Fast, reliable and cheap? Normally you get two out of three but with this drive it's a full score on all three.
One terrabyte for 99 pounds? Seemed too good to be true given other drives for 500mb were around the GBP70 mark.
I've had this for about 2 months now, waiting to see how reliable it was before sharing a review.
It has been superb, no issues at all, and with no drivers needed, it could not be easier to use.
I use it for storage of high def video and backups of my 160GB laptop. A conversion to ntfs from fat took about 5 minutes with no issues at all (needed if you have very large files (eg video).
I haven't been able to verify that I get full 480mbps throughput when writing large files from laptop/video camera to the drive, but I've no complaints about the speed.
I am impressed with this drive and will be ordering another identical drive so that I can use synctoy (free from Microsoft website) to have a mirror copy of my backup drive. Even though this has been superbly reliable (no bad sectors etc), I'm not willing to take a chance with videos/backups as a single point of failure.
With the price drop to GBP 89, it's hard to see how this can be bettered.
| Brand | Freecom |
|---|---|
| Product Dimensions | 11.5 x 20 x 4 cm; 1.46 Kilograms |
| Item model number | 30723 |
| Manufacturer | Freecom |
| Form Factor | 3.5 inches |
| Hard Drive Size | 1 TB |
| Number of USB 2.0 Ports | 1 |
| Item Weight | 1.46 kg |
