Cheap Portable Storage

I'd agree that once the data is on the hard drive, it's no longer an issue. It's the transfer process that I'm interested in. Someone in this thread mentioned that the SmartDisk crashed on them. Also, the transfer speed seems a bit slow. That would drive me nuts if the unit crashed even 10% of the time as I was unloading my 8GB CF card.

I'm still curious ast to whether or not this thing will take a HD larger than 80GB so if anyone can share, that would be great.

if those that dont wanna order from ebay, meritline has a simlar device ...

http://www.meritline.c​om/usb2-0-digi-mate3.html

i have this and installed a spare 30gb HD i have in there with no problems. works great actually. stick the CF card, it recognizes it instantly and just press the button and it starts transfering the files.

I am thinking of getting one myself but the only worry I have is that it is being shipped from hong kong and will take forever. how long did it take for you guys to arrive?

Thanks

edit: also if anyone in the us/canada ordered it, how long did it take to ship? also about the charger what voltage does it run on and how is the plug?

The seller I bought from doesn't seem to be active on eBay anymore...

http://myworld.ebay.co​m/velectronics

You still can get it from this link.

I didn't take too long to arrive, I can't remember exactly how long. I used it successfullly when abroad a couple of weeks ago without any problems.

I spent a week at Yosemite in March, and had the same dilemma--how to avoid hauling a laptop along. I used an 8GB memory card, and downloaded each day onto a GIGAone. This storage device holds 40GB, which was more than enough for the trip, and I was amazed by its speed. I didn't time it to the second, but it took under ten minutes to unload 8GB worth of images. My older 1 GB cards transfer in just a few minutes. Battery life is GREAT, and when I returned home I just popped in my USB and viewed everything in my image browser.

Here's a link to the product. It cost me around $160.
http://www.adorama.com​/ICDG1.html

Here's a link to the product. It cost me around $160.
http://www.adorama.com​/ICDG1.html

I emailed the guy asking for price in dollars - no response yet .

ekk_xt wrote in post #3129770
if those that dont wanna order from ebay, meritline has a simlar device ...

http://www.meritline.c​om/usb2-0-digi-mate3.html

i have this and installed a spare 30gb HD i have in there with no problems. works great actually. stick the CF card, it recognizes it instantly and just press the button and it starts transfering the files.

This portable drive doesn't include a drive (as noted on the description), but has anyone installed an 80GB hard drive? It says, "... hard drive less than 80GB...", but it doesn't say if an 80GB will work. Any info would be greatly appreciated!

- airbutchie

An 80gb should work no problem, most of these devices are the same inside in just different cases

bbruno wrote in post #3376858
Here's a link to the product. It cost me around $160.
http://www.adorama.com​/ICDG1.html

That is identical to the unit I bought without the drive, Its a good bit of kit.

Its not really portable but I just acquired one of these to supplement my SmartDisk FCD20.

Mediagear Image Bank HD with a 120GB drive.

Now I got the enclosure from Geeks for about $40 and the 120GB HDD from Newegg for about $60. You do need to know how to format > 40GB HDD as FAT 32 (all these devices are FAT 32 else they dont work with the card reader).

Right now I am using it to dump stuff as a permanent backup of the CF card before I even process it further.