Apricorn2TB Aegis Padlock USB 3.0 256-Bit AES XTS Hardware Encrypted Portable External Hard Drive (A25-3PL256-2000)

I have five of these, and all are working fine. There is no noticeable performance loss due to encryption. From a NAS to the USB 3.0 Padlock I've seen burst speeds of 100MBytes/sec. (800Mbits/sec.), then it settles down to a steady 62 Mega Bytes per second. I've transferred a 2.6 GigaByte movie file in about 40 seconds.The Positive:1. Because there's no software to install, it works with media players and should work anywhere you use a standard USB hard drive. I keep kid's movies on a standard drive, and my movies on the Padlock. No need to worry about the kids watching R-rated movies when I'm not around!2. Multiple passwords allow up to ten persons to enter their own password using the alpha-numeric keys. This is very convenient if you want to use your Windows password to access the drive. All other encryption devices I have tried allow only one user password or have only numeric keys. A separate Administrator password allows you to delete or add other user's passwords.3. Low power consumption - I have been able to use the drive on every computer or media player I have without the provided Y-power cable.What it won't do - the down side:1. Although you can have multiple passwords, all users access the same data on the drive. It would be a real plus if file access could be controlled by which password is entered.2. Rebooting your computer locks the drive even though power is never removed from the drive. I have a remote office and I do a lot of work using remote desktops. Occasionally I need to reboot the remote computer, and with this drive the data is inaccessible after the reboot. For me, this is a "deal breaker" and I need to stay with software encryption on a standard hard drive. It would be nice to have an optional software program to lock and unlock the drive.

Product appears high quality. Easy to set up. Works great.

I had used several Apricorn Aegis a drives at work and decided to try one for personal use. Case is tough and doesn't feel like it will be damaged easily. Transfer speeds are good given it is a HDD inside. The cable could be longer but it is nice to be able to snap it into place around the device and not carry a separate cable if you don't want to. The one thing I usually have to do on most modern computers I have used it on is to adjust the power saving settings on the USB port it is plugged into. More often than not the power port would enter low power mode during a multi-hour transfer which would trip the auto-lock on the drive. While a nice security feature, and how it should be as it thinks you removed the drive, it could be frustrating to come back several hours later thinking the transfer should be done but it only got 5-10% through before it quit. After adjusting the power saving settings though the issue has not returned. These drives are great and I have recommended them to anyone else who needs a nice hardware encrypted drive that does not rely on software executables on the computer to unlock your drive.

I love Padlock drives -- why? Nothing against software encryption, but if you're running in a non-native OS, or a non-Windows environment, you are at the mercy of the OS. This is nice and simple. Program your security code and done. Now, regardless of what OS you're using, it'll be seen by the OS. I've used them with MacOS and Windows just fine.

The media could not be loaded. Setup wasn't difficult but the drive bricked on second use. Copied over 100s of GB of files that I can no longer access. I enter PIN, light turns green and blinks green, then about 10 seconds later turns red and the drive starts clicking loudly several times per second nonstop. Listen to the other reviews, don't buy this junk. Apricorn put a garbage drive in this case, no more HDDs for me. I'd rather make several trips with a smaller, reliable SSD from now on. I tried it with auxiliary power cable and direct cable. No luck.

I purchased this for the purposes of back8ng up portions of hard drives. It works fantastic! I found it very easy to program and use. A really great feature is the telephone keypad so acronyms and words can be used to encode access numbers. I would recommend reading through the instructions thoroughly. Not that I had problems, but familiarity facilitates the initial setup.No regrets on this purchase. I would have recommended that the instructions caution to switch off wifi/ethernet etc. Could ruin the purpose of using a secure USB.