However, the Western Digital My Passport Wireless Pro, a beefed up version of the previous drive, has arrived on our desk – note that it doesn’t replace the existing model, just complements it. The WD Elements and the WD My Passport external hard drives are targeted at the portable drive, on the go market place. The WD Elements is positioned as their entry-level drive for the portable consumer and Western Digital is quite open in saying it is a basic drive.

The last time we looked at a wireless external hard drive from Western Digital – the – we weren’t really impressed. However, the Western Digital, a beefed up version of the previous drive, has arrived on our desk – note that it doesn’t replace the existing model, just complements it. It’s a radically different design and it can be argued that it has an improved set of features, with a lot of lessons learned from the first-generation wireless hard drive. The we were sent is on sale at Amazon for £200 (around $260, AU$340) while the costs £180 (around $235, AU$305). In comparison, the 2TB model of the sells for £146 (around $190, AU$250) while a standard 3TB hard disk drive like the costs £90 (around $115, AU$150) and a 2TB HDD () retails for £63 (around $80, AU$105).

The Pro title and the wording of the product description on Western Digital’s website makes it clear that this drive is aimed at a prosumer audience,one that doesn’t mind paying extra if it means ‘streamlining your workflow’ as WD puts it. The My Passport Wireless Pro reminded us of an external DVD player or the. Think about it – it's about the same size as a DVD disk with dimensions of 125 x 125 x 22mm, and it weighs 450g. The drive is made of anthracite-coloured ABS plastic with plenty of rounded corners, and it feels solid. On top there's the WD logo and six status lights: four to indicate the battery capacity, one for the Wi-Fi status and one to indicate whether the drive is spinning.

There's also a removable sticker with the SSID and default password of the device. Flip it over and on the underside you'll find four rubber feet as well as another sticker with more details about the My Passport Wireless Pro – including the serial number and the MAC address. An SD card slot is located on one side and two square buttons – one for power and the other one for accessing the SD card – are located on the other, alongside a flat USB 3.0 connector and a standard USB 2.0 host port. Long press the SD card button and the contents of your SD card will be automatically copied or moved – depending on how the button is configured – to the hard disk drive. In that mode, the lights on top will indicate how far the copy/move process has got to go. The drive came with a 12.24W (5.1V/2.4A) power supply unit and interchangeable plugs for UK, EU and US markets. The My Passport Wireless Pro uses a 15mm tall, 2.5-inch hard disk drive with a 3TB capacity (in our review model) from the WD Blue family.

The WD30NPRZ runs at 5,400RPM and is equipped with 64MB cache. It consumes an average of 2W in read/write mode and 0.7W when idle. It's worth noting that the average drive read time stands at 8.5ms. The drive performed quite well on CrystalDiskMark, hitting 121.9MBps and 120.9MBps in read and write respectively. That's better than the drives we tested last year and likely to be due to the higher platter density which allows more bytes to be crammed in per unit volume/area.

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Sadly, we couldn't get our Windows 10 test machine to connect with the drive wirelessly, either on the 2.4GHz or 5GHz channels. That was likely an issue with Windows rather than the device. The drive offers 802.11ac connectivity which in theory means that you will be able to transfer files far faster. You will obviously need to have compatible devices to make the most of it. The Wireless Pro also comes with a massive 6,400mAh battery which can be used as a power bank. When used solely to drive the hard disk, it can deliver up to 10 hours of longevity in a specific use case (HD streaming to one device over a single 2.4GHz band).