WD My Cloud Home Duo

10 reviews

May, 2024

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 10 reviews of WD My Cloud Home Duo. The average rating for this product is 3.5/5, compared to an average rating of 4.5/5 for other products in the same category for all reviews.

We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other products in the same category the WD My Cloud Home Duo is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 93/100 = Excellent quality.

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Expert review by : David Nield (t3.com)

WD My Cloud Home Duo review: super simple network storage

The WD My Cloud Home Duo is an external drive that connects to your network

Lots of storage ; Sleek external design ; Easy to operate

No direct connection ; Can get expensive ; Few advanced options

The WD My Cloud Home Duo is a little different to other external hard drives in that it connects to your router, making it a sort of NAS for beginners. It mostly impresses, if you can live without any advanced network options and transfer speeds that...

Sep, 2021

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Expert review by : Nick Rego (techradar.com)

WD My Cloud Home Duo review

Head up in the clouds

Plenty of storage space ; Clean design ; Easy to setup for backups

Limited USB support ; Hard to share files with users ; Average file copy performance

The My Cloud Home Duo offers plenty space, but falls short of being a total home-storage solution. WD needs to seriously work on its software in order to make this device more usable.

Nov, 2017

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Expert review by : Jon L. Jacobi (techhive.com)

WD My Cloud Home Duo review: Super easy to use, but also super slow and short on features

We like that WD is trying to make network attached storage easier, more connected, and cross-device compatible. But this box is incredibly slow writing data, and it's missing a key feature.

Super simple web-based setup and usage ; Interfaces with mobile devices and online storage services

Slow, especially when writing small files ; No self-backup capabilities, even to attached USB drives

The My Cloud Home Duo’s 45MBps read performance with a collection of small files, its 110MBps performance with a single large 20GB file, and its large file write performance of 44MBps aren’t the fastest we’ve seen by a long shot, but they’re...

Sep, 2017