Freecom Mobile Drive XXS 320GB USB-2 Portable Hard Drive

Glezza

at 8:45 pm

OK, the worst bit about this drive I’ll get out of the way straight away… the USB cable, great if you have a Laptop, but for someone who is using this as a “take your files with you drive”, this cable is just plain ridiculous. And although it’s harsh to do this, a star is lopped off straight away for this, these cables are cheap to produce, and providing such a small cable is such a bad decision for what is otherwise a wonderful little drive!

From the Mac perspective this a must buy! For around £66 you get a bootable drive… which means you can install the OS + some utilities + use the drive for backup files or for files you wish to work with on the road!

It’s not a speed demon, but it certainly isn’t slow either writing a folder of around 1.57GB in under 2 minutes.

I have used various different drives from different manufacturers and this drive is one of the best portables I have ever used!

There isn’t much more to say about this drive, it’s simply very, very good, just budget for a longer cable or a decent extender (not all of them will carry the power enough to make the drive function).

This would make an ideal Christmas present for the Mac user in your life!
Rating: 4 / 5

Sam

at 11:50 pm

This is a great product, It works like a charm, no problems at all, connect and ready to go. The capacity is massive, you can store a huge number of songs, photos, and other digital content. It is very silent, which is quite good. I am using it with a laptop running XP SP2, and so far not a problem. It is very small, smaller than WD’s Passport Drive. It looks stylish, nice black finish. So the good points are: great capacity, fast connection, easy to use, no installation or separate power supply required.

Things I did not really find good: the USB cable provided is ridiculously short, I mean this is completely useless. My USB ports are close to the laptop fans, so no matter how good the cooling capacity of the drive is, it will still be positioned near the fan, getting all the hot air out of the laptop, and thus increasing its heat. This is not good, and the only solution is to get a longer USB cable.

2nd Point: the build quality seems ok, but not impressive. It does not feel very solid. The build quality in WD’s Passports is better.

Anyways, this is a very good hard drive, I am happy with it, and the USB cable issue is not a big one, but would have been nicer to have it all in a perfect package. I would totally recommend this drive, definitely very portable and essential for everyone who likes to keep this files with them wherever they go.
Rating: 4 / 5

Tesco

at 3:39 am

Delivered very quickly. the USB lead is too short but luckly I had a spare -reason for 4 stars. Plugged in and it was up and running in seconds. No problems with it so far after doing 3 backups using Norton ghost.

would recommend the produce
Rating: 4 / 5