The cheap tiny SSDs that transformed my editing workflow!

You can currently pick up the X9 Pro for only $69.99 for the 1TB and up to $215.99 for the 4TB.
The X10 Pro is from $107.99 for the 1TB up to $260.99 for the 4TB.

My "Bloom Gold" diffusion filter purchase links:

My cat channel: @OneManFiveCats

Gear used for the video:

[bedemiller]

One thing to note, is when making backups of footage, don’t go: card -> SSD -> Backup HDD. ALWAYS copy the footage from the CARD to all the drives individually, because if there was an error when copying to the SSD originally, all your backup copies will also have errors. It may be slower, but it’s worth not losing your incredibly valuable data.

[bimoadiprakoso]

Hi Pihilip! Glad I found your channel. We have 3 things in common: 1. We both use NLE, 2. We both use external 4TB SSD, 3. WE BOTH LOVE CATS! When I was in elementary back in 70's-80's, I took care of 27 stray cats. And now I have 3 inside the house and another 8 stray cats that always play and come around our carport. Stay safe and healthy, Philip.

[covingtonrace]

I love seeing how small tech gets over the years, 20 years ago a 60gb HHD was top of the line and it was a tank. Now 4tb is on a keychain.

[REMY.C.]

My first personal hard drive was in 1992 I think, 220MB, all my friends came to my house and wanted to see that beast. 2001 maybe I bought a 40GB IBM and all my colleagues thought I was crazy cause the price was insane. One year later, Those 10K rpm Barracuda SCSI arrays were vibrating my house for video editing. 2019 I bought many 12TB external disks. I have many portable SSDs in my EDC kit and now look at those beautiful and compact Crucial that I'm gonna get for sure.
We came a long way when it comes to storage. Yet my best memories are when I had to insert those 30cm vinyl size floppy disks in a computer to play a game 😂

[MustacheWax]

That's great! I've used these on my last 2 projects and to have THE Phillip Bloom validate my choices feels amazing, haha.

[chrispyk]

Amen to Carbon Copy Cloner. The BEST backup software you can’t do without.

[SashaJordanAppler]

Been watching Philip for years and I think his video are so well done and incredibly helpful 🎉

[JoshFryer]

We got a couple of these for shooting at work the other day. They are awesome! Fast, reliable, large capacity and doesn't break the bank!

[Ed-davies]

Damn! These are crazy cheap! Love how you’re able to turn such a dull subject into an enjoyable video 😊

[recipe]

Hey Philip, I've just bought the X10 with 4 terabytes. I'm really looking forward to it living up to your recommendation, especially when it comes to reliability. Price is amazing. Thanks!

[Finite-Tuning]

Yeah you're right, they're not terribly priced. I've been doing this with NVME drives in an external enclosure for quite a while now, since prices have fallen, to almost cheap. These Crucial drives are the same thing I'm sure, just purpose built to be this tiny storage device. The day's of conventional slowass USB drives are over, thankfully. Now we have NVME drives galore, with a simple USB interface. Cheers 🍻

[ODHunte]

Didn’t know about these! As a stock video shooter who is regularly buying drives getting such cheap and compact SSDs is an incredible find. Good marketing by crucial and neat video as per usual 😆😀👍🏿

[skymakai]

I've been a fan of Crucial for a while, since their industrial side is Micron, serving Apple RAM for ages. Very reliable and good prices. I didn't know they were making a tiny SSD, but I've been loving my Sandisk Extreme Pro 4TB (portable) for editing. 1TB/s speeds on USB-C is the limit unless we go to Thunderbolt 3 drives... definitely considering them if I get anything else, but USB-3 has been fast enough to edit 4K 10-bit without issue.

[davidhill]

r.c.4752 made me LOL when he said he bought a 40GB IBM drive and all his colleagues thought he was mad. When I bought my first PC and fitted a Miro DC20 Capture Card. Standard Definition 720x576 PAL, remember that. I also bought a 2nd HDD, 210MB (that’s not a typing error, Megabytes) for £240. I told my wife the drives would never get any bigger and any cheaper. It’s your turn to LOL.
Philip, your films and techniques are awesome.

[Cencolor]

I just changed to NVMe enclosures + SSDs Gen4, with 2500-2700 MB/s Read/Write, for less than $350... never going back to slow, troublesome Raids or NAS

[Redman]

I currently use a 2TB M.2 2030 drive from Sabrent in a PCI-E 4.0 mini enclosure and I love it. Only reason I didn't pick up one of these drives is the price tag and I like being able to switch out the SSD with a different one without having to buy a whole new external drive with enclosure. It may not seem like much of a price difference initially, but I've saved about 500 dollars.

[Cheecken]

Amazing idea! I like how durable and portable those SSDs look. Although I might go for M.2 SSD enclosures which allow one to use SSDs that are normally mounted internally, the main downside of those types of SSDs however is that they are REALLY thin and might be easy to break. Great video as usual :)

[roamtheplanet]

Another excellent and useful video, Philip. Thanks as always!

[myvideoguy]

Have been using Carbon Copy Cloner for nearly 2 decades. Never fails, unlike HDs that will all fail one day. Almost best purchase ever made.

[CoreySteibCameraGuy]

I will definitely have to look at this more for my shop. Thanks aa always PB for the wonderful, very detailed review as always sir.