Ever thought of climbing the Eiger with a USB hard drive dangling from your belt? Just in case you were, you might find the Freecom ToughDrive Sport is the missing link as you boulderly go. It even comes supplied with a carabiner hook and there’s a picture of some formidable peak on the packaging to tempt you.
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How much are 250GB pen drives nowadays? Oh right! *thats* why disks haven't totally gone out of fashion yet!
I've got a earlier model of one of these. So far - 2 years down the line and 100% reliable. Once it was caught under my phone cable but unnoticed by me. When I picked up the phone I sent it flying, spinning through the air for it to land on a corner, and it was perfectly fine.
The model I have comes with a straight connector, too. Doesn't have the ring thing tho...
A close inspection shows that it is actually a really cheap crab, as there is no locking pin on the gate, meaning that it is entirely dependant on the torsional rigidity of the entire device for its strength, rather than the tensional strength of the device.
Sounds like the rest of the drive has been made the same way - give it a fancy feature, but make it as cheaply as possible. But then give it a really big price to make it look like everything was done properly.
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Freecom ToughDrive Sport
Ever thought of climbing the Eiger with a USB hard drive dangling from your belt? Just in case you were, you might find the Freecom ToughDrive Sport is the missing link as you boulderly go. It even comes supplied with a carabiner hook and there’s a picture of some formidable peak on the packaging to tempt you. Freecom …
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Posted Tuesday 21st April 2009 09:59 GMT
Sam York
But #
why not use an SSD?!
Posted Tuesday 21st April 2009 14:17 GMT
Col
Money, money changes everything... #
"why not use an SSD?!"
How much are 250GB pen drives nowadays? Oh right! *thats* why disks haven't totally gone out of fashion yet!
I've got a earlier model of one of these. So far - 2 years down the line and 100% reliable. Once it was caught under my phone cable but unnoticed by me. When I picked up the phone I sent it flying, spinning through the air for it to land on a corner, and it was perfectly fine.
The model I have comes with a straight connector, too. Doesn't have the ring thing tho...
Posted Tuesday 21st April 2009 14:17 GMT
Anonymous Coward
@Sam #
250Gb for £100? You find me a SSD that comes in at that price and I'm sold...
Posted Tuesday 21st April 2009 14:17 GMT
Niall Campbell
I like to do all my computing at 20,000 feet up. #
What a waste of time and effort.
Posted Tuesday 21st April 2009 14:17 GMT
Dave
Picture #
"Mountaineer-friendly carabiner included"
A close inspection shows that it is actually a really cheap crab, as there is no locking pin on the gate, meaning that it is entirely dependant on the torsional rigidity of the entire device for its strength, rather than the tensional strength of the device.
Sounds like the rest of the drive has been made the same way - give it a fancy feature, but make it as cheaply as possible. But then give it a really big price to make it look like everything was done properly.
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