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As someone who is constantly “randomly selected” for extra screening at Newark Airport and whose bags are often publicly inspected by TSA agents, the idea of traveling with a portable SSD that looks explosive makes my head spin.
According to a quick google translation of an image on it Lenovo Chinese crowdfunding pageThe Savior Tactical Mobile SSD is an “Approved Hardcore Aluminum Alloy Grenade” portable storage device. Why a hand grenade? Based on the logos, it appears to be a tie-in promotional product Operation Hadal, An upcoming Chinese war movie. The trailer looks like your standard military action jumbled with dramatic close-ups of brooding military men, submarines and lots of explosions. But I didn’t see any USB Type-C hand grenades featured in the trailer.
The Savior Tactical Mobile SSD will cost 599 yuan (about $80). The specs aren’t detailed, though; Tom’s Hardware Speculating that Lenovo could use its existing legion (called Savior in China) portable SSD as the basis for the novelty SSD, which has 1 TB of storage and data transfer speeds of up to 1,050 MB/s.
The official crowdfunding page says the project is already 105% funded with plenty of time left. That means it will likely become a product you see whipped up in a cafe. Since this product is based on a movie that probably won’t be released in North America, chances are the Savior Tactical Mobile SSD won’t make it to the States, but I’m sure you’ll be able to track one down if and when it launches. If you look hard enough.
Airport security is already pretty annoying when you try to check a bag with a laptop There are good reasons for that; I can only imagine the ruckus you’d set off if you sent this SSD through the x-ray machine. Listen, I got it. Some people ‘enjoy’strategy‘Aesthetic, but let’s keep it in camo print, for everyone.
