This is my forth portable HDD in the last few years. My first portable HDD was a 1TB seagate which is nice and compact and still works well, but it is just not spacious enough. Just over a year ago I bought another seagate with 2TB of space. Unfortunately that drive failed a few month later. This spring I bought 2 TB My Passport in plastic enclosure. It was not as fast as seagate (115mb/s vs 130 mb/s) but seamed to be more sturdy. I later decided to buy more spacious 4TB and gave 2TB drive to my sister. I like semi-metal design of the ultra model and I paid $10 more over plastic model merely because of the look. Both metal and plastic models catch fingerprints easily, especially if you use hand lotion. Feature-wise my passport and my passport ultra are almost identical, except for certain software features that are quite marginal in my opinion. Reading and writing speeds are the same on both 4TB Ultra and 2TB my passport. Overall I like using my new WD my passport, and I like that it provides encryption feature. I am not sure that it is 100% reliable but at least it gives me peace of mind that my data won't be readily accessible to strangers in case the drive gets lost. Also I found a python script on GitHub that allows to unlock the drive on Linux systems, which is a major deal for me. For this reason I currently prefer WD over my old seagate with which I always had to choose between accessibility on Linux and encryption with microsoft's bitlocker.
I also bought AmazonBasics Hard Carrying Case for this drive and it fits quite well
| RAM | 1 TB |
|---|---|
| Hard Drive | 1 TB usb 3 |
| Number of USB 2.0 Ports | 1 |
