WD My Passport Ultra 5TB Blue - Duo Pack

Product information

Pros and cons

According to our HDD external hard drive expert

• Thanks to the USB-C connector, you can use the hard drives with different devices.
• Your personal data and documents remain well protected by the password protection.
• The USB 3.0 connection transfers your files up to 10 times faster than a USB 2.0 connector.
• For use with Mac, you'll need to reformat the drive.

Product description

Store and back up all your music, photos, and projects on the WD My Passport Ultra 5TB Blue - Duo Pack. This bundle contains 2 hard drives with a 5TB capacity each. With this, you can store up to 1,000,000 photos of 10MB. You can use 1 drive for your work and the other for private use. This ultra version of the Passport has a metal casing, includes USB 3.0 to USB-C, and is slightly thinner than the normal version. Backups are made automatically thanks to the WD Smartware Pro software. You can decide whether you want it to run continuously in the background or at a set time. If you want to keep your files extra safe, set a password with the WD Security Software. This way, nobody can access your private files.

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Included by default

• Manual (1.51 MB)
• USB-C cable
• WD software and drivers

Contents of this set

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  2x WD My Passport Ultra 5TB Blue

  38 reviews

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Reviews

38 reviews

8,4/10 (38 reviews)

Rating

21 reviews with 5 stars

5 stars 0 reviews

11 reviews with 4 stars

4 stars 0 reviews

5 reviews with 3 stars

3 stars 0 reviews

0 reviews with 2 stars

2 stars 0 reviews

1 reviews with 1 star

1 star 0 reviews

Rating per section

Reliability

8,5

Speed

8,5

Price-quality ratio

8,5

Customer images

Most helpful reviews

7,5/10

Reliable hard drive in somewhat poor housing.

• price/mb ratio for such a HDD
• Reliable hard drive
• "Alu casing look" but the housing is completely made of plastic.

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• Jacques
• 25 August 2020
• Automatically translated from Dutch

8,5/10

Great hard drive

• Good price per GB
• Quite fast
• Comes partitioned in GUID, therefore had to partition to MBR first for use with TVs etc.

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• Vincent van der palen
• 22 August 2020
• Automatically translated from Dutch

5,0/10

Don't buy this product. Doesn't work as promised

• Inexpensive
• Quiet
• Doesn't work

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• Robert
• 7 September 2023
• Automatically translated from Dutch

5,5/10

Price difference not worth it.

• Nice compact
• Stands on flexible legs/caps
• Plastic and can

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• Rudi walstra
• 28 May 2021
• Automatically translated from Dutch

9,5/10

Great for playing movies

• Fast
• Compact
• Not drop resistant

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• Gwvm
• 17 November 2023
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8,0/10

Good deal

• He is fast
• easy to connect
• no

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• Peter j
• 4 June 2024
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10/10

Highly recommended!

• very fast
• lightweight, easy to carry
• cable is quite short, but this is not a big deal for me. Is it next to the computer?

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• Desirée
• 28 July 2020
• Automatically translated from Dutch

9,0/10

Good value for money

• Good value for money

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• Ahmad
• 9 September 2020

10/10

It works well as a secure additional backup of Synology NAS

• Works well in combination with Synology NAS for backup
• encrypted

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• Back-up fan
• 24 November 2020
• Automatically translated from Dutch

10/10

great product

• not expensive
• Casing not really sturdy

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• Ton jansen
• 27 May 2021
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7,5/10

Reliable hard drive in somewhat poor housing.

• price/mb ratio for such a HDD
• Reliable hard drive
• "Alu casing look" but the housing is completely made of plastic.

The weak point on this WD drive is the USB-C connection, which is not solid and where it gets slack quite quickly. That is annoying when writing or reading large files (eg HD movies). If the drive moves during the data transfer, there is a chance that the USB-C cable will slip out of the housing or move so that you can start over. I previously had the same problem with WD drives with a USB Micro-B connection. Apparently WD hasn't learned it yet.

• Jacques
• 25 August 2020
• Automatically translated from Dutch

8,5/10

Great hard drive

• Good price per GB
• Quite fast
• Good quality housing
• Comes partitioned in GUID, therefore had to partition to MBR first for use with TVs etc.

A very nice hard drive with good value for money. Fast delivery by CoolBlue

• Vincent van der palen
• 22 August 2020
• Automatically translated from Dutch

5,0/10

Don't buy this product. Doesn't work as promised

• Inexpensive
• Quiet
• Lots of strage
• Doesn't work

I ordered the backup disk and was happy when it arrived a couple of days later. Had to format it for Mac as it was formatted for Windows. Had tremendous difficulty in trying to format this hard disk. I repeated the process four or five times. Then I finally got it working and it kept stopping with the time machine back up multiple times, as the USB-C was extremely sensitive. After multiple times of not being able to conclude the time machine backup, I tried to reformat it, and that did not work at all. Finally, after trying many many times with formatting, backing up, and starting again, I gave up. I looked up what was closest Cool Blue store and I brought the hard disk back. The service department there confirmed that there were many problems with this hard disk WD my passport Ultra and suggested another device. However, that device was not available now. The service person asked me if I would like a refund or an alternative device, which she suggested. That alternative device was not available in time so I took the refund and then tried to post a review. This is the third time because the other two were not posted.

• Robert
• 7 September 2023
• Automatically translated from Dutch

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Specifications

WD My Passport Ultra 5TB Blue

Product

Product number

864079

Manufacturer code

WDBFTM0050BBL-WESN

Brand

Western Digital

Warranty

3 years

Processing of your defect

Via Coolblue

Old product returned for free

Memory properties

Total storage capacity

5 TB

Hard drive type

2.5 inches

Formatted for operating system

Windows

Safety class

High-end

Functions

Shockproof

Dustproof

On/off switch

Backup feature

Protected memory (USB)

Protection type (USB)

Data encryption, Password

Data encryption

Hardware encryption, Software encryption

Physical properties

Width

8,16 cm

Depth

2,09 cm

Height

11 cm

Weight

0,96 kg

Color

Blue

Material

Metal

Build quality

Mid-range

Other properties

Power supply type

Via a different product

Connectors and connections

USB port

Type of USB port

USB-C

Thunderbolt connector

FireWire