives of lesser design

“LaCie’s Mobile Drive is a beautiful portable HDD with plenty of capacity for even the most demanding users.”

Thank you, LaCie, for providing us with this sample.