Portable Hard Drive

Kevcol

Hey guys,

Just a quick question. I saw a hard drive on Groupon and I'm just wondering if it's good value for money. I've been looking for one anyway and I'm not sure if I should take this offer online or buy one in a Soundstore near me. Is theree much of a difference in quality in portable hard drives in general.

http://www.groupon.ie/deals/national-deals/ask-direct/18908161?nlp=&CID=IE_CRM_1_0_0_72&a=1676

I'd be thinking of buying the 1TB option.

Thanks

Sofiztikated

Kevcol wrote: »

Hey guys,

Just a quick question. I saw a hard drive on Groupon and I'm just wondering if it's good value for money. I've been looking for one anyway and I'm not sure if I should take this offer online or buy one in a Soundstore near me. Is theree much of a difference in quality in portable hard drives in general.

http://www.groupon.ie/deals/national-deals/ask-direct/18908161?nlp=&CID=IE_CRM_1_0_0_72&a=1676

I'd be thinking of buying the 1TB option.

Thanks

Well, as far as I can see, its €79 on pixmania.

Kevcol

That's great Sofiztikated.

Are they reliable when dealing with them? Might go to Soundstore and check them tomorrow but pretty sure the last time I checked they were a bit more expensive than this.

Would that model be good in general?

Sofiztikated

Well, its a marketplace, individual sellers use it, like Amazon.

I haven't had an issue with delivery with pixmania, but I haven't been having much luck with hard drives. Got one through pixmania this week, and its dead on arrival. It was a reliable model, with few reported issues, but it happens.

This particular drive, I can't comment on.

Gran Hermano

Groupon price doesn't look like anything special .
Amazon UK have USB 3 drives for similar if not better prices.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-Slimline-Portable-Hard-Drive/dp/B008PABFX8/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1363199251&sr=1-1

rebeve

I`ve had a lot of problems with that toshiba drive. Very poor quality imho .

djsim101

I got a Samsung 1tb usb 3.0 (powered by usb) for a little over 70 quid on Amazon and used parcel motel to avail of the free shipping
HDD has got decent reviews so went with this over others

Gran Hermano

Why the need for parcel motel? If the price is over 25 quid on Amazon UK standard shipping is free (unless you're buying from a 3rd party seller on Amazon),

djsim101

Yep, it was through a 3rd party seller. Saved about 4 quid going with Parcel Motel, every little helps

Kevcol

djsim101 wrote: »

I got a Samsung 1tb usb 3.0 (powered by usb) for a little over 70 quid on Amazon and used parcel motel to avail of the free shipping
HDD has got decent reviews so went with this over others

Sounds good to me... Been looking at them on Amazon since people have been suggesting it. They seem much better value in fairness. I think I might go for a Samsung one alright.

djsim101

Do man, when it comes to comes to HDD , I tend to do a bit of research on them.

This is the one I got, great value:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B008PABFX8/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Kevcol

djsim101 wrote: »

Do man, when it comes to comes to HDD , I tend to do a bit of research on them.

This is the one I got, great value:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B008PABFX8/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

That's the one I was looking at actually. You find that good so? Cheers

joetoad

I've own a lot of portable hard drives and there the biggest pain in the hole and failed after a month or two of using them.

I now use this excellent device

http://www.amazon.co.uk/DIGIFLEX-Drive-Caddy-Enclosure-Laptop/dp/B002UZO07C/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1363383540&sr=8-2

and just buy normal sata external hard drives and use them as external hard drives.