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I've been using the WD Wireless Pro for a couple of months with Lumafusion now. And I'd like to share a few thought that might be helpful.

Here's the dimensions I look at when considering such a product.

Tansfer Speed: Medium-low, no problem streaming 50mbps videos or raw photos; stutter and jam every 3-4 seconds when streaming videos up to 100mbps (mainly 4K); when coping clips in LumaFusion, 10 seconds video (4k) takes ~5 seconds the transfer speed is measured to be 3-8 MB/s
Reliability/Stability: Satisfactory, I'd say conparatively very reliable when copying SD card, and also reliable in LumaFusion (with support of continue download from last break-off point, so no need to start over)

Shutting down WD Wireless Pro's Internet throughput fuction has an positive impact on transfer speed in my experience. (probably due to less CPU load, and more bandwidth on WiFi antena dedicaed to communication with iPad)

I think the lack of external drive support is one of the last things that the iPad Pro needs to be a true laptop replacement especially with the introduction of USB Type-C. The WiFi drives are an overly complex and slow replacement for a fast and reliable USB 3.1 connection.

The hack I'm currently using is a USB flash drive with a Type-C adapter that includes a folder structure like a camera SD card. I copy clips from my MacBook to the flash drive and can then quickly import them to the iPad Pro.

The cloud transfer options can also be painfully slow even with a fast Internet connection and my experience with the WD options is that they can also be frustratingly slow.