Product Comparison: Maxtor M3 Portable vs Seagate Backup Plus 4 TB

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Maxtor M3 Portable Hard Drive

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Seagate Backup Plus 4 TB Portable 2.5 Inch External Hard Drive

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General Specifications

Brand

Maxtor

Seagate

Model

M3 Portable

Backup Plus 4 TB

Origin

China

About the Product

The Maxtor M3 Portable External Hard Drive delivers handy portable storage. It is easy to take wherever you go, and has ample capacity of up to 4TB. The durable black design stands up to the rigors of daily use.

The Seagate® Backup Plus portable drive offers the mobility of a portable with the high capacity of a desktop drive. Under a sleek metal design lies up to 5 TB of storage — twice the capacity of comparable 2.5-inch portable drives.

Key Specs

Storage Drive Type

Portable

Capacity

2000 GB

4000 GB

What customers say about "Key Specs"

Maxtor M3 Portable Hard Drive

Neat littledrive with large capacity. Seems to work flawlessly under windows 10.
I can't see there being an issue with it but for the price and hard drive capacity it was a great but.
Good capacity for a good price. Bit shiny plastic tbh and not a designer product but hey ho what do you need it for?
SSDs are too expensive at this capacity to use as USB storage (for me) but I've used Maxtor products since 1995 without obvious issues over others. Stick with a main brand.
A very large capacity portable hard drive.

Seagate Backup Plus 4 TB Portable 2.5 Inch External Hard Drive

As the other reviews have described, this HDD is about capacity and not useful for a standard NAS.
I have a few external drives, WD 2.5" and WD 3.5" cloud drive, but I think for size and capacity so far I like this quite a lot.
My only concern in advance is with such a large capacity drive there is a lot to lose when this goes faulty, consider this if the device is to be primary storage, if this is level 2/3 then happy days people !
This drive is large in capacity, slim in size.
Needed a high capacity reliable drive to back up 3 computers, unfortunately, this had the capacity but not the reliability.

Size & Weight

Color

Black

Height

1.5 in.

0.8 in.

Width

4.6 in.

4.5 in.

Depth

3.2 in.

3.1 in.

Weight

5.96 oz.

8.7 oz.

What customers say about "Size & Weight"

Maxtor M3 Portable Hard Drive

It looks good and it's the small size you'd expect of a portable drive. All good and no complaints!
I have a similar product but it is 1TB and this one is the same size as it and about the same weight which is great as it is so portable.
The hardisk worked as expected and durable (used it for almost a year now) yet compact!
2.5 size drive size so very neat and tidy
Best to transfer a folder at a time depending on size.

Seagate Backup Plus 4 TB Portable 2.5 Inch External Hard Drive

takes a while due to the size of the disk, but has worked well so far (I've had to do this twice). Generally speaking, it's fast and reliable.
The drive is very small, about iPod Classic size and weight.
Don’t be fooled to think that this is a 7.5mm drive, its not. Size is nearer to 20mm but for an external device this simply doesn’t matter.
But this is true for any size, style or make of HDD, external or internal. Spend an extra £7 on a decent case would be my advice.
The size is great no bigger than a paperback book, two front facing USB PORTS for easy access, works quietly when engaged on backing up my RAW files

Features

OS Compatibility

Windows 10/8/7/Vista, Mac OS X 10.4.8 or later

Windows 10/8/7/Vista, Mac OS X 10.9 or higher

Interfaces

USB 3.0

Backup Function

Yes

Data Protection

SafetyKeyTM protection

Extras

Durable black design, Handy portable storage, SuperSpeed USB 3.0 (Max): 5.0Gb/s

Slim, metal design, 2 Months Free Adobe Creative Cloud Photography Plan

What customers say about "Features"

Maxtor M3 Portable Hard Drive

No software to install simply plugged in the usb and was recognised at once.Backup software appears to be installed on the drive but I prefer my own tied and trusted software so deleted the supplied ones.
Manual still mentions tray icons and use of "the Safely Remove Hardware" feature which do not exist in Windows 10, so ignore that.
The software provided with the user manuals was great simple yet elegant and had some interesting features such as creating invisible partitions that are password protected.. great for protecting privacy.
Excellent hard drive with the features as described by the seller. I use it to back up my daily work at the office.
It contains automatic backup software so it will back up your computer with all changes since your last backup – a terribly convenient feature.

Seagate Backup Plus 4 TB Portable 2.5 Inch External Hard Drive

A nice feature is the front panel USB ports for quick connection of temporary items, my Ecig battery in particular.
Drive was detected straight away on Windows 10 and there are various software features loaded onto the drive should you wish to use them.
At the time of purchase it was one of the cheapest drives on the market for the storage and features.
Great product good backup features
Poor sealing(glue slightly comming of lid seal)

Included

Additional Accessories

USB cable

USB 3.0 cable

Software

AutoBackup, Secure Drive, SecretZoneTM

Seagate Dashboard software, NTFS driver for Mac

Power

Power Supply

USB 5V/0.5A

Warranty / Certifications

Manufacturer Warranty