Black Friday has arrived, and with it come amazing deals on portable SSDs. If you’ve been constantly running out of space on your laptop, desktop or tablet, this is your moment.
There are deals from top brands: Sandisk, Samsung and Kingston that shouldn’t be missed.
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Black Friday portable SSD deals save big on extra storage
Portable Solid State Drives (SSDs) are an essential tool for anyone working with large files on the go. Unlike the clunky HDDs of old, SSDs use flash memory chips instead of spinning mechanical platters, making them blazing fast as well as incredibly durable and shock-resistant. They can withstand accidental drops and bumps in a backpack without the risk of catastrophic data failure.
Their design also allows them to be significantly smaller, lighter, and completely silent, offering a pocket-sized, high-capacity and reliable storage solution that seamlessly integrates into any modern, high-speed workflow.
And Black Friday portable SSD deals make this a great time to increase the storage capacity of your Mac, iPad or iPhone … or all three. If your MacBook is a still plenty fast but you’re running out of space for your files, adding an external drive is an easy and affordable solution.
Save on a tiny Sandisk portable SSD
The Sandisk Extreme Fit USB-C Flash Drive is an ultra-compact, “plug-and-stay” accessory — it’s tiny enough that you can leave it in your MacBook (read our review for more).
The portable SSD supports USB 3.2 Gen 1 with read speeds up to 400 MB/s (300 MB/s on the 64 GB version), making file transfers for documents, photos, and videos fast and hassle-free. It’s compatible with macOS, iPadOS and iOS devices.
All in all, this is a compact but powerful solution for expanding storage on the go. And you can pick up the 256GB version on Black Friday for about $25 (13% off).
The Sandisk Extreme Fit USB-C Flash Drive is one of the world’s smallest USB-C flash drives. Great for students and everyday users, this new drive is perfect for high-capacity storage without compromising mobility.
- “Plug-and-stay” storage
- Compatible with Mac desktop, MacBook, iPad and iPhone
- Professionals might need a faster SSD
Get a deal on a Samsung portable SSD for Black Friday
The Samsung T9 solid-state drive is small enough and tough enough to go almost anywhere. Connect it to your Mac, iPad or even iPhone via its USB-C port to transfer data at up to 10Gb/s. Available in a range of capacities from 1TB to 4TB.
- Small and portable
- Fast USB-C connectivity
- Works with all your computers
- Not Thunderbolt
Cult of Mac’s review of the Samsung T9 shows that it’s one of the best on the market. It’s fast, rugged and portable. It’s not as small as some other storage devices, but that makes it harder to misplace. Plus, it’s tough enough to stand up to life’s little accidents.
- 4TB Samsung T9 —
$399.99$298.99 (Save 25%) - 2TB Samsung T9 —
$239.99$179.99 (Save 25%) - 1TB Samsung T9 —
$139.99$94.99 (Save 32%)
Or choose a Kingston portable SSD Black Friday deal
The Kingston DataTraveler Max is quite more portable and fast too. It uses the traditional flash drive shape but with a slider to protect the USB-C connector. Check our review to learn more.
- 1TB DataTraveler Max —
$119.99$101.79 (Save 15%) - 512GB DataTraveler Max —
$67.99$59.84 (Save 12%)
Move your files in a flash with speeds up to 1,000MB/s Read, 900MB/s Write. And the portable SSD includes a convenient one-handed sliding cap, an LED status indicator and functional keyring loop.
- Small and fast
- USB-C
- None, really
Ed Hardy has been writing full-time about tech for 25 years, and using it for much longer than that. His intro to Apple was a Macintosh Classic II (which he still has), but now he uses a 13-inch iPad Pro as his primary computer. He’s written for NotebookReview, TabletPCReview, and Brighthand, as well as other sites.
