Best USB External Hard Drive Deals

Western Digital Store offers its refurbished Western Digital 1TB My Passport USB 3.0 Portable External Hard Drive in Red or White for $39.99. Coupon code "MPSUMMERSALE" cuts that to $29. With free shipping (choose "Standard Ground" at checkout), that's tied with our refurb mention from a month ago as the lowest price we've seen for this model. (It's also $21 less than you'd pay for a new one today.) It features WD Backup software and 256-bit AES hardware encryption.

Also available is the refurbished 2TB version in several colors for $44 with free shipping via the above coupon. That's a buck under our June refurb mention and the best price we've seen for it in any condition. (It's $16 below the lowest price we could find for a new one.) Both deals end August 19.

Note: A 6-month Western Digital warranty applies for both items.

Newegg offers the Seagate 6TB Expansion USB 3.0 External Hard Drive for $119.99. Coupon code "EMCPXEX32" cuts it to $99.99. With free shipping, that's the lowest price we could find by $19. It includes a 4-foot USB 3.0 cable. Deal ends August 19.

Exclusively for Prime members, Amazon offers the Seagate 1TB USB 3.0 Portable External Hard Drive in Black for $49.99 with free shipping. That's $15 off list and the lowest price we could find.

Best Buy via eBay offers the Western Digital 2TB easystore Portable USB 3.0 External Hard Drive in Black for $59.99 with free shipping. That's $5 under our mention from a month ago and the lowest price we could find by $10. It features a data transfer rate of up to 5Gb/s.

G-Technology offers its G-Technology 1TB G-Drive Mobile USB-C Hard Drive in several colors (Space Grey pictured) for $74.95. Coupon code "GDriveDN15" cuts that to $63.71. With free shipping, that's the lowest price we could find by $12. It runs at 7,200 rpm, features transfer rates up to 136MB/s, and is compatible with Time Machine. Deal ends August 31.

Dell Small Business offers its Dell PowerVault RD1000 500GB Removable Disk Backup for $989 with free shipping. That's tied with our May mention, $632 off, and the best price we could find. It features a rugged exterior (capable of withstanding a 1-meter drop), removable 500GB Serial ATA hard drive (1TB compatible), and USB 3.0 port.