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Costco Members: Select Stores: 1TB SanDisk Extreme Go Portable SSD

(In-Warehouse only; Price/Availability May Vary)

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Select Costco Wholesale Stores (Link is for reference only, Item #1841507) have for Costco Members: 1TB SanDisk Extreme Go Portable Solid State Drive on sale for $39.97 valid for In-Store Purchase Only. Please visit your local Costco Wholesale store to verify availability and purchase.

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Note: This is a in-store sale offer only that is available at select Costco locations, availability and pricing will vary.

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  • About this item:
    • Up to 1050MB/s Read Speed, 1000MB/s Write Speed
    • Ruggedized - Water & Dust Resistant
    • Hardware Encryption and Memory Zone File Management
    • 5-year Limited Warranty
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    • Please see the original post for additional details & give the forum comments a read for helpful discussion.

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Select Costco Wholesale Stores (Link is for reference only, Item #1841507) have for Costco Members: 1TB SanDisk Extreme Go Portable Solid State Drive on sale for $39.97 valid for In-Store Purchase Only. Please visit your local Costco Wholesale store to verify availability and purchase.

Thanks to community member LangL4824 for finding this deal.

Note: This is a in-store sale offer only that is available at select Costco locations, availability and pricing will vary.

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Written by johnny_miller | Staff
  • About this item:
    • Up to 1050MB/s Read Speed, 1000MB/s Write Speed
    • Ruggedized - Water & Dust Resistant
    • Hardware Encryption and Memory Zone File Management
    • 5-year Limited Warranty
  • About this deal:
    • Please see the original post for additional details & give the forum comments a read for helpful discussion.

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Totspurs
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Costco app -> Warehouse -> Choose your warehouse -> Search 1733090 or "Sandisk"
W33Z
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Older versions of these are notorious for corrupting (info easily found if googled). I've personally had one fail on me. I work with many SSD drives at work and have seen these fail there as well. One of the IT guys at work advised to avoid these. I'd highly recommend the ones Samsung makes. We use those at work now. The Samsung ones we use exchange hands quite a bit, even travel across the world and are shipped across the States. No problems yet.
HonestMagic1227
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These drives used to have problems a few years/months back where people lost all data on drives. Not sure if it's fixed or not, but I'd be very hesitant if this particular model or at least not use this for something critical.

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BosuxRedsux
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$79.99 where I am and any of the aforementioned zip codes listed above. oh well
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BreakDeal
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Quote from HonestMagic1227 :
These drives used to have problems a few years/months back where people lost all data on drives. Not sure if it's fixed or not, but I'd be very hesitant if this particular model or at least not use this for something critical.
Thanks for your info. Is it firmware problem? Anyway. Good present for an enemy.
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rkster09
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A buggy SSD drive beats the purpose of backup storage. Why even buy such a drive.
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DietrichBonhoeffer
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Quote from mrmochi :
I had 3 of these and ALL 3 died.

Every. single. one.

Avoid these like the PLAGUE!
Thank you. You convinced me ! Hard pass for me.
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free2spin21
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Quote from BreakDeal :
Thanks for your info. Is it firmware problem? Anyway. Good present for an enemy.
Seems like they have a firmware fix that addresses the issues. I'm going to buy and try for $40, I only use these for temporary storage anyway.
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brent112
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Quote from free2spin21 :
Seems like they have a firmware fix that addresses the issues. I'm going to buy and try for $40, I only use these for temporary storage anyway.
Link?
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Nothing in the midwest! All have the 2 tb version

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Quote from W33Z :
Older versions of these are notorious for corrupting (info easily found if googled). I've personally had one fail on me. I work with many SSD drives at work and have seen these fail there as well. One of the IT guys at work advised to avoid these. I'd highly recommend the ones Samsung makes. We use those at work now. The Samsung ones we use exchange hands quite a bit, even travel across the world and are shipped across the States. No problems yet.
The 1TB capacity is highly reliable. I have the 1, 2, and 4. The 4 I just sold as "for parts" on eBay. The ones that had the issues are the 4TB. They claim they are fixed, but I have switched to using Crucial for 4TB. Costs only a little bit more, but both faster and more reliable.
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Quote from fywdude :
The 1TB capacity is highly reliable. I have the 1, 2, and 4. The 4 I just sold as "for parts" on eBay. The ones that had the issues are the 4TB. They claim they are fixed, but I have switched to using Crucial for 4TB. Costs only a little bit more, but both faster and more reliable.
There's a class action lawsuit that lists the 1,2 and 4 as being problematic. They prob just included the 1 and 2 for funsies.
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Bought a sammy 2tb...much better
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In stock at Tempe, AZ location per the app.
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Quote from Gt7737 :
I see the item. It says online only. $79.99 .. checked multiple stores around me
Filter from the search - Select at my warehouse
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KxrmaJunkie
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Quote from MellowField1878 :
Probably should have asked the Costco staff since you were already there
went back and asked and they couldn't find any. they said it must be a stock issue. still shows in stock in the app
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I'm a data recovery tech and have recovered many of these. I see more of these SanDisk portable SSDs come in for recovery than all other types/brands combined.
Like all drives, they can suffer from various issues, but the main common problem with these is not something a firmware update will fix.
1 or a few of the chips become separated from the board and they are usually very difficult and delicate to repair / reattach due to underfill. (I suspect it's the underfill that's causing the problem, but I'm not sure). There are WD and SanDisk internal drives with the same chipsets that I never see come in, and the internal drives don't have the underfill.
It definitely affects all capacities. (Contrary to the other commenter's anecdotal experience, I see mostly 1TBs come in, but that's because they sell the most).
It's usually a PITA to recover from, though success rate is very high.


It's a super price for the SSD, but just make SUPER-sure you're making backups or are using it for unimportant data.
I'm not 100% sure that the ones on the shelves still have the problem, but they probably do, since it's been going on for many years without correction.

We stopped selling them as destination drives years ago when we realized the problem was widespread to protect customers. When a customer brings them in as a destination drive, I always warn them, and if it's unopened, I suggest they exchange it for a Samsung or Crucial.
All that said, this is half-price, so If I could buy them in quantity at this price, I'd be tempted to offer them as an option but with a very stern warning.
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Why is this a fire deal when the drive fails? Don't people read the reviews?
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