HGST / Hitachi Touro Mobile Pro USB3

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Pros:

Build Quality, Design, Size, Performance, Temperatures
Build Quality, Design, Top Performance, Size, 3GB Free Cloud Storage, Price (For Some)
Reasonably speedy, thanks to 7,200rpm drive, 3GB of cloud storage included

Cons:

Price (For Some)
Larger than competing portable drives, All-plastic shell

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Last revision on January 15, 2015

Reviewers Liked

Build Quality, Design, Size, Performance, Temperatures
Build Quality, Design, Top Performance, Size, 3GB Free Cloud Storage, Price (For Some)
Reasonably speedy, thanks to 7,200rpm drive, 3GB of cloud storage included

Reviewers Didn't Like

Price (For Some)
Larger than competing portable drives, All-plastic shell

Expert reviews and ratings

The Touro Mobile Pro is attractive and affordable, but its plastic body and simple software reduce its appeal versus like-priced, smaller portable drives that are just as quick....

By Computer Shopper on April 16, 2014

Last year, we reviewed the Touro Desk Pro , an inexpensive desktop hard drive from HGST, Hitachi's storage division. We liked it, especially because it performed about as well as competing drives, and yet it was priced significantly lower than other...

By Wired on October 30, 2012

Having spent quite a few years testing Hitachi GST products (now HGST) whenever i get to test one of their latest HDDs i pretty much know what to expect in terms of reliability and performance and the same goes for their Touro Mobile Pro line since it's...

By NikkTech on July 03, 2014

Only two words come to mind after finishing all tests with the TOURO MOBILE PRO 1TB and those words are amazing performance. I don't know how else to describe the recorded performance gap between the MOBILE TOURO PRO and all the other PHDs in our charts,...

By NikkTech on July 03, 2014

Final Thoughts and Conclusion: The HGST TOURO Mobile Pro 500GB external hard drive is a solid portable USB 3.0 hard drive. It certainly won't win any awards for being thin, but it is quick and affordable. It has also been on the market since 2011 and...

By Legit Reviews on August 17, 2013