They are small, robust and fast: SSD hard drives offer additional storage space for documents, photos and other data. We had 40 external SSD hard drives tested. 27 were awarded the test quality rating of Good. But it's worth taking a look at the details: We discovered significant differences in price and maximum achievable speed...

Fast SSDs have become affordable. For most users, SSDs with USB 3.2 Gen2 and 1 or 2 TB of storage space are the best choice. Here, the SK Hynix Beetle X31 Portable (1 TB, 100 euros) and the Emtec X210 (2 TB, 140 euros) were the best in the test. The Kingston XS1000 (80 euros) was the price-performance winner among the 1 TB models...

The Kingston XS1000 external SSD takes a pragmatic middle course. It doesn't even try to be faster than USB 3.2 Gen2, but is content with a maximum of 1,000 MB/s, which it comes close to achieving in our test. In addition, there are solid, if not outstanding results in the endurance test...

All in all, Kingston offers an attractive overall package at a very reasonable price with the new XS1000. Like the XS2000, the SSD is very compact and extremely light. It offers fast transfer speeds of up to 1,050 MB/s and also performs well in the benchmarks. Furthermore, at ~65 € (as of 04...