shaneroberts
Shane Roberts
shaneroberts
Editor Emeritus, The Inventory

I wish you would show pictures of everything. I get why you don’t, and for the usual kinja deals it’s fine - a description is all I need, but for apparel a picture seems pretty important so I don’t have to click through every link. Read more

I wish you would show pictures of everything. I get why you don’t, and for the usual kinja deals it’s fine - a

I agree with 3 Serious on this one. If you’re storing or backing up more than a terabyte of information you should really be on a cloud service or running a NAS server of your own at home with a RAID configuration (where you have redundancy and the ability to replace faulty drives without losing any data), not relying Read more

I agree with 3 Serious on this one. If you’re storing or backing up more than a terabyte of information you should

Tip for getting add-on items Prime shipped if you don’t want anything else: include them with a pre-order of a video game and check out. Just cancel the pre-order after the add-on item delivers.
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Tip for getting add-on items Prime shipped if you don’t want anything else: include them with a pre-order of a video

I can’t believe those Samsung in-ear phones are only $2. I’m an audio nerd, and I think they sound practically just as good as a pair of $80 Klipsch in-ear phones I bought a while back. I had no idea they were so cheap sold separately. Read more

I can’t believe those Samsung in-ear phones are only $2. I’m an audio nerd, and I think they sound practically just

Lots of votes for the LaCie Rugged drives but in specific I love the LaCie Rugged RAID. Speed or security with RAID0/1.

Lots of votes for the LaCie Rugged drives but in specific I love the LaCie Rugged RAID. Speed or security with

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Seagate Backup Plus Slim 2GB USB 3.0

Seagate Backup Plus Slim 2GB USB 3.0

I have a Samsung External on my desktop that has been chugging along for a bit now 6 years. Never had a failure. It’s old and slow but it works. I only use it for old pictures anyway. On my Xbox One, I have a Buffalo Drivestation DDR. Fast and I love it. It has gotten some polorizong reviews but it has been flawless Read more

I have a Samsung External on my desktop that has been chugging along for a bit now 6 years. Never had a failure.

WD My Passport Wireless (2TB)

WD My Passport Wireless (2TB)

Silicon Power 1TB Rugged Armor A80 Shockproof/Waterproof 2.5” USB 3.0 portable hard drive.

Silicon Power 1TB Rugged Armor A80 Shockproof/Waterproof 2.5” USB 3.0 portable hard drive.

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  • Sony PSZHB

I got a HGST Touro Mobile 1TB; within weeks it wasn’t working with some devices and had developed a “click of death”.
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I got a HGST Touro Mobile 1TB; within weeks it wasn’t working with some devices and had developed a “click of death”.

I agree 100% I have 2 of them connected to my work computer right now, solid performers, reasonably priced and reliable Read more

I agree 100% I have 2 of them connected to my work computer right now, solid performers, reasonably priced and

I can’t stand anything less than the 7200 rpm models. Anything that is smaller that I need to transfer quickly, I throw it on a 128 gb flash drive that reads/writes at 170/90 or if it is bigger, I throw it on my 3tb seagate which gets 200/200 transfer, which is quite amazing. Read more

I can’t stand anything less than the 7200 rpm models. Anything that is smaller that I need to transfer quickly, I

Or a powered USB hub. Read more

Or a powered USB hub.

I completely agree man! I make beats / DJ in my free time and I have 3x 3 TBs + 4 TB, all WD Books. They are by far the most reliable hard drives I’ve ever had. Read more

I completely agree man! I make beats / DJ in my free time and I have 3x 3 TBs + 4 TB, all WD Books. They are by far