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Costco Members: 5TB Seagate Backup Plus USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive

+ Free S/H

$90

$125

28% off
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Costco Wholesale has for its Members: 5TB Seagate Backup Plus USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive (STHP5000600) on sale for $89.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to community member Not_Johnnybravo for finding this deal.

Note: Members Only: Warehouse pick up is available for this item. Availability for warehouse pickup may vary by location.

Features:
  • Data Transfer Rate: 120 MB/Sec
  • Requires Windows 7 or higher, or Mac OS X 10.11 or higher operating system
  • Drag and drop file saving right out of the box
  • Available SuperSpeed USB 3.0 port (required for USB 3.0 transfer speeds) or backwards compatible with USB 2.0 ports at USB 2.0 transfer speeds
  • Includes 2 Years of Data Recovery Services

Editor's Notes

Written by Discombobulated | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • Limit 3 per member
    • Item may be available in your local warehouse.
    • This deal is the same as previous Front Page deal that earned 96+ thumbs up.
    • Offer valid through April 4, 2021 or while promotion last
  • About this product:
    • Rated 4.5/5 stars (2,058 total reviews)
    • Seagate limited warranty: "If we authorize you to return your product to us or an authorized service provider, Seagate will replace your product without charge with a functionally equivalent replacement product. Seagate may replace your product with a product that was previously used, re-certified and tested to meet Seagate specifications. Seagate will pay to ship the replacement product to you."
    • Seagate warranty information here
  • About this store:
    • Costco will accept returns within 90 days (from the date the member received the merchandise)
    • Costco return policy here
  • Price Research:
    • Purchase this device today and save $35 Off (28% Savings) from the original listed price of $124.99. Next best available price starts/ranging from $104.99 from a reputable retailer

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Written by Not_Johnnybravo
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Costco Wholesale has for its Members: 5TB Seagate Backup Plus USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive (STHP5000600) on sale for $89.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to community member Not_Johnnybravo for finding this deal.

Note: Members Only: Warehouse pick up is available for this item. Availability for warehouse pickup may vary by location.

Features:
  • Data Transfer Rate: 120 MB/Sec
  • Requires Windows 7 or higher, or Mac OS X 10.11 or higher operating system
  • Drag and drop file saving right out of the box
  • Available SuperSpeed USB 3.0 port (required for USB 3.0 transfer speeds) or backwards compatible with USB 2.0 ports at USB 2.0 transfer speeds
  • Includes 2 Years of Data Recovery Services

Editor's Notes

Written by Discombobulated | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • Limit 3 per member
    • Item may be available in your local warehouse.
    • This deal is the same as previous Front Page deal that earned 96+ thumbs up.
    • Offer valid through April 4, 2021 or while promotion last
  • About this product:
    • Rated 4.5/5 stars (2,058 total reviews)
    • Seagate limited warranty: "If we authorize you to return your product to us or an authorized service provider, Seagate will replace your product without charge with a functionally equivalent replacement product. Seagate may replace your product with a product that was previously used, re-certified and tested to meet Seagate specifications. Seagate will pay to ship the replacement product to you."
    • Seagate warranty information here
  • About this store:
    • Costco will accept returns within 90 days (from the date the member received the merchandise)
    • Costco return policy here
  • Price Research:
    • Purchase this device today and save $35 Off (28% Savings) from the original listed price of $124.99. Next best available price starts/ranging from $104.99 from a reputable retailer

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Written by Not_Johnnybravo

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bennor
At $89.99 that would put it at around $18 per TB. Still not as good as sale priced larger capacity external 3.5 USB desktop drives. but better than the $20 to $21 or so of the typical sale priced WD portable; Easystore, My Passport and Element drives. Will be interesting to see what others say about this particular drive considering the number of folks around these parts who dislike (or hate) Seagate drives in general.

For anyone interested past slickdeal discussions on this Costco drive.
2020:
https://slickdeals.net/e/14616118-costco-members-5tb-seagate-backup-plus-portable-hard-drive-94-99
https://slickdeals.net/e/14227235-costco-members-5tb-seagate-backup-plus-portable-hard-drive-2-years...
https://slickdeals.net/e/14039009-costco-members-5tb-seagate-backup-plus-portable-hard-drive-90-free...
https://slickdeals.net/e/13917035-seagate-backup-plus-5tb-portable-hard-drive-89-99
https://slickdeals.net/e/13892861-seagate-backup-plus-5tb-portable-external-hard-drive-with-rescue-d...

For 2019 and earlier one can use the search bar.

Edit to add: Past posts in earlier deal discussions, like this post, indicate the drive (at least in the past) was shuckable. Some, like this post, likewise claim this drive is SMR which may account for the horrible speeds some claim they have.
thePower777
I bought this drive on sale for $65 about 2 years ago(it was the last item on shelf) I shucked it (it is thicker than usual 2.5" drive) and put it in my pc. No issues with it.

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bennor
Feb 28, 2021
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At $89.99 that would put it at around $18 per TB. Still not as good as sale priced larger capacity external 3.5 USB desktop drives. but better than the $20 to $21 or so of the typical sale priced WD portable; Easystore, My Passport and Element drives. Will be interesting to see what others say about this particular drive considering the number of folks around these parts who dislike (or hate) Seagate drives in general.

For anyone interested past slickdeal discussions on this Costco drive.
2020:
https://slickdeals.net/e/14616118-costco-members-5tb-seagate-backup-plus-portable-hard-drive-94-99
https://slickdeals.net/e/14227235-costco-members-5tb-seagate-backup-plus-portable-hard-drive-2-years...
https://slickdeals.net/e/14039009-costco-members-5tb-seagate-backup-plus-portable-hard-drive-90-free...
https://slickdeals.net/e/13917035-seagate-backup-plus-5tb-portable-hard-drive-89-99
https://slickdeals.net/e/13892861-seagate-backup-plus-5tb-portable-external-hard-drive-with-rescue-d...

For 2019 and earlier one can use the search bar.

Edit to add: Past posts in earlier deal discussions, like this post, indicate the drive (at least in the past) was shuckable. Some, like this post, likewise claim this drive is SMR which may account for the horrible speeds some claim they have.
Last edited by bennor February 27, 2021 at 05:21 PM.
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thePower777
Feb 28, 2021
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I bought this drive on sale for $65 about 2 years ago(it was the last item on shelf) I shucked it (it is thicker than usual 2.5" drive) and put it in my pc. No issues with it.
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reron
Feb 28, 2021
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Quote from thePower777 :
I bought this drive on sale for $65 about 2 years ago(it was the last item on shelf) I shucked it (it is thicker than usual 2.5" drive) and put it in my pc. No issues with it.
Thanks for pre-answering my question:
1) is it shuckable. I like better than 3.5" for power/heat/size
2) size: larger than standard 95mm, prob 12.5mm

I'll be buying 1. Thanks!
Feb 28, 2021
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formerglory
Feb 28, 2021
612 Posts
I have one of these from the last Costco sale. It's been solid so far, no issues. Been using it formatted as an APFS Time Machine volume on my iMac on Big Sur, works great.
Feb 28, 2021
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roguephoenix
Feb 28, 2021
451 Posts
are costco members the only ones who can buy this?
Mar 1, 2021
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bonuscow
Mar 1, 2021
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Quote from thePower777 :
I bought this drive on sale for $65 about 2 years ago(it was the last item on shelf) I shucked it (it is thicker than usual 2.5" drive) and put it in my pc. No issues with it.
does it go to sleep on idle? my shucked WD drives goto sleep if no data is read/write after X minutes.

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boofat
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Thanks OP. Went ahead and ordered and will submit price adjustment request when sale price goes live.

https://customerservice.costco.co...adjustment
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Not_Johnnybravo
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Quote from roguephoenix :
are costco members the only ones who can buy this?
Usually there's a "non-member surcharge", if you order online.
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roguephoenix
Mar 1, 2021
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Quote from Not_Johnnybravo :
Usually there's a "non-member surcharge", if you order online.
ah ok. thank you. i'll try it and see what the final price is.
Mar 1, 2021
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stanclave
Mar 1, 2021
2,469 Posts
Have had issues with Seagate external. Never tried portable from Seagate.

Hope it has encryption software like WD
Mar 1, 2021
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amoroso7
Mar 1, 2021
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Is this hard drive works with PS5 ?
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Mar 1, 2021
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atx11
Mar 1, 2021
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Quote from bonuschickens :
does it go to sleep on idle? my shucked WD drives goto sleep if no data is read/write after X minutes.
WD has a utility that can disable that. Not sure if the utility works after you shuck it.
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TBoneTheOriginal
Mar 1, 2021
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Quote from amoroso7 :
Is this hard drive works with PS5 ?
Yes, via USB. Just keep in mind it will NOT run as fast as your internal driveā€¦ not even close. But I believe the PS5 prioritizes PS4 games onto the external drive so that your PS5 games get the benefit of speed.

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ElatedGuitar705
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Not a bad price. $90 seems to be the pricepoint for these 5tb portable drives. The WD has been this price a few times over the last year. That being said, I'd hold out for the WD as the seagate drives are pretty universally known to be trash.
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