External hard drive Velcro sleeve

[JamesMay82]

Has anyone on here bought these or can recommend anything simmilar? And if so are they useful or a nuisance? My only concern is if you get a sticky residue/marks if you decide to remove it in the future

Internal storage costs bug and I was thinking of going for a smaller drive next time and getting something like this…

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Afterplug-Reusable-Adhesive-Portable-External/dp/B0B2R8CPWH

 

[sevoneone]

My biggest concern with this is heat. Off the shelf consumer SSDs already have borderline thermals in a lot of cases. Wrapping them in a couple extra layers of vinyl/plether isn't going to help. You are much better off with something like this IMO: https://www.amazon.com/POWRIG-Magnetic-External-Holder-Samsung/dp/B0DXN2QGBX

 

[JamesMay82]

My biggest concern with this is heat. Off the shelf consumer SSDs already have borderline thermals in a lot of cases. Wrapping them in a couple extra layers of vinyl/plether isn't going to help. You are much better off with something like this IMO: https://www.amazon.com/POWRIG-Magnetic-External-Holder-Samsung/dp/B0DXN2QGBX

Good point about the heat, I didn’t think about that.

I’ll go for one of these I think…

Just out of curiosity, how do you manage your data with having small internal?

In theory, I need to offload my photo and music library to an external drive.. which is a pain because I then always need to remember to have the external drive with me.

 

[MacGizmo]

About $2 worth of standard velcro does the trick for me. No real need for the sleeve... unless you're hung-up on looking like you spent a bunch of money on things that only serve utilitarian needs.