Should You Buy a Transcend External Hard Drive?

Transcend is well known for its camcorders and optical disc drives.

If you are wondering how Transcend external hard drives compare to other brands, our guide below collates all the key info in a single place. We've compared over 1,000 external hard drives by objectively and impartially analysing over 4,200 user and expert reviews and 10 awards from hundreds of different review sites.

Transcend are recognised for their good selection of moderately popular external hard drives and start at $60 for the StoreJet 25M3 - 1Tb which has a hard drive capacity of 1TB and a weight of 185g and go up to $145 for the StoreJet 25M3 - 2Tb which has a hard drive capacity of 2TB and a weight of 216g. The average price of a new Transcend external hard drive is $86.

Is Transcend the Best External Hard Drive Brand?

So are Transcend external hard drives any good? We give every external hard drive a Kagoo Score by analysing its specs, reviews and prices and comparing this to its competitors. By aggregating this data across all external hard drives we are able to impartially rank all the external hard drive brands.

Our detailed analysis taking into account all of the above factors found that Transcend is the 7th best external hard drive brand out there.

Let's look at how Transcend external hard drives compare to the other external hard drive brands across each of the key facets that make up the Kagoo Score.

At an average purchase price of $86, Transcend external hard drives tend to be cheaper than most other external hard drive brands.

There's a smaller selection of Transcend external hard drives available compared to other external hard drive brands, with only 6 Transcend external hard drives currently on the market in the US.

How Many Industry Awards Have Transcend External Hard Drives Received?

After checking thousands of expert review websites we couldn't find any industry awards for Transcend external hard drives. The table below shows the number of awards received by the most popular external hard drive brands. The largest number of awards provided by each review source is highlighted in green.

Compare all award winning external hard drives

Number of Awards	Western Digital	A-DATA	Silicon Power	Seagate	Buffalo
	1		1
		2
		1	1
	1	1
	1
	1
			1
			1
			1
		1
				1
			1
			1
	1
	1
	1
				1
Total	7	5	7	2

What is the Best Mid-Range Transcend External Hard Drive?

Transcend StoreJet 25M3 - 2Tb

2TB

5,000 Mbit/s DATA TRANSFER

216g

A great mid range choice, priced at $144.99 is the Transcend StoreJet 25M3 - 2Tb, which has a Kagoo Score of 61.

Features We Love:

Very light (216g)

USB powered

A good spec but only ok value for money 216g external hard drive.

76 Features	Good Features
62 Value for Money	Good
61 Kagoo Score	Good

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The cheapest price that we could find for the StoreJet 25M3 - 2Tb in the US is $144.99 but in total we found only 2 prices for it.

What is the Best Budget Choice Transcend External Hard Drive?

Transcend StoreJet 25M3 - 1Tb

1TB

5,000 Mbit/s DATA TRANSFER

5,400 RPM HARD DRIVE ROTATIONAL

185g

At only $59.99 and with a Kagoo Score of 65 the Transcend StoreJet 25M3 - 1Tb makes a great budget choice.

Features We Love:

Very light (185g)

USB powered

Password protection

An affordable and good spec 185g external hard drive. It is USB powered and has a password protection.

77 Features	Good Features
72 Value for Money	Good
65 Kagoo Score	Good

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The cheapest price that we could find for the StoreJet 25M3 - 1Tb in the US is $59.99 but in total we found only 1 price for it.