OWC Mercury Elite Pro mini USB–C
An affordable pocket hard drive
$42.99 (caddy only), $94 (1TB), $119 (2TB) From
owcdigital.com
Features Thunderbolt 3 compatibility, up to 540MB/s transfer speeds Needs USB–C 3.2 or USB–A
OWC makes a range of high–end and enterprise–class storage solutions but also has drives for users with more everyday needs. The Mercury Elite Pro mini uses a spinning drive rather than a solid state drive and is thus much more affordable, while still offering performance that will be perfectly adequate for a good many people. Extremely lightweight, it is nonetheless very well built and comes with a USB–C cable plus USB–A adapter from which it also draws its power.