Fast and ultra portable. We've all accumulated our fair share of freebie 4GB USB sticks over the years, but if you've had enough of iffy reliability, poor speeds and having to constantly free space up, it's time to consider a better solution.

These days, quality external drives are available in a dizzying array of flavours, many of which offer speeds of up to 10Gbps and beyond via a simple USB-C interface. Seagate tends to be near the forefront of current developments, and its latest-generation One Touch SSD has to be one of the cutest drives on the market.