LaCie Rugged 5TB Portable External HDD – USB 3.0/2.0 Compatible, Shock/Dust/Rain Resistant for Mac & PC, Orange, Grey
$12.99
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Travel with capacity of 5TB in an ultra compact portable hard drive—LaCie Rugged Mini. Seamlessly connect to USB 3. 0 computers, transfer content fast with speeds of up to 130MB/s, and trek confidently with all terrain durability of drop, crush, and rain resistance. This drive even includes a complimentary one month membership to the Adobe Creative Cloud All Apps Plan for access to awesome photo and video editing apps, as well as a two year limited for long term peace of mind.
Shock, drops up to 4 feet, dust and water resistant for all-terrain use
For Mac compatibility this Hard Drive requires reformatting. Refer to Application Guide for more details
Password protection built in
Uses USB 3.0 which is up to 4 times faster than USB 2.0 (USB 2.0 compatible)
Included Cable: USB-C
13 reviews for LaCie Rugged 5TB Portable External HDD – USB 3.0/2.0 Compatible, Shock/Dust/Rain Resistant for Mac & PC, Orange, Grey
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DBF –
A great little external drive for backing up the laptop; small but mighty.
this was recommended to me by a friend who retired from a career in computer science. It is fantastic. very easy to use, I didn’t need to go through the whole process and registration. Just plug and go; the directions for setting up various plans for back up are right on the screen and I’ve put the icon on the task bar. It has more than enough capacity for the typical computer user and has backed up my whole laptop. I have it on continous back up. Am very pleased with this.
Chelsey –
Alot of storage
This hard drive works amazing for storing all the photos and videos from your phone or computer. It is easy to setup and store. The speed to load and transfer files is quick. Worth the money for all it can hold. It doesn’t overheat if using it for some time.
Eisenhower B. –
Great Item
Great ITEM
JSavage –
Reliable, Tough, and Fast – My Go-To Portable Drive
This is my third LaCie Rugged, and it continues to impress. I use it primarily for backing up video footage and large photo libraries, and the transfer speeds over USB 3.0 are consistently fast and stable. What really sets this drive apart is the build—it’s survived multiple trips in my backpack, a couple drops, and even a coffee spill (not kidding). The orange bumper might not be subtle, but it’s instantly recognizable and protective. Whether you’re a creative professional or just want reliable storage on the go, this drive delivers both performance and peace of mind. Worth every penny.
R. Altizer –
Update: Works OK after mysterious initial failure
REVISED 01/01/25: I purchased this to back up a half-full 6TB Seagate Backup Plus drive that’s acting flaky, attached to my MacMini.UPDATE: The drive came formatted EX-FAT (Mac and Windows compatible) with a USB-C to USB3-Micro B “Super Speed” (two lobes, for the drive) cable. With no spare USB-C ports on my MacMini, I used a Samsung USB3-A to USB3-Micro B cable from an older Seagate drive into a Sabrent USB3-A hub on the MacMini. It worked fine at first, then failed as described below. Retrying with the LaCie cable into a USB-C to USB3-A adapter into the hub worked. Super sensitivity in the Mac system? I have no other explanation as the drive continues to work on Windows PCs with the old Samsung cable.INITIAL REPORT: It mounted fine out of the box, and macOS Disk Utility recognized it as a 5TB volume “LaCie.” The first few copy batches of multi-GB files and folders worked OK, but then copying stopped, and macOS Sequoia 15.2 reported “Copy operation stopped, volume disappeared.” (WTF??). macOS Disk Utility no longer sees the device.It mounted as a USB volume on Windows 11, and I could see the copied files. Windows reported disk problems so I ran the Scan & Repair utility (Properties->Tools), which took a while but reported a successful repair. Trying again on macOS, and the same result: The drive starts up (vibrates) as expected but doesn’t mount and is still invisible to the Disk Utility app.
prosilire –
Little Drive, Big Storage
This nice little drive is big in storage. I use it for Time Machine backups as the drive is seamlessly Mac compatible, and I’m very happy. Couldn’t be easier to set up on Mac. Data transfer over USB3 is fast for my purposes — and that’s how the drive is powered! Gone are the days when you needed an external power source — one usb3 cable serves for power source and data transfer. I understand that spinning hard drives (HDD) like this drive are better for data integrity than Solid State Drives (SSD): since my mac’s drive is solid state, it makes sense to back up onto a spinning HDD — and it’s much more affordable than a comparable SSD. I travel a lot, and I’ve been burned in the past by HDD failures due to drops, bumps, etc., but LaCie boasts protection against shock, drops up of to 4 feet, and dust and water resistance. We shall see… I’ll update this review if I have any trouble.
calvin holland –
Great Dane Proof
GREAT DANE PROOF! these hard drives may be the toughest hard drives around. if you have kids or dogs like me I highly recommend them. I came home one day to my Great Dane puppy throwing one of these up in the air in my back yard and and trying to catch it. he had pulled the cord out and chewed entirely around the sides of it. all while doing this in the dirt pit in the middle of my yard.( my fault I left the hard drive on a table next to my couch.) well fast forward to a year and a half later and I still am able to use this hard drive as normal. I recommend them all day. transfer speeds are good. rubber case is durable. and no issues with compatibility for my Mac.
JF –
“Durable 5TB Drive Built for All Your Files Storage Needs”
The LaCie Rugged 5TB Portable HDD delivers precisely what it promises: ample storage in a rugged, travel-ready shell.
Emerson Saraiva –
Ótimo produto
UZ –
安定のラシー!重宝してます
diana higareda –
Easy to use and very good quality 🫡👌🏻
Canadian Jane –
I got this in desperation, after my iMac decided it did not like WD for backing up. It still did not work with this LaCie. Frustrated, because this was a new drive and expensive, I narrowed down the issue to my RAM upgrade.As soon as I removed the faulty memory and replaced it with the original Mac memory, bam it did my backup in 20 minutes.It was an expensive purchase $160 for only 2TB, but this will be my trusty reliable backup drive for my iMac to come.I don’t want to go through what I did again. Starting from scratch 3x. Without a backup because the Mac corrupted my other two WD drives with the backups.If you are on the fence, trust me when I say that in the end, it’s not worth losing data and time to start over.The build is amazing. It’s solid, small and has a led indicator light. Comes with two cables and Adobe Creative suite free trial. It’s supposed to be rain proof, drop proof and can handle 1 ton runover by a truck.SHIPPING:Arrived sooner than expected with Prime in a bubble envelope no signature. No padded packaging by Amazon. Lucky I was home and saw it stuffed in my mailbox. If someone stole it, it would have been a nightmare. If it was not the Rugged LaCie, I would have returned it and asked for padded secure shipping.CON: the USB plug into the drive wobbles and does not fully insert. This is a problem if you travel or use this drive on the go. At home you can carefully leave it undisturbed, but why make something so solid to make a delicate USB connection? And this is the latest new drive from LaCie. They might have done this to make room for silicone, but it is better to have a secure connection.I tried removing the silicone protection and inserting the USB that way but it still does not fully click in and insert. There is a gap.Just be very careful about this. The quality otherwise feels amazing with it’s thick aluminium casing. I still recommend it for MAC.
Nelly Rodriguez Cervantes –
I bought this external hard drive few months ago (3 months to be exact) and suddenly all my data is lost , it just broke/crashed itself. I have used it with all the necessary cares so there was no reason for it to break and this is clearly a technical problem with the hard drive.Now I am going to see how it works with the warranty, I hope this doesn’t become a nightmare.