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Best hard drive storage solution while travelling?

Jeremy Wiles said:
I've been using the Lacie bus-powered Rugged hard drives while shooting in other countries. Link to picture

Is there a better option?

Jeremy
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YEs indeed! look at the NEXTODI ND2700 self powered disk enclosure.

I there's quite a few posts and threads in these forums the DVXUSEr forums concerning the NEXTODI CF2700 selfpowered SATA/USB2 disk enclosure.

The ND2700 (and the more expensive ND2725) tape up to 2TB 60mm diameter PC laprop didks. Use only SAMSUNG.

We used a Samsung 500GB SATA2 DDM in the one we had. Works great on RED workflow in the field. IT IS SELFPOWERED.

TWo batteries +.... read the forums.

Takes also CF etc cards. Excellent for RED and P2 (the ND2525 firewire version).


check out the forums and also look at http://www.nextodi.com/en/

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Jeremy Wiles said:
I've been using the Lacie bus-powered Rugged hard drives while shooting in other countries. Link to picture

Is there a better option?

Jeremy
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Better in terms of... price? In terms of quality, what that contains is generally no different from what any other enclosure contains - the variables are size, disk RPM and Mb Cache... The manufacturers are all competitive enough that brand loyalty is generally based more out of superstition than anything else. I generally doubt that those drives are more "rugged" than any other plastic enclosure - .3mm of rubber on the outside isn't all that comforting to me... so for price, I'd go with whatever you can get in that form factor that suits your budget... for quality, stick with what you've got if it seems like it counts.
 
hello.. i found the nexto 2700 but its white and doesnt say "video storage" i think its photo storage. Does it still do the job for RED CF cards?
 
I use a Macbook Pro, sunshade, cf reader and 2- self powered La Cie Little Big Disk (1ter each) custom installed into a Pelican brief case. In addition, it has a built in power inverter so that it can be charged via 12v, 110 or 220.

One of my guys is handcuffed to it and required to carry it on the plane(s).
 
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