I bought this drive thinking of using it for travel, I ended up using it in the office, the most travel it does is between office and home.It works great, passes info from drive to pc and viceversa with good speed, don't know the specs but I havent waited long at all. The only 2 downsides to this gadget are its size, to travel its big, for the office its great becouse on a desk it looks small; and the second downfall are the cables, no direct USB connection, you have to use cables which I have no doubt I will eventually loose.All in all, great back up drive for work.