buying external hdd, imation or western digital?
February 8th, 2020
and it’s my first time to buy this stuff so i’m completely have no idea.
i’m planning to buy the imation apollo 2.5 portable hard drive 500gb and i want
to ask if anyone has already tried it and how was it?
i’m also thinking about western digital my passport ultra 500gb.
can anyone help me choosing? thank you.
i’m also open to some other brands you can suggest.
Firstly, the imation is only USB2 so that model should be sent to the “don’t consider” bucket. Even if you don’t have a USB3 port, you eventually will have when you upgrade.
Secondly, the imation is more expensive even with its age (2008): Passport is 2013 and should you need it, it comes with backup software at a lower price.
I have about 8 external usb drives – Seagate and WD. I haven’t had an issue with either brand, all 8 drives going at least 2 years now virtually 24/7.
go WD! IMO WD hard drives are tested and proven.
Even if the materials used to create both drives are the same, I’d still go with WD.
It just has a better software and tools, and probably better warranty support.
Western Digital is a big player in the storage industry for a reason.
I have 3 Maxtor (Seagate), 1 Iomega , 1 Samsung, 1 Seagate, 1 WD , 1 Toshiba, several small Hitachi drives and my experience is avoid Seagate stick with WD.
Only had problems with Seagate Toshiba and Iomega. Iomega drive died and corrupted the Seagate occasionally shows as being empty and had a reallocation event within months of purchase also it get too hot. Whatever you choose try and get a metal enclosure for heat dissipation, heat is bad news for drives.
Alsohttp://www.buzzfeed.com/tommywilhelm/how-three-hard-drive-companies-gobbled-up-the-indu#3gt7oxp
looks like choices may be more limited than we think
Good luck,
I own this imation HD, and I think this is also the one you’re referring to.
I still have it and it’s a very old model but durable HD. I think I’ve been holding on to it for about 3 years now, maybe even longer (bought it too long ago for me to remember). Dropped it a few times accidentally at short heights and it’s still working perfectly. I’ll recommend getting this one. But as has mentioned, this one doesn’t have USB 3. I also own WD drives, not the portable ones though, so can’t say much on it. My friend’s portable WD 1TB drive has loose connectors and the cable doesn’t fit in perfectly. Maybe its just his luck.
Read and heard many negative reviews about Seagate, so strike that off your list.
If I were you, I’ll buy the one which offers a longer warranty period for WD and Imation. Cheers
Western Digital Without a doubt. i got 8tb’s of data and all of it stored in WD..
4 external HD – 2 TB each – all of them are of same brand “WD”, 2 of the HD [WD elements 3.5 inch] need external power source and its heavy[1 kilogram]. it is little bit irritating because you have carry all those wires and adapters and the heavy weights still its good. And other 2, i have no issue with it at all[WD passport ultra 2.5inch] no need of external power source and it is light in weight [230 gram].. Man i highly suggest you to go for “WD”. also love the built quality and good warranty Period..
my imation did not even last the warranty period…