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Nov 25, 2021 1:25 PM

5TB Western Digital My Passport Portable External Hard Drive (Black)

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Amazon has 5TB Western Digital My Passport Portable External Hard Drive (WDBPKJ0050BBK-WESN, Black) for $99.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Community Member mendelsphotography for finding this deal.

Features:
  • Automatic backup - easy to use
  • Password protection 256-bit AES hardware encryption
  • WD Discovery software for WD Backup, password protection, and drive management
  • SuperSpeed USB-A 3.0 (5Gpbs), 2.0 compatible
  • Compatibility :Windows 10 or Windows 8.1 , Chrome OS and Requires reformatting for other operating systems.

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    • This price is $50 lower (33% savings) than the list price of $149.99.
  • About this product:
    • Rating of 4.6 from over 25,000 Amazon customer reviews.
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    • For the 2021 holiday season, returnable items purchased between October 1 and December 31 can be returned until January 31, 2022.
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Amazon has 5TB Western Digital My Passport Portable External Hard Drive (WDBPKJ0050BBK-WESN, Black) for $99.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Community Member mendelsphotography for finding this deal.

Features:
  • Automatic backup - easy to use
  • Password protection 256-bit AES hardware encryption
  • WD Discovery software for WD Backup, password protection, and drive management
  • SuperSpeed USB-A 3.0 (5Gpbs), 2.0 compatible
  • Compatibility :Windows 10 or Windows 8.1 , Chrome OS and Requires reformatting for other operating systems.

Editor's Notes

Written by powerfuldoppler | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • This price is $50 lower (33% savings) than the list price of $149.99.
  • About this product:
    • Rating of 4.6 from over 25,000 Amazon customer reviews.
  • About this store:
    • For the 2021 holiday season, returnable items purchased between October 1 and December 31 can be returned until January 31, 2022.
    • Don't have Amazon Prime? Students can get a free 6-Month Amazon Prime trial with free 2-day shipping, unlimited video streaming & more.
    • If you're not a student, there's also a free 1-Month Amazon Prime trial available.

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aerischan
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USB 3.0, USB 3.1 Gen 1 and USB 3.2 Gen 1 all mean 5 Gbps (~625 MB/s). Kind of a moot point since the mechanical disks themselves top out at ~125 MB/s (1 Gbps).

Easystore, Elements, Black and Passport portables all use the same underlying 2.5" SMR drives. Difference is mostly chassis and features.

Elements: absolute basic drives, pre-formatted NTFS iirc, Easystore is just the Best Buy branded version

Passport: has hardware encryption and password protection, pre-formatted NTFS

Passport Ultra: same as Passport but with USB-C connector instead of microUSB

WD_BLACK: basic drive in nice metal chassis, pre-formatted exFAT

I prefer the WD_BLACK line since those have better heat dissipation.

As for reliability, all drives can fail at any time. I've got a couple boxes of dead WD, Seagate, Hitachi and Toshiba at my office so I don't have any brand loyalty whatsoever. If data is important, you should have a backup (3-2-1 rule).
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mateo_
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Never choose seagate over WD. Prone to failure, lower quality.
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AkarshK
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Costco has Seagate 5Tb for 89
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Nov 25, 2021 1:32 PM
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mendelsphotographyNov 25, 2021 1:32 PM
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I Have 2 of these drives they are amazing and great its one of best you can get for your buck with the amount of storage Plus Price
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Nov 25, 2021 2:06 PM
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mer063Nov 25, 2021 2:06 PM
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Is WD Black for same price a better deal or not?
https://www.amazon.com/WD_Black-D...TFHD5?th=1

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Quote from mer063 View quoted comment :
Is WD Black for same price a better deal or not?
https://www.amazon.com/WD_Black-D...TFHD5?th=1 [amazon.com]
nope there different hard drives
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mer063Nov 25, 2021 2:37 PM
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Quote from mendelsphotography View quoted comment :
nope there different hard drives
what is the difference? and which one is better? i thought that black was their top line ?
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Nov 25, 2021 3:48 PM
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nowarabxNov 25, 2021 3:48 PM
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is this an old model?
Nov 25, 2021 4:02 PM
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heyman69Nov 25, 2021 4:02 PM
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what's the read speed?
Nov 25, 2021 4:06 PM
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dabargainhunterNov 25, 2021 4:06 PM
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Good drive, but usually around $90 at Best Buy (and if you can hack with 15% recycling an old drive coupon), you are down to under $80.

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Nov 25, 2021 5:01 PM
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coronalForceNov 25, 2021 5:01 PM
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2.5 drives rarely get this cheap
Nov 25, 2021 5:15 PM
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emmakendrick01Nov 25, 2021 5:15 PM
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Best Buy has these for the same price and you can use the 15% recycle coupon on them to reduce them further.
Nov 25, 2021 5:22 PM
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AkarshKNov 25, 2021 5:22 PM
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Costco has Seagate 5Tb for 89
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Quote from mer063 View quoted comment :
what is the difference? and which one is better? i thought that black was their top line ?
I was researching these a bit - from everything I gathered, there's no significant performance or quality difference between the WD and Seagate 5TB portable variants (although each brand has it supporters and detractors). The selling point for the "Black" external drive is packaging. I picked up the basic black Easystore at BB for $90.
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Nov 25, 2021 5:42 PM
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in5aneNov 25, 2021 5:42 PM
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I would rather give my money to BB or Costco
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Nov 25, 2021 5:49 PM
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slidogNov 25, 2021 5:49 PM
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Thanks, got the 2TB. Same price on the WD website.
Nov 25, 2021 5:50 PM
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AxelxbcNov 25, 2021 5:50 PM
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Quote from emmakendrick01 View quoted comment :
Best Buy has these for the same price and you can use the 15% recycle coupon on them to reduce them further.
What exactly would you have to recycle to get the 15% off? And how easy is it?

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Nov 25, 2021 6:40 PM
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ScamMasterENov 25, 2021 6:40 PM
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Quote from mendelsphotography View quoted comment :
nope there different hard drives
How are they different? And which is better? I have 6 black drives. Haven't had any fails.

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