Portable storage devices for backing up photos have been with us for quite a few years. Early 2006 I bought my first unit which was a PD70x with an 80gb Hard drive. It was poewered by 4x AA batteries and could even charge battries with the wall socket. It served me well for 3 years when I realised I needed something faster and with more space. The PD70x was very fast in it’s day and was capable of transfering 1Gb in under 2 minutes flat!
The problem came with the advances of technology. By the time I was ready to upgrade I was shooting with 4 and 8Gb cards. Who has 16 minutes to copy a memory card?
So the search began for a new portable photo storage device. What I really wanted was something that was faster and improved battery life. If you have looked into these devices in the past you probably would have noticed that Epson pretty much dominates this market with extremely over priced units that don’t really offer much space to begin with.
After some research I stumbled upon the Colorspace UDMA drive. I was very skeptical at first because of the low price and large amount of storage it provided. Luckly my local camera shop had one in stock and I knew should there be a problem I could return it without any hassle.
Here are a few things I like about this drive.
Full or Incremental backup
Data recovery from accidentally erased memory cards
Battery life is amazing
Speed
Backing up of USB flash drives
Charging via mini usb when plugged into the computer.
In the end it is a very capable unit for a very attractive price. If you don’t have a portable storage sollution this should be high on your list!
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