iStorage diskAshur2 HDD 3TB Green - Secure portable hard drive - Password protected, dust and water resistant, portable, military grade hardware encryption USB 3.1 IS-DA2-256-3000-GN

Despite already owning several dataShur USB sticks and 30 years of fiddling with PCs it was very hard to reset the Admin password. The instructions whilst clear are not EXACTLY what you need to do. When it says 'press Unlock + 1' it only worked if you pressed and held 1 first and then pressed Unlock, ditto all other key/number combinations. It took around 20 goes and constantly unplugging the drive till the new Admin code was accepted.The attached USB cable is much too short for anything but a laptop. And being USB 3.1 Gen 1 (i.e. USB 3.0 and NOT Gen 2) USB extension cable length is critical. 2m will power it but as soon as you try to write any data it falls over. 50cm seems OK.The included case was a nice addition but unfortunately the zip fell apart after three uses so something for the landfill.

It does what it does it is a hardware encrypted USB hard drive.Just so updated:After using for a few weeks, working fine the drive when unlocked started to see an issue in that it isn't seen by Windows 10 laptop and an iMac sees it every now and then but it doesn't remain unlocked for long. Seems might be a hardware issue. Amazon have sorted out RMA and are sorting out a replacement.

Having a PC at work and a Mac at home I needed an encrypted device that would work on both. It was more complicated to set up than indicates as it has to be formatted to work on both systems and so I had to seek IT support. Once set up it works very well and e surges all of my data is secure.

The quality of this product is excellent. I do not care that it is expensive, it is very well engineered!

This is cool storage device. Not too complicated in operating. Comes with complete set manuals both inside the box and pre programmed as file inside the storage within the hard drive. Didn’t encounter concerns in creating the pin and it doesn’t lock itself when plugged in instantly after Let’s say 2 minutes. Takes good 10 or 15 minutes before goes dormant and even then is only inputting the code that puts it in functionable mode right back again.