Portable Hard-Drive Suitable for Travel

[Equilibrium_FOOL]

I am going traveling in a few months, and I was hoping to purchase two high-capacity portable hard drives for storing photographs.  I would like to have two of the same, one for everyday use, and the other for weekly back-ups.  Durability is a crucial point, as I am traveling by bicycle and this really isn't the most ideal position for a drive.  I am willing to spend up to $200CAD per drive, and the drive should be around 3-4tb.

 

I know this is asking a lot, but hopefully somebody has an ideal product recommendation.

I already have a few drives, but I certainly wouldn't trust them with anything critical.

[NumLock21]

So you're going to use the HDD while your bike riding?

[LtStaffel]

Well it's not what you want exactly but my Western Digital My Passport 2Tb USB3 external hard drive has been great. Maybe it comes in a higher capacity that would good for you? (It ran me about $90 USD)

[TheKDub]

Could always just go with an SSD, then you don't have to worry about dropping it or anything. It will be a bit more expensive though.

[Equilibrium_FOOL]

1 hour ago, NumLock21 said:

So you're going to use the HDD while your bike riding?

Not while I am cycling, but it will be in my bags.

[Equilibrium_FOOL]

1 hour ago, TheKDub said:

Could always just go with an SSD, then you don't have to worry about dropping it or anything. It will be a bit more expensive though.

I would love to have an SSD, but RAW files are far to large to make an SSD economical. 

Basically if I could afford high capacity SSD drives I would, but I cannot.

[NumLock21]

9 hours ago, Equilibrium_FOOL said:

Not while I am cycling, but it will be in my bags.

Then it shouldn't matter, which drive you get. Unless you dropped it.  What I don't understand is, why do you need a ext hdd on the road. Your bringing your laptop too or camera can somehow directly attach to a ext hdd, that i didn't know about.

[Equilibrium_FOOL]

9 hours ago, NumLock21 said:

Then it shouldn't matter, which drive you get. Unless you dropped it.  What I don't understand is, why do you need a ext hdd on the road. Your bringing your laptop too or camera can somehow directly attach to a ext hdd, that i didn't know about.

I think you may misunderstand my request.  I am traveling via bicycle, with all of my gear.  I don't have a basecamp I can leave all of the non-essential gear.  If I did this would be a non-issue.  

The drive will not be connecting to my camera, for as far as I know such device doesn't exist.  The drive will be connecting to my notebook when needed, and when not in use it will sit in a bag.  

 

[NumLock21]

9 minutes ago, Equilibrium_FOOL said:

I think you may misunderstand my request.  I am traveling via bicycle, with all of my gear.  I don't have a basecamp I can leave all of the non-essential gear.  If I did this would be a non-issue.  

The drive will not be connecting to my camera, for as far as I know such device doesn't exist.  The drive will be connecting to my notebook when needed, and when not in use it will sit in a bag.  

 

I understand your request very well. I'm just thinking in a logical way that would make sense. As for 4tb external, as ling your careful with it, it does not matter. There are rugged external hdd by lacie if your interested.

 

https://m.newegg.com/product/index?itemnumber=9SIA25V4Y13821

 

[Equilibrium_FOOL]

1 minute ago, NumLock21 said:

I understand your request very well. I'm just thinking in a logical way that would make sense. As for 4tb external, as ling your careful with it, it does not matter. There are rugged external hdd by lacie if your interested.

 

https://m.newegg.com/ProductList?canPowerSearch=True&powerSearchParams={"CategoryId":344%2c"StoreId":1%2c"SubcategoryId":3400}&isFirstin=false&description=9hEFuUWfsY5Vu9S6ZWn0%2f9DhzIWkUKvnlipt2pONnRU%3d&storeid=1&categoryid=-1&nodeid=167526&storetype=2&subcategoryid=3400&brandid=-1&nvalue=100167526&showseealldeals=False&itemcount=0&issubcategory=true&level=3&Capacity||4TB=||600030806||Power&Page=1

 

 

 

Some drives, though they may look the same externally, have very different durability levels.  Slight bump to one, nothing happens.  Slight bump to other, data loss/drive failure.

[NumLock21]

Just now, Equilibrium_FOOL said:

Some drives, though they may look the same externally, have very different durability levels.  Slight bump to one, nothing happens.  Slight bump to other, data loss/drive failure.

Then ssd will be your best option. Then again you did mention it's out of your price range. 

Only hdd makers out there now are wd and seagate. 

[Equilibrium_FOOL]

4 hours ago, NumLock21 said:

Then ssd will be your best option. Then again you did mention it's out of your price range. 

Only hdd makers out there now are wd and seagate. 

I've read that Toshiba is a good provider as well.  HGST technically has the best failure rate, although I don't believe that they make any portable drives.