SimpleTech SP-U35 | Small Portable External Hard Drive USB Powered

Today I’m looking at another external hard drive specifically designed for notebooks and people on the go. Although slightly larger and heavier than the Western Digital Passport that I have already reviewed this SimpleTech disk is one of the smaller external hard drives I’ve come across.

As we have come to expect from portable external hard drives it is powered via its USB cable, the cable that comes with this SimpleTech hard drive actually has two USB plugs on it. This is so if your notebook isn’t sending enough power to the hard drive, you can plug the additional USB plug into another USB port to provide the extra power. Although there is a 5 VDC, 1.0A plug in the back of the hard drive should you find yourself in a situation where you would rather use a power supply father than drain power from your notebook. Although this cable isn’t supplied you can easily pick one up cheaply in most electronic stores, or you may even have one lying around the house.

In terms of file transfer speed it averaged around the 20mb/s mark but it did take time for the speed to pick up. Some times when you are not using the drive for a while it will switch into its power saving sleep mode, although this is a good way to save your notebook battery it isn’t great if you quickly want to open a file from your hard drive and you have to wait 6-8 seconds while it’s in its start-up sequence.

Overall I would say that this was a great little external hard drive for someone that is isn’t looking to spend a great deal of money, but is still looking to buy a great looking hard drive.

Main Features of the SimpleTech SP-U35

Great looking Shell
Dual USB Powered
Fast Transfer Speeds
Power Saving Features

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