The viral 1TB SanDisk Extreme Fit USB-C flash drive is now available to purchase with a Black Friday discount, ticking off the list of the most compelling storage buys of the season for anyone who needs a massive capacity bump without lugging around an external SSD.
The headline: It can be had now for $109.99, which represents a meager $8 drop but a feeling of substantial victory in the wake of how few times you could actually find this minuscule plug-and-stay drive available at big-box retailers.
Why This SanDisk Extreme Fit Flash Drive Deal Is Worth It
Deals on deep flash storage have been a mixed bag as of late. Analysts at TrendForce have noted a combination of tighter NAND supply and more robust enterprise demand, factors that are reflected in consumer pricing. Translation: less doorbuster discounting, more out-of-stock notices. Which is what makes a popular, brand-new 1TB USB-C model being in stock and on sale noteworthy.
At $109.99 (it’s usually about 7% off), the SanDisk Extreme Fit is not the bargain-bin, dollar-per-terabyte, super-cheap buy you’re going to find in all of storage — but it is a rare opportunity to grab this small little guy in its low-profile option.
If 1TB feels like overkill, its 512GB sibling for $49.99 (about 17 percent off) is a good alternative for everyday file shuffling and travel backups.
Key Specs and Real-World Use for Extreme Fit 1TB
The unique thing about the Extreme Fit is the form factor, with a compact design to avoid creating bulk in your pants.
It is a real “plug-and-stay” USB-C flash drive that provides up to 1TB in something that weighs just about three grams. Slide it into a laptop’s USB-C port, and you’ve just about doubled — or more — the storage in many thin-and-light machines, no dongle or cable required.
The drive’s USB 3.2 Gen 1 interface (theoretical bandwidth up to 5 Gbps) is easily fast enough for typical chores such as offloading photos and videos, nabbing those giant project files you made on a different computer, or parking game libraries that you don’t need daily access to. The design is barely there, so you can keep it connected even when throwing your laptop into a sleeve or backpack.
Real-world caveat: ultra-compact flash drives usually emphasize size over sustained write performance. Small transfers feel snappy; very long, multi-gigabyte writes may reduce in speed as the drive heats up and after its cache fills (a typical thumb-drive characteristic). If you are regularly transferring hundreds of gigabytes at once, a portable SSD will still be faster for sustained workloads.
How It Compares With Portable SSDs You Might Buy
Portable SSDs frequently win on sustained throughput and durability details, but they require more space and a cable. The Extreme Fit is all about convenience: It upgrades a USB-C port to “always on” storage. For people who travel a lot, students, field photographers, or just those who hate to deal with accessories, that’s a quality-of-life upgrade whose value is difficult to simply price at MB/s.
On the money front, the 1TB price falls well within what we expect to pay for brand-name storage during big sales events. In previous Black Fridays, a couple of external SSDs dropped much cheaper on a cost-per-terabyte basis; this year, inventory constraints and wider demand have closed that gap. If you’re looking for the smallest possible footprint, with big capacity, then this drive is the play.
Applications That Make the Most Sense for This Drive
- Ultrabooks/MacBooks: Increase your storage capacity without an increase in size, even as you increase the capabilities of your system with other less portable drives (sold separately). Perfect for photo libraries, offline video, and sidecar project assets.
- Handheld gaming PCs and mini PCs: Rotate your library of titles or media without worrying about filling internal NVMe capacity.
- Creative professionals on the move: Capture footage in the field using a camera and then copy off dailies to a portable SSD for editing back at the studio.
- Shared environments: Drag and drop files on USB-C laptops at work or school where Wi-Fi transfers can be flaky.
Pro Tips Before You Buy This USB-C Flash Drive
- Match the interface: Ensure that your device has a USB-C port that can work with USB 3.x speeds. It’s still compatible with USB 2.0, but at much slower transfer speeds.
- Format for your workflow: For optimal cross-platform performance between Windows and macOS, use exFAT. For a single OS only, use native file systems so you can have Time Machine or Windows indexing.
- Make a backup hygiene plan: 1TB is quickly filled with RAW photos and 4K video. Abide by a 3-2-1 backup strategy, and consider this to be your expansion or transit storage, not the only copy.
- Purchase from trusted sources: Fake flash media continues to be a problem on third-party marketplaces. Buy only from first-party or otherwise authorized sellers, and keep your receipt for warranty support.
Bottom Line on This SanDisk Black Friday Offer
The 1TB SanDisk Extreme Fit USB-C flash drive is a sale that’s as much about availability as it is about having your jaw hit the floor at a discount. If you’ve been in the market for a little expansion box that plugs in and stays put without marring your laptop’s clean lines, this is a smart purchase while stock lasts. The 512GB model with its $49.99 price is an easy win for lighter needs, but if you’re a creator or power user the 1TB strikes the perfect balance between capacity, convenience, and cost.
