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Memorex Mega TravelDrive 8GB
| Author | Benny Har-Even |
| Published | 25th Mar 2006 |
| Manufacturer | Memorex |
| Supplier | DB Computers |
| Price | £116.60 (Exc VAT) |
| as reviewed | £137.00 (Inc VAT) |
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TrustedReviews NewslettersA few months ago I took a look at two USB 2.0 MicroDrive’s from Sony and Iomega. Both offered large amounts of storage that you could easily fit into a pocket; 5GB from the Sony and 8GB from the Iomega. These capacities are achieved as the drives use a Micro Drive hard disk rather than flash memory, off setting performance and moving parts against cost effectiveness.
The Iomega proved to be the better buy of the two, not only offering greater capacity but also providing better performance. Since I was recently sent an 8GB drive from Memorex I thought I’d take a look and see how it compares.
The Memorex’s selling point is that it’s the smallest 8GB USB 2.0 drive on the market, being squarer, and therefore slightly smaller, than the Iomega and Sony drives. Not surprisingly then it’s also slightly lighter at 39.7g, a full 10.3g less than the Iomega.
The black housing is smart and the USB plug lifts out from the body via a hook at the centre, which is designed so you can easily get your finger underneath. The smooth housing is spoilt by a lump on one side, which presumably houses the hinge. When plugged in a light flashes blue to indicate hard drive activity. We love a bit of blue lights on our tech gear so thumbs up to Memorex for that. The chassis feels reasonably strong, though not quite as rigid as the Sony and Iomega’s housings. I’d encourage use of the supplied pouch with belt buckle.
As with its competitors it will appear as a drive letter on any modern OS, such as Windows XP or MacOS X. What you don’t get when you plug it in that you do with the Sony and Iomega drives is any kind of software popping up for automatic syncing or remote backup. If these things are important to you then this isn’t the drive for you.
In Device Manager the hard disk appears as a Memorex drive and model number so it was not possible to identify the make and manufacturer of the drive but judging from the performance it is likely to also spin at 3,600rpm Micro Drive.
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