LaCie Rugged Mini Spec and Price in the United States
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.
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Specifications
- Capacity
- 2TB
- Interface
- USB
- Form factor
- 2.5-inch
- Warranty
- 2 years
Capacities
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What owners and reviewers say
Summarised from 1 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.
Commonly criticised
- It is very expensive, with a high cost per terabyte.
Sources behind this summary
Sources
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