My travel companion: WD My Passport Wireless Pro

As an avid traveler, I am on the go every few days and love to enjoy scenaries, destinations, hotels, resorts, restaurants and food. I also love to capture those remarkable and unforgettable moments of life. Whether I travel solo or with family, I keep working and clicking new photographs, writing my experiences and updating content on my social media channels. So, I consume all the battery of my phone and my camera’s while completing my tasks. For all this I need to be fully equipped every time I travel. When I say equipped, I mean gadgets wise. I need to ensure all my phones, cameras and battery backups are completely charged and storage space is available so that I can work uninterrupted. So, before I went to Europe, my 15 days tour with family, I wanted to ensure I don’t run out of battery and storage space in my camera and phone. I was looking for a reliable alternative for a 15-16 days tour. It was coincidental that I was approached to review the WD My Passport Wireless Pro.

WD My Passport Wireless Pro

Bingo! Here I was with 1 Terabytes memory space with a full battery backup up to 10 hours. Wow! What more could have I asked for!!

While familiarizing myself with the device before I took off, it was so simple to work with. It is a square shaped black colored device with rounded corners and a plastic covering. Talking about the size, it is 5 inches long, 5 inches breadthwise and 0.9 inches thick. Total weight of device is about 390 grams. It is a portable storage device that required minimal space in my cabin luggage. Since it is a wireless device, it also helped me offload and edit content on-the-go by saving time with the SD 3.0 card reader.

On the trip, I used this My Passport Wireless Pro many times:

With the feature of a built-in power bank of 6,400 mAh, it was easy for me to charge my phones battery as distances were long as we moved from country to country in Europe.
And since we had to click 8/9 countries in 15 days trip, we required a huge storage space to store all the data. My mobile was packed with photos from previous trips as well, so I transferred some of the videos and photographs to the WD My Passport Wireless Pro using the My Cloud mobile app.
It’s compatible with PCs and Mac products as well.

This was very convenient for me as I could backup many mobile pictures and videos as well.

My Passport Wireless Pro is Creative Cloud connected through the My Cloud mobile app which can easily be downloaded from the App Store. It is an interactive software that tells how much storage space is left in My Passport Wireless Pro and I could easily manage my files that I transferred from my phone. I was carefree as the hard drive had 1 terabytes of storage space.

I used to charge our phones at least thrice a day and My Passport Wireless Pro was a big support for that.

My Passport Wireless Pro is designed to work seamlessly with mobile devices, and a 3.0 SD card reader built-in, you get an all-in-one drive to streamline your workflow. It is built with 802.11ac technology, which enables it to be a fast performer, smooth streaming, wireless image transfers from a compatible camera and quick editing with a connected tablet or laptop.

Package Includes

My Passport Wireless Pro Devices
USB cable
USB power adapter
Quick Install Guide

Best thing I liked was that it had a travel friendly adapter to suit to UK and European countries as well.

Package of My Passport Wireless Pro

How to operate My Passport Wireless Pro:

Switch on the device with a long press on the power button till the blue light starts blinking
Install My Cloud App from Play store
You will see My Passport Wireless Pro under ‘Manage Devices and Services’ tab
The system will ask for the password which is provided with the device
As both get connected you can see the dashboard where you can know about the storage space and the files that you want to manage

Benefits of My Passport Wireless Pro

Since it has got USB 3.0 speed, it has super-fast file transferring speed
You need to carry just one device and get rid of other extra noise and hence your travel is lighter.
You can edit and share your media with My Passport Wireless Pro wirelessly. When combined with the My Cloud mobile app, you get anywhere access to files stored on the drive through your tablet or smartphone.
Use My Passport Wireless Pro along with Plex to enrich your Media with descriptions, summaries, film posters and more while wirelessly streaming media to a Smart TV, smartphone, or any other supported device with Plex.

It is truly a travel friendly device that I can rely on for many trips of mine.

I would highly recommend this device. Thanks, Western Digital for sending this.

Nidhi KM

By Nidhi KM|2018-07-12T09:23:10+00:00July 12th, 2018|Travel food n Hospitality products|23 Comments

About the Author: Nidhi KM

Founder of Viharin is Nidhi K M who is an avid traveller. She has visited multiple destinations across Europe, U.S.A, Mauritius, Maldives and countries in Asia. After a short stint as a travel blogger, Nidhi has started Viharin.com in November, 2014. In the journey so far, Nidhi has been instrumental in promoting various destinations of the world like London, Netherlands, Paris, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium, Italy, Vatican City, Singapore, Indonesia, Nepal, Bhutan, Thailand, Vietnam, Combodia and many more. With her efforts , Nidhi has taken Viharin.com to one of the top interesting travel blogs of the world. She has been mentioned in DLF City Magazine, Newspatrolling, Ayurveda Sutra, recognized as Guest of Honour by Institute of Technology and Science, Ghaziabad and more. Nidhi worked with American Express as a Manager. She has over 11 years of experience in the domain of Customer Relationship Management. She has received many rewards and recognitions for exceeding Organizational goals. Nidhi is supported by her husband who is a Consultant Radiologist by profession and amateur photographer with special interest in wildlife. Her immediately family also supports Nidhi in destination promotions. After schooling from Bal Bharti Public School, Delhi, Nidhi did Mathematics honours from Jesus and Mary College, Delhi University and Masters in Information and Technology from Institute of Technology and Science.

23 Comments

Jhilmil D Saha July 13, 2018 at 5:12 am - Reply
This gadget is absolutely a new concept to me. Its so nice that such a nice thing exists
Rakhi Parsai July 13, 2018 at 5:42 am - Reply
I am using one of the wd products and I simply like it alot. My Passport Wireless Pro seems like an advanced version and quite useful for people who travel with huge data.
Prerna Sinha July 13, 2018 at 6:19 am - Reply
Wow! Seems like a great technology for needy times.
Aishwarya Iyengar July 13, 2018 at 7:25 am - Reply
This seems perfect for long travels !
Namrata July 13, 2018 at 11:15 am - Reply
wow, this is amazing. I am going to order one for myself and I am sure it will become my travel buddy.
Mrinal Kiran July 13, 2018 at 11:19 am - Reply
That’s a really good one… Transfers fast, mac compatible, good storage space, battery backup.. what more can one ask for
Deepika Verma July 13, 2018 at 12:04 pm - Reply
Oh this is so useful!! Exactly what I need!! This will make traveling so easy
Deepa July 13, 2018 at 1:51 pm - Reply
Wow! One small thing and so many benefits. I will look out for it. Thanks for the review.
Humaira July 14, 2018 at 3:26 am - Reply
Amazing and informative post. WD my passport looks so great for the travel enthusiasts. Superb thoughts.
Khadija July 16, 2018 at 7:25 pm - Reply
Wow this is a must have and a saviour for all the travellers. Super impressive
Jhilmil July 17, 2018 at 4:31 am - Reply
Sounds good that it makes travel lighter and it has a good transferring speed. Shall use it for sure.
Ruchi Verma July 17, 2018 at 5:26 am - Reply
Wow with such a great benefit this is perfect for travelling… absolutely new to me
Dipika Singh July 17, 2018 at 11:35 am - Reply
This is an interesting gadget Nidhi, I am not too much into tech-gad, however, for bloggers connectivity and uninterrupted usage of technology is a necessity. I find this particular gadget is able to give both.
ADITI CHIB July 17, 2018 at 1:04 pm - Reply
Heard about this gadget first time. Nice review Such a informative post.
Jiya B July 17, 2018 at 1:17 pm - Reply
wow this looks like one amazing gadget for your smooth travel . Infact I heard about this for the first time from your blog.
Priyanka Patwari July 17, 2018 at 1:55 pm - Reply
It is very promising gadgets for travel time.. Awesome thought with nice post
Charu Chhitwal July 17, 2018 at 2:40 pm - Reply
Wow this sounds Really good and handy for people who use a lot of data and click a lot of photos
Sabeeka Lambe July 17, 2018 at 3:02 pm - Reply
Wow this is soo cool.. a great one for ones who are always on the move..
Snehalata Jain July 17, 2018 at 3:35 pm - Reply
I didn’t knew such thing existed , thanks for letting me know about this device
Varsh July 17, 2018 at 3:48 pm - Reply
Great informative post. This gadget is something I’ll have to explore myself. Perfect travel companion it is.
Papri Ganguly July 17, 2018 at 4:06 pm - Reply
Hubby travels a lot. Will gift this to him. I’m sure he will love it
Nisha Malik July 17, 2018 at 5:26 pm - Reply
Wow, that’s something I want as my travel companion. Because I love to click a lot and need huge storage to store them. Great review. Shall check it out.
Preety tiwari July 18, 2018 at 4:23 am - Reply
Wow… It’s a must have for every frequent traveler, thanks for sharing such useful post