Costco Wholesale has for their
Members: 1TB Lexar High Performance NVMe Portable Solid State Drive + 64GB USB-C 2-in-1 Flash Drive (LJDCOST001T-KBNCU) for
$69.99.
Shipping is free.
Thanks to Slickdeals Staff VioletHaddock489 for sharing this deal.
Note, Non-Members may purchase but are subject to a 5% surcharge
About this item:
- Portable SSD:
- Up to 2000MB/s Read Speed, 2000MB/s Write Speed
- Features a premium aluminum enclose with a sandblasted finish for added protection and shock and vibration resistance.
- Includes a 256-bit AES software solution to protect files.
- Features a USB Type-C port and includes a USB-C-to-C cable and a USB-C-to-USB-A cable
- Flash Drive:
- Up to 130 MB/s Read Speed
- 2-in-1 flash drive for your USB Type C and Type-A devices
- Transfer your files with high-speed USB 3.1 performance
- Provides an advanced security solution with Lexar DataShield
- Compatible with Android, PC, and Mac systems
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People generally recommend the Samsung T7, which is currently $63 on Samsung EPP, but that doesn't come with Costco's legendary return policy should the SSD melt in the summer heat. Among portable SSDs that I've seen, this Costco Lexar, assuming it's identical to the Lexar SL660, has one of the most robust operating temp upper bounds I've seen in this price range: 70C.
For reference, these are the upper bounds for Operating Temps of the portable SSDs I'm considering:
SanDisk Extreme Go 1TB - $64.99 @ Costco: 45C or 113F
Samsung T7 1TB - $62.99 @ Samsung EPP: 60C or 140F
This Lexar SL660? - $69.99 @ Costco: 70C or 158F.
Keep in mind that this Lexar will be running at less than half speed in a Tesla, bc Teslas don't support USB 3.2x2. This should be favorable to operating temperatures as well as longevity, as the Lexar is built to handle much higher temps were the SSD running at full speed vs the last gen drives used in the Sandisk and Samsung.
I'm concerned about operating temps bc recently, my Model 3 has regularly reported 130-140F interior temps even when it's only 90F outside. This translates to 60C--right at the upper bound of the Samsung T7's operating temp.
Obviously, the ssd will continue to work past that upper bound, but that'd likely induce throttling and impact the longevity of the ssd. Anecdotally, some ppl have had issues with the Samsung T7 melting into a pool of thermal paste (from inside the ssd's enclosure) after 2-3 years, and it takes months to get a warranty replacement.
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I accidentally left 3 SanDisk Extreme 1TB drives in my car in Phoenix Arizona on my black leather seats for about 5 hours (Phx is averaging 115 degrees). I expected all the drives to be toast. I was shocked that all 3 not only worked, but still retained all the data in the drives. It was easily 140+ degrees as my car was reading 120 degrees for "outside temp". I have previously dropped one of the drives multiple times on to concrete and it held up. I have several external SSD drives and the SanDisk appear to compensate for my stupidity.
I'm mainly worried about data being corrupted when writing at extreme CA temps in Sentry mode.
For reference, these are the upper bounds for Operating Temps of the portable SSDs I'm considering:
For the time being I've been back on thumb drives, until I can choose a successor to the SanDisk Extreme Go.
I did have some weird issue though: when I create two partitions on the drive it fails and constantly gives me "USB device not recognize" message, may be 90% of time. If I removed 2nd partition (while it is working) then everything comes back to normal. So could be a controller issue?
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