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LaCie Rugged Mini Spec and Price in the United Kingdom

USB2TB

The Rugged Mini is LaCie's durable portable: a 2.5-inch drive inside a shock-absorbing orange case rated for 3-meter drops, IP54 dust and water resistance, and USB 3.0, with a two-year warranty, per the LaCie product page. The drop rating and the rugged case are the whole product — it is the standard choice for field work and location shoots, priced well above the unarmored portables at the same capacity. Software encryption via LaCie Toolkit is included.

Current best price
From £100.99at Amazon.co.uk · captured 2026-09-15View at Amazon.co.uk

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Price history

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March 20, 2026324 capturestoday · £209.99

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Specifications

Capacity
2TB
Interface
USB
Form factor
2.5-inch
Warranty
2 years

Capacities

ConfigurationPart numberCurrent best price
1TBLAC301558
£100.99

at Amazon.co.uk · captured 2026-09-15

2TBLAC9000298
£138.99

at Amazon.co.uk · captured 2026-09-15

4TBLAC9000633
£192.42

at Amazon.co.uk · captured 2026-09-15

5TBSTJJ5000400
£209.99

at Amazon.co.uk · captured 2026-09-15

Guides for this category

How much hard drive you actually needWhat a mechanical drive is still for beside an SSD, how to size it for the pile you are offloading, and why a cheap high-capacity drive can be slow.Portable vs desktop hard driveWhat the enclosure decides between a bus-powered 2.5-inch drive and a mains-powered 3.5-inch one, and why an external listing carries fewer numbers.

What owners and reviewers say

Summarised from 2 source(s), reviewed September 14, 2026. A source is counted only where it names this model exactly. How we track prices

Commonly praised

  • Reviewers emphasise the shock-absorbing enclosure and the drop and crush protection the vendor rates it for.
  • It posted strong read, write and file-copy speeds for a spinning-disk portable, with its copy rate second only to a desktop-class external drive in the group.
  • It carries a three-year warranty, longer than much of the competition.
  • Owners value the shock-absorbing orange rubber bumper and treat the drive as well protected for travel and field work.
  • Owners find it small and portable, and remark on the care taken with the design.
  • Transfer speeds over USB 3.0 are reported as good for a portable drive.

Commonly criticised

  • It is very expensive, with a high cost per terabyte.
  • Multiple owners report drives failing, including one that stopped spinning after light use and another whose warranty replacement failed within an hour of arrival.
  • The bundled USB cable is criticized as loose-fitting and not matching the drive's rugged billing.
  • Some owners consider it expensive for the capacity.

Sources behind this summary

Sources

Every spec above was pulled from one of these — a field a source didn't state was left off rather than estimated.