Why I buy this one ?
- Ultra durable 160 GB USB/FireWire portable storage for people on the go
- USB or FireWire powered; no bulky power adapter required
- Drop-resistant aluminum alloy shell with bumpers can withstand vertical drops of up to 35 inches
- Includes USB cable and USB power sharing cable
- Measures 3.5 x 1 x 5.7 inches (WxHxD); weighs less than 9 ounces; 2-year limited warranty

What our customer's say!

"Love It-Best addition to a MPB", I have a two year old Mac Book Pro with a 100 gig hard drive inside of it and had been using an external Lacie D2 drive for bringing out to gigs (I store all of the audio samples/songs on an external drive). The problem is that it was too bulky and heavy and had a bulky power brick that I had to bring along, instantly adding unnecessary weight to my lap bag.
So I looked into the Lacie rugged drive and was a bit skeptical about it because it was a 5400rpm instead of the D2's 7200.
But I must say that I have been pleasantly suprized with the rugged drive. I have noticed little to none, audio performance issues. And it's light, small, and Bus powered via firewire 400 or 800. Awsome.
Let me say though. If you're a windows user with a pc laptop then I probably wouldn't recommend this because all pc laptops have the small firewire jack that is not capable of bus powering things, therefor you would have to buy an external power supply OR use the double usb cable hookup option which will take up two usb ports. Not optimal in my opinion.

"Lacie Rugged - Fantastic!", I had been looking for another portable hard drive - I have a few. I have some requirements that are not easy to satisfy. But lo! I just got my new "Lacie Rugged." 160 GB. (Windows or Mac - I use Macs.).
About an inch taller than a pack of cigarettes. About an inch thick
It has a rubber bumper-like casing so I think I could throw it at the television during bad commercials and have it bounce off without injury - to the Lacie.

Silliness aside, to my surprise, it came with four different types of cables and has four different options for connecting. Amazing. Nowadays, companies don't even provide one cable. It took me about a minute to connect and see it mount on my desktop. I can connect it via USB; Firewire-400 Firewire-800 (that's IEEE 1394 in the Windows world) and a fourth port that is a power supply if you need it. I don't on my desktop. But some laptops don't have the juice to power external drives just through their usb ports, so Lacie, brilliantly provided this fourth cable with a port for it, to boost power as needed. (But, again, not needed for me, maybe on my older laptop, haven't tried yet). It came with a bunch of free software on it - for both the Mac and for Windows. I then used my Macs built in Disk Utility to split it into two volumes. So now when I plug it in, I get two separate hard drives (I split the storage space). I even then created an encrypted disk image on one of the volumes to store private emails, files, etc. It all just works! Very refreshing and encouraging. Nice work, Lacie.



"The Perfect Workable Storage Solution", The Good: Bought this as a means to add additional, workable storage for my Mac. Needed something that could back up large files quickly but still give me the ability to work off of the drive when needed. The fact that it is one of just a few drives out there that can accept many different kinds of connections (USB, Firewire 400, and most importantly fast Firewire 800) makes this drive perfect. I have yet to drop this thing but am told it is fine to drop from a height of about 3 feet. It is also designed very well. Just pretty to look at and the rubber protective skin leaves you with a feeling that this thing can be banged up a bit. Comes with all needed cables, most importantly the Firewire 800 cable which I have had trouble finding in brick-and-mortar stores.

The Not-So-Good: The drive can get somewhat hot so be sure that it has adequate space around it to "breathe". I put mine on top of something smaller like a decks of cards so that air can circulate to the underside, helping to keep it cooler. Wish it came with the extra protective skin options. Orange is nice but sometimes you just want something different.

"Perfect for Travel", I needed something that was light, rugged, didn't require an external power supply and didn't take up a lot of space.

This works perfectly!

"LaCie 160 GB", it did not work. waiting for LaCie to call me, very disapointed. i just hope my system does not crash prior to saving it on a hard drive

Read this reviews before You buy...

"Convenient backup drive", Nice small drive, used to backup & transport data, came with all necessary cables and though they are a bit short they worked just fine. I'm sick of drives having transformers - this unit uses bus power. I simply backup to it then bring just the drive home without having to carry unnecessary cables. Not the fastest thing out there but I don't edit video to it. Also makes a convenient external drive for backing up photos when shooting on location, just plug it up to my laptop with a firewire cable and download to it.

"Durable, no installation, tough, reliable!", I Love this Hard Drive. The orange protector is a definite plus. I have a MacBook and it just plugs right in without any mess. Very easy to use. Have had it for three months now, and just bought another one and I use that as a back-up with the Leopard version. LOVE IT!!!

"Works as advertised", I have had this drive for about one year. It works exactly as advertised, plug and play. No muss no fuss- plug in a SINGLE USB or FW cable (other reviews are wrong about multiple wires) and you have an extra 160 GB. I have dropped it and fallen off my bike with it in my messenger bag. I went to the doctor but it didn't. It is formatted for MAC. If you run windoz you will need to figure out how to reformat it. That should take about 10 min. There are probably faster drives around, BUT... it is easy to find in the dark and you won't drop it in the shower due to its slippery case! It is one of my most reliable least demanding electronic products. (One star off because nothing is perfect- aren't you happy you are not my student.)

"Good Rugged Drive but uses too many Ports", I needed a small portable drive, so I bought this one. It works good but this drive is not for me. I have two problems with it and neither problem is clearly spelled out in the description.

Its formated for the Mac --- I needed one that will work on both Mac & Windows. For a mac person this is complicated to make it work on Windows --- in addition to reformatting this drive, special software needs to be installed to make it work with windows.

It must use two ports in order to operate: a USB port to supply power and another port (USB, Firewire 400, Firewire 800) for data.

To make a long story short, I bought the 3 additional portable drives that I needed from WesternDigital --- their Passport drives are smaller, use only one USB port and work on both macs and windows right out of the box.

"good stuff decent price", i needed a hard drive and i wanted it small and semi attractive looking. if you like orange it has its funny little bumper thing. there 3 different ways to connect it to your computer so one should be right for you. i use the fire wire. it worked right away with my macbook. more difficult if you want to transfer between mac's and pc if you don't buy a certain program. sure it works fine with pc's but you might have to reformat. anyways, its pretty fast and quiet. i store my pictures and movies on it so i won't fill up my lap tops memory. i like it lot. i haven't had any problems and ive had it for about a month. i for definitely buy another one. and you can get different color bumpers for it if you don't like the orange. it comes off very easily. side note: its not all that rugged. but i did drop it once and it was fine soooo. yeah. good product