Dell Backup Plus USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive : Review

Taking Portable Hard drive in mind , all of us have their different opinions regarding the subject . Some may use it for Backup thing , while some may use it for carrying their IMPORTANT data around , some may use it as extension to the limited storage available in the PCs and laptops . Also this Hard drive's are valuable and are available at an affordable price at online stores regardless their MRPs being printed high ..

This Hard Drive from Dell though named BackPlus , can be used for multipurpose , and is priced aggressively at 8000 INR (78 Pounds), but i got one from FLIPKART   at an affordable price of 4310 INR(42 POUNDS) , about 50% discount , which is a good deal .



Design :

As usual , the hard drive is  made from Hard Brushed plastic , which gives the smooth feeling when touched  . The hard drive also feels tough in the hand which is good in terms of build quality  . The material used on the hard drive is never a finger print magnet , which is good as it reduces the chance of UGLY look due to finger prints . Also sometimes material do catch some dust , but it is barely visible due to white color and you can simply wipe it off with a soft cotton cloth.. On the front there's a metal DELL Logo crafted into the plastic , which adds premium feeling to the look.On the back side there is some information about the SERIAL NUMBER , some manufacturing information etc . Also there's same material same BLACK color , nothing extraordinary on the back side . The hard drive comes nicely packed in the box with wraped around plastic and an plastic holder to keep the hard drive + USB 3.0 cable in it which can be used while traveling , refer the last part of the article (UNBOXING Section )



On the top there's a LED indicator which indicates the power , but never gives me blinking or any other response during transfer ( WEIRD ) .  The physical dimensions of the device in mm are "123.4 x 81.1 x 14.5" . The hard drive is very compact in size and easy to carry .. The micro USB 3.0 port is placed on the top surface of the hard drive which is usual place for placement , nothing new in that .. Though USB 3.0 , it is still backward compatible with USB 2.0 in case you lose the 3.0 cable , but all you'll miss is the high transfer speeds of the USB 3.0 ... Unfortunately there's only Black color available for the choice , but Black still looks catchy and eye pleasing and PREMIUM ..



The only complain with the manufacturer is the length of the   cable provided is too small , which means you've to use the Hard Drive very near to the USB ports of the computer , which subtracts some points from the segment of PORTABLE  .. But it's fine , as day progresses , it'll be a normal condition ..

Storage :

The hard drive comes with the 1 TB of storage , which might be beyond the limits of our normal use , but it's good enough to store data from multiple places and keep safe  , in case of emergency ( i actually lost my data due to Hard Disk crash on my laptop , so i bought this for Backup purpose ) .. And out of 1 TB , about 931 GB  are available . I confirmed with my friend who was using Seagate 1 TB HDD , also with my brother who was using WD 1 TB HDD , that they too had 931 GB available storage out of 1 TB ... ( It is the same case with Flash Drives ,  mobile phone storage , Micro SDs , actual formatted capacity is less )



Transfer speed :

For transfer speed let's take a 30 MB file as a base .. For transferring a 30 MB file ( USB 2.0) to Hard Drive , speeds where between 6 MBPS to 8 MBPS , and the same file via USB 3.0 gave me the speeds of 3MBPS to 5 MBPS  ( little bit faster ) ..

Unboxing :

What's in the Box : Hard Drive itself , Micro USB 3.0 to Usb cable , some documents ..

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