Testseek.co.uk have collected 42 expert reviews of the Seagate Backup Plus Hub USB3 STEL / STEM and the average rating is 79%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Seagate Backup Plus Hub USB3 STEL / STEM.
October 2016
(79%)
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The editors liked
The Seagate Backup Plus Hub is fast
Has tons of storage and since it comes with two additional USB 3.0 ports it won't hog your desktop's expansion options. The drive has software that lets it work with Mac and Windows interchangeably
The editors didn't like
The USB hub doesn't always work when the drive is connected to a USB 2.0 port
Runs cooler than previous Seagate drives, great data transfer rates, front-side USB 3.0 ports are convenient, reasonably priced, comes with free 200 GB of OneDrive cloud storage
No wireless features, no RAID features, warranty is a bit short, UPDATE 07/26/2016: Seagate has informed us that there is no fan in the Backup Plus Hub. They switched to a vertical orientation for this model to remove the fan and use a passive cooling sys
It looks like Seagate has gotten their operating temperatures in check — under our testing, the drive only got up to 45° C, whereas some were reporting last year's Backup Plus was getting up into the 60s. Furthermore, the increased capacities and the fron...
Abstract: So why on earth, in this day of uber-fast portable SSDs and fast-enough, readily portable 2.5-inch hard drives, would anyone want to purchase a 3.5-inch external hard drive such as Seagate's Backup Plus Hub? You sacrifice some portability, but the upsides...
The Seagate Backup Plus Hub is fast, has tons of storage and since it comes with two additional USB 3.0 ports it won't hog your desktop's expansion options. The drive has software that lets it work with Mac and Windows interchangeably
The USB hub doesn't always work when the drive is connected to a USB 2.0 port
Though it has some issues with USB 2.0, the Seagate Backup Plus Hub is an excellent external storage drive for any USB 3.0 desktop computer...
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Published: 2021-07-07, Author: Jon , review by: pcworld.co.nz
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