Iomega eGo Portable Hard Drive, USB 2.0, 250GB Cherry Red - 33942

List Price: $136.99 Discount Price: $117.99

Features:

• Device Type - Portable
• Dimensions WxDxH - 3.5" x 0.75" x 5.25"
• Removable Storage Type - Hard Drive
• Interfaces/Ports -- USB 2.0 USB

Customer Reviews:

Iomega eGo Portable Hard Drive, FireWire 400/USB 2.0, 250GB Jet Black - 34158  [Posted on 2008-06-13]
I just brought the Iomega eGo Portable FireWire hard drive with me on a trip to the UK where I have been shooting many tens of gigabytes of photos, organizing them with Adobe Lightroom. These photos are important to me. I am using the drive with a MacBook Pro 17". It has behaved perfectly. I like the fact that it doesn't need external power. It is fast and seamless. I might as well be using the drive on my Mac.

Great little drive! [Posted on 2008-06-15]
This is a great little hard drive. It's a little bigger physically than some, but performance is on par and nothing comes close in style. I do wish it came with a carrying case like my LaCie portable did though. Every portable drive should include one.

A solid product, but... [Posted on 2008-06-19]
...strangely, it takes an unusually long time to eject off my desktop. I have a MacBook Pro using Leopard, and when I try to eject the drive, it sits there on the desktop for up to 90 seconds before disappearing. On a PC, it doesn't take that long, but still looks like it's having a bit of a delayed reaction to the eject command. Don't get me wrong: the drive writes and reads as quickly as I could want. Just wish I could make it go away (when I must) as quickly as other drives I own.

Very Solid Portable Drive [Posted on 2008-06-26]
I bought the eGo to back up my Powerbook. It is very solidly-built; light, but it simply feels well-built. It is a bit bigger than some portable drives, but it seems like the extra mass is to protect the internal workings. Operation is very quiet and smooth. I got the Firewire version, so I would be able to boot my Mac from it if I needed. Iomega includes both a firewire cable, and a dual (power and data y-split) USB cable. I had no problems powering the unit off of just Firewire, but plugged both the firewire cable and the USB cable in at the same time. It worked great, using the firewire as the data cable. I used Apple's Hard Drive Utility to format it for my Mac before I started, and it went along flawlessly. Hard drives, themselves (minus the enclosures), are hit and miss at times when it comes to reliability, but this one feels good and reliable to me. No problems at all yet.
Also, I had very speedy, no-nonsense delivery from J&R Music.

Solid and Sleek [Posted on 2008-06-28]
The eGo 250GB USB Hard disk is a solid little unit. The Cherry version is sleek and attractive. I have 3 of these now, and performance has been flawless.
Pros: Solid reliable performance, rugged, fast, attractive, gets power from USB cable, affordable
Cons: Activity LED indicator is recessed and difficult to see.

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