crazzy88ss Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 Are there any USB hard drives that have heat or fire resistance? My searches keep bring up Amazon related "fire" products :/ I live in a fire prone area that's been on fire twice in the last 3 years. I use cloud back ups and currently put my external drives in fire-proof safes, but it'd be nice if I can add additional protection levels. I currently have a Lacie, but I don't see any heat ratings on their current "rugged" offerings. USB 3.0, 7200 rpm HDD, 1-2TB is sufficient. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dead.cell Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 Maybe your search terms are off, as "fireproof" seems to yield better results. You can also use "quotes" on Google to find more exact matches. Here's something I saw just from a quick search: https://www.amazon.com/External-Hard-Drives-Fireproof-Data-Storage/s?rh=n%3A595048%2Cp_n_feature_keywords_browse-bin%3A3093305011 Hope that helps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnelsoninjax Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 https://smile.amazon.com/s?k=iosafe+solo+g3+4tb+disaster+proof+hard+drive I have one of these sitting under my desk right now, and I got years ago during a hurricane that made landfall here in Jacksonville, and it was being given away free to persons who lived in this area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindovermaster Moderator Posted July 17, 2020 Moderator Share Posted July 17, 2020 LTT did a review on one earlier... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qm4J_1jFxik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazzy88ss Posted July 18, 2020 Author Share Posted July 18, 2020 On 7/16/2020 at 5:33 PM, jnelsoninjax said: https://smile.amazon.com/s?k=iosafe+solo+g3+4tb+disaster+proof+hard+drive I have one of these sitting under my desk right now, and I got years ago during a hurricane that made landfall here in Jacksonville, and it was being given away free to persons who lived in this area. Thanks. That seems to be the only one I can find that has actually has any 3rd party protection standards. Have you had any issues with it? On 7/16/2020 at 5:40 PM, Mindovermaster said: LTT did a review on one earlier... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qm4J_1jFxik I did see that, but that was 7 years ago. That's eternity in computer land. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnelsoninjax Posted July 18, 2020 Share Posted July 18, 2020 On 7/18/2020 at 11:39 AM, crazzy88ss said: Thanks. That seems to be the only one I can find that has actually has any 3rd party protection standards. Have you had any issues with it? I did see that, but that was 7 years ago. That's eternity in computer land. No issues at all, I will warn you, it is a beast! The whole drive is heavy, so keep that in mind when you are thinking about where to put it. crazzy88ss 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazzy88ss Posted July 27, 2020 Author Share Posted July 27, 2020 After some additional research, I decided I could just upgrade my current fire-proof safe situation, and use any ol' external USB drive for much less than the $300 cost for that ioSafe product. Then, if/when the HDD does die, it's only $75 to replace instead of the entire $300 fireproof drive. Brandon H 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon H Supervisor Posted July 27, 2020 Supervisor Share Posted July 27, 2020 12 minutes ago, crazzy88ss said: After some additional research, I decided I could just upgrade my current fire-proof safe situation, and use any ol' external USB drive for much less than the $300 cost for that ioSafe product. Then, if/when the HDD does die, it's only $75 to replace instead of the entire $300 fireproof drive. sounds like a much better more cost effective plan in the long run Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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