The recent eruption of Tonga's undersea volcano has become the focus of the world's attention, causing a devastating disaster while also creating extraordinary and bizarre landscapes. Just as the so-called "the wonders of the world, the wonders, the extraordinary view, often lies in the danger, and the people are rare", for outdoor photographers or video content creators who have been rooted in the outdoors for many years, if they want to seize the precious moments of recording inspiration in the ever-changing outdoor environment, they often need to meet the double attack of rugged and winding terrain and unprovoked weather. Even for everyday travel that has never been in danger, we want to have a reliable data storage record of the beautiful scenery around us, and a three-proof hard disk should be the best choice for protection professionalism.
We recently received an all-terrain hard drive for professionals, the SanDisk Master Geek External Hard Drive (5TB). As we all know, SanDisk's storage products have always been the choice of word of mouth in the photography circle. Last year, Western Digital further combined the excellent characteristics of G-Technology and SanDisk and launched the professional brand of SanDiskProfessional, a Master of SanDisk, which continued the excellent quality of SanDisk and conveyed the professional, reliable and innovative "master" spirit of Western Digital to photography enthusiasts. The SanDisk Master Geek PRO edition hard drive that we have experienced before has left a deep impression on us. What will happen to this all-terrain hard drive, which is designed for harsh environments?
appearance
SanDisk Master adopts a USB-C transmission interface compatible with Raiden 3, the interface transfer rate is 5Gbps, which can support both Windows systems and macOS systems. The interface part is also well protected by the silicone protective sleeve, which can reach the rainproof and dustproof level of IP54. In addition, this three-proof external hard drive can withstand 1000 pounds (about 453kg) of weight crushing and 1.2 meters of drops. In order to verify the compressive and impact-resistant ability of this hard disk, we have tried to let 90kg adults stand directly above the hard disk and jump about 20 times, so that the hard disk can be dropped from 0.4 meters, 0.6 meters, 0.8 meters, 1 meter, 1.2 meters at different angles for a total of 10 times, at this time, the hard disk in addition to the protective sleeve is slightly dirty, the appearance does not have any damage, and it can still be plug and play after the test, and the reading and writing performance has no impact. On the one hand, thanks to the hard aluminum alloy shell, on the other hand, the three-layer shockproof design of the hard disk itself and the design of the unloading angle mentioned earlier provide the best security for the hard disk.
performance
In the performance test section, CrystalDiskMark measured the read and write performance of this external hard drive as 132.14MB/s continuous read speed and 127.95MB/s continuous write speed. The ATTO Disk Benchmark measured that the drive has very consistent read and write performance for files larger than 16KB. In addition, it should be added that the SanDisk Master Geek external hard disk factory supports MacOS system by default, while Windows users need to format and reset the storage specifications of the hard disk.
summary
In general, the SanDisk Master Geek External Hard Drive is a professional storage device for the SanDisk Master brand, which is aimed at the field of outdoor portable storage. It can provide safe, durable and stable mobile storage support for high-end users with outdoor image creation needs, which greatly improves the convenience of outdoor creation. In addition, the simple and stable design language style of this hard disk is also one of the magic weapons of SanDisk master circle fans.
From the actual use of the feeling, as a mechanical hard disk of the mobile hard disk, The Performance of the SanDisk Master Geek External Hard Disk is very good, the speed transfer is stable, light and portable, and the appearance is also very good. Protection is at its peak, with rain, dust and three layers of shock resistance to ensure your data is protected in extreme environments.