Paul Stenquist wrote: > This looks good: > http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx? > Prodid=11213641&cm_mmc=BCEmail_203-_-Focus-_-26-_- > WolverineFlashPac_BCEmail_203 > > Anyone have experience with this unit? > Paul > I don't have experience with the Wolverine, but evaluated it and decided on the Compact Drive PD70x instead.
For me the determining factor was the battery. Like my old X's drive - the Wolverine has an internal rechargeable battery, and once it dies that's it for transfers in the field (unless you come up with an external battery back - which I ultimately wound up doing.) The likn you sent says that it will transfer 6 - 12 gigs per charge - which is marginal for my needs. The Compact Drive uses rechargeable AA batteries. It has a built in charger so you can have the advantage of alway shaving a fresh charge, but if the batteries were to die you could pop in another set and keep going. The compact drive claims up to 80 gigs transfer per charge - I've never tested that and it would have to be dependent on the amperage of the AA rechargeables in use. IIRC, the PD70x also had a faster card to drive transfer speed. My faster 2 gig SD cards transfer in something like 6-8 minutes. But the Compact Drive is something like $50 - 75 more expensive. I _think_ that the Wolverine is a Vosonic Drive re-labelled. Similarly the Compactdrive is also sold as the Hyperdrive (or something like that.) - MCC -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mark Cassino Photography Kalamazoo, Michigan www.markcassino.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
