Seagate Wireless Plus 1 TB External HDD Review

A Closer Look

The Seagate Wireless Plus comes with a changeable interface, just like the Seagate Backup Plus that we tested recently. The product comes with an USB 3.0 interface and cable, but you can replace it by a Thunderbolt or FireWire interface, sold separately.

This interface can be connected to a regular 2.5” hard disk drive or SSD in order to access the drive through the USB 3.0 interface, which is a plus for the product.

Figure 4: Interface installed

With the USB 3.0 interface installed, it can be used like a simple external drive, just like the Backup Plus. In the following pages, we will compare the performance of the two products.

Without the USB interface (or even with it installed, but not connected to a computer), the Wireless Plus shows its unique feature: it is a wireless storage and content server. Figure 5 shows the power button and LEDs (power on and wireless). The connector for the charger is on the other side of the device.

Figure 5: Turned on

Inside the unit, there is a Seagate Momentus 2.5” hard drive (Model ST1000LM024, 5.400 rpm, SATA-300, 16 MiB buffer).