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posted on 05 August 2008 11:03


Portable hard drive drop tests

Popular Mechanics magazine ran some portable hard drive drop tests with four drives. The Iomega ruggedized eGo Camo (pictured below) reigned supreme surviving a 15 foot fall onto concrete and then being run over by a truck tire.

Next best was a La Cie 250GB ruggedized all-terrain drive. Third and fourth were Western Digital's 250GB Passport and Iomega's (non-ruggedized) 250GB eGO. All did better than their stated drop test survivability height though.

See the enjoyable video here.

[Chris Mellor, with thanks to Mark Twomey.]