Testseek.co.uk have collected 129 expert reviews of the Seagate Backup Plus Portable USB3 STBU and the average rating is 82%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Seagate Backup Plus Portable USB3 STBU.
May 2013
(82%)
129 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(91%)
717 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
820100129
The editors liked
Good Performance
Sleek and Durable metal enclosure
Light
Small
And portable
Good package with 2-year OneDrive cloud service
Prices similar to internal drives
Four colours
Very simple to use
Back up social media
Good value for money
Fast
Light and reasonably compact
The editors didn't like
The drive gets a little slower as it fills with data
“The Seagate Backup Plus Slim Portable Drive is an affordable yet great performing and durable drive with a lot of included bonuses. If you need a drive for backup or portability
Build Quality, Compact Size, 5TB Capacity, Excellent Performance, Free Two Year 200GB OneDrive Subscription, Works with Lyve, Low Temperatures, Dashboard Software, Price (For Some), ,
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Having 5TB worth of storage space with you at all times is something not many people expected to happen this soon and i say this because when Seagate send the backup plus 5TB model many friends I mentioned it to them were really surprised. Of...
Portable, Good value, Fast, 200 GB of free cloud storage,
Warranty a little short, Only available in 4 TB capacity
If you want lots of capacity in a portable hard drive, the 4 TB Seagate Backup Plus Portable Drive is tough to beat. It's fast, reliable and delivers great bang for the buck...
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Published: 2016-01-21, Author: Joel , review by: pcmag.com
Large storage capacity, NTFS driver for Mac included, Seagate Lyve app creates network-attached storage (NAS)-like capability, Includes 200GB of OneDrive cloud storage for 2 years
Case lacks rubber feet
The Seagate Backup Plus Portable Drive gives you 4 terabytes of speedy storage you can take with you, as well as a personal cloud, all for a very reasonable price...
Proprietary charging cable — no Micro USB charging
Overall, Seagate's Backup Plus Portable Drive is a solid portable hard drive that offers plenty of storage and good performance. But if you need more speed, we recommend checking out Seagate's Backup Plus Fast Portable Drive. In any case, if you're lo...
The Dashboard also allows upload and download of photos / videos associated with a Facebook or Flickr account. In terms of other features, the free 200GB on OneDrive is available only after the product is registered (launching the registration through the...
Published: 2014-03-19, Author: Helena , review by: chipchick.com
USB 3.0, no external power supply required, small proportions make it very travel friendly, uses highest capacity 2.5inch portable hard drive on the market, very fast performance, Seagate dashboard makes backups easy, comes with 3 year warranty, Seagate d
A bit pricey, uninspiring design, internal drives are not removable, RAID 0 set up has a higher risk of data loss and we wish it had option for RAID 1, it's also a little bigger in size than many competing portable USB 3.0 drives
The Seagate Backup Plus 1 TB external disk drive is compact, very well-finished, and flexible.Most compact external hard drives are hard drives with a USB interface added to their printed circuit boards, i.e, they are not standard laptop hard drives. But...
Abstract: The Seagate Backup Plus 1 TB portable hard disk drive is one of the better-designed USB drives we have seen. It shows its GoFlex roots in its upgradability. Where else can you find a portable drive that you can upgrade from the standard USB 3.0 interf....
Easy to connect, Reasonable turn of speed when backing up and restoring data, Runs quietly, with very little noise or vibration, Runs cool even after prolonged use, Good looking drive, The bundled Seagate Dashboard software is easy to use, and perfor
The supplied USB3 lead is really too short to connect to a large host PC, where I found the Backup Plus had to hang in midair. This shouldn't be a problem if the Backup Plus is connected to a laptop, No carry pouch is supplied to protect the Backup Plus
Let us summarise the most important positive and negative points belowPositiveEasy to connect.Reasonable turn of speed when backing up and restoring data.Runs quietly, with very little noise or vibration.Runs cool even after prolonged use.Good looking dri...
Published: 2012-11-29, Author: Joel , review by: pcmag.com
USM Connector for additional interfaces. Backup Plus automatically saves Social Media photos. Time Machine Compatible.
Thunderbolt or FireWire adapters are extra
The Seagate Backup Plus Portable for Mac is perfectly named. It doesn't purport itself to be the fastest drive, but it is a lot faster than the FireWire 800 and USB 2.0 drives made for Macs. If you need backup for your Mac, period, then take a look at th...
