Kingston XS1000 1TB SSD | Pocket-Sized | USB 3.2 Gen 2 | External Solid State Drive | Up to 1050MB/s | SXS1000/1000G

I bought this to mainly use as a Time Machine back-up drive for my new MacBook. I split the drive to use half for back-up and half for file storage. It works great and files transfer very quickly. It's easy and small so I can plug it in for quick use and easily remove and store it until the next use, including transferring files between computers.

Have had this pocket drive for about a month now and so far so good. Working as it should. (fingers crossed it continues!) Nice and compact. Glad I chose this one.

I have pretty beefy custom-built Gaming Rig.It has 3 - 2TB internal hard-drives (one an SSD) ,plus I have 2 USB-A, (3.2) external HDDs connected as well.I looked for another External USB-A hard drive but needed an SSD. Got very lucky with this one. It was fairly inexpensive (roughly $109 w/tax). The reason I say I 'got lucky' is b/c Kingston is a good brand plus everywhere I looked ,all the other external SSDs used USB-C connection w/o a USB-A adapter. I think most of the USB-C to USB-A adapters cost $15 and up. Which isn't that big of a deal if you're just gonna store pictures , music , movies, etc on it , but I mainly use it for installing and running video-games off it. Thing is , once you buy an external USB-C SSD , and use a USB-A adapter ,the data transfer speeds drops dramatically ( for a gamer that's a deal breaker ) but since this one already connects directly to a USB-A port ,it's a pretty darn fast external SSD. I've installed a few games on it since purchasing it and they run smooth & fast. Pretty amazing for an SSD that isn't internally connected to you motherboard. Not sure if they're still available ,but if they are ,even if you're just a casual gamer , it's a great purchase. However ,as I stated before ,if you're not a gamer , this won't matter to you much anyway. EDIT : When I purchased this SSD back in late January of '25 , I paid $159. Today it's $229 and that's w/their "41% Off" 'discount'. Original price without the "discount" is like $388. Thank God I bought it when I did as my 'Indiana Jones" game (which is close to 150GB after installation) runs perfectly . Don't have to use my main OS drive to install games anymore. Also , thank you all the "AI is the future" normies (thanks for nothing ,I mean) Thanks for building huge , power & water hungry A.I Data Centers. Without you (especially) PC hardware wouldn't cost an arm and a leg plus our environment would be cleaner , that all of you 'Tech Giants' seemed to "care" about so much , less than 2 years ago.

I pared this with a USB4/Thunderbolt 4 40Gbps cable and am using it with my Mac Mini m4 on the back ports. It's writing at 777MB/s and reading at 864MB/s which is enough to use it as my main drive for holding my Hugging Face Cache and Ollama models for python work. My main slow downs are not SSD speed related by rather my 16 gigs of ram is the limiting factor.

Beware: These come with a USB C to USB A cable, and an adapter to turn the USB A end into USB C. The drive refused to mount or get power until I removed the adapter. Very frustrating! Once my Macbook Air could see it, it was smooth sailing. Very fast, reliable, cool drive to turn my incredible M3 Air that came with a 250G drive (with 60% of it used up by MacOS) into a much more usable machine.

Excellent!!!

Un disco ssd muy bueno, siempre ha funcionado bastante bien y cumple con la velocidad esperada.

Que es un ecelente producto

Very good SSD, external. Perfect!

Il Kingston XS1000 è una soluzione di archiviazione esterna incredibilmente compatta e leggera, ideale per chi necessita di trasportare grandi quantità di dati con la massima facilità. Nonostante le sue dimensioni ridotte, questo SSD offre una generosa capacità di 2TB, perfetta per archiviare foto, video, documenti e persino librerie di giochi. L'interfaccia USB 3.2 Gen 2 garantisce velocità di trasferimento dati elevate, consentendo di spostare file di grandi dimensioni in tempi rapidi. Questo si traduce in un flusso di lavoro più efficiente, sia che si tratti di effettuare backup, trasferire progetti video o semplicemente espandere lo spazio di archiviazione del proprio laptop o PC. **Prestazioni Affidabili in un Formato Tascabile** Kingston è un marchio noto per l'affidabilità dei suoi prodotti di memoria, e l'XS1000 non fa eccezione. Le prestazioni sono costanti e affidabili, senza i rallentamenti che a volte si riscontrano con gli hard disk meccanici tradizionali. La natura a stato solido (SSD) lo rende anche più resistente agli urti e alle vibrazioni, un vantaggio non trascurabile per un dispositivo pensato per essere portato sempre con sé. **Design Minimalista e Pratico** Il design dell'XS1000 è semplice ed elegante, con un guscio nero opaco che non trattiene le impronte digitali. Le dimensioni contenute lo rendono davvero tascabile, scomparendo facilmente in una borsa o in una tasca senza aggiungere peso o ingombro significativi. Il cavo USB-C incluso è corto e pratico per il trasporto. **Un Ottimo Compromesso tra Portabilità e Prestazioni** Il Kingston XS1000 2TB SSD esterno rappresenta un ottimo compromesso tra portabilità, capacità e prestazioni. È la soluzione ideale per professionisti creativi, studenti, gamer o chiunque abbia bisogno di un'unità di archiviazione esterna veloce e affidabile da portare sempre con sé. Se la priorità è avere una grande quantità di spazio di archiviazione ad alta velocità in un formato estremamente compatto, l'XS1000 è sicuramente da prendere in considerazione.

هارد اكتر من رائع سرعته ممتازه في الكتابة والقراءة حجمه صغير جدا قد عقلتين اصبع مش بيسخن اثناء الاستعمال له برنامج كمبيوتر رسمن من كينج ستون بيساعد على ادعرة ومتابعة حالة الهارد انصح بشراؤه

Eşim için aldım. S24 Ultra dan aktarım hızı gayet başarılı. 360 gb veriyi 10 - 12 dk üçerisinde aktardı. Boyut yanınızda taşımak için gayet uygun. Çok başarılı bulduk.

Small yet holds a huge amount. Very handy for backing up and more reliable than my DropBox that is always difficult.