Samsung T9 Portable SSD Review

[@USAF_Medic]

Thanks for the Crystal disk testing. It took me 4 videos to find this info.

[@cwantuch]

Thanks for all your reviews.

[@LonSeidman]

Thank you for watching and your support!!

[@asan1050]

Lon Thank you for posting.

[@LonSeidman]

Thank you for watching!

[@76_SPZL]

I have a 4TB T7 for my super low tech "NAS". It's been performaing great between my mac/pc envionrment. I also have one to store all my PS4 titles. Great devices, they just work.

[@CrunchyTire]

These portable drives are pretty great. I have a T7 currently and stuck a piece of velcro on it and move it between devices since it can be powered by USB Only. It lived on the back of my PC for like a year lol. but its great since a phone or tablet can also power it, to transfer movies and stuff. Its so fast for that.

[@merlinsrobe4621]

I just purchased this drive. My current MacBook Pro M1 Max won't be able to utilize the full transfer speed with its Thunderbolt 4 ports, but it seems that the new M4 Macs with Thunderbolt 5 will support the full speed, so I think it's worthwhile for future-proofing.

[@S_G_86]

It's crazy how these portable SSDs became cheaper and cheaper in a span of 5-6 years. I bought 512GB Samsung T3 in 2017 for 200$ , now for that money you can get 2TB T9.

[@jacobnunya808]

You can get a crucial X6 4tb for about $200. Not that fast for an ssd, but great price.

[@ronboulanger3962]

Hey there, good review. just an FYI The Alienware laptops and desktops have 1 USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-C port and 2 Thunderbolt™ 4 Gen 2 Type-C ports with Display Port Alt Mode/USB4

[@mikedisher30]

I always admire that he buys them with his own money, honest, I like it 😎

[@jasonheminger4844]

It does say "up to", so it's not deceptive advertising.

[@joegee2815]

The rubber is nice until it turns gummy which they all seem to do after a decade or so.

[@seanmichael7157]

100%. You can get rid of the stickiness with rubbing alcohol, but I'd rather they just left it off electronics altogether

[@DanielWoike]

Yeah, my Samsung T4's rubber part is sticky.

[@narutobroken]

You can remove the rubber cover

[@_Digitalguy]

I wouldn't be too optimistic on USB 4 becoming mainstream in terms of price over the next couple of years, gen 2 speeds are going to be the norm for some years to come...

[@ChimpRiot]

It physically looks twice as big as my T5 2TB, but the T9 is almost twice as fast since I get 480 write and 500 read.

[@JoBiatch]

4X as fast.

[@ChimpRiot]

@@JoBiatch Did I miss something? Lon was getting around 900 read and write in this video.

[@JoBiatch]

@@ChimpRiot That’s because Lon’s PC did not have a USB-C 3.2 Gen 2X2 port. If he did, he would’ve gotten speeds of 2,000 MB/s, instead of close to 1,000. He clearly stated this at the beginning of the video. Watch it at 1:47

[@ChimpRiot]

@@JoBiatch That he did. You’re correct 👍

[@_Digitalguy]

@@JoBiatch it's important to specify what he said, the vast majority of laptops (over 99%) do no support the 2x2 standard, so that speed is just theory if you don't have a compatible device

[@timcat1004]

Just looked up the price. I will wait.

[@kinocchio]

Isn't it better just to get a T7 if the gen2x2 isn't supported on the computer being used?

[@orian-x]

MSI b650 supports it 👍🏼

[@garynagle3093]

Samsung is great quality, but I think usb 4 or tb4 is better for future proofing

[@_Digitalguy]

except that USB 4 drives are way more expensive, and things should not change for a while

[@garynagle3093]

@@_Digitalguy agree about the price, but an enclosure from acasis and a nvme m.2 are very reasonable if you want performance

[@_Digitalguy]

@@garynagle3093 Absolutely and that's exactly what I own. But that's a DIY solution. Most people would simply by and external SSD.

[@vincebaker3384]

I'm looking for a 10-in android tablet that is Affordable that I can travel with and I can plug in a two and a half inch USB hard drive with movies on it and watch them on a 10 inch android tablet. Do you have any suggestions.

[@annacurransmotherofmeghanc1841]

Is it me or are these bots getting a little out of hand, that being said try older tablets like tmax brand types they are perfect for your needs.

[@cyborgmetropolis7652]

Question: you mentioned the encryption doesn’t work on Linux. Does that mean Linux won’t read the encrypted drive or that the password to unlock is not needed on Linux?

[@LonSeidman]

They don't have a client app on linux to decrypt as far as I can see.

[@cyborgmetropolis7652]

I would assume someone can’t bypass encryption simply by plugging into Linux, but can’t hurt to check.

[@iTRYNOOBHD]

is the cable (usb-c) sturdy) as in it don't wiggle?

[@samanthagriffinv2.08]

Why did they skip 8?

[@lovetodocoolstuff9309]

My T9 4tb is total junk. It worked awesome for the first six weeks, and then one day just failed to load and is not visible in the USB manager, file Explorer, device manager, BIOS, boot manager, other computer, Samsung Phone. The little blue light comes on, but now it’s just a $500 paperweight 😔

[@WanP1su]

warranty?

[@kmafdlmagotg8328]

@@lovetodocoolstuff9309 Ouch!

[@jamesbond9810]

I believe your T9 4tb was made in India, I can see some of them especial T9/T7 now are produced in India.

[@orl2222]

I have USB 3.2 2x2 cards on my Destop PC's. It is becoming a standard on more mothetboards, Most AMD 5 boards have the connection necessary. I wouldn't knock it because you don't own the proper computer to utilize it properly. You can review something that you don't have equipment to run it.

[@LonSeidman]

Most consumers don’t build their own PCs or install usb 2x2 cards. Industry is not supporting the standard

[@mpugliano]

Hey lon great video, can you do a remote set up on my synology for docker for a fee? I don't want to screw it up :)

[@bonsaratbu8498]

I Bought Samsung T9 and excited to transfer a bunch of photos from my iPhone 15pm but every time I transfer photos and videos there's always a copy of IMG file that cannot open and its file size is only 4kb and also has a same file name of the photos that I copied.... could you tell what it is...??? or Do I need to do something... It's really annoying I transfer 1000 photos and there's also 1000 copies of blank files with a file size of 4kb each sorry but I'm not techie hope someone helps... I tried to google it but can't find it...

[@madcrabber1113]

"up to"

[@JoBiatch]

I have the Dell XPS 8960 desktop PC and it has a USB-C gen 2X2 port on the back. Holla.

[@pradika3218]

is crucial x10 pro better than this ?

[@rswl_mrwn1175]

Consider the durability and how many years you can work with it too

[@mokisan]

I would buy these drives if they have support for usb 4

[@rswl_mrwn1175]

@@mokisan they do

[@DaveDFX]

Mac does not support USB 3.2 Gen2x2. So you get only 10Gbps around 1000 MBps max. Mac only support 10GBps and 40Gbps... no 20Gbps

[@ted-b]

All of my decent MSI boards, since Z590, has had a USB 3.2 x 2 C port on the IO panel. Often has a 20 next to it.

[@cyborgmetropolis7652]

True. My ASUS X670E-PLUS motherboard supports USB 3.2 Gen 2x2. But that board has 4x m.2 slots. But I need another external hard drive for my M1 Mac Mini, which doesn’t support the speed.

[@_Digitalguy]

2x2 is essentially a desktop thing, virtually no laptop supports it

[@mspiepie0214]

My MacBook can't work

[@jamesbond9810]

buy a new Macbook

[@kashyapchonekar5437]

if you are using a custom built pc then it should most definitely support usb 3.2x2

[@LonSeidman]

Most consumers don't have custom built PCs.

[@MrMichaelfalk]

Most laptops - not most computers - does not support usb3.2x2

[@cernejr]

Rubber coating makes my skin itch. Am I the only one?

[@mavfan1]

With that condition you should have been aware long ago that an allergic reaction to latex isn't uncommon.

[@soundmanbk11]

U getting paid for those review come on guy

[@rswl_mrwn1175]

He said its not faster in random reading compare other ssds common

[@lovetodocoolstuff9309]

My T9 4tb is total junk. It worked awesome for the first six weeks, and then one day just failed to load and is not visible in the USB manager, file Explorer, device manager, BIOS, boot manager, other computer, Samsung Phone. The little blue light comes on, but now it’s just a $500 paperweight 😔

[@jamesbond9810]

I believe your T9 4tb was made in India, I can see some of them especial T9/T7 now are produced in India.