External 4TB Drive - WD My Passport 4TB or Seagate Backup Plus 4TB

[Flogger23m]

Looking to get an external HDD to transfer large files between the desktop / laptop as well as general backing up. I am looking at the WD My Passport 4TB or Seagate Backup Plus 4TB.

The drives in question:
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822235133

https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Backup-Portable-External-STDR4000100/dp/B00ZTRXFBA

Typically I lean towards WD, but I've only ever used internal drives. Any reason to consider the Seagate over the WD? Or other particular models I should look at instead of these two? Reliability and durability is most important, followed by speed. Not too sure if I am reading the Seagate's warranty PDF correctly, but it looks like it only has a 90 day warranty compared to WD's 3. But if I am reading that right, it is certainly a reason to consider the WD.

 

[whatevs]

Usually WD have usb port/firmware on the drive (no sata) and Seagates have regular drive attached to adapter. If port breaks you may still recover data w/o paying recovery fees. More than 2TB: 15mm drive.

 

[rec0d3]

I stay with Western Digital on all my drives. They've never failed me and when I had one break the return process was hassle free.

 

[Seagate_Surfer]

Thank you for considering Seagate. According to the spec sheet for the drive you listed (STDR4000100), there is a 2 year limited warranty. It also comes with Seagate Backup software and an NTFS driver for Mac, so that you don't have to reformat the drive to switch between PC and Mac computers.