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
Very easy to use software Backs up social network data 1 year free cloud storage
Bland looks
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Published: 2017-07-14, Author: Jon , review by: pcworld.co.nz
How can you not like a drive the fits in your pocket (at least your larger pockets) and holds 5TB of data? I can't, and I'm betting you can't either, though you could get away a bit cheaper with WD's 4TB My Passport. Note also that Seagate's $220 Backup P...
Abstract: Somehow, Seagate has managed to simplify the external hard drive while adding new features and functions. The Backup Plus Portable can be used with PC or Mac without reformatting and requires no extra fiddling to get it going – you just plug it into y...
Abstract: Somehow, Seagate has managed to simplify the external hard drive while adding new features and functions. The Backup Plus Portable can be used with PC or Mac without reformatting and requires no extra fiddling to get it going – you just plug it into yo...
Published: 2016-01-22, Author: Joel , review by: in.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...
Seagate has two capacities for the Indian market – 500GB priced at Rs 5,600 and 1TB priced at Rs 7,700. It's expensive by a few hundred rupees than portable USB 3.0 hard drive by other brands, but the premium is quite justified by the useful backup softw...
Seagate Backup Plus may seem another run-of-the-mill external hard drive but it's the software that shows the drive's true worth. Seagate Dashboard 2.0 is a nifty app and if you consider your content on the social network ‘save-worthy', the combo of the s...
Good transfer speeds, Cool backup features, USB 3.0, Thunderbolt, FireWire support
Chassis feels plasticky, Thunderbolt and FireWire is optional
The Seagate Backup Plus Portable is a hefty drive, not just in terms of storage space, but really the amount of connectivity options and backup features that come with it. USB 3.0, FireWire and Thunderbolt support is great to have, while the social netwo...
Abstract: Guys, let me introduce the Seagate Back Up Plus 1Tb. It comes with a dashboard which makes it interesting to use and promises free 1 year Cloud Storage. The transfer speed is also superb at 5Gb/s(10x faster than USB 2.0) with increased bandwidth as it use...
