price
The T7 Shield is priced at $429.99 for this 4TB version, placing it at the high end of this capacity drive with a USB 3.2 Gen 2 interface. The main competition (based on a cursory scan of 4TB external SSDs) appears to be the SanDisk Professional 4TB G-DRIVE SSD, currently available for $399.99. Naturally, lower-cost options exist for this capacity, but not all offer the same combination of robust construction and hardware encryption.
Notably, 2 TB capacity is currently only $179.99 direct from Samsung (the 1 TB model has dropped to $99.99), so expect the retail price to be a bit lower than this model’s $429.99 MSRP. increase.
final thoughts
We found Samsung’s Portable SSD T7 Shield 4TB to offer easy setup, great performance, and reassuring durability with IP65 certification against dust and water (in addition to 10-foot impact resistance). As for security, I found Samsung’s implementation of 256-bit hardware encryption to be very easy to use. An essential feature if you want to keep your data safe even if your drive falls into the hands of a third party.
If you want a pro-level external storage solution, this should be your go-to.
