Iomega eGo Portable Hard Drive (160GB, Cherry Red)

Manufacturer: Iomega Corp. Part number: 33832

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Bottom Line:: If you love flashy toys, the Iomega eGo is for you. It's a fast and stylish drive, but Mac users get left out when it comes to backup.

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Iomega eGo Portable Hard Drive (160GB, Cherry Red)

price range: $74.99 - $91.91

Reviewed by: Ryan Belonga
Edited by: Felisa Yang
Reviewed on: 08/03/2007
Updated on:08/15/2007
Released on: 06/08/2007

The good: Very stylish casing; bus-powered; includes backup software for Windows users; good read/write speeds.

The bad: No backup software for Mac users; phone support costs $25 per incident.

The bottom line: If you love flashy toys, the Iomega eGo is for you. It's a fast and stylish drive, but Mac users get left out when it comes to backup.

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Editor's note: We recently retested the Iomega eGo after the manufacturer noted that our write test speeds were much slower than its tests predicted. We tested a new unit and have changed the review accordingly.

The Iomega eGo portable hard drive sports a stylish look and compact size. It's currently offered in just one capacity--160GB--but it's available in two colors, red and silver. The look and feel of this drive is impressive. The anodized-aluminum-and-polished-steel case resembles a flask and we find ourselves wanting to handle it constantly. But looks aren't everything; performance is important too. Happily, this drive performs as well as it looks. If you're looking for a stylish, flashy drive with fast read/write speeds, this $130 drive is a great choice.

Drive type	Portable, external
Connector options	USB 2.0
Available capacities	160GB
Drive speed	5,400RPM
Cache	8MB
Dimensions (LWH)	5.25 x 3.5 x 0.75 inches
Notable design features	None
OSes supported	Windows 2000 Pro, XP Home, XP Pro, Vista; Mac OS X 10.1.5 or higher
Software included	EMC Retrospect (for PC only)
Service and support	One-year limited warranty; pay-per-incident phone support ($25): weekdays, 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. ET; Iomega site includes live one-on-one Web chat, forums, FAQs, software downloads, product documentation, and how-to videos.

The Iomega eGo was one of the fastest portable hard drives we've tested over USB. It wrote a 10GB folder of mixed file types in 9 minutes, 54 seconds. The Seagate FreeAgent Go wrote the same folder in 10 minutes, 33 seconds. The Iomega eGo read back that same folder to the testbed drive in 8 minutes, 11 seconds; the FreeAgent Go took just a few more seconds to do the job.

Portable hard drive read/write tests
(Shorter bars indicate better performance)

Read

Write

LaCie Rugged All-Terrain HD (FW400)

10:25

09:24

Iomega eGo (USB)

08:11

09:54

Seagate FreeAgent Go (USB)

08:38

10:33

Western Digital Passport (USB)

08:42

20:00

Note: * Drive name (tested connection)

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9 stars

Awesome... Cound't be happier! Easy to use and very fast.

by throws2000 on October 23, 2007

Pros: The speed, Plug and Play, and Super fast.

Cons: None other than the warranty.

Summary: Small portable external hard drive. Nice, style, very durable. But the best part is it's fast. VERY fast! Comes with Y-USB cable. However if you have 2.0 ports ...

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Summary: Small portable external hard drive. Nice, style, very durable. But the best part is it's fast. VERY fast! Comes with Y-USB cable. However if you have 2.0 ports you only need to use one of the USB ports not both. $116 after tax and shipping from Dell. Would have gave it a 10 but the warranty scares me!

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8 stars

Lovely Little Lifesaver

by AnotherNeko on April 6, 2008

Pros: sporty, small, tough, BIG, amazing price.

Cons: Dosn't work with MAC, kind of slow.

Summary: There really isn't much to say about an external hard drive, you don't exactly use it every day, but when I have had to use it there was ...

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Summary: There really isn't much to say about an external hard drive, you don't exactly use it every day, but when I have had to use it there was no dissapointment. It chugged right along, all my important files are backed up to it, and it's a LOVELY red.

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Specifications

Manufacturer: Iomega Corp.
Part number: 33832
Description: Take files anywhere, in style, with the Iomega eGo Portable Hard Drive USB 2.0 - an extremely durable drive which includes patent pending Drop Guard feature to withstand the toughest of travel environments. Available in 160GB capacity, it holds up to 640,000 photos, over 2,900 hours of music and 240 hours of video. Plus, the Iomega eGo Portable Hard Drive requires no external power supply and includes a free EMC Retrospect HD backup software license.

General
Device Type Hard drive - External hard drive
Width 3.5 in
Depth 5.2 in
Height 0.7 in
Weight 7.7 oz
Enclosure Color Red
Hard Drive
Capacity 160 GB
Interface type Hi-Speed USB
Performance
Storage Hard Drive / External Data Transfer Rate (For External Drive) 480 Mbps
Storage Controller
Type None
Storage Controller (2nd)
Type None

Expansion / Connectivity
Interfaces 1 x Hi-Speed USB - 4 pin USB Type A
Compatible Bays None
Compatible Slots x None
Power
External Hard Drive Power Source USB bus
System Requirements
OS Required Apple MacOS X 10.1.5 or later, Microsoft Windows Vista / 2000 / XP
Software / System Requirements
Software type Drivers & Utilities
System Requirements Details MacOS X 10.1.5 or later - PowerPC G3 - RAM 128 MB, Windows 2000/XP/Vista - Pentium II - RAM 256 MB
Manufacturer Warranty
Service & support type 1 year warranty
Service & Support Details Limited warranty - 1 year

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