WD 5TB Elements portable external hard drive, USB 3.0 interface, portable external storage, Plug-and-Play, SuperSpeed USB 3.2 Gen 1, Formatted for PC and Mac, Black

Brilliant little piece of kit, does exactly what it says on the tin. A bonus feature I didn't know about, it acts as a TV recorder as well which I was pleasantly surprised at and which I use often.Possibly in the market fot buying another as it makes economical sense as opposed to buying flash drives.Definitely would recommend this product to anyone. It's a no brainer !

I have been using this to copy hundreds of photographs from my lap-top, saving storage.

I'm really happy with this external hard drive! It arrived well packaged, and considering its capacity, the price was great. It's been working smoothly so far, and I'm confident it'll be a reliable storage solution. Overall, good value for the money.

A pretty good item

compatible with all devices i tried it on so tv desktops laptops consoles etc, not too heavy. good value for money. easy to set up no need to download anything just installs itself

I've had several of these WD Elements drives now - various sizes - over several years. They've all worked an absolute treat and have never failed on me - super reliable. I transport them around all of the time and they are rugged enough that you can cart them around, throw them into luggage etc. and not have to treat them with kid gloves. Recommended.

Not issue at all connected to my ps4 does what it supposed to do happy with product.

Time will tell how good this drive is but I've got many WD drives and have never been let down (yet - famous last words!).I purchased it to use as a TV recorder for my grandfather (on a Toshiba TV) and it worked straight out of the box.It was well packaged.As with all drives, it doesn't actually have the capacity stated (you will never be able to put 1TB of items on a 1TB drive for example due to formatting and software that's preinstalled on it), but that's true of ALL drives.Some advice if using it, as I have, for a TV - it will likely need formatting (I was fortunate mine didn't) and the formatting required depends upon your TV. Read your TV's user manual or simply type its model number and 'what file format' into Google to find out. Then plug the hard drive into a laptop/computer, select it on your device, right-click it and go down to 'format', select the appropriate format for your TV and 'start', and away you go. Most times, when people find it doesn't work with the intended device, it is because it hasn't been formatted to the correct file type (this can be true of computers too). Additionally, some file types can store more information than others, so if you're trying to record a movie for example, depending on the file type you've selected, it may record one file, or it may have to break the movie up into several smaller files. If that happens - it's not the fault of the hard drive!Also, if using with a Toshiba TV, it can be hard to find how to access it - that's the fault of the TV software, not the hard drive. (We found the setting hidden under 'Home button' > 'settings' > 'recordings').My 5 other WD drives are anything between 5 and 13 years old, all between 1 and 4TB, 2 are portable and would be taken to and from work every day for years on end, bashed around in bags (I'm not gentle with them) often not in a protective case (they can be purchased if needed), and I've had not a single issue to date. They have all had very heavy use, with hundreds of files being used, edited, and deleted every day and so I expect this drive will be as hardy... But remember: They're electronic devices and they CAN FAIL (I've had other brand drives fail) so if you are using it for anything IMPORTANT, ensure you make backup copies of files either to a second drive or to a cloud-based drive (for photos, Amazon Photos is free and unlimited for Prime members - but you only get 5GB free for videos, and other documents aren't supported - for that, try Google Drive and One Drive but again, the free service is limited in size). Cloud-based drives can be accessed from anywhere in the world but can be hacked - but physical backups can be lost in house fires etc so if you have both a drive and its backup in the same location they could both be lost, as happened to my family. I have both physical backups and cloud-based backups because I have hundreds of thousands of files.As this is only being used to record TV occasionally, I should imagine it will still be working fine in 30 years time! Though if it should fail, I'll come back to edit this review ;-)