
This is the best portable USB hard drive I have ever found.
(1) Design - it looks great, cute!
(2) Construction - it has rubber trim on one side and very good
plastic material. It looks solid, and makes you feel safe.
(although I don't want to test it by dropping on the floor).
(3) Usability - it has USB cable built in. And it's very clean
and just fits around the drive case tightly. I think that this
is one of the best features of this product. And in fact, this
is the main reason why I chose this product.
(4) Encryption and Sync program works great. Unfortunately not in
Mac. So, this feature is only for Windows. Another thing is that
you will have to stay with fat file system that is provided if
you want to use Encryption and Sync which is built in there.
This means that the file size to be stored is limited to 4GB.
I am not sure whether you can wipe out the drive with NTFS and
use the encryption and sync features that is provided.
I don't want to mess with it. So, someone else who tried can
comment on it.
(5) May not very important, but it has a place to put the label on it
(like VHS video tape). This is great, if you have several of these.
Overall, I like this product very much. If the 500GB becomes obsolete
in a few years, I would be still using the case with 2TB drive.
In fact, I wish only the case were available separately...Get more detail about
Buffalo Technology MiniStation Metro Portable 500 GB Flex USB 2.0 and Optional Encryption HD-PX500U2/BK (Black).