BIOS Magazine Reviews Amacom Flip2disk
BIOS Magazine have posted a review of the new pocket-sized Amacom Flip2disk portable hard drive:
“Amacom’s Flip2disk is an extremely portable and robust external hard disk that will suit frequent business travellers. Not only is the drive pocket-size and attractive in terms of design, it’s also relatively light and sturdy and has a disk protection mechanism mounted internally on a rubber skeleton called a Shoc Bloc. This technology, along with additional rubber bumpers on two sides of the unit, helps to stop the hard disk mechanism from being damaged by everyday bumps and bangs, which should help to minimise data loss as a result of physical damage. Flip2disk also provides a fully-bootable means of disaster recovery when used in conjunction with the supplied FlipBack software, and comes with a choice of self-powered connection options. However, you can only get a FireWire or USB cable as standard, so you’ll have to further budget if you want to connect the drive to a Type II Card slot or parallel port. Nevertheless, it’s great to have the flexibility on the move - as long as you don’t forget to pack the wrong cable. We’ve encountered many hard disk failures over the years, mainly from transporting data from one office to another. With the Flip2disk, our confidence is a little restored knowing that our data is pretty much as safe as it can be from physical damage. It’s a real shame Amacom hasn’t bundled any data privacy and encryption tools, because the Flip2disk would then be a complete solution. Nevertheless, it’s still an excellent drive that comes highly recommended - regardless of the I/O connection or capacity you choose.”