LaCie Mobile Drive 2TB

£94.99 FROM lacie.com/gb/en

This reassuringly solid drive from Seagate is unusually thin and designed with flair. The drive’s angled ‘diamond cut’ faces form its bevelled sides rather than traditional perpendiculars.

Its aluminium case makes it slightly heavier than most portable hard drives, but it comes in a choice of Moon Silver or Space Grey to match many Macs. Use either of its supplied cables to connect its USB-C port to a USB-A or C port on your Mac. Next to the port is an unobtrusive activity light.

In use, LaCie’s Mobile Drive worked flawlessly in both file systems, but was one of the slower drives on test, with average read and write rates of 99MB/sec, and an innermost read speed down to as little as 62MB/sec. It’s available in a range of capacities, ranging from 1TB to 5TB.

If you’d like a bit more robustness short of a fully rugged drive, and its design appeals, LaCie’s Mobile Drive should be on your shortlist.

VERDICT

USB-C port on its case Reassuringly solid Distinctive angular design Slower speed