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Freecom Mobile Drive XXS 320GB USB-2 Portable Hard Drive | 
| Brand: Freecom
Category: CE
Buy New: £62.61
New (11) from £62.61
Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 360
Media: Electronics
Fragile: No
Batteries Included: No
Hard Drive Size: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.2
Dimensions (in): 6.8 x 4.8 x 0.7
MPN: 31266
Model: 31266
EAN: 4021801312662
ASIN: B001C9XJ42
Release Date: July 17, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews: Read 4 more reviews...
 quite, reliable & fast December 8, 2008
A. Smith (Weymouth, UK)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
A great mobile drive! It arrived with in-built Freecom backup software, I decided to give it a complete NTFS format to maximise the drive. Its really fast via the USB 2 interface. The mini USB to USB lead is only 1 inch long, so I would suggest getting a longer lead, especailly if you use tower PCs, else the mini-USB socket on the end of the drive might start to wear if left hanging down. Apart from these little niggles, the unit is great. Never gone gown on me! Works fine on Vista, Mac OS, XP - without any drivers or power! The black rubber slip case is well designed - protectes the drive a treat.
 First Impression Good November 17, 2008
Babbler (UK)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I have just taken my Freecom 320GB XXS out of its packaging and am amazed that so much power can be packed into such a tiny, well-designed unit. It really is an impressive little gadget. Very tactile in its protective sleeve and virtually silent in operation. With Mac OS X there's no set-up to do, you just plug it in, transfer the manuals into your documents folder, delete them from the Freecom (hope that was the right thing to do) and you're ready to go. There's one folder left on it called 'System Volume Information'. I'm not quite sure what that is so have left it on the HD just in case. On the packaging it says this tiny thing can store 215,000 Jpegs -amazing.
Quite good October 25, 2008
Jay
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Just got the Freecom. Although it says 320gb you really get about 300gb of storage. But thats true for all drives. Its quiet in operation and is recognised quickly by Windows when you plug it in. I have to say that the supplied usb cable is really short approx 9cm. And i was surprised about the rubber case. It is basically a rubber casing covering a bare drive. I.e. if you take it out of the rubber casing you see the actual hard drive! Read/write performance seems good..not sure how it compares to other drives though.
Small, plain but beautiful! October 16, 2008
Glezza (UK)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
OK, the worst bit about this drive I'll get out of the way straight away... the USB cable, great if you have a Laptop, but for someone who is using this as a "take your files with you drive", this cable is just plain ridiculous. And although it's harsh to do this, a star is lopped off straight away for this, these cables are cheap to produce, and providing such a small cable is such a bad decision for what is otherwise a wonderful little drive!
From the Mac perspective this a must buy! For around 66 you get a bootable drive... which means you can install the OS + some utilities + use the drive for backup files or for files you wish to work with on the road!
It's not a speed demon, but it certainly isn't slow either writing a folder of around 1.57GB in under 2 minutes.
I have used various different drives from different manufacturers and this drive is one of the best portables I have ever used!
There isn't much more to say about this drive, it's simply very, very good, just budget for a longer cable or a decent extender (not all of them will carry the power enough to make the drive function).
This would make an ideal Christmas present for the Mac user in your life!
very good, with some flaws September 25, 2008
Sam (York, UK)
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
This is a great product, It works like a charm, no problems at all, connect and ready to go. The capacity is massive, you can store a huge number of songs, photos, and other digital content. It is very silent, which is quite good. I am using it with a laptop running XP SP2, and so far not a problem. It is very small, smaller than WD's Passport Drive. It looks stylish, nice black finish. So the good points are: great capacity, fast connection, easy to use, no installation or separate power supply required.
Things I did not really find good: the USB cable provided is ridiculously short, I mean this is completely useless. My USB ports are close to the laptop fans, so no matter how good the cooling capacity of the drive is, it will still be positioned near the fan, getting all the hot air out of the laptop, and thus increasing its heat. This is not good, and the only solution is to get a longer USB cable.
2nd Point: the build quality seems ok, but not impressive. It does not feel very solid. The build quality in WD's Passports is better.
Anyways, this is a very good hard drive, I am happy with it, and the USB cable issue is not a big one, but would have been nicer to have it all in a perfect package. I would totally recommend this drive, definitely very portable and essential for everyone who likes to keep this files with them wherever they go.
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