In my testing, a new Western Digital Passport 320GB drive worked fine but some older USB-powered drives didn't. The disk drive has to be a 2.5" USB-powered model because there's no separate power pass-through on the safe, just the USB connection. I can stick a USB-powered hard disk inside-there's a pocket for it on the door-and run my nightly backups, or Apple's Time Machine software, without having to remember to move the disk drive into the safe after the backup finishes. It makes the Sentry safe useful in a way the Phoenix safe could never be. So the Sentry safe is a really great deal.Īnd then there's that USB connection. Freight costs for both safes are similar, around $75 for basic delivery. Sentry's QE5541, by comparison, has an internal volume of 2.0 cubic feet and costs $519.99. Compared with other safes I considered, the Phoenix was a pretty good deal. It has an internal volume of 1.22 cubic feet and costs $1,579 from Keystone. The 2025 is another fire- and water-resistant safe designed to protect computer media.
During 2007, I nearly placed an order for the Phoenix Datacare 2025 Media Safe, which is available from the Keystone Safe Company and other Internet vendors. It's never happened to me, but I try to learn from my own mistakes before I make them. But the worst thing must be to have a full set of backups get burned up along with your computer. Most people who lose digital family photos, electronic book manuscripts, and disk files containing critical financial records to house fires don't make backups, either. If you're like most people, you don't even make regular backups of your personal computer. So for the first time, your backups can be continuously protected, even if you're not around. from fires lasting up to two hours at temperatures up to 1,850° F.Īnd the really cool thing is that it'll also protect a 2.5" USB hard drive.while the drive is operating and connected to a computer outside the safe via a USB passthrough in the safe door. I got the QE5541, the largest model in a new line of six fire- and water-resistant safes designed to protect CDs, DVDs, flash drives, iPods, etc. I've got it all set up and it's all working. I ordered the safe when I got back home, and it arrived here last week-a good bit sooner than the company predicted. The Sentry QE5541 Fire-Safe offers commercial-grade protection for computer media at a price low enough for home computer users. I even tried to buy one from Sentry's website one evening while I was still in Las Vegas, but that turned out to be impossible it has to be shipped by truck freight, so I had to place the order with Sentry over the phone to make those arrangements. There was only one product at CES 2008 that I couldn't wait to get-a new model of safe from the Sentry Safe company.
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