How safe is your data? (Make it safe! Win an ioSafe!)
PLEASE NOTE : This give-away is now closed, we have randomly chosen MIMI BOND as the winner! Thank you all for participating! Hope you had fun! We will have more like this coming up soon!
We recently had the good folk over at ioSafe send one of “very careful” reviewer type persons a hard drive called the ioSafe Rugged Portable.
ioSafe Rugged Portable 500 GB USB 3.0 External Hard Drive
Let me give you some real world stats on the little beast before we get to the main event… (and don’t forget, WIN one via the bottom of this post!)
- Crush resistant to 5000lbs
- Happy underwater (10′) for a day or two
- Drop proof to 20′
- USB 2 / 3 and FW800
- Includes one-time data recovery up to $5000
- Is dead sexy, for a hard drive!
So, our velvet gloved reviewer, Paul, thought that he’d pop together a little video – Paul had to courier the drive to a client (that looks strangely like..well.. Paul) and this is what happened!
As well as *The Courier* having dished out a veritable hiding to the little ioSafe Rugged Portable, I’ve had one on the test bench for four weeks – I’ve run up a spare second Lightroom catalogue with a whole set of images, as well as my iTunes library (all 229.09 GB or 119.1 days worth of music which is 38,880 tracks if you’re interested!) – It’s been running non-stop (aside from four reboots, I think) for four weeks, which when compared with enterprise stuff is yeah, no big deal, but it’s not skipped a beat, it’s quiet, it doesn’t heat up like a couple of my other drives and it is quick (I’m using FW800) …oh, and it’s so sexy it makes me desk look better – I guess you could say, I like this drive… a lot…
Win One? I hear you ask…
In the comments below, I want you to tell me how YOU would test the ioSafe Rugged Portable, and then (it’s not part of the way you can win, but..) go and say hello from dPS to the people at ioSafe via their Facebook page! (If you type something like hello from @Digital Photography School …it should tag dPS too, and of course we’d love that) – A week from this post going live, I will choose a winner at random from the comments below and they can choose a 500GB, FW800 or USB 2 / 3 ioSafe Rugged Portable of their own! Competition open to anyone, anywhere! (where permitted by law)
ioSafe, you rock!
This review video was created by the hilarious Paul D Smart – you can find out more about Paul on his website
247 Responses to “How safe is your data? (Make it safe! Win an ioSafe!)” - Add Yours
December 5th, 2011 at 6:08 am
Looks like a cool product! I’d like to test it by putting it in a container, lighting a fire in the container to make sure it can resist the smoke and fire. Then I’d spray water in the container to put out the fire, thus simulating a house fire (as best as I can figure). If it survived, that’d be a great sign for a home backup!
December 5th, 2011 at 6:10 am
Well, I can think of no better test than by serving a tour of duty in the US Army. My gear can take a beating — heck, I once had a 17″ MacBook Pro get run over by a Humvee. (Fortunately, it still booted up so I could use it with an external monitor while I waited for a replacement.)
December 5th, 2011 at 6:12 am
I would simply put it on my desk- my three year old would gladly test it out without being asked LOL. I have one that I keep hidden in a drawer, only comes out when she is asleep- I just know she will destroy it.
Thanks for the chance to win- this would be a huge help in our house!
December 5th, 2011 at 6:13 am
My life would be enough to test this thing. As an avid hiker, and outdoor photographer I’d be curious to see if this thing could tolerate my lifestyle as I’ve already been through 5 externals (I’ve since taken to sugru for protection) Methods of their bitter ends included cars, freezers(my roommates in college had a sick sense of humor) and nasty falls. definitely could use the extra safety measures of ioSafe!
December 5th, 2011 at 6:17 am
I would run over the thing with my car!
December 5th, 2011 at 6:21 am
I’d leave it out where the dog could get it as he can chew through anything. That’s the ultimate test around here.
December 5th, 2011 at 6:39 am
I’d let my destructive 2 year old son play with it for a few days!
December 5th, 2011 at 6:43 am
I’d put the iosafe in a washing machine to test it!
December 5th, 2011 at 6:46 am
hello from Portugal.
to test it i just had to use it in Portugal…our goverment has a way to make everything desapier, so if they cant make the data of the ioSafe go away them he is realy great
December 5th, 2011 at 6:52 am
I would give it to my 9 year-old son for the day. If it can survive him, it can survive anything.
December 5th, 2011 at 7:00 am
i would like to test if it is fire resistant
December 5th, 2011 at 7:02 am
Sounds awesome, count me in!
PS I tried to tag you on FB but it didn’t find your page to tag (even though I “like” it).
December 5th, 2011 at 7:03 am
I’d like to test it in one of the harshest climates I know, Afghanistan. If it can operate in that computer and camera destroying hell of dust and heat, and through the savage cold of the Hindu Kush in winter, then I’ll buy an armload of them
December 5th, 2011 at 7:09 am
I reckon a few hours in a bucket of water in the freezer could be fun. Try a hard drive popsicle
December 5th, 2011 at 7:12 am
I’d let me sister hold onto it for a week, the ultimate test. She brakes everything.
This sounds truly amazing!
December 5th, 2011 at 7:20 am
I’d take it on a winter hiking trip and then download all the photos I shot onto it right there.
December 5th, 2011 at 7:35 am
I will take to Vesuvio vulcano and drop it there just to see if it can handle the pressure…
December 5th, 2011 at 7:36 am
I would conduct a demolition derby between my six-month-old and my two Pomeranians.
December 5th, 2011 at 7:51 am
In my house there is a toddler, 2 dogs, and a cat to test it out for me! Just having something at home tests its durability!!!
December 5th, 2011 at 7:52 am
I’d probably drop it in a lake to freeze over the winter and then dig it out and see how it works.
December 5th, 2011 at 7:52 am
I’ve learned the hard way that even if backed up to a portable drive, to have another way to back up your data. More than 1 backup is the way to go…
December 5th, 2011 at 7:59 am
Drop it off the back of a motorbike at 70mph, as if it had been dropped by motorbike courier…
December 5th, 2011 at 8:10 am
I’d take it with me on the bus…
December 5th, 2011 at 8:12 am
What about heat? I’d let it sit on my fireplace, which get’s up to about five hundred, see how if it can take the heat.
December 5th, 2011 at 8:16 am
It would travel with me to the jungles of the Phillipine Islands and see how it does in the heat and humdidty!
December 5th, 2011 at 8:21 am
I had a friend drive off, leaving their laptop and hard drive on the roof of the car. That is a pretty good test of a hard drive and apparently a laptop killer!
December 5th, 2011 at 8:24 am
All I would have to do is to pick it up a few times. I drop everything I touch lately.
December 5th, 2011 at 8:24 am
I would start a massive amount of data transfer and while it is running I’ll drop it and drive a car on top of it.
Will it also survive the abuse while in use?
December 5th, 2011 at 8:26 am
I am a teacher, a mom and a Brownie Troop leader… if that thing could survive my busy life, then that would be a testimonial I would say!
Hello from @Digital Photography School
December 5th, 2011 at 8:35 am
I would have my poor friends at UC Irvine see how well it holds up pepper spray.
December 5th, 2011 at 8:44 am
running over it with my car might be fun…
December 5th, 2011 at 8:48 am
I’m a firefighter, and would test it in a hot and wet environment. If you know what I mean, and then test it at the firehall. We have a saying at the firehall, if you put a fireman in a locked room with a hammer and an anvil; when you come back, the anvil will be broken and the hammer missing. Lets see what they could do to the ioSafe.
December 5th, 2011 at 8:54 am
I’d toss it off the third floor of my condo into the lagoon and let the brackish water work on if for a few days.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:08 am
I’d test it by putting it in the 100-g centrifuge at my research centre …
December 5th, 2011 at 9:10 am
I’d take it to my son’s kindergarten class. Can it survive 23 five year olds?
December 5th, 2011 at 9:12 am
Tie it to a weather balloon – let it go up to the extreme cold atmosphere. When the balloon pops, see if it handles the pressure change and impact.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:18 am
I would take it for a test drive around the track @140
December 5th, 2011 at 9:19 am
…how I would test the ioSafe Rugged Portable?
I’d take it fishing and use it for a sinker!
December 5th, 2011 at 9:26 am
Since I’m from Canada I’d clearly test it out by getting some friends together and playing ice hockey with it. With sledgehammers.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:31 am
I’d let my photo students at school save their work on it so I could take it home and grade. They destroy even the toughest of objects.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:31 am
If it were here I’d stick it outside tonight for the forecast ice storm, then bring it in and while it is warming up (and any moisture inside is condensing) I’d give it a good data test.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:57 am
I travel a lot. A simple-yet-telling test for me would be to toss the drive in the outside pocket of my suitcase and see if it survives a coast-to-coast trip. I’d never do this in real life, but I’d like to see how much punishment it can take.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:04 am
I would send it to the bottom of the ocean in our cray pot if it can survive that it’s truly tough
December 5th, 2011 at 10:10 am
I would let my boys play baseball with it, with hard bats, in a parking lot.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:12 am
I’d leave it to my 2 year old to test it out. That would be a true test of it’s strength.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:15 am
After watching the video. this is really a powerful offline,online device . nice thing that they came out with this. i would have a one of those.
I would let it drop of high area and check that. also put it in hot water and drop it in some coca , then check if it’s still a live
.. also give it some strong bunches using any thing i have 
…
December 5th, 2011 at 10:18 am
I would give it to my dog, he likes hardwear!
December 5th, 2011 at 10:27 am
oh my gosh, i treat my external like a baby, and freak out if it even falls over on soft carpet. watching this nearly gave me a heart attack! I would love to have an external that i don’t have to worry about. i am sure my frequent use of it would be test enough, seeing as iam always on the go!
December 5th, 2011 at 10:38 am
I would leave it within reach of my cats. Anything that is not nailed down eventually becomes a cat toy. I hope I win it. I could really use a new external HD!
December 5th, 2011 at 10:50 am
Bathtub submersion!
December 5th, 2011 at 11:23 am
I would play a quarter of American football with it!
December 5th, 2011 at 11:27 am
Does it blend?
December 5th, 2011 at 11:33 am
I would let my dog take it as a chew toy and then bury it in the ground for a few days in the rain and snow and then take it inside and heat it up near the fireplace and see if it still works
December 5th, 2011 at 12:00 pm
Living in the pacific northwest, I would test it out by leaving it in a river for a few hours. Then take it up on top of a snow covered mountain and leave it overnight in the freezing temperatures. The next day i would take it to the ocean via a 2-3 hour hike one way with it in the bottom of my backpack. Being a long hike, I am sure I will take the pack off a few times to rest dropping it in the mud of course. Reaching the beach I will take it out to check on it. But with luck I might drop it onto the rocks and watch it bounce a few times before it finally comes to rest in the salt water. After 3-4 hours of the surf pounding it into the sand and gravel, the tide is low enough to reach it. I’ll grab it, take it to the creek to wash it off, and throw it back into my backpack for the hike back home.Now that would be a good test!!!
December 5th, 2011 at 12:20 pm
I would send it up on a weather balloon (altitude and temperature) and let it come crashing down (durability).
December 5th, 2011 at 12:21 pm
I kind of want to give it a drop test. Then use it for a data vault.
December 5th, 2011 at 12:23 pm
I’m a klutz, so I’d just give it to me for a day and see if it survived!
December 5th, 2011 at 12:37 pm
Now that is what you call a ‘hard’-drive
I’d probably strap it into one of my dad’s delivery truck’s wheel and check it out when it comes back from a trip. And maybe drop it on purpose in front of colleagues just for fun.
December 5th, 2011 at 12:42 pm
i would take it up to the top story of our house and happily throw it out the window
December 5th, 2011 at 12:50 pm
I wouldn’t test it at all, I’d just store my pics on it!
December 5th, 2011 at 12:53 pm
I would back up all my very important files on the hard drive.Then I would take it fishing with me and use it as a lure.Then when I get back to the docks,I will Fillet the fish and take back the hard drive and hook it up to my computer to see if everything’s still working
December 5th, 2011 at 1:01 pm
I seem to put everything to the test…just life in general! I have dropped one
from the top of my desk and its toast now…so for starters, i’d do that! Then i would accidentally on purpose walk on it, then i’d pick it up and toss it out in the yard…in the rain! If it comes back
to me uninjured then i’ll know it’s the external hard drive for me!
December 5th, 2011 at 1:01 pm
I seem to put everything to the test…just life in general! I have dropped one
from the top of my desk and its toast now…so for starters, i’d do that! Then i would accidentally on purpose walk on it, then i’d pick it up and toss it out in the yard…in the rain! If it comes back
to me uninjured then i’ll know it’s the external hard drive for me!
December 5th, 2011 at 1:14 pm
I would bring it snowboarding and drop it off a cliff!!! I would LOVE one of these…since my last one stopped working from abuse.
December 5th, 2011 at 1:28 pm
I would take a trip to Africa with the hard drive, my camera, and a laptop. After snapping some pictures of a hippopotamus I would store them on the hard drive. Then I would place the hard drive on the river bank and entice the hippo to step on it repeatedly. Next I would lend the hard drive to a baboon, who would invariably take it part way up an Adasonia tree and then drop it onto the hard dirt below. Finally, I would tie it to an alligator’s back and let him swim around with it for a days. After wrestling the alligator I would retrieve the drive, hook it up to the laptop, and see if my hippo pictures were still on it.
December 5th, 2011 at 2:05 pm
I would take it 4wding with me. Thousands of bloody rough corrugations in Australia kill hard drives as quick as a snake in ya boot. It will accidently fall out of the window and drive over it a few times with spinning mud tyres and some deep river crossings where water enters through the seals in the doors and drowns everything to dash level.
December 5th, 2011 at 2:11 pm
I’d take the ioSafe with me on my road trip around Australia. If it can survive snorkeling the Great Barrier Reef, skydiving, the Outback, life in a campervan and several hundred photos a day — I’m sold! And let’s face it, “dead sexy” helps the miles go faster
December 5th, 2011 at 2:13 pm
I’d probably let it slip “accidentally” with my dirty clothes into the washing machine… It’s a test it would probably have to take sooner or later.
December 5th, 2011 at 2:24 pm
I’d test it by letting the movers move it with the rest of my stuff. If it doesn’t get destroyed by movers, then it can take a beating.
December 5th, 2011 at 2:36 pm
I’d drop it a few times
December 5th, 2011 at 2:37 pm
I would let my 2 and 4 year olds test it. That would probably include being thrown down the stairs, stomped on, drooled on, thrown in the toilet… I could go on…
December 5th, 2011 at 2:38 pm
Since most of my photography is done in the mountains, I would carry it in my pack, drop it on some rocks, possibly some muddy trails, and rinse it off and plug it in to be sure I could still backup my photos after my sunset shots. Hopefully I wouldn’t have it to have a black bear test it!
December 5th, 2011 at 3:11 pm
I would strap it to the motor of my 68′ mustang to see if it can take the heat!
December 5th, 2011 at 3:12 pm
I would strap it to the motor of my 68′ Mustang to see if it could take the heat!!
December 5th, 2011 at 3:13 pm
I would test it out by just being who I am. I love to go hiking/biking to get those beautiful wildlife photos and landscape photos.
I also take my computer and my portable “passport” drive with me when I go to drill once a month for the Army National guard. It has a crack on the case and sometimes the USB wont respond from me using it so much to transfer photos while I travel or when I have down time during my drill days. The ioSafe Rugged Portable would be grate for those times when I am out and about for when I am at drill or when I bring it along when I go hiking and camping.
December 5th, 2011 at 3:37 pm
I’d just take it through a daily abuse in my backpack and I’d be sure that I won’t have to replace it too soon.
December 5th, 2011 at 3:41 pm
When I travel, I always carry my hard drive in my carry-on because I’m afraid airport people would throw my checked luggage around… I’d simply put it in my chcecked bag from now!
December 5th, 2011 at 3:54 pm
Simple… I would load it full of images and videos from my D7000 and then, being the absent-minded grandfather that I am, leave it lying around when my 11 month old grandson Jack is over for a visit. Jack is a big, curious boy who likes to tear stuf apart. Drop it from the roof? Bury it in an avalanche? Use it as a fishing lure? If you really want to see how it holds up to abuse, let a toddler play with it!
December 5th, 2011 at 4:08 pm
I would test it by sitting it on my desk while I’m having a cup of coffee. Somehow, it always gets knocked over.
December 5th, 2011 at 4:18 pm
Throw it towards sachin tendulkar so that he could whack a sixer out of it and complete his 100th ton in international cricket. Hope it could handle that
December 5th, 2011 at 4:22 pm
I have a sledgehammer… my idea of a fun evening , or 10 minutes, depending on how much it holds up.
December 5th, 2011 at 4:27 pm
I would love the chance to test this drive by taking it on my next vacation to the coast and carrying it with me all day. If it can survive my crawling over rocks and driftwood while searching for the best shot, that would be a good test.
December 5th, 2011 at 4:31 pm
I would give it to my roommate and make him carry it around for a night of partying. It would get dropped, spilt on, kicked,and possibly even thrown. It would be a great way to see if it’s up to college life.
December 5th, 2011 at 4:45 pm
Snowblower auger vs. external drive. That’s how I’d test it.
December 5th, 2011 at 4:47 pm
I’d take it to an Occupy Wall Street tent city to see whether it could survive being pepper sprayed, billy clubbed, and carted away by the police.
December 5th, 2011 at 4:48 pm
Well, if I really wanted to put it up to the challenge, I’d put it mano-a-mano against a Toyota Hilux – the unbreakable hard drive vs the unbreakable truck!
But my life should be challenging enough for it – I am a masters student so I’d be dragging it down to the beach where I take samples (and photos of my samples and sites) on the rocks on the West coast surf beaches of NZ. Rocks, fine black iron sand, and lots of salt water. And then back to the lab, where I prep all my samples in an assortment of acids.
December 5th, 2011 at 4:51 pm
It looks pretty well tested just from the short video, but I think I would like a live test. Attach it to a laptop sitting on a high table on a hard floor (preferably cement or rock). While doing a mass file copy, give it a quick shove off the table, as one might accidentally do with their elbow when swatting at a pestering fly heading toward their latte, one of those uh oh moments.
December 5th, 2011 at 4:51 pm
It looks pretty well tested just from the short video, but I think I would like a live test. Attach it to a laptop sitting on a high table on a hard floor (preferably cement or rock). While doing a mass file copy, give it a quick shove off the table, as one might accidentally do with their elbow when swatting at a pestering fly heading toward their latte, one of those uh oh moments.
December 5th, 2011 at 6:50 pm
I would wash it with the dishes, play frisbee with it and see whether it survives!
December 5th, 2011 at 7:10 pm
I would drop it in water and possibly out of a back pack on rocks and dirt. I’d also carry it to school on a daily basis.
December 5th, 2011 at 8:28 pm
I would like to test in submarine.
December 5th, 2011 at 9:08 pm
I’d give it to my kids to play with – if it can survive that, it can survive anything
December 5th, 2011 at 9:20 pm
wow ! thats amazing …..
December 5th, 2011 at 9:20 pm
I have 2 dogs and they can find the most unique ways of destroying things. If it could survive them then it would be perfect!
December 5th, 2011 at 9:23 pm
I would take it to Kruger Park, marinade it overnight in Ina Paarman’s Rib Sauce, and let a hyeena put it through its paces..
December 5th, 2011 at 9:54 pm
*bam* what was that? That was 40 pound concrete bag dropping from 3 floors on to ioSafe..
*POW* ..tha hell? THAT was ioSafe tapped to the front end of a mac truck hitting a wall
*Whoosh*…yeah right..whoosh u say..what goes whoosh…that’s just the drive spinning up.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:52 pm
Let my 5 year old grandson play with it for a week. That will stress test it.
December 5th, 2011 at 11:10 pm
I’d give it to my Malinois to play with. If it survives him, then it can survive ANYTHING!
December 5th, 2011 at 11:11 pm
I would test one by dropping it from my ceiling to my concrete basement floor. I drop things all the time so I need a drive to withstand that. My last drive got stolen at college but I haven’t been able to afford a new one yet. I will definitely take this one into consideration! It’s on the top of my list!!
December 5th, 2011 at 11:26 pm
I’d hide it in my cats favorite litter box. If it can survive there, it can survive anything!
December 5th, 2011 at 11:35 pm
I will give it to my three year old daughter to play with for a day or two.
If it survive I believe it can survive everything………
December 5th, 2011 at 11:40 pm
I’d take it to the pistol range!!!
December 5th, 2011 at 11:44 pm
I would just use it as it should be used-transfering data to and from it !
December 5th, 2011 at 11:46 pm
The grandkids & thier cousins will gladly test to fail. Drop, kick, throw, apple juice, you name they will do it.
December 5th, 2011 at 11:51 pm
If I already had it last week, I would have taken it to Koblenz, dropped it near the WW2 bomb they recently discovered in the low water of a river. If the bomb would go off you it would be the ultimate test of crush resistance under water.
December 5th, 2011 at 11:56 pm
Oh, in the market for an external, thanks for the review to consider this one.
December 5th, 2011 at 11:58 pm
I have my own team to test it – my two cats will – for sure – push it from the desk (you don’t know how many mugs didn’t survive this test…) – sounds this is the perfect hard drive for a cat’s home.
December 5th, 2011 at 11:59 pm
By the way: I’m not on facebook so I will have to say Hello to ioSafe from this site. ioSafe keep up the good work. These things I wouldn’t mind travelling with or leave it in a room with the kids in stead of locking it away all the time.
December 6th, 2011 at 12:00 am
Wow, just what I need after my WD died (4 years old, daily rockin’ use) and Mozy raised my cloud back rate 600%, I need a new external drive. Trust me, second copy will give that drive a workout! Pick me, pick me!
December 6th, 2011 at 12:18 am
I’d test it by telling everyone in the office it was my new paperweight. It’d be played with enough to thoroughly test it.
December 6th, 2011 at 12:23 am
Looks very nice. Wouldn’tind putting one thru my day to day.
Thanks for the contest.
December 6th, 2011 at 12:36 am
Can this drive really take all that abuse? That’s quite impressive! I would love to have one to put through a few tests of my own.
December 6th, 2011 at 12:43 am
I would give it to my dog Ruby, a border collie mix, to test it’s durability. She throws her toys in the air, runs after them, then claws at them on the ground until she has dug a hole to put it in. Anything left in one of her dug-out holes gets water soaked when it rains. I would then leave it in the hole through out the winter. In Minnesota that means it will get down to 30 below zero. When spring comes and it thaws out, I’d rush it over to the hot barbecue grill until it was done. Once it reaches room temperature I would plug it in and see what happens.
December 6th, 2011 at 12:52 am
try putting it through your washer and dryer for a cycle. it probably will not like the soap so i’d leave that out
December 6th, 2011 at 12:59 am
*******WINNNER*******
This is hilarious!!! What a Great Video! Ok, so I would let my 2 year old daughter have at it for an ENTIRE day! That would be how I would test this drive ioSafe Rugged Portable. She can possible destroy anything! Would love to win!!! Thanks for doing this.
December 6th, 2011 at 1:32 am
Just leaving it in my house would be a test – I’m a clutz with 2 young clutzy boys… things are dropped and broken at an alarming rate around here!
December 6th, 2011 at 1:41 am
…how I would test the ioSafe Rugged Portable?
First, I’d ‘accidentally’ leave it on a rally course and pray that someone DOES run over it. Then go to Dunn’s River Falls in Jamaica for a little R&R and let it ride the falls all the way down. Then after coming home, I would use it for bowling practice.
Built For Tough
December 6th, 2011 at 1:45 am
I would leave it out for dogs to explore in my dog portrait studio … last weekend we had 15 Greyhounds in for a Meet and Greet, I’d invite them back!
December 6th, 2011 at 1:49 am
Hard drive problems and data loss usually happen due to internal mechanical faulty parts such as the head or dead cells on the internal disk .. after all it’s the same hard disk inside the rugged case and it’s probably a toshiba or Samsung or any famous hards disk .. What I am trying to say is that your hard disk can fail even if u don’t move it at all do that rugged anti nuclear bomb won’t add any value and it shouldn’t make you feel safer .. Sorry I am not trying to be negative but that’s a fact. You have to maintain multiple copies that the only way to maintain your data.
December 6th, 2011 at 1:55 am
I would put it in an underwater 5000lb hydraulic press.
December 6th, 2011 at 2:03 am
I would have it fall out of my jacket pocket while riding my motorcycle zooming home to beat a rain storm. Then find it laying in the road the next morning.
December 6th, 2011 at 2:06 am
I’d play hockey with it! If it can survive a few slapshots, being bounced around, hitting goal posts, being skated on, I’m sold!
December 6th, 2011 at 2:17 am
I would have my two boys (ages 10 and 12) use it for an hour. If there is a weakness, they will surely find in on that just like they do everything else.
December 6th, 2011 at 2:27 am
To put under a certain platform under a basketball ring such HDD and to invite stars NBA for execution of the best jumps. The main thing that they landed on a platform. This my test-dream!!! And it is real – very useful thing for the photographer! Very much it would be desirable itself such)
December 6th, 2011 at 2:34 am
I have three kids four years old and younger. And I live in Wisconsin and it’s Winter. Kids + snowsuits + hard drive…
If there’s a contest for a Blendtec blender (and I won that), I could put this and that together for some real testing.
December 6th, 2011 at 2:38 am
Not very safe. I just spent 6 days trying to recover all my data from a hard drive I dropped. I lost a boat load of images and music, but it was certainly a learning experience. Iosafe sounds like just the ticket for the traveling techy/photographer… I hope I win…
I could definitely put it through it’s paces… although I don’t anticipate using it 20′ in the air or 10′ under water …hahaha!! Thanks!
December 6th, 2011 at 2:54 am
i will try it on my mountain bike… sticking it on my tire rim…
December 6th, 2011 at 3:04 am
I will let my nephews play with it…….it if pass within an hour of these two rugrats, I know it’s worth every penny,
December 6th, 2011 at 3:19 am
The best part of that article was that it was crush resistant. Can never be too careful with such valuable equipment.
December 6th, 2011 at 3:20 am
I have a miniature Burmese elephant, house-broken, toilet-trained and very quiet (except when practicing the trumpet). It’s quite computer savvy, but as with all elephants, regardless of size, it tends to crush fragile objects such as cell phones, portable hard drives and small children. I’d really like to give the ioSafe a try. So would the elephant (who would die of humiliation, if it knew I was writing this).
December 6th, 2011 at 3:31 am
I’ll be spending some time in the arctic this winter … please don’t ask why, I already have and it didn’t change a thing.
So, freezing it and dropping it from the requisite 20′ onto some hard ice, then submerging to the full 10′ in salt water for about a week, and finally running it over with a Tundra Buggy a couple of times while frozen (to see if it will open up so I can check if itis wet inside) … that should about do it in.
I have not yet had a portable external that will stand up even close to that – the cold weather alone will do them in, let alone dropping them (from any height), shaking them, stomping them, or, God forbid, submerging them.
December 6th, 2011 at 3:44 am
Wow guys! Amazing gift!!!
I’d definitely ‘forget’ it on the floor, were two 121-pound curious and excited golden retrievers will provide it the most extreme real-life test ever!
December 6th, 2011 at 3:45 am
I’d trust without any furthermore tests, take care of it and I would love it!. I do not want to risk my data and if any thing happened i’d claim for recovery so my real test would be on their customer service .
December 6th, 2011 at 3:58 am
I live on a farm, where it’s been raining for days. The mud is crazy! I’d like to drop it in the wettest, muddiest (poo too) spot, and let the livestock trample on it for a couple of days. ,
December 6th, 2011 at 4:11 am
I’d test it by just taking it with me. I drop everything eventually… voila… test !
December 6th, 2011 at 4:12 am
I would let my 3 year-old twin sisters play with it on our dairy farm(inside and out). The dogs might just steal it from them.
December 6th, 2011 at 4:14 am
Wow, this product sounds AWESOME. I wonder if it could handle a 3 state tour on the handle bars of my Harley.
You’d think for a woman I’d be a little more gentle, but noooooo. I’m just hell on electronics. It sounds like this hard drive might actually be able to keep up with me. I don’t know how but i crashed my last external hard drive, and only 90% of data was recovered. Arrrrgh.
Thanks for all you do DPS. You guys really do rock. I learn so much, get great ideas, and enjoy the humor.
December 6th, 2011 at 4:15 am
I would like to see how this hard drive would hold up in the cold. A few days outside right now in the -40 degree weather should be a good test of it’s cold weather abilitiies.
December 6th, 2011 at 4:15 am
Nice!! My hockey league is short on pucks this season, budget cutbacks ya’ know, so we can paint it black and use it in our next game. If I can save the pictures from that game to it I call it a success!
December 6th, 2011 at 4:29 am
gonna be doing a long road trip, so i will need something to back up my stuff. will be lugging this around and bring it in and out of the car. when driving it will be in the truck baking under the sun for hours.
December 6th, 2011 at 4:33 am
My queensland loves to play frisbee, if it could survive that I would love to have one! Then put it in the front of my sit on top kayak and go play….see if it still works after that (since I am a beginner kayak it might get overboard!).
December 6th, 2011 at 4:38 am
I would let my 14 month old play with it! It is amazing to see how quickly they can damage things, or where they can fit things. If it could survive him, I would be a customer for life.
December 6th, 2011 at 4:48 am
To test if it was shock proof I would sneek up behind it and shout ” BOO ! “
December 6th, 2011 at 5:19 am
Cool design and rock-solid! I would love to have one to take it to an airshow next year and maybe grill it behind an F/A-18 or attach it to a rotor of a super-puma helicopter.
Thanks for the competition!
December 6th, 2011 at 5:37 am
I work in a 4 story office building so I’d see if I could tell them it is drop proof up to 40′. Yeah, right, I’d be too jazzed getting a free kick-@$$ hard drive to risk breaking it.
December 6th, 2011 at 5:38 am
I think this would be great tested against the wilds of north America. What about getting mauled by a grizzly bear? Trampled on by stampeding buffalo? Becoming a play toy for a mountain lion? There’s only one way to find out. Let’s test it.
December 6th, 2011 at 6:22 am
I would keep it on me at all times so I know it’s always safe (while snowboarding and skateboarding)!
December 6th, 2011 at 6:29 am
I’d take it on international birding trips.
December 6th, 2011 at 6:30 am
I would put it in a blender.
December 6th, 2011 at 6:44 am
I think I’d just strap it to my snowboard and ride around with it. I’m sure it’ll be fine.
December 6th, 2011 at 6:51 am
I would give it to my cats for a few weeks, it would get a chance to be kicked around outside, picked up and dropped a number of times and then take it to the range and use as a target.
December 6th, 2011 at 7:19 am
I’d attach it to a frisbee and let it rip.
December 6th, 2011 at 7:26 am
I would test this drive in my ambulance by leaving it unsecured while I complete a day’s shift. It would probably hold up as well as my Panasonic Toughbook from the sound of it! If my pictures hold up from that, I’d make it my one and ONLY portable hard drive.
Thanks for the contest.
December 6th, 2011 at 7:48 am
Maybe let it underwater at sea fora year? I know of a memory card that survived that: http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/11/26/canon.eos.rebel.xs.photos.last.year.in.salty.sea/
December 6th, 2011 at 8:28 am
Drop it off a diving board, leave it to soak while I swim, and then place it in my back pocket for thr drive home
December 6th, 2011 at 8:38 am
I would test it by putting the contents of my computer’s hard drive on it. I only have 75 gigs left and I’m in desperate need of an external hard drive.
December 6th, 2011 at 8:44 am
I wonder if it will survive road roller…
December 6th, 2011 at 8:50 am
You want to test a rugged hard drive? Drop it in a NYC crosswalk to get trampled, run over by cars, cabs, trucks and crazy bikes messengers.
If I win one, I’ll let you know how it goes.
Joe
December 6th, 2011 at 9:05 am
Having the cord get tripped on and yanked out while it was running, and then fall off the table, would be interesting!
December 6th, 2011 at 10:16 am
I would loan it to Scott Adams who does the “Dilbert” cartoons. Adams is someone who has any electronic equipment fail on him after it has been with him for a while, including nearly every computer and cell phone he has ever owned. Adams would be the ultimate test, and as a bonus he’d probably draw a cartoon of it being tossed in Wally’s trashcan.
December 6th, 2011 at 11:40 am
Once I get it, I would first transfer all the photos and movies of mine that would fit onto the drive (I have about 650GB+ so not all of it would fit…). In the process, test out the different interfaces and compared the speeds of the USB 2.0, USB 3.0, and the Firewire 800.
After that, I would run it over with my Honda Civic ~2300-2400lbs, then drop it in a pool for a day, roll it down a few hills, and finally, when all of that is done, try to transfer all my data back onto my computer.
Or if it doesn’t work… file for the $5000.
December 6th, 2011 at 12:03 pm
I would test it out by using it and leaving it out in the Oklahoma sun! Last summer it was over 100 degrees for almost 60 days straight!
December 6th, 2011 at 12:05 pm
I would test it out by leaving it in the OK sun – last summer we reached over 100 degrees for almost 60 days straight!
December 6th, 2011 at 12:48 pm
To test the ioSafe Rugged Portable HDD, first we need to understand the features listed by the product. From its HDD, it means that ioSafe is using cheaper storage technology “HDD” instead of “SSD”. This worries me much more than its other features like water, fire, bullet, theft proof and other features. HDD means to be more a)slower due to technology, fragmentation and cryptography b)great heat production especially with high spin speed 7200 rpm, c) shock sensitive, d) magnetic sensitive, e) high power consumption, f) noiser.
Hence, I will perform tests on how isSafe Rugged Portable can protect the HDD from the technology’s weakness, other than the stated features in the website (e.g. water proof etc)
Test settings
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Copying, deleting, moving, modifying, encrypt and decrypt a few GB photos using software to and from computers for at least a few thousands times continuously for 3 days, and putting strong magnet on top of ioSafe Rugged Portable and the connecting USB cable, in a small non-ventilate room with clothes dryer running. This will cause the photo files to be highly fragmentated, HDD becomes extremely hot (especially with 7200 rpm). Performance / profiling software will be used to monitor the performance in term of read / write / transfer rate. Assume that the connecting PC has USD 3.0, without antivirus or firewall software, and not connecting to internet with tip-top condition in a air-conditional box, to ensure that connecting PC will not be the contributing factor to the performance and reliability.
Soon after 3 days, the storage is dropped into running washing machine by disconnecting the device without warning from PC. After another 2 days been washed by washing machine, we retrieve the photos from other operating systems other than Windows, MAC to check its compatibility.
Data Collection:
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Questions will be asked and data will be collected for
a) How much will the read / write / transfer rate dropped?
b) Any photo lost due to strong magnetic field? In other words, does ioSafe protects data from magnetic fields?
c) Noise measurement in dB? Any increment of dB after 3 days continuous running?
d) Heat measurement in celcius degree. What is the maximum temperature and will the storage device still working under the extreme temperature?
e) Disconnecting devices without warning is to test how the HDD cache / buffer is working. Usually this will cause some data lost. So, any photos corrupted?
f) Washing the devices in washing machine is to test how great the ioSafe protect the HDD from shock. Testing with bullet or simply drop it from 20” just does not sufficient to do the shock test.
g) Retrieving photos using different OS is to check whether ioSafe does support cross-platform device and Operating system, especially when they are using different file systems.
Discussion:
If the answers collected product possitive results, then ioSafe is a extremely remarkable device for photos storage.
December 6th, 2011 at 12:53 pm
IoSafe should use SSD instead of HDD.!
December 6th, 2011 at 1:05 pm
Another test
a) Test how fast the Data Recovery Service response in days for
i) Data lost (perhaps designed data lost)
ii) Lost of key to open the case
iii) Lost of keys for decrypt photos.
Reasoning:
Losing of key to open the cause and losing of security key (e.g. something like password) are common fatal errors caused by users themselves.. and data is extremely hard to retrieve back.. Do you short of memory like me?
December 6th, 2011 at 3:00 pm
I would drop it into a campfire, which I would later put out with alot of water.
December 6th, 2011 at 3:06 pm
I’d give it to my 4.5 yo son. He can break anything including smashing the screen of a shock proof camera. If it can live through him, it can survive anything short of a volcano or an explosive device.
December 6th, 2011 at 3:23 pm
I would give it to my 2yr old and my 4yr old and tell them to have fun. There will be fighting over it, throwing of it, jumping on it and who know what else!
December 6th, 2011 at 3:26 pm
I’d bring it everywhere, including concerts, funerals, and fast food bathrooms… might even treat it to a dip in the dog bowl
December 6th, 2011 at 4:18 pm
I would simply take it to work with me – a construction site that is full of dust, dirt, weather & people who need tools that last!
December 6th, 2011 at 4:20 pm
I’d test it by freezing it in liquid nitrogen, then dropping it off the roof of a reasonably tall building.
December 6th, 2011 at 5:04 pm
Thanks for the chance! (Also, I have a toddler. ‘Nuf said. )
December 6th, 2011 at 5:53 pm
I’d give it to our Australian politicians, they can stuff anything up!
December 6th, 2011 at 6:34 pm
Hmm, I would:
drop it into a skip;
fill the skip with water
lower another skip on top of this
and then do a dance in the skip asking it does it still feel like a dead sexy hard drive!
(that should test most of its features!)
December 7th, 2011 at 3:35 am
I’d give it to the dog as a chew toy. She’d take it with her everywhere, constantly dropping it on the way.
December 7th, 2011 at 6:54 am
I’d like to test it by setting a fire and then I’d spray water to put out the fire, thus simulating a house fire. After that I’ll dropped from the first floor of my building. If it’s survive to all these tests then it worth buying another one!
December 7th, 2011 at 7:14 am
I would take a shower with it and burn it after that. But if I win it, I wouldn’t do it
December 7th, 2011 at 10:32 am
I would fill the hard drive to 98 to 100% capacity and do the standard drop/shock test, along with the a fresh water and salt water test at 20 and have a few cars run over the unit several times. Reformat and refill the drive again. I would repeat this process till it fails to test the endurance of the moving parts as well as the memory. I would also like to test to see how the drive will with stand the heat of a burring structure.
December 7th, 2011 at 4:08 pm
I’d ask Chuck Norris to touch it.
If the ioSafe remains physically and magnetically intact, then it would have passed the ‘Chuck Norris’ test and you wouldn’t need any other test to check its awesomeness.
December 7th, 2011 at 5:28 pm
It Looks really useful to me, not too long from now is a trip I’m planning to go in to the Desa’s of Bali and give the village people a presentation on cleanliness and how important it is too keep clean, the only problem is we need to cross a river that’s waist hight; I don’t think that’s possible with a WD HDD though.
December 7th, 2011 at 11:23 pm
Two goals: prove it, as well as sell it. I would hire a well-known personality and have him place the ioSafe Rugged Portable in a refrigerated aquarium located in a store-front window, at the peak shopping hour, where it would remain for the duration, along with a count-down device, in a location with plenty of foot traffic, after having informed tech writers associated with different media (Net, print, radio/TV) of both the immersion and retrieval dates, making it part of both the experiment and the advertising hoopla (for which this would be filmed). All this, I would arrange to have done at a well-known electronics outlet, making sure that it coincided with a sale and/or loss leader, allowing each of us to benefit from the other’s advertising.
Barring that, I would offer it to four teen-aged males, with the casual comment that it was indestructible.
December 8th, 2011 at 12:13 am
I’d take it to work and try a drop from a 140 wind turbine tower (the view is exceptional from up there). If that won’t do, next step is the salt-water environment of offshore installations. If it still works, last in line are my children, 5, 3, and 1 year of age.
If the hdd stands all of the above, it’s good for everyday use.
December 8th, 2011 at 12:37 am
Well now that I have a GoPro camera, I could test this drive out by putting it under water and filming it to show what happens.
December 8th, 2011 at 12:40 am
I would let my 5 year old play with it for a week.
December 8th, 2011 at 2:48 am
I shall simply add all the data it can accommodate, drop it from my computer table, spill little coffee over it and see if it still holds the data….
December 8th, 2011 at 3:34 am
I’d call the Mythbusters to test if the ioSafe’s durability is a myth or not. They’ll soon give up and resort to using TNT or high explosives on it.
December 8th, 2011 at 4:32 am
I would drop it from the empire state building to the cement below…
December 8th, 2011 at 8:38 am
I’d tie it to the front of Ndamukong Suh’s car!
December 8th, 2011 at 10:52 am
I have a couple of large, wild cats and they get into and destroy everything (I can’t own nice things). I would let them play with it for an afternoon and see if they can’t put a ding or two in it.
December 8th, 2011 at 11:53 am
I’d test it by seeing if it could survive a building implosion.
December 8th, 2011 at 12:10 pm
I would take it to a horse show. It is always dirty and often wet.
December 8th, 2011 at 5:18 pm
I would let my little cousin play with it, until he gets bored of it.
December 8th, 2011 at 6:06 pm
Well, I would throw it off my roof and obtain the local elephant to sit upon it, that’s about as creative as I can get right now. I am a little bit upset with externals since my less than 1 yr old LaCie Rugged (how ironic) just randomly died on me. Luckily, I had 2 backups, however, the other one is also a Lacie rugged so not sure too much about trusting their stuff. Hmmm.
December 9th, 2011 at 3:38 am
Humm…Lets see. Probably would take it up to NB Canada, I know of a place that seems to get a high amount of lightning strikes. Set it “up” there and wait for some weather. I wonder if it really could take a hit like that??
Would love to own one of these beauties but would need more then one to hold all my photos, thats saying nothing about my music.
December 9th, 2011 at 3:42 am
I would put it in the microwave, then the freezer and then the oven.
December 9th, 2011 at 4:05 am
I would lend it for a few days to my hard-disk-eater housemate, who did kill two of my usb disks in the past two months; if it passes the test, it will be my companion for lifetime (the hard disk and maybe also the housemate).
December 9th, 2011 at 4:28 am
I work with beef cattle and horses on a daily basis and love taking pictures of the animals. Unfortunately, there are some hazards to working with them to both equipment and appendages (especially toes)
December 9th, 2011 at 4:49 am
I want to test it by throwing it out the window of the 4th floor of my building. If it can still work after that, then it gets my 5-star rating.
December 9th, 2011 at 4:49 am
Do to the fact that I am a neuropathic patient. I do a fair amount of research for many disorders. I don’t want to loose any of my information as I share what I have found and learned. I find the Iosafe might be just the ticket. Ryan
December 9th, 2011 at 4:53 am
I would bring it on my trip to photograph New Zealand!!
December 9th, 2011 at 5:01 am
I’d bring it to Kansas during tornado season. If it survives that then I’ll find a cozy spot on the San Andreas fault and wait for the next “big one”.
December 9th, 2011 at 5:05 am
Easy, I would only have to leave it out on the table for my crazy brown dog to sniff it out….shouldn’t take her too long to find it. If it is truly distructable, she will destroy it – if it survives her attack on it, it would be deemed worthy of keeping my pictures safe!!
~sue
December 9th, 2011 at 6:16 am
I would so test it by letting my brother-in-law borrow it, he drops laptops. runs overthem with cars and has a 3 year old, If it came back in one piece I’d use it forever
December 9th, 2011 at 6:33 am
I would put it in the path of my crazy dogs and seven year old…but my current external hard drive is almost full so I would love to win a new one
December 9th, 2011 at 6:50 am
Take it travelling to keep all my photos safe: to the snow, in the mud, up cliff faces, long hikes, to the beach, in the surf (go body surfing), carry it through the rain, fog and sleet.
December 9th, 2011 at 7:07 am
Given the opportunity to test one, I woulds strap it to the exhaust pipe of my Triumph Speedmaster then go for a long ride. If it survived the extensive heat I would then tie it to my Dewalt hammer drill and drill large holes in concrete. If it survived non stop vibrations then I would run over it with my Tacoma Prerunner, REPEATEDLY. If it survived I would then place it in the toilet for a week. If it survived the wet environment, I would then place it in the freezer for a week, If it survived the freezing temperatures I would then place it on the magnet of my subwoofer. With that said, if it survived the EXCESSIVE HEAT, NONSTOP POUNDING, EXTREME WEIGHT, SUBMERGED IN WATER and CONTINEOUS MAGNETIC EXPOSURE, I would go out and buy myself a brand new one for Christmas!
December 9th, 2011 at 7:39 am
I’d take it out on a space walk and operate it in a 2.7 Kelvin environment. FYI I’ve already confirmed my seat on the next Soyuz out to the space station.
Then I’d test it after it was blown up by a nuclear bomb. Ahmadinejad called and said it was just about ready and he’d be happy to accommodate.
And finally, the real test of data protection…I’d give it to my friend’s mother (who is happily enjoying her twilight years) to take with her to the afterlife, to test for me. She’s not the most technically inclined, but I believe she knows enough to plug it in, turn it on and check to see if all the files are intact once she gets there.
December 9th, 2011 at 8:00 am
First I’d apply my virus protection, not much gets through that, even when I want it to, since I am now retyping my comment.
I would then put it in my ‘safe place’, along with my iphone screen protectors and that little key thing, along with many other precious items. It could be decades before anyone finds it. By then we will probabley be storing our photos on tiny little chips embedded in our own heads. Nobody would know what it is let alone what it is for and how to retrieve anything from it. Lets see if it survives the march of time.
December 9th, 2011 at 8:05 am
I would like to attach it to my 7 year old for a day. If it makes it through that tt will make it through anything.
December 9th, 2011 at 8:49 am
I thought about a fire test (as a firefighter, this was the first thing to come to mind), but with these specs. that would be out of the question:
Operating Environment
Operating: 0-35°C (95°F)
Non-operating: -40°C to 65°C
Operating Humidity: 5% – 80% (non-condensing)
Non-operating Humidity: 100%, Full immersion, 10 feet, 3 days.
So, how about mounting it to my motorcycle for an all weather data storage for music, and a location to store the on-board video recordings for the police when inattentive drivers pull out in front of me (as it should also survive any resulting crash).
December 9th, 2011 at 9:30 am
What harsher environment to test it with that trekking around the Australian outback?
December 9th, 2011 at 10:05 am
I have two children, one of them still has some of the oldest equipment and it works beautifully. However, the other one … I swear that she can destroy electronics simply by looking at them. If one of these could survive a week with her I am sure it could survive anything! I purhased an extended warranty on her laptop (I know – what a waste of money, right?) – but they have replaced her hard drive several times, fixed her charging plug, mouse issues and that is what I can remember … I am sure the company will be glad to see the warranty expire so they can stop fixing her laptop – lol
December 9th, 2011 at 10:58 am
I would have my cats knock it over :-p
December 9th, 2011 at 3:38 pm
I would allow my students to use it. I teach digital photography at the high school level. We could use a good system for backing up our images throughout the year. I have a few technologically challenged students that could truly test this systems practicality, functionality and durability.
December 9th, 2011 at 4:59 pm
I’d leave it outside during one of the hurricanes that passes through here in Florida…
That should definitely test it… for sand, water, wind, and maybe for getitng blown up against the house if the winds are strong enough
December 9th, 2011 at 5:35 pm
I would tie a fishing bobber to it and drop it off the Perrine bridge into the Snake river. If it could survive the shock of the impact and still keep the water out, I’d become a lifelong repeat customer!
December 9th, 2011 at 6:43 pm
Me, I’m going to attach it to my wife’s laptop. She has cracked more software and ahrdware than anyone I know. If ahve 30 minute it’s still working it’s passed!!
December 9th, 2011 at 7:07 pm
Most of the stuff my husband drops over the side of his boat dies,so I’d give that a try
December 9th, 2011 at 10:05 pm
I fly radio controlled helicopters, one is fitted with a camera gimbal and 550D/EF-S10-22mm on the front… this heli is not sacrificial, but some of my others could be converted into dive bombers for the sake of ‘science’ and ruggedness testing!
December 10th, 2011 at 1:06 am
How about testing it dropping from a motorcycle. We usually put things in our pockets and forget them. Then when someone else is driving the motorbike, we remember “what’s this in my pocket?”, and usually there’s a bump with this comment, too (and with the precious item in our hands). There’s a big chance we’ll drop the item!!
December 10th, 2011 at 1:44 am
Looks like a great product. I guess I would ship it via u.s. mail. That is usually enough to tear up most things.
December 10th, 2011 at 1:56 am
I would take it on my honeymoon scuba diving! That should put it to the test!
December 10th, 2011 at 3:55 am
I would love to take it horse riding with me, because the way i ride with my wild horse,it would fall out of my pocket & my horse would tread on it as we galloped along !!!!! That would be a good test !!
December 10th, 2011 at 7:28 am
I would pass it to my wife while she`s cooking. Boil it, cut it… Definitely the best test ever!
December 10th, 2011 at 10:06 am
Really a great way to protect your photos… the video was fairly hilarious.
December 10th, 2011 at 10:25 am
Put it in a snowy slush and run over it with a snow plow
December 10th, 2011 at 12:18 pm
Has anyone tried to run this drive over with their car? I had a friend who accidently ran over her laptop…. she wasn’t a happy camper.
December 10th, 2011 at 12:24 pm
,,, and then I watched the video. Cool.
December 10th, 2011 at 12:36 pm
I’d tell my 5 and 7 year old kids that there’s treats hidden inside of it if they can find a way to open up the box. My kids are VERY creative…
December 10th, 2011 at 1:49 pm
Wow! One of those would be SO nice! If I could get over being overprotective of such a luxury. . .
I’d let my sister run over it with her Jazzy scooter. Have you ever had your toes run over by one???? OUCH!
December 10th, 2011 at 2:04 pm
I would just use it as they say it should be used. If it outlasts my computer once they both have become obsolete, then it must have been as good as they say it is.
December 10th, 2011 at 2:38 pm
I would take it with me to our school camp, and allow my students to use it to store all our video and photographic recordings, almost as tough a test as military service
December 10th, 2011 at 9:13 pm
I could drag it behind me on my motorcycle on the way to work, bet it wouldn’t survive that. ;o)
December 10th, 2011 at 9:33 pm
I’ll let Terry Tate the office linebacker try some of his hits on it
December 11th, 2011 at 4:41 am
I would find a helicopter, tie it with a small rope to one of the blades, start the helicopter up, and then somehow cut the rope (maybe a sword of some sort..) and let the hard drive smash into a nearby brick wall. Then take it camping and throw it in a fire. And make s’mores with a burning (but safe) hard drive.
December 11th, 2011 at 7:23 am
I would pack it in my duffle bag check it at the airport and let the baggage handlers have at it. During the holiday season odds are strong my bag would end up at the wrong destination giving those considerate baggage handlers another bite at the apple.
December 11th, 2011 at 5:36 pm
As I live in Namibia, a dry country with lots of desert and sand I would take it sandboarding in the Namib! Sand has amazing capacity to mess up all electronic equipment – especially cameras!!
December 11th, 2011 at 10:03 pm
I’d propose a new slant on those old Timex adverts… strap the drive to a train’s wheel, a galloping horse’s leg, etc. An opportunity for some great shots and free advertising for the drive!
December 12th, 2011 at 1:34 am
I’d have to take it with me to the Running of the Bulls and drop it along the way. Would be good to see how it fairs surrounded by tons of tromping hooves!
December 12th, 2011 at 2:42 am
I drive a Volvo semi roughly 2-3 thousand miles a week. I can see nonstop vibration, stop and go traffic, and if it rains/snows putting on the mirror to test the elements. If it were to survive, my loyalty is assured.
December 12th, 2011 at 10:25 am
I ride horses… I would pack the external with me up to the barn, so I could pull photography from there to share with my trainer and barn friends. I would shoot tethered in the arena, and not worry about the horse stepping on it. I would pack it on a camping trip, through the river with the horses, and up steep trails in the peak of summer.
December 12th, 2011 at 10:36 am
I would tie it on the bottom of my shoe and participate in a triathlon
December 12th, 2011 at 11:28 am
I would strap it to the top of the engine of my tour bus going to and from the West Rim of the Grand Canyon up and down 10 miles of dusty gravel road in the 105 degree heat of a Mohave Desert summer and the snows of winter at 6000 ft near the rim!
December 12th, 2011 at 3:51 pm
run over it with my tractor
December 12th, 2011 at 4:43 pm
I would leave it out for my cats to test….you may ask yourself how could a cat hurt a HD, but alas you have not meet my crazy cats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
December 20th, 2011 at 8:50 am
I would stand at the mouth of Mount Kilauea, throw it in, and let the gods have at it
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