Topic: Suggestions for portable hard drive storage

[Jamos]

Hi all,
I'm in the process of paring down my external harddrive situation...

I am going to be selling a few seagate freeagents and mybooks in the near future.

What I am looking to get instead are some bus-powered portable drives similar to the LaCie "rugged" drives like this:
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Lacie/301290/

Are people happy with these drives?

Are there any other brands/products that are as small & convenient as these?

What I'm after is less size/bulk, less cables & power supplies & clutter.

thanks for any suggestions/feedback

[MKHstudios]

I have had this drive for a year and a half and it travels with me often.  It is just now starting to fail.  It works when cold, but once it is warm it consistently seizes up.  Luckily and tediously I was able to safely transfer 200 gigs of music and video ...5-10 gigs at a time.  The drive is now retired.  I have a second which works fine, but it has never left my office.

[spcyrfc]

http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other%20World%20Computing/MOTGFWU2/

love mine. bus powered up to fw800.  very configurable.

[rastasean]

Have you considered just thumb drives? It may be easier to lose  (its happened to me) but its the ultimate portable drive solution--not hard drive tho, flash memory. I don't think you'll be able to find a 250gig stick either.