Hands on Review of the Amazing LaCie Rugged SSD Pro
By Adam Noyes
The new LaCie Rugged SSD Pro is the most impressive portable SSD unit LaCie has in its line with an official rated speed of up to 2800MB/s using a Thunderbolt 3 connection (that is almost 3 times the speed of the LaCie Rugged SSD that we tested, which until now was the fastest drive we have ever reviewed here on the site).
A few weeks ago we published what was apparently the first-ever video review of the new LaCie Rugged SSD NVME version. In the meantime we also received the LaCie Rugged BOSS SSD (review coming soon), however, this review is all about the Rugged Pro version.
Both drives use NVME technology to produce ultra-fast transfer speeds, however, the Pro version also uses Thunderbolt 3 technology which is significantly faster than UBS-C 3.1 used in the non-Pro drive (this also means that you will need a TB3 to actually get the speed benefits of this drive and keep in mind that TB3, despite being a very capable technology, still has issues with many systems.