Intenso External SSD 2TB USB 3.2 Gen 1 Anthracite

With 2000 GB on board, this drive gives you enough space to keep photo archives, video projects, music collections and work documents on one device. You no longer need to juggle several small USB sticks or delete old folders to make room for new ones. It works well as an everyday working drive or as a backup copy of your laptop's most important data, with plenty of space left over for the files you add later.

Intenso lists a read speed of up to 500 MB/s. In practice, large folders, RAW photos and video clips open noticeably faster than from a traditional spinning external hard drive. Browsing a big photo library or launching files straight from the drive feels responsive, so you spend less time watching progress bars. The manufacturer does not publish a write speed, so the 500 MB/s figure applies to reading data.

The drive uses USB 3.2 Gen 1, also known as USB 3.1 Gen 1 and familiar to many shoppers as USB 3.0. Its USB Type-A connector matches the rectangular port found on most desktop PCs, many laptops, and plenty of TVs and other devices. That means you can usually plug it straight in without hunting for an adapter, which makes it easy to share files between home and office machines.

At just 49 g, the drive is light enough to slip into a jacket pocket, laptop sleeve or camera bag without you noticing the extra weight. Because it is an SSD, it has no spinning platters inside, so it handles being carried around day to day better than a mechanical hard drive. That makes it a handy companion for commuting, travel and moving between workplaces.

The anthracite colour is a muted dark grey that sits comfortably next to most laptops, monitors and docking setups. It looks just as at home on a home-office desk as it does in a meeting room or a travel bag. It's a practical, understated design for people who want storage that does its job without drawing attention to itself.

This drive is a good fit for students carrying coursework and media, photographers offloading shoots, and remote workers moving projects between computers. It also works for anyone who wants a fast backup of their laptop's files. If your machines have USB Type-A ports and you need a lot of fast-reading storage in a light package, this drive covers the essentials and leaves money in your pocket for other gear.