Josh Hendrickson / Review Geek
If you see a 16 terabyte portable SSD on Amazon for $100 or less, don’t buy it. Such a drive would cost thousands of dollars. These are nothing more than a scam, and don’t work well at all. We bought one and got a glorified 64GB hard drive.
When it comes to portable hard drives, bigger is usually better. You want lots of space for photos, videos, or anything else. So when Amazon offers a 16TB external SSD hard drive for under $100, that sounds perfect. It would be if it weren’t a giant scam. I know because I bought one and tore it apart.
Update, 1/17/23: Updated with statement from Amazon
The Suspiciously Underpriced Oversized Tiny Hard Drive
Josh Hendrickson
You don’t have to go far to find these fake hard drives. Start a search for a 16 terabyte (TB) external hard drive, and you’ll get dozens and dozen of entries. Most are from completely unheard-of brands like “WIOTA” or “SAJIULAS.” But while these strange…
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