Freecom 30570 ToughDrive 2.5″ 320GB USB-2 Hard Drive
Posted by Notcot on Aug 19, 2010 in Handhelds & PDAs |
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Super drive! The drive is really well made and looks the part. The integrated cable is such a good idea and practical, why carry loads of wire around in your laptop bag! Better still you can fold the integrated cable away and just slip the drive in your pocket.
After reading loads of reviews on Freecom products it’s clear to see that most reviews rave about the products and more importantly they have a helpful UK support team.
I have showed this drive to friend already who will be buying one; if you’re in the market this drive really is a winner.
Rating: 5 / 5
I bought this drive as a reasonably priced option for sending large AVI video files between the UK and the USA. It can handle knocks where other hard drives can not I read and it is light enough to keep the postage down.
When i do a video shoot i usually create 4 – 6 half hour video samples on 2 cameras so you are looking at 8 – 12 files at about 8 or 9 gig a piece. Now you might think that will be fine on this drive except that it is formatted in Fat format so does not recognise files above 4 gig. The freecom support phone line is dead and you can wait several days from what i can see for any response from the forum.
So if you buy this drive and you get this problem, remember this review and format your drive in NTSC (if your operating system allows you to view this format) because getting freecom to advise you will be like extracting teeth!
Rating: 4 / 5
I chose this drive for capacity (I want full back-ups of two laptops) and durability (it will travel regularly.) It works fine on both a Dell and a Sony laptop, with or without the short extension usb cable provided. I can’t vouch for transfer speed as I tend to go and make coffee while it does its stuff, but it’s very quiet and gets only slightly warm after prolonged use. I haven’t dropped it yet, but feel reasonably confident of its survival were I to do so. The soft silicon covering and general appearance are a matter of personal taste, but I like it because I don’t think it will show scratches and scrapes.
In conclusion, I don’t regret having paid extra for ruggedness and high capacity even though it’s now cheaper than when I bought it.
Rating: 5 / 5
I am no computer expert but needed a small,simple, portable external hard drive to back up my photos, videos & docs. This was so easy to use,(Vista) & no set up required. The supplied NTI shadow software works a treat. It even looks cool!
Thanks also to Amazon for delivery within 24 hours.
Rating: 5 / 5
Its a good drive, and as you’d expect (hopefully), you don’t get 320Gb, you get 298Gb.
It feels nice and secure, and does have a good response time, however, it doesn’t have as quick a transfer speed as my older WD Passport. The passport managed a copy speed of around 30mb/s, whereas this usually only manages 22-25mb/s.
Anyway, huge amounts of space, and tiny!.
Great drive, loads of space, (not particularly quick though.).
Rating: 4 / 5