Sandisk’s new 1TB USB-C drive is so small you never need to take it out

Sandisk has released what it says is the world’s smallest 1TB USB-C flash drive, 1 mini capable to plug into a laptop and ne'er return out.

The Extreme Fit is conscionable a small bigger than the wireless dongle for my Logitech mouse. It’s L-shaped, slotting into a USB-C larboard but sticking up ever truthful somewhat vertically, alternatively than retired horizontally, to support it flush erstwhile plugged into a laptop (though it does instrumentality retired conscionable capable to make judge the laptop lid won’t deed it connected the measurement down!).

Sandisk describes it arsenic a “leave-in design,” suggesting you tin usage it arsenic a permanent-ish retention upgrade for your PC. You’ll want to beryllium observant erstwhile lugging your laptop astir though — the bladed creation should trim the consequence of the thrust catching connected different objects and snapping successful the process, but USB-C connectors are fragile, and not designed to withstand overmuch unit successful that direction.

It’s disposable successful 64GB, 128GB, 256GB, 512GB, and 1TB versions, though it’s that precocious capacity exemplary that stands out. It uses USB 3.2 Gen 1, pinch transportation speeds of up to 400MB/s (or 300MB/s connected the 64GB model) — it’s nary velocity demon, though that’s hardly the point.

If you don’t request the afloat terabyte, Suneast released an moreover smaller balanced successful May, which caps astatine 512GB — but it’s only disposable successful Japan. Sandisk’s model, connected the different hand, is available to bid now successful the US and elsewhere, starting astatine $15.99 for 64GB and rising to $117.99 for 1TB.

Correction, November 11th: Updated header to bespeak that it’s a flash drive, not an SSD.