OWC Envoy Pro EX USB3

Overview

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Based on 5 expert reviews

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Pros:

Fast, fastest
Small and durable design; Buspowered; Blazing fast read and write speeds

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Last revision on May 10, 2020

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Fast, fastest
Small and durable design; Buspowered; Blazing fast read and write speeds

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Expensive

Expert reviews and ratings

By Layers Magazine on January 15, 2014 100

USB 3 External Solid-State Drive Solid-State Drives (SSDs) are finally improving in quality and dropping in price to bring stunningly fast performance in a small package (not too different in size than an iPhone 5). Even after testing a number of...

By LaptopMag on August 15, 2013 80

Small, stylish and blazing fast, the OWC Envoy Pro EX external SSD can copy files in the blink of an...

By examiner.com on July 17, 2013 100

The Envoy Pro EX is designed to be used on a USB 3.0 connection. USB 3.0 has a much higher bandwidth capability than USB 2.0, and even though it's not recommended for USB 2.0, it will work on a normal powered USB 2.0 port. With the SSD built into the...

By Macworld Australia on July 15, 2013 90

What’s smaller than a portable hard drive, larger than a thumb drive and really fast? OWC’s , an external solid-state drive (SSD).Typical SSDs have the same form factor of a 2.5in notebook hard drive, but the Envoy Pro EX uses the OWC’s that is built...

By Macworld on July 12, 2013 90

Small, stylish and swift, the bus-powered Envoy Pro EX is an extremely portable drive. It offers 240GB of solid state capacity and some of the fastest AJA write speeds we've...

By StorageReview on May 17, 2013

The OWC Envoy Pro EX is a USB 3.0 portable drive that utilizes an SSD to deliver high-end performance in a very small footprint. Our test model has a capacity of 240GB though users can opt for 480GB as well. This capacity is delivered by OWC's own...

By thessdreview.com on May 12, 2013

The OWC Envoy Pro EX 240GB SSD is the highest performing USB 3.0 external storage solution that we have tested to date and it's exterior build is absolutely amazing. Although it never met performance specifications that we might have hoped, factors may...