Testseek.com have collected 32 expert reviews of the ioSafe Solo USB2 and the average rating is 85%. Scroll down and see all reviews for ioSafe Solo USB2.
September 2009
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The editors liked
Available in 500GB to 2TB capacities. Great fire and flood protection.
Fire-resistant
Waterproof design
Protection features cost only a slight premium over a standard external drive
Price includes data-recovery plan
Will protect your data through fire and water
Very well made
Excellent warranty
Large capacity
500GB/1TB/1.5TB
Performance equal to other external hard drives
Durability
Durability!
Tough
Fireproof
Waterproof
Great warranties and service.
Easy to use
Very rugged
Data retrieval service
This rugged hard drive is waterproof
Fireproof and comes with data recovery
Fireproof and waterproof
Works with PCs and Macs
Extremely rugged
Waterproof and fireproof
Data recovery service included
The editors didn't like
Base models only include one year of Data Recovery Service (3and 5year upgrades cost $49.99 and $99.99).
Tough; fireproof; waterproof; great warranties and service.
USB only; need service to restore drive after disaster.
Like an airplane’s black box, the ioSafe solo ensures your data will be kept safe even when confronted with disastrous conditions. Perhaps more compelling still, the drive is at a price that makes it affordable to the average consumer. Just as the f...
Large capacity: 500GB/1TB/1.5TB, Performance equal to other external hard drives, Durability, durability, durability!
Heavy @ 15lbs, Premium price
ioSafe had promised unparalleled protection of your data with the ioSafe Solo and without a doubt they delivered. It is a great product for anyone in the market for an external hard drive that can take a beating in the case of an emergency. Rest assur...
As a tech editor, its not every day that I get to drown or burn a product as part of the review procedure. Testing the ioSafe Solo enclosure has been a fun change of pace for sure. Oh, and did I mention that the product worked as advertised even afte...
Abstract: We recently received an ioSafe Solo external hard drive in the post, so I thought it was about time to check it out and see what it was like.The ioSafe Solo is an external hard drive that is designed to withstand natural disasters like fire and floodin...
Will protect your data through fire and water, Very well made, Excellent warranty
Heavy, Not raid for data protection, USB interface only
The ioSafe Solo is a one of a kind product that functions exactly as advertised, it truly will protect your data from most any type of disaster. The unit is very well made, and it performs admirably well also. It will protect your data from external f...
Abstract: As a firefighter I guess I was the obvious choice to review the ioSafe hard drive which sells itself as the first and only external hard drive that is both water and fire proof. The company includes a one time, no questions asked recovery process. ...
Abstract: While backing up to an external hard drive is certainly a good idea, it doesnt provide complete protection for your data which could still be lost should a fire, flood or other disaster wipe out both your computer and your external hard drive. ioSafe...
Abstract: We’ve covered numerous backup systems here on SlashGear, ranging from simple USB hard-drives through network-attached media boxes and full-on RAID arrays, but bar individual drive failure we’ve never really considered the impact of physical damage. Tha...
Fire-resistant, waterproof design; protection features cost only a slight premium over a standard external drive; price includes data-recovery plan
Very heavy and bulky; no bundled backup software
The IoSafe Solo may not look like a stunner, but the value proposition does: a fireproof and waterproof fortress for your data that costs not much more than a same-size external drive....
Abstract: There’s hardware and then there’s hardware.Designed to withstand everything from fires to floods, ioSafe’s super-tough $250 SoloPRO disaster-proof external hard drive are seriously hard core. (Conference attendees fired shotguns at ioSafe devices at th...
