Best Buy has an outrageous 50% off sale on external hard drives right now

SanDisk Extreme
SanDisk Extreme (Image credit: SanDisk)

If you're shopping for Cyber Monday sales on electronics right now, you are very smart. Best Buy is having a Flash sale that ends tonight. One of Best Buy's amazing deals includes the SanDisk Extreme, which is a USB-C external SSD hard drive. You can get the 1TB model for just $120, which is more than half off the normal price of $250.

SanDisk Extreme

SanDisk Extreme

Storage has never been cheaper. This SanDisk deal makes having backups a bargain.

Everyone should have an external hard drive, even if the only reason you have one is to keep a backup of your computer. With Time Machine on the Mac, you can set up an automatic backup system to ensure that you always have a copy of your files if something goes wrong. SanDisk makes some of the most popular external hard drives around. They're rugged and have fast USB-C transfer speeds.

One of iMore's writers, James Bricknell, recently told me that his daughter dropped this exact model, which has a water resistance rating of IP55, into his teacup and it didn't affect it in the least. Now if that's not a positive review, I don't know what is.

The SanDisk Extreme has read speeds of up to 550MB/s and uses 128-bit AES encryption software. It uses USB-C to connect to devices, but also comes with a USB-C-to-USB-A adapter.

Though it holds a lot of storage, the SanDisk Extreme is very small. Smaller than an iPhone. It also has a convenient hole so you can clip a carabiner to it and clip it to your computer bag or backpack.

The SanDisk Extreme has a variety of storage options, and all of them are on sale for an incredible discount, ranging from 250GB for $27 off to 2TB for $220 off.

This specific Cyber Monday deal also includes a $25 gift card that you can put toward a Shutterfly purchase, or you can pick an 8x8 photo book. Don't forget to take advantage of these extra savings. It's a great idea for a Christmas present for someone important in your life.

Lory Gil

Lory is a renaissance woman, writing news, reviews, and how-to guides for iMore. She also fancies herself a bit of a rock star in her town and spends too much time reading comic books.  If she's not typing away at her keyboard, you can probably find her at Disneyland or watching Star Wars (or both).