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16TB WD Elements Desktop USB 3.0 External Hard Drive

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$240

$450

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Amazon has 16TB WD Elements Desktop USB 3.0 External Hard Drive (WDBWLG0160HBK-NESN) on sale for $239.99. Shipping is free.

BH Photo Video has 16TB WD Elements Desktop USB 3.0 External Hard Drive (WDBWLG0160HBK-NESN) on sale for $239.99. Shipping is free.

Alternatively, Western Digital has 16TB WD Elements Desktop USB 3.0 External Hard Drive (WDBWLG0160HBK-NESN) on sale for $241.99 --> Now $239.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Community Member flyingmonkey for finding this deal.

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Written by slickdewmaster | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • Our research indicates that after any merchants that have matched this price, this offer is $30 lower than the next best price from a reputable merchant with prices starting from $269.99.
    • Also, matches this previous FrontPage Deal from October
  • About this product:
    • 2-Year Limited Warranty
  • About this store:
  • See forum thread for additional deal discussion

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Written by flyingmonkey
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Amazon has 16TB WD Elements Desktop USB 3.0 External Hard Drive (WDBWLG0160HBK-NESN) on sale for $239.99. Shipping is free.

BH Photo Video has 16TB WD Elements Desktop USB 3.0 External Hard Drive (WDBWLG0160HBK-NESN) on sale for $239.99. Shipping is free.

Alternatively, Western Digital has 16TB WD Elements Desktop USB 3.0 External Hard Drive (WDBWLG0160HBK-NESN) on sale for $241.99 --> Now $239.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Community Member flyingmonkey for finding this deal.

Editor's Notes

Written by slickdewmaster | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • Our research indicates that after any merchants that have matched this price, this offer is $30 lower than the next best price from a reputable merchant with prices starting from $269.99.
    • Also, matches this previous FrontPage Deal from October
  • About this product:
    • 2-Year Limited Warranty
  • About this store:
  • See forum thread for additional deal discussion

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Written by flyingmonkey

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Model: WD Elements 16TB USB 3.0 Desktop External Hard Drive

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jmr2198
While this is an OK deal, the better deal is on westerndigital that also just put the same drive on sale for 241.99. Buying direct from westerndigital also gives you an extra 1 year of warranty. You also can get 5 - 5.5% cb on various CB sites I cannot mention here on SD by name, but many of you will guess what sites those are. I personally would pay $2.00 more for an extra year of warranty, plus the CB.
on WD direct store:
https://www.westerndigital.com/pr...60HBK-NESN
NSXMK3
I looked into it a while back, and while the Elements drive does seem to have a bit more features, they ultimately didn't seem to matter much to me -- and the best price won

Easystore = BestBuy Exclusive model/branding
Elements = "everywhere else"

Elements = Has hardware encryption
Easystore = No encryption


I don't know if anything changes beyond that -- if one is easier than the other to "shuck" or if the internal drives are different? But I've been buying externals for years -- SanDisk, Elements, Easystore, and I really haven't noticed any issues/differences between them. For me, I'd say go with the size that makes most sense to you.

14 TB = 200 (Easystore)
16 TB = 240 (Elements)
18 TB = 280 (Easystore)

The 14TB seems to be the best value, after that you can add $20 TB (x2) for the elements or $20 TB (x4) for the easystore if you needed more storage, but I wouldn't necessarily expect much of a noticeable difference (for an average user) between either.

I will say that my NEW "EasyStore" drives (BestBuy 2022 black friday) are much louder/noisier than previous years. I don't know if Elements is the same?
sr71
Easystore is a BestBuy exclusive, avoids pricematching - Elements is the retail version.

and NO encryption on the Elements, My Books have the encryption. folks keep making up stuff

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AceNJ
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Great price, I'd be all over this if I needed but I'm good on hard drives for at least the next year Smilie
Really wish there was an easy way for me to sell some of my older external HDDs (12tb-14tb) and upgrade. I hate selling on eBay!
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Astro and Ace a dynamic advertising/spam duo over her or what?
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Our community has rated this post as helpful. If you agree, why not thank jmr2198

While this is an OK deal, the better deal is on westerndigital that also just put the same drive on sale for 241.99. Buying direct from westerndigital also gives you an extra 1 year of warranty. You also can get 5 - 5.5% cb on various CB sites I cannot mention here on SD by name, but many of you will guess what sites those are. I personally would pay $2.00 more for an extra year of warranty, plus the CB.
on WD direct store:
https://www.westerndigital.com/pr...60HBK-NESN
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jmr2198
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Quote from jmr2198 :
While this is an OK deal, the better deal is on westerndigital that also just put the same drive on sale for 241.99. Buying direct from westerndigital also gives you an extra 1 year of warranty. You also can get 5 - 5.5% cb on various CB sites I cannot mention here on SD by name, but many of you will guess what sites those are. I personally would pay $2.00 more for an extra year of warranty, plus the CB.
on WD direct store:
https://www.westerndigital.com/pr...60HBK-NESN
Also, if you have a capital one credit card, you may have an offer for using their rewards for 11 percent back going thru their links. I just bought the 18tb from WD via this method instead an hour ago. 299.99 - 11 percent of that plus a total 4 year warranty. Better than best buy deal of $280. I had 2 separate stolen orders that were from best buy who will use a local delivery service called Roady. On both occasions, Roady drivers stole the packages after taking proof of delivery photos on a public facing street. This may happen of your local BB has your item instock. Buyer beware, and BB will not tell you which courier will deliver until after order has been charged. Same thing happened with them using Roady for an order in a different city as well about a year ago.