Dell Latitude 5420 Rugged Review - Including a Look Inside

[@megasoid]

An all business video without someone spending almost ten minutes taking product out of a box. Thanks man, right to the point. Much appreciated.

[@ZipTieNinja]

You're welcome!

[@tacituskilgore1211]

Wasn't sure if I was going to get this at first, but after seeing it in detail this is exactly what I need. It'll be super nice in the shop and on my ranch. Thanks so much for the review!

[@ZipTieNinja]

You are very welcome!

[@bobsondugnutt7526]

Clean description, thanks

[@ZipTieNinja]

You're welcome!

[@krylissnorwind7528]

As a note, I'm sitting here watching this video while on a Rugged 5420, it's the i5 model but still runs great.

[@ZipTieNinja]

Cool!

[@Lone_Furry008]

Same!

[@DrGregg-rh7uj]

A solid look. Thank you sir!

[@ZipTieNinja]

You bet!

[@grabcanovic3343]

just simply and directly. Well done Thnx

[@ZipTieNinja]

Thank you! That's the goal!

[@AhmedSaad-bn4vs]

That was very helpful. Thanks!

[@ZipTieNinja]

Glad to help!

[@krylissnorwind7528]

I work for a power company and our linemen use these. The speakers have really poor sound on these. Most likely you're not using them as a media center type of laptop and the Dell rugged docks don't have external antennae so those 3 antennae ports on the bottom are pretty much useless, you'll want to manually set the antennae option in the bios to onboard antennae for better reception and less issues. We're starting to phase these out and have moved to the 5430s which actually seem like a step down in build quality, plus you need to by a $65 adapter to fit the 5430s into the rugged docks. Dell doesn't make a different rugged dock so that's a bunch of bull.

[@ZipTieNinja]

Good to know, thanks for sharing this information!

[@guagualyyy0702]

I would like to ask if the pink part of the heat sink covered by the cover needs to be removed?

[@theruffhousedogs]

Ouch! The price is just too high. I'm desperately searching for a spare rugged laptop for teaching online automotive classes at the shop and dog training classes in the field

[@ZipTieNinja]

You can get a good 8th Gen i5 refurbished on Amazon for $1300 - amzn.to/2FZxAon

[@tctc7331]

I have one cheap if you wanna buy

[@gb-dg5gi]

What do you think compared to the Panasonic new model toughbooks? I am a diesel technician that is looking for a great long lasting easy upgradeable computer to scan cars and trucks store data, word doc excel doc and just a all around work computer plus youtube videos and do alil editing. No games added what do you think compared to the others out there? Thank you!

[@ZipTieNinja]

I haven't seen the new toughbooks yet, but that is what this Dell reminded of. This one is not the IP65 rated, but the "Extreme" version is. I would probably choose the Panasonic if it is priced competitively, because they have been making the toughbooks for a very long time, and they were always tried-and-true.

[@ouerghiiheb1345]

Hi my question is can i upgrade ram on the rugged 5430 / i5 ..[2022]?

[@Sourpusscandy]

Is there a bay to put an optical drive dvd/cd ? Call me old fashioned.

[@ZipTieNinja]

You can always add the USB external optical drive. Almost nothing has the ability to have one internal anymore. I like CDs as well!

[@JJ-EATS]

Great review

[@ZipTieNinja]

Thanks!

[@k98killer]

Really wish you spent some time showing how to remove the backplate, since mine does not "just lift off".

[@ZipTieNinja]

All I did was remove the screws. It does not have pop clips, so it should just lift off.

[@faheemshakoor4853]

Hi, I want to know if native serial port is RS232 or RS422? Or it is both RS232 nad RS422 configurable from BIOS? If you can please check it for me from BIOS!

[@ZipTieNinja]

1 Native RS-232 serial port

[@mayaflores5492]

Hola ... Yo quiero esa computadora , pero la quiero para la Universidad 😃 ¿Qué tan viable sería comprarla para eso ? ... Saludos y excelente video 🧸✨🧶

[@SuperRaynet]

yo poseo dicha portátil, es bastante pesada y el touchpad está hecho como para usarla sucia o con guantes entonces no es muy "comodo" pasar el dedo tanto. Yo no la recomendaria para la universidad a menos que la vayas a usar como objeto de defensa personal

[@mayaflores5492]

@@SuperRaynet 🥺🥺🥺 Gracias por el dato ya ví una y en efecto es algo estorbosa ... Aún así la quiero porque me gustaría parecer una agente de la CIA pero lo pensaré 🤠🤠🤠 Gracias

[@dmitryabram]

Maybe you know its dimensions with handle? Can't really find this info anywhere...

[@ZipTieNinja]

Unfortunately I can't. We haven't had one of these in in quite a while

[@Vision_Voyagers]

I am a civil engineer in the army I use this. It's a Toughbook.

[@ZipTieNinja]

Cool!

[@igorbogdanoff4517]

The 5424 unit is slightly thicker than this one and has room for a built in optical drive.

[@ZipTieNinja]

I haven't seen that one yet!

[@spajder15]

how much does it weight with all bumpers and handle?

[@ZipTieNinja]

About 8 pounds.

[@SoloCrimeWave]

I have the Latitude Rugged Extreme 7424, with 2 batteries on it, and Blu-ray Drive. It feels slightly less heavy than my Panasonic CF30 mk1, 1 battery with a DVD Drive. Hope that helps.

[@nsascotty603]

Where is the hard drive located??

[@ZipTieNinja]

Tell me you didn't actually watch the video without telling me you didn't actually watch the video

[@josephwhittaker2065]

Stored in ram. Hope you didn't turn the computer off 🤭

[@nsascotty603]

Damn this was a year ago already lol. Definitely didn't watch it. Funny how I work on radars for vessels but I couldn't find the damn hard drive on a damn laptop lol. My hard drive was just loose

[@AlborzTech]

I want it !!

[@ZipTieNinja]

It's pretty cool...