26TB Seagate Expansion Desktop USB 3.0 External Hard Drive – $250 | Seagate Deals

I bought two of these last week when they were on sale to shuck and put in a 2-bay NAS for RAID 1. I was seeing speeds in the 230-260 MB/s range on the outer diameter pretty consistently. Temp wise, they run about 47-48C for me under load. My assumption is that since these are hermetically sealed (helium filled), they use the same hardware and components as ironwolfs/exos drives, but are binned due to "some" issue. I expect for light home use they are going to do just fine for years to come.
Edit: I should also add, if you visit the Seagate website on your mobile device (and possibly incognito), you should be presented with a newsletter signup offer for an additional 10 percent off.
Edit 2: It seems they have killed the ability for the newsletter code to apply to already discounted products.

Got two last week. Shucked one and it's a Barracuda. I'm not shucking the other, but I'm guessing it's the same. Don't buy these expecting binned Exos.

just fyi, i bought this hdd 2 months ago on an older deal and the hard disk now errors out due to bad sectors. Be sure to extensively test it if you buy it. i didnt and I am paying the price.