On Thu, 13 May 2004, Frantisek Vlcek wrote: > I am curious, does any maker of the image tanks give important > information like the make of the hdd inside (some cheap crap or > what?), vibration/impact it can stand (normalised for peak impact and > long vibration, both in standby and operation) and number of data it > can download before the batteries run out?
Here is all the information that is supplied with the X-drive: http://www.xs-drive.com/ Don't know if you find it sufficient or not. I can't see ant figures for impact/vibration resistance there but I saw some figure elsewhere -- or if it was for another drive. It was ridicuosly high, anyway. Several tens of G:s which I'd never put a HDD through. As for the make of the HDD, if you prefer some special brand, you can always get the empty version and install your own. I got myself one with a 40 GB drive already installed and have not checked out the HDD brand. I can give you a report next week on how the unit have stood up. A friend is using it to unload her pictures during a three week diving trip in South East Asia, and I suspect that she has put it through some rough conditions. I anticipate some good underwater pics too! > Most units I saw so far looked like some cheap chinese crap. This one looks like that too. That doesn't mean it isn't usable. anders ------------------------- http://anders.hultman.nu/ med dagens bild och allt!
