VERBATIM 2TB HD 3.5" USB3.0 - €73

sleepysniper

Pixmania - http://www.pixmania.ie/3-5-inch-external-hard-drive/verbatim-store-n-save-3-5-external-hard-drive-2-tb-black/12019489-a.html

Never heard of this "VERBATIM" brand before, so don't know how reliable it is, but 2TB USB 3.0 HD for €73 delivered. Not too bad.:cool:

Also have 3 and 4 TB available!

kooga

sleepysniper wrote: »

Pixmania - http://www.pixmania.ie/3-5-inch-external-hard-drive/verbatim-store-n-save-3-5-external-hard-drive-2-tb-black/12019489-a.html

Never heard of this "VERBATIM" brand before, so don't know how reliable it is, but 2TB USB 3.0 HD for €73 delivered. Not too bad.:cool:

Also have 3 and 4 TB available!

if i am correct they had a factory in limerick back in the 80's

messinkiapina

They're a real premium brand when it comes to rewritable CDs and DVDs, don't know anything about their hard drives though.

AlanS181824

Bought a 1TB off Amazon for around €55 last week. My 2tb Western Digital is dyonjg anyway so I might pick this up. Thanks!

deafroadrunner

might keep an eye on this an get one after xmas if still there

Agent Smith

Any Idea what HDD's Inside?

wingnut

kooga wrote: »

if i am correct they had a factory in limerick back in the 80's

Verbatim were THE brand back in the days of 3.5" floppies. They did indeed have a factory in Limerick, a lot of the workers are now working in Dutec on the dock road.

They are a quality brand, have a few 2.5" given to people. Never checked the drive inside but it will most likely be a WD or Seagate.

peckerhead

I've an older 2TB eSATA 3Gbits/USB 2.0 drive and it's never given any trouble. That's Limerick craftsmanship for ya... :P

HDTune identifies the disk as Hitachi, but that doesn't necessarily mean this newer one is, I suppose...

shamelessidiot

I've used 100s of Verbatim DVDs and haven't had a bad one yet – great brand IMO.

Does anyone know if this is USB powered ie. "portable" or powered via a plug? Can't seem to find anything on that page.

styron

shamelessidiot wrote: »

I've used 100s of Verbatim DVDs and haven't had a bad one yet – great brand IMO.

Does anyone know if this is USB powered ie. "portable" or powered via a plug? Can't seem to find anything on that page.

Uses an AC adapter - http://www.verbatim-europe.co.uk/en_1/product_store-n-save-superspeed-usb-3-0-desktop-hard-drive-2tb_9566_0_35879.html

GrumPy

Agent Smith wrote: »

Any Idea what HDD's Inside?

The question that really matters. VERBATIM don't manufacture hard drives, so should be interesting to see what brand the enclosure actually houses.

positron

wingnut wrote: »

Verbatim were THE brand back in the days of 3.5" floppies.

Yeah, it was between Verbatim, TDK and 3M. Those were the days... How young are you sleepysniper?

Banta

I still have 3M floppies stored away (with Windows 3.11 on 11 or so floppies haha).

From what I can see online, the Verbatim drives either have a Samsung drive in them or a Seagate Barracuda.

An old review from Amazon, but this person expected to see a Samsung drive and saw the Barracuda:
http://www.amazon.com/review/RGLNQ8NNP1NJZ/ref=cm_cr_dp_title/186-0959351-6859905?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B005AT5UZG&nodeID=172282&store=electronics

peckerhead

Even some Samsung-branded models now contain Seagate drives — like the D3 station mentioned here.

Patty O Furniture

What's the difference between the Store n Save & the Store n Go pardon my ignorance in this. Thanks.

peckerhead

Store 'n' Go Portable External Hard Drive - 1 TB, silver, USB 3.0, Self-powered

This is a slimmer, smaller drive (about the size of a large smartphone) that's powered via the USB cable. It's built around a 2.5" disk like you'd find in a laptop. Portable drives are more expensive (per terabyte of space) but a lot handier if you need to carry your stuff around with you.

The 3.5" Store 'n' Save is a bigger drive that has to be plugged into a mains socket, so is better suited to use as an additional storage/backup device that's going to be mostly left attached to a desktop computer.

Patty O Furniture

Thanks, as i was wondering what they meant whenever i came across them.

As i was looking for a back up to a Medion Ext HD 500GB USB3.0 i got out of Aldi a while back.

I also got a Verbatim 16GB Micro USB Drive out of Lidl & not often this happens but recently it takes for ages to copy files over to the 16GB & i think i read somewhere in my Samsung Bluray manual that i can hook up an ext HDD to it? I havent had time to look thru it all yet, as over the next week i will.

As that will save me time with the 16GB if i can use the Ext HD?

Btw i couldnt find any info on the Store n Go on the Verbatim website?

soirish

sleepysniper wrote: »

Never heard of this "VERBATIM" brand before, so don't know how reliable it is

We must have grown up in different centuries

AlanS181824

I also only heard of Verbatim recently, they really had a factory in Ireland?! That's so interesting :P

lemeister

Just took delivery of one of these and the HD is Toshiba DT01ACA200 MX40