Do you use a USB flash drive, MicroSD card, or portable hard drive to keep backups of important files? Protect yourself by encrypting removable storage devices so your files can't be accessed if the drive is lost or stolen.      Link

Already doing this. It is definitely easier than the old fashioned way of decrypting certain folders, and requiring the key to unlock it.

 
"The encrypted drive can be opened on any Windows PC, even one that's running a non-business edition of Windows."
 
I don't believe so. I was under the impression you cannot unlock BitLocker encrypted files unless you have a specific Windows editions... Bitlocker is only included with:
 
Windows Vista and Windows 7: Enterprise and Ultimate editions
Windows 8 and 8.1: Pro and Enterprise editions
Windows 10: Pro, Enterprise, and Education editions
Windows Server 2008 and later..