Looking to buy an external HD

[nigameash]

I'm looking for a portable external HD with the following specs.
1) USB 2.0
2) Firewire 800
3) 7200 RPM
4) Bus powered

A bonus feature would be hardware encryption.

I found the lacie rugged edition as a possible candidate that fits the criteria but I find it too big to carry around all the time. I also found a few at owc but was wondering if any of the other brands have something that fits my selection.

 

[i4k20c]

if you can find one of these...

http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/products/external/mac-hard-drive/mac-portable-drive

 

[GGJstudios]

I've been very satisfied with this one:
OWC Mercury On-The-Go Pro

 

[treestar]

There are really so many that meet criteria 1-4. I personally love G-Technology, for you the G-DRIVE mini. Good prices at http://www.bhphotovideo.com/.

The LaCie Rugged Safe has 128-bit hardware encryption, USB 2.0, FW800, and bus power. I didn't see any specs about drive speed.

 

[buxtone17]

+1 for OWC enclosures.

After a horrific experience with LaCie enclosures and their joke of a customer service department, I did a ton of research and ended up switching to OWC. I have four Mercury series drives and the only problem I've had in four years is that the on/off switch didn't work on one of them upon shipment. After a five minute call with customer service, the drive went back to OWC and I had a new one within a few days.

It should be noted that OWC typically only builds the enclosures. They manufacture SSDs, but they don't do HDDs. The drive that GGJstudios posted uses either a Hitachi TravelStar or a Seagate Momentus HDD.

 

[Techcomm]

I agree that the G-Technology G-DRIVE mini is really nice. I've had many portable drives but that one has such a high level of build quality. Very solid and never any problems for me.

 

[Rizvi1]

I've been very satisfied with this one:
OWC Mercury On-The-Go Pro

What separates the one you went with from this one: http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firewire/EliteALmini/eSATA_FW800_FW400_USB

 

[GGJstudios]

What separates the one you went with from this one: http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firewire/EliteALmini/eSATA_FW800_FW400_USB

Different enclosures, nothing more.

 

[Rizvi1]

^ alright, I'm just going with the cheaper one then.

 

[i4k20c]

well the Al. one also has esata...

at that price point, i might consider it since it's already pretty $$$ for a case.

obv. if you NEVER will use it, than who cares.

 

[Rizvi1]

^ Ah I missed that. Ah well, I don't think I've ever used ESATA. I'm not even sure how I would with my MacBook Pro or Mac Mini. I've seen ESATA to USB adapters so maybe with that I guess?