SanDisk Portable SSD 500GB Hits Record Low on Amazon, While 1TB and 2TB Models Stay Full Price

This article features deals sourced directly by Gizmodo and produced independently of the editorial team. We may earn a commission when you buy through links on the site. The Sandisk 500GB Portable SSD was designed with two things in mind: speed and reliability. Old portable hard drives are unreliable because they can stop working if dropped, and they’re slow. This one works well while traveling. It has a read rate of up to 1000 MB/s. SanDisk claims this is approximately 5x faster than a typical portable hard drive. It also offers two-meter drop protection, so you could accidentally drop it off a countertop and still access your data. It connects via USB Type-C, so your laptop or tablet can access it directly. Head over to Amazon to get the Sandisk 500GB Portable SSD for just $110, down from its usual price of $129. That’s a $19 discount and 15% off. This SSD delivers high read rates by using solid-state storage instead of a traditional mechanical drive. Mechanical drives use a spinning disk. As long as parts move within the device, there is always some potential for damage. Since nothing moves internally, you should see read rates close to 1000 MB/s, and drops from heights like a