Comments on: CG Reviews the Eco-Friendly [re]Drive

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By: Erica

Erica — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 02:35:21 +0000

On behalf of Fabrik we want to point out how the company has considered all aspects of the product from the inside out to be considerate of the environment. This includes the low power hard drives (saves 40% in power consumption), Energy Star power adapter, the recyclable aluminum (acts as heat sink so there is no fan) and bamboo materials and its packaging eliminates all extra paper waste. Plus the manufacturing is gentle on the environment, too. Here is a link where Fabrik has posted all the green sustainability data points — http://www.simp...riendly-redrive). By the way, always be sure to back up your documents …………..

By: Kai

Kai — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:37:22 +0000

My thoughts exactly.

By: tim

tim — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:25:37 +0000

this is all BS. The only technology I’ve seen lately that is going to make a difference is Golden Shellback waterproof coatings which protects gear against water damage and keeps it out of landfills. Otherwise, crap like this, just keeps people buying more.

By: Mark Z

Mark Z — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:02:55 +0000

wtf?

By: Luther

Luther — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:04:58 +0000

Huh?

By: John Biggs

John Biggs — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:43:22 +0000

That was my concern as well. I’m talking to the company this week to confirm possibility of failure.

By: anon

anon — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:32:43 +0000

Capital B for Backup, little b for bamboo IMHO.

Ambient operating max temp + MTBF expressed as % risk of failure per year of operation. Pay a small premium to get a backup drive with 50C and 1.7%. If specs aren’t published, don’t buy it.

Any company selling backup drives without these specs needs to warn consumers re: higher potential failure.

By: Mogilny

Mogilny — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:54:43 +0000

I’d wager that this drive is like any other “external device” i’ve seen in a while.

By: Mogilny

Mogilny — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:46:15 +0000

You also need to place it in a forest.

By: Silicon Valley

Silicon Valley — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:39:38 +0000

http://www.regh...bile_drive_xxs/

Look at this tiny one – this may be common in a few years

By: Corey No

Corey No — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:03:54 +0000

I’d wager to say it looks like something you would eat sushi on.

-Corey
http://www.read...ex.php?RTA=web2

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:54:19 +0000

This should have been on CrunchGear, not TC. What exactly does this have to do with what TC covers?!

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:07:20 +0000

“I’d wager that this drive is probably one of the best external devices I’ve seen in a while.”

By: damon

damon — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:05:17 +0000

just put some bamboo on your SUV and it will be instantly more eco friendly also!

By: Public Relations Pro

Public Relations Pro — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:03:01 +0000

This is very practical for archiving or backing up work and important applications.

It is great to see Techcruch start covering more tech items.

Please review more – all this business and finance is getting tedious