CES Trial By Fire: Hard Drive Demolition : Is It Worth It?

By Rachel Rosmarin , published on January 7, 2009 at 9:30 PM
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Moore commented that, when a shopper heads to a store and finds the hard drive aisle, they see bamboo drives, red metal drives, ruggedized drives, and many others. If they saw one on the shelf that said "Flood and Fire proof," and it only cost $20 more (Iosafe's newest drive, the Solo, costs $149 for 500GB and comes in larger sizes as well), why wouldn't they buy it? Well, I can think of one reason: this thing is huge. 11-inches tall by 7.1-inches wide and 5-inches thick. In an age where another recently released 500GB external drive weighs six ounces and is the size of a post-card, who is going to buy the enormous one? I suppose some very responsible smart consumers might. At the very least, businesses who don't need portable storage and can keep theirs in a closet might also buy in.  But to average consumers, the ugly factor might, sadly, take precedence over saving family photos.
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zodiacfml 01/08/2009 10:43 AM
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overkill. this thing won't prevent theft or drive failure. i'll stick with slow internet storage, most even are free.

theubersmurf 01/08/2009 4:11 PM
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Well, I bet the FBI would like broad adoption of these...

Anonymous 01/08/2009 6:26 PM
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Yea, but I still can't get my wife to back up her data....

lumpoco 05/29/2009 4:20 AM
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So this company makes the drives and protects them. Wow! I'd buy their products, but I'm not sure how reliable their drives are. I also think that eventually the protected drive would have been damaged as evidenced by the scorch marks surrounding the drive. Now if the drive were to withstand a thermonuclear explosion then I'm convinced. Although if that were to happen I probably won't be around to use my protected data. This product makes little sense for the average consumer. The high cost would deter the average consumer during these harsh economic times. The company has to provide another product or service to make this worthwhile. Otherwise, they are destined to fail.

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