Anyone use the Tesla Solid State Drive | 1 TB on CT?

[TarheelCT]

Curious to see what everyone is using to upgrade from the OEM 128GB flash drive. Tried to search for better options and saw this "Jowua" brand was recommended.

There’s some coupon codes also if you search which helps even more with price.

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[59K]

There’s some coupon codes also if you search which helps even more with price.

Thanks. I found two codes (YUNN / DENNIS) that discounts $9.99. Not quite enough for me to pull the trigger.

 

[TarheelCT]

Thanks. I found two codes (YUNN / DENNIS) that discounts $9.99. Not quite enough for me to pull the trigger.

I used the shop app, it gave me another $15 off, but YMMV. I like the idea of extra usb ports for controllers etc. I had on order one of the Samsung T9s which is as expensive even on sale ($179/amazon) currently and you lose the extra ports.

 

[UberNoob]

I grabbed a Samsung 2TB drive off Amazon back in 2024. Think I paid 140? Only issue I ever had with it was a bad cable out the box.

Edit: Either price went up or I just bought it anyway.

 

[Black306]

I grabbed a Samsung 2TB drive off Amazon back in 2024. Think I paid 140? Only issue I ever had with it was a bad cable out the box.

Same. Running a Samsung T7 originally bought for my '24 CT. Just transferred it to my '26.

 

[Mini2nut]

I’m looking at this Samsung T7 1TB drive for $189.


https://www.amazon.com/SAMSUNG-Portable-SSD-1TB-MU-PC1T0T/dp/B0874XN4D8/ref=sr_1_4?crid=2HCWPHD5IGPH2&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Igs9w9RkvlfHqOXe6uHdsIpzQz0SQ5aAzlhy7DAYI90dPKcAcrZhAReVBU3t52p1a2426x7ZkZaap4UMlPf83Aleic2lQdV_aokvzcNCfsKXEEmVhZug4yQgKX95eNVjyIfon1WBQuAe4SLCiL3lp_0EOVgTN4mT5OCtTNpw1V8udZw1g-9LKefewRUid9H-MzZyDn9qC5jAyI7cWRjHyfSRNRb93YtuCdKvSeoZUxs.HiSp9K-WsuoyFKddpPvXzlC-gPM234BkEctR-jorrwc&dib_tag=se&keywords=Samsung+t7&qid=1782423163&sprefix=samsung+t7,aps,285&sr=8-4&th=1

 

[59K]

I previously ordered this USB hub. Whas thinking of pairing it with a solid slate flash drive like this one: ySky 1TB USB 3.2 SSD.

 

[Eka]

I use a Sandisk 256GB MAX Endurance microSDXC card in one of their SANDISK MobileMate USB 3.0 microSD Card Readers for storing video and music. I partitioned it into two drives. I did this just after getting the Model Y in Dec 2022 and it finally is showing occasional errors on the video partition. I've had it recording dash cam and sentry mode 24/7 since then. The car has sat outside in the summer sun and winter cold nearly the whole time. I think after 2.5 years if one switched the partitions it would last over 5 years.

When I picked up the CT, I pulled out the Tesla USB key and stuck in the same setup.

I wish Tesla would do better wear leveling on the flash drives. They need to move the video recording buffer, directory files, and file system meta data around so they aren't constantly rewriting the same blocks again and again.

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