Do you need an External HDD that is Large (in capacity), Tough (in endurance), and Indestructible (in most cases)?

Review for the FREECOM ToughDrive 160GB Custom

The FREECOM ToughDrive 160GB Customizable External Hard Disk Drive is the answer to the question. Its tough exterior makes it indestructible when dropped from about 2 meters in the air. Dropped it from your desk? Yeah, it’s still going to work. It’s large, you have to admit, but actually, the space makes up for it. 160GB is just about enough to back up your music, photos, movies, documents, and make a good system recovery disk! Data transfers, of the most so far, has gone up to 27.5MBPS. That’s amazing for a USB Flash Drive connected to a 2GB-RAM Notebook PC.

What I really like about this device is the connectivity; it is built with a USB wire so that you don’t have to have one plug connected to the computer and then have another end of the plug connected to the device itself. I know, some people will worry that if they lift their computer, they may have the potential risk of having the cable ripped. Yeah, rubber is sorta durable, but that’s why, to prevent this all from happening, the box comes included with a USB extension cable (ideal for Notebook PC’s for those who may want to put it in their pocket while in use.)

Customization is made easy with the ToughDrive 160GB Custom. The drive fits in a “glove” and inside the glove is the space where you can insert your logo or design. In the box, there is a template that gives you the ability to trace, design, and cut out the area to give it the perfect fit to the device’s inside! Customizing it to putting a company logo, personal logo or tag, or some really amazing design seriously makes this External HDD a unique one (you don’t see THOSE kinds of External HDD’s every day, do you?)

I know you’re asking about the cost. Well, I bought this in the Wan Chai Computer Center in Hong Kong (there’s a merchant inside the shopping center… the name starts with the word “Golden”, I’ll have to look into the receipt when I find it again… I know the store is near the escalators main entrance, though.) The price was HK$320, as I sorta remember it. (Which is US$41.26.) According to the merchant, “because the 160GB model is being manufactured less, this costs a bit more here. It’s a bargain, though.” Yeah, I didn’t even find it on the site, I just saw other ToughDrive models. It’s probably not even out there in the market anymore! I wouldn’t give up into finding it if I were you. I’d look and when you’ve looked everywhere, then you can give up.

Oh, and finally, for you total geeks out there, the device inside behind it all is the Samsung HM160HI USB Device.

Now, for you people that are sorta skeptical about this drive’s “Toughness”, you’ve read the right section… or are viewing the right section! Here’s the “Part 2” video that will (sorta) prove it to you that this device can survive an approximate 2-meter drop from mid-air:

This isn't fake, it really happened