INTRODUCTION

   Whenever i happen to sit down and talk with friends and family about portable storage media most seem to only be interested in products with the best price/capacity ratio. This of course also happens a lot in online forums as well and although i understand that for most consumers these are the two things that really matter when it comes to professionals and people who work a lot with portable storage media performance is also a critical factor. USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-C portable SSDs have been around for a few years now but it wasn't until somewhat recently that we saw some impressively fast models introduced in the market. According to Silicon Power their brand new Bolt B80 Portable SSD is one such blazing fast drive and today with us we have the 240GB model.

   Founded in 2003 by a group of enthusiastic data storage industry experts, Silicon Power is committed to delivering outstanding product and service quality. Headquartered and with our own state-of-the-art production site in Taipei, we have become a leading manufacturer of flash memory cards, USB flash drives, portable hard drives, solid state drives, DRAM modules and industrial-grade products. As an international player with four branch offices around the globe, we continuously strive to offer the perfect data storage solution for all requirements of modern digitalized life. With a strong focus on combining innovative technology and award-winning design, we live up to our brand promise to reliably preserve and protect your most valuable data. Because memory is personal.

   The Bolt B80 USB 3.1 Gen 2 portable SSD is currently available in 120/240/480GB capacities and features an IP68 certified enclosure (it passed the 122cm military free fall test - shock proof - and is also water and dust proof) made out of machined aluminum. Under the hood of the Bolt B80 we find a PHISON PS3111-S11 single-core NAND flash controller (fully supports SmartECC, SmartFlush, GuaranteedFlush, SmartZIP, built-in static and dynamic wear-leveling, power saving features and end-to-end Data Path Protection) paired with 3D TLC NAND by Micron (thanks to this combination the Bolt B80 can reach performance levels of up to 500MB/s read and 450MB/s write). Finally Silicon Power covers the entire Bolt B80 line of portable SSDs with a 3 year limited warranty and also provides their Power Widget software with which you can configure the drive for data backup, AES 256-bit encryption, and cloud storage.