Product Description

Buffalo's MiniStation TurboUSB Portable Hard Drive HD-PF series offers a compact, lightweight, shock resistant storage solution. Store, back up and transport digital images, music and other files without taking up space on your PC's hard drive. Best of all, the MiniStation TurboUSB includes a mobile versions of the popular Firefox Web browser and Thunderbird e-mail client. Have your personal e-mail and Web favorites with you at all times - private and secure.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #41428 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Buffalo
• Model: HD-PF500U2
• Platform: Windows
• Format: CD
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: 5.20" h x 3.30" w x .90" l, .49 pounds
• Memory: 128000MB
• Hard Disk: 500GB
• Processors: 1
• Native resolution: 640x480
• Display size: 669.2913385827

Features

• MiniStation Portable; USB 2.0 &USB-DS Power Supply Cable;Setup CD-Rom;Memeo Backup Software-with SecureLock Encryption Software for Windows PC Prevents Unauthorized Access to Data;Quick Setup Guide; Warranty Statement
• Improved Cable Management. Cable wraps around and snaps to unit. Internal shock protectors for extreme drop protection
• Shock Resistant Design with Floating HDD
• Includes Firefox (Web Browser) and Thunderbird (e-mail client) mobile versions
• TurboUSB increases data transfer rates

Customer Reviews

So far so good.
Attached cable a nice feature. Seems rugged, well-built. Backup software worked well with Vista (Ultimate 32). I think it only allows you to install the software on one computer though.

Slightly bulkier than the WD offering, but seems like it might take a drop a little better. I like the dull finish better, as it won't scratch up as much.

Overall, recommended.

MiniStation
Everything about this product is good; its quiet, convenient, portable and it is just a plug and play device. I even dropped it already and it still works as if it were new thanks to the shock absorbers in the device.

Doesn't get any better for the price
I've had this portable drive for about a year now. I formatted it to NTFS so I could store larger files. 500 GB is more than enough, I simply don't see any reason for larger storage capacity for an on the go drive and the physical size of it is just small enough. I hardly ever use the turbo usb but it is handy. Quick note- if you do use the turbo usb cable you need to plug it in first, then plug the regular usb cable in afterward. Integrated wire management for the primary usb wire is a huge plus. I don't care for all of Buffalo products, but the ministation reigns supreme over all portable drives as far as I'm concerned. Bravo!