Lexar Professional SL100 Pro Portable USB 3.1 Type C Up to 1TB SSD

Lexar, owned by Shenzhen Longsys Electronics Co., Ltd., a Chinese company, announced the Professional SL100 Pro portable SSD.

The SL100 Pro portable SSD features a brushed aluminum finish and comes in a small, slim size that makes it easy to slip in your pocket. It’s a companion to accompany across any terrain as it’s drop-, shock-, vibration-resistant and comes with DataVault Lite software, a security solution with 256-bit AES encryption to help protect essential files against corruption, loss, and deletion. Primed for power, the SL100 Pro has  speeds up to 950MB/s read and 900MB/s write making it up to 2x faster than the SL100 ⁽³⁾. It also features a USB Type-C port that enables the users to store and share quickly with USB 3.1 speeds.

“We are proud to announce the Lexar Professional SL100 Pro Portable SSD, which is sleek, compact, and provides superior SSD-level performance at a competitive price. With professional photographers and videographers in mind, we created an SSD solution so they could travel at ease knowing their content is secure when compared with traditional HDDs,” said Joel Boquiren, director, global marketing.

The SL100 Pro SSD includes both USB Type-C to Type-C cable and USB Type-C to standard USB Type-A cable and is compatible with Mac OSX 10.6+, Windows 7/8/10, and standard USB ports.

The SL100 Pro portable SSD is available this month at an MSRP of $99.99 (250GB), $149.99 (500GB), and $279.99 (1TB). It also comes with a three-year limited warranty.

⁽¹⁾ USB 3.1 Gen 2 required for up to 950MB/s read transfer, write transfer speeds lower. Speeds based on internal testing. Actual performance may vary.
⁽²⁾ Temperature resistant (0°C to 70°C or 32°F to 158°F) and vibration resistant (10~2,000Hz, 1.5mm, 20G, 1 Oct/min, 30min/axis(X,Y,Z). Based on internal testing. Actual performance may vary.
⁽³⁾ SL100 Pro/SL100 comparison speeds based on internal testing. Actual performance may vary.