- Average user rating: 2.0 stars out of 12 reviews Back to product review
- My rating: 0 stars
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7 out of 7 people found this review helpful
0.5 stars
"Not worth the money."
Pros: Hard to find pros with it.
Cons: Extremely unreliable.
Summary: I saw this at a store, it was highly advertised, and I thought, "hey, why not?" And bought it. I used it, and it worked great. It did backups somewhat quickly, had good amount of storage, didn't cost too much. I was happy with it.
2 days later it stopped working. So, after I put all of my information onto it, it just stopped working. I took it back to where I got it, and asked them to move the information onto another one, of the same model. They started moving the information...it broke while they moved the information. In the span of 2 days, 2 had broken. The tech support at the place where I got it told me that when he took it apart, it was barely held together, and it was obvious that it was a piece of garbage. I agreed, obviously. One broke in 10 minutes, even. I ended up getting a different brand, and the new one has run into no problems.
Basically, it's an extremely unreliable machine, that is advertised as something amazing. Two broke in 2 days, and I've heard nothing but horrible things from other people I know who've bought it.
Tech support said that a lot are recalled, and a lot are taken back all of time, having broken.
It creates backups, claiming to have a better security on your information. Claiming "safer than a computer, as a computer may crash." I've had my computer for a year, it hasnt crashed once. I had 2 of these in 2 days, both of them crashed.
Where to buy
SimpleTech SimpleDrive External Hard Drive (500GB, Pininfarina):
$74.00 - $89.99
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Amazon.com Marketplace
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$89.99 | Yes |
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Hyper Microsystems
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$74.00 | Yes |
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