LaCie 301832 Rugged All-Terrain 320GB Firewire800/Firewire400/USB 2.0 Portable Hard Drive
The exclusive creation of world-renown designer Neil Poulton, this portable storage solution offers the supreme speed of FireWire 800 along with FireWire 400 and Hi-Speed USB 2.0 interfaces for true universal connectivity. Conveniently bus-powered and plug & play, it is ideal for backup, video storage and large data volume exchange on the go. Simply plug it into just about any computer anywhere for backup, video storage and large data volume exchange. Its unique scratch-protected aluminum shell and shock-resistant rubber bumper make the LaCie Rugged Hard Disk especially resistant to harsh elements for extra protection along the road of your adventures.
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LaCie 301832 Rugged All-Terrain 320GB Firewire800/Firewire400/USB 2.0 Portable Hard Drive Reviews
I was sort of forced into buying this particular drive because I really wanted a decent sized drive with firewire 800 capability and this seemed like the only one available. So far, it's been working great, both as a time machine backup system and a scratch disk for my Adobe programs. I wiped the Lacie default software and disk image, so I can't really review its right-out-of-the-boxness, but I will say it's fast, quiet, cool compact, sturdy, and it works. The -1 star is only because the only rubber casing it comes with is a horrible orange color and extra skins are like $10 with very limited color options.
Can't wait to see 1 TB in this form factor. Great product, LaCie. I'm using this drive as a replacement for a full-size external 500 GB drive and it's excellent. I take this drive everywhere I take my laptop, and the small size and weight and lack of bulky power brick make it MUCH MUCH easier to pack up and tote around. Thanks for making a small hard drive with FireWire. With FireWire and the transfer rate of the 500 GB SATA drive mechanism, I don't notice any performance difference between this and the 3.5" mechanism I was using previously something which was definitely not true of the 160 GB USB mobile drive that I last tried this experiment with.
The extra ports are great and give faster options. I would highly recommend this drive. I would definitely use this as a direct to disk option using a laptop and firewire video camera. I haven't put it under extensive use but so far it seems to be very rugged and has performed flawlessly backing up a pc laptop. It also runs great off of bus power using any of the available ports.
It was quick using the FireWire 800 cable. The drive seems to be very sturdy and well built. I have had the drive for for less than one week but on day one I copied 100 GB of video files to the drive. I like it much better than the Western Digital Passport drives that I have used in the past. I have had 3 out of 5 WD drives fail. I hope that this one will give me better results.
It is rugged. This is based off of my experience with a 250 GB version. One problem: the USB input on the drive itself became loose and eventually just fell off inside. Maybe they fixed it in this version. It worked well for a long time. Bought a replacement shell to fix the problem, but for something so "rugged" it sure did have a weak USB connection to the silicon board inside.
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