Western Digital
WD My Passport
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Ranked #1 in Hard Drives
Backed by 2 cited sources
Covered by 2 outlets
The consensus portable HDD in 2026: up to 6TB in a pocketable shell at a super-low price per terabyte, with hardware encryption and bundled backup software. Nothing else combines capacity, portability and price this well.
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Key features
- ✓ Up to 6TB portable capacity
- ✓ 256-bit AES hardware encryption
- ✓ Very low price per terabyte
- ✓ Slim, bus-powered design
- ✓ WD Backup / Time Machine support
The sources behind this ranking
2 cited sources cover WD My Passport. Here's the stance each one takes.
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PCWorld Named best portable hard drive in PCWorld's 2026 best-external-drives guide for its capacity and super-low price per TB; only knocks are the Micro-B connector and ordinary HDD speeds. S Read → T 
TechGearLab Best Bang for the Buck in its lab-tested external HDD ranking - affordable, extremely compact, includes encryption; no environmental protection. A Read →