SanDisk Connect Wireless Stick 200 GB. 200 GB is the max volume you can get from this flash drive-sized device, but this limitation is well worth the form factor.

This battery-powered device offers a strong personal wireless signal, which can be accessed by up to three devices simultaneously. Wireless streaming is comfortably fast, but downloading and uploading can be bit sluggish compared to other drives. The USB 2.0 connector offers faster uploading to a single PC, but you will more often find yourself connecting to you Wireless Stick with a phone or tablet.

Best Wireless Hard Drives. SanDisk Connect Wireless Stick 200 GB.

SanDisk's Wireless Stick is a flash drive-sized solution for external wireless data storage that matches full HDDs in functionality, despite being a fraction of the size. The Wireless Stick comes in sizes from 32 to 200 GB, with the cheapest model being under $30. For most purposes, though, you will want the most storage as possible, as you might be surprised how many files you would benefit from making wirelessly accessible.

This drive is rated for about 4.5 hours of battery life, and takes about 2 hours to charge. This is enough battery life for most uses, and can easily be plugged in if the battery is depleted.

The only place where this device truly falls short is its storage. 200 GB isn't enough to store a movie collection, nor can it hold a backup of your computer, but it is enough for a curated selection of content that would lend well to road trips or business collaborations. If this isn't an issue for you, the SanDisk Connect Wireless Stick will offer you more portability than any other wireless hard drive.

SanDisk Connect Wireless Stick 200 GB. The SanDisk Connect Drive app to access and modify content on the drive is easy enough to use, though there are different apps for different models of their flash drives, so double check that you download the correct one.

The app has a built-in support for common media types, though a few small bugs can diminish the experience. The worst of these is that you cannot skip through tracks in the music player, which is far from a deal breaker.

Seagate Wireless Plus Mobile Portable Hard Drive 2 TB. Networked use is pretty easy, and the Seagate Media app is fairly intuitive. Navigation is a snap to pick up, and you can easily change the default apps for different types of media playback.

Certain other tasks like uploading wirelessly will require you to reference the handy user guide. Other tasks like renaming files can't be done withing the app, but can be done through other processes. The Seagate Wireless can also stream HD content to up to three devices concurrently.

The LaCie Fuel 2 TB can stream different HD content to up to three devices at once, and has about a 3 hour battery time when streaming (about 10 hours on standby). This battery life could be better, as consistently getting another hour out of the battery would make the difference between being able to finish an second movie on a road trip.

It does also help that the USB 3.0 port can be used to connect to charge the Fuel on the go.

Seagate Wireless Plus Mobile Portable Hard Drive. The Wireless Plus has a traditional SATA port in the back, but comes with a USB 3.0 adapter and cable for easier connections.

It does slightly add to the form factor of this device, but allows this serve as an internal drive as well. This drive also packs a 10 hour battery life, though it will vary quite a bit if you constantly stream video or upload. It also can even automatically sync with Dropbox or Google Drive, though this among other functions, are not found in the wimpy instruction manual.

In addition, the responsiveness of the screen turning on and off when you cover the screen with the keyboard was also quite fast. Even waking from sleep was quick and seamless.

The display of the Lenovo MIIX 510 is definitely one of the better IPS displays we've seen out there. While the MIIX 510 uses a lower resolution Full HD / Full HD+ display, the performance and resolution seem to fit the form factor of the MIIX perfectly. 12.2-inch FHD+ 1920×1200 resolution.

ESET Smart Security Premium is at the top of ESET's marketing pyramid and starts at $80 a year for a single PC. (Ten PCs costs $170 per year).

It adds file-level encryption and a password manager to Internet Security's toolkit.

Costs and What's Covered. ESET has three progressively stronger (and more expensive) antivirus programs, starting with NOD32 Antivirus, which combines basic defenses against phishing and spyware with ransomware defenses.

It starts at $40 for a year's coverage for a single PC, ratcheting up $10 per additional machine to $80 for five. (There are discounts for 2- and 3-year subscriptions.)