Thank you very much for the summary Igor, Appreciated.
Saludos, Fernando On 5/11/07, Igor Roshchin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Let me add to what people have said. > > > 1. Wolverine Data FlashPac 7-in-1 > (aka Vosonic X-Drive II VP2160 if I am not mixing up the model number) > > It is rather slow: 8'20" to transfer 953 MB in 96 .PEF files, > This makes the transfer speed being ~1.9 MB/s. > (tested on SanDisk Ultra II 1GB SD card). > I haven't tested the transfer rate for CF, but it is not much faster. > > Rather than this, - I didn't have much problem with it. > > Battery life: > It allowed me to transfer 11.5 times from > an almost full 1GB ULtra II SanDisk SD card (96 files, 953 MB) > It died on the 12th transfer after trasnferring 52 files (523 MB). > So, the total size of files transferred on a single charge: 10.7 GB > This was done over two series of transfers within one day: > mid-day and than in the evening. > > > The recommendation I hear from some users: It makes > sense to empty the drive completely time to time, after it was > mostly filled up and then partially erased, and then filled again. > This helps to avoid fragmentation on the disk. > Apparently, sometimes, high level of fragmentation is not handled > well by this sort of devices. Some people even recommend reformating > it once in a while. > > 2. Hyperdrive Space > ------------------- > > Hyperdrive Space is a new model, - the successor of the rather > successful HD80 (aka pdx70 model sold by Compactdrive). > I believe, Hyperdrive never released any firmware upgrade for HD80 > to support SDHC cards, but Space does support them. > > Fast transfer speed and long battery life are two good features of > Hyperdrive Space. I am seriously considering buying one for myself. > > You may compare prices: various capacities are sold by B&H and > by hyperdrive.com (hypershop.com) > > For more information on HyperDrive devices - search forums on > dpreview.com. > > > Alternatives I was consdidering for myself: > 3. Nexto Ultra from compactdrive.com /eastgear.com > It has rather comparable specs to those of HD Space, > but I like the verification capability that HD Space has > (not first hand experience, rather from description and other users' > comments). > > 4. If you want to have preview (I decided I don't care that much - > I cannot justify extra $$ and extra weight) - Epson or Vosonic (6xxx or > 8xxx series models, I believe) seem to be very reasonable candidates. > If I remember correctly, > there were some Vosonic models that don't have video preview but > are capable of playing music (mp3). > > HTH, > > Igor > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
