Not only shock resistant, what about dust, debris, and water? IP 54 (degree of protection) water resistant, LaCie’s Rugged hard drive can go through hell (and high water, obviously), and still transfer 4GB of data in 10 seconds. It’s difficult to make Rugged Drives attractive, but the most important thing is that they pack a punch. LaCie is known for its very popular line of tough, orange-draped, Rugged portable external hard drives that are capable of resisting the elements. Even better news; the new drives will deliver a couple new freebies, including a permanently attached Thunderbolt cable, and USB 3.0 connectivity.

The LaCie Rugged Thunderbolt drive follows in the footsteps of its 2012 LaCie Rugged USB 3.0 Thunderbolt (120 GB SSD) predecessor. To combat the issue of buying a separate cable, or sometimes misplacing an accessory cable here or there, LaCie decided to have its Thunderbolt cable built right in. Now attached to the mobile storage unit, a cap also protects the jack and (detachable) USB port for further protection. Rugged is also fast, clocking in at a 387 MB/s transfer rate (in less than five minutes) with the SSD, and capable of handling 122 MB/s with the hard drive. Whether you’d rather connect via USB or Thunderbolt, no external PSU is needed.

The 2012 version came in 500GB hard drive, and 120GB SSD capacities. Now, LaCie provides 500GB SSD and 2TB capacities, the latter of which is more than enough to back up any laptop on the market. Several configurations will be available but won’t be cheap. The updated version of LaCie Rugged goes on sale this June, at either $219.99 for 1TB, or $299.99 for the 2TB. The SSD-equipped models will not be available until July. Options for these include a 250GB model for $299.99, and a 500GB model for $499.99.