WD My Passport Ultra vs Toshiba Canvio - 2TB portable hard drive

[jakeagha]

Hi,
I am in need of a new portable hard drive, and am upgrading from a 1TB drive to a 2TB drive. I have narrowed down my options to the following 2 - note: I am in Australia and these are Australian websites with prices in Australian dollars:

https://www.jbhifi.com.au/computers-tablets/all-computers--tablets/wd/wd-my-passport-ultra-2tb-portable-hard-drive-black/648323/

https://www.officeworks.com.au/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/officeworks/p/toshiba-2tb-canvio-usb-3-0-portable-hard-drive-to2tbcanba

To me, both of the drives seem to do the same thing, and I can't decide which one to buy. Which one would you guys recommend, and why?

Thanks in advance,
Jake

 

[R_1]

same price, same capacity, same warranty. Call it in the air, heads WD, tails Toshiba.

I have 3.5 version of each. a wd and a toshiba and I could not tell the difference with a gun to my head.

 

[Phillip Corcoran]

My choice would be the WD one irrespective of price difference.

Had bad experience with Toshiba ext HDDs, both failed within a year.

I'm using three WD externals and one Hitachi external now (I'm a great believer in keeping multiple backups), all had 5 years use & still working great.