External Hard Drive LaCie 18 TB USB Type-A USB Type-C 1big Dock

The LaCie 1big Dock is an external hard drive and Thunderbolt 3 docking station designed for creative professionals who need centralized, high-capacity storage and a single-cable connection to a laptop. This 18 TB, 7,200 RPM drive combines a Seagate IronWolf Pro HDD with a range of ports and built-in SD and CF card readers, enabling direct ingestion, device charging, monitor connection, and daisy-chaining of additional drives while providing power delivery to your laptop and peripherals.

Advantages

1big Dock provides a consolidated workspace by combining an enterprise-class IronWolf Pro 7,200 RPM hard drive with Thunderbolt 3 performance and multiple ports including SD and CF card readers. It supports up to 70 W power pass-through to keep laptops charged, delivers up to 45 W when the charger is not used (reduced to 30 W when daisy-chaining other USB-C devices), and includes Rescue Data Recovery Services for the warranty period. The design supports large workloads (up to 300 TB/year) and comes with a five-year warranty for long-term reliability.

Suitable for

• Video editors and filmmakers working with high-resolution footage
• Photographers importing files directly from SD and CF cards
• Creative professionals needing centralized storage and single-cable laptop connectivity
• Users who require charging and peripheral connectivity (USB-A, USB-C, external monitors)

Key specifications

• Capacity: 18 TB (18,000 GB)
• Drive type: Seagate IronWolf Pro HDD, 7,200 RPM
• Interfaces: Thunderbolt 3, USB Type-C, USB Type-A; SD and CF card readers (CFast/CFexpress support on SSD Pro variant)
• Power delivery: up to 70 W via power pass-through; up to 45 W without charger (up to 30 W when daisy-chaining USB-C devices)
• Workload rating: up to 300 TB/year
• Weight: 1.7 kg
• Colour: Black
• Warranty: 5 years; includes Rescue Data Recovery Services for the warranty period

How to use

Connect the 1big Dock to your laptop using a Thunderbolt 3 cable to access the internal 18 TB drive and the dock’s ports. Insert SD or CF cards directly into the card readers to ingest footage and transfer files. To power your laptop through the dock, connect your laptop’s power adapter to the dock’s Thunderbolt 3 daisy chain port; the dock will provide power pass-through up to 70 W. Use the USB-A and USB-C ports to connect peripherals, or daisy-chain additional Thunderbolt devices as needed.

Recommendations

For consistent performance with high-bitrate video and large projects, use the 7,200 RPM IronWolf Pro drive for storage and consider the 1big Dock SSD Pro (NVMe SSD and CFast/CFexpress readers) when maximum transfer speed is required. Maintain regular backups with LaCie Toolkit and enable Rescue Data Recovery Services included with the drive.