Patriot Aero 1TB Wireless Hard Drive Review

Chris Hadley / 11 years ago

Final Thoughts

Pricing

The Aero 1TB is available through most major e-tailors and is priced around £140 (~$225USD / ~€166EUR). For a drive of this nature, I would have expected a slightly higher price tag than this and with the additional features that it comes with, it’s certainly worth the little extra cost over the 320GB Gauntlet which is retailing for around £30 less.

Overview

When I had a look at the 320GB Gauntlet a few months ago, I was very impressed with the features of the drive along with its good battery life, wireless bridge mode for internet access and the fluidity of the mobile app to go with it. The Aero whilst offering up a larger capacity, realistically speaking is not much different to the afore mentioned drive considering they both use the exact same chassis and circuitry – the only difference between the two being the Aero model name and the larger 1TB capacity that is inside.

With mobile wireless storage become even more popular, both for families who want to share music and films to multiple devices whilst on the go for one example, or for the business person that wants to get to their data on the go without the need for having the laptop out as another example. Data is everything to us and for many people, the more data that they can take with them in their pocket – the better.

As mentioned, the drive is certainly worth the little extra cost over the Gauntlet 320GB, although as with all things, there is always room to improve the product – such as increasing the battery life even further or even creating a smaller, more compact model – for now this is one of the better wireless hard drives to be had at this moment in time.

Pros:

Massive 1TB capacity
Well known vendor
Good battery life
Simple to use
Battery meter
USB3.0 compatible
Reasonable price

Cons:

Wireless app still needs some refinement for a smooth operation
Chunky build

“Following the success of Patriot’s 320 Gauntlet wireless hard drive, the Aero 1TB takes portable wireless storage to the max whilst offering all the same features as its smaller sibling for a price that is more than well suited for a device of this type. “