Jeffcs Loc: Myrtle Beach South Carolina

The simplest solutions is to make sure you are using a camera with 2 card slots so slot #_2 is for backup and carry enough cards for the entire trip
Don't carry laptop with me on trips
That said it be different if I was a paid shooter out of my home town I'd want ability to view images each night on a large screen so lap top would go
But rest assured I'd still carry more cards than needed

David in Dallas Loc: Dallas, Texas, USA

I understand your reluctance to take a laptop with you. I don't have all that new-fangled smart phone stuff, so I do take my 17" laptop with me on trips. I download each day's photos and the corresponding GPS data to the laptop every evening and reconcile the GPS data with the pictures. I do not delete the photos from the SD chips while on the trip--I take extras in case I run out of space. When I get home, I copy the photos (with reconciled GPS) from the laptop to my desktop computer, and thus have 3 copies of them. Eventually, enhanced versions of many of them will be uploaded to Flickr® which is yet another backup.

It sounds as if there are others here who have solutions more in line with your desires. Good luck.

Fotomacher Loc: Toronto

I travel with 9 CF cards, all 32GB and 64GB. Never had to worry about backing up. JMHO.

Walrus_NC

The simplest solution is to use the Western Digital MyPassport External Hard drives. They come in 1TB, 2TB, 3TB, and 4TB options.


http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1322058-REG

SusanFromVermont Loc: Southwest corner of Vermont

Backing up on the road is very important. You should consider the WD My Passport Wireless Pro. These have SD card readers built in. They come in different amounts of memory, but for the difference in price the 4TB would be the best buy. That would make it good for traveling and also you could use it at home. The size [5"x5"x0.9"] and weight [1 pound] of all models are the same, so it does not mean carrying anything different to get more memory.
Another thing to consider is also keeping your memory cards, which means bringing enough for your trip. And if this is something you want to do, you should also have a memory card case. These come in different sizes, hard case, even bright colors for easily finding them! Memory cards are small and easy to lose, and this gives them a safe place to travel. And keeping them without reformatting would act as a second backup to ensure your images are safe. You never know when something could happen to one of your backups, which is why repetition is desirable.

I do not know anything about the iPhone for storing images taken from your camera, but if you shoot in RAW, you may very well exhaust its capacity fairly quickly. Also, will it store images in the same format as taken with the camera? Personally, I would not like to risk having my images changed/corrupted by putting them into a phone. The xHD will retain the size and format.

brianmen Loc: Sydney Australia

I bought a UDMA3 Surecolour device. Available in 1 or 2TB it worked like magic. It's very compact and you plug your cards straight into it to copy down. You can then review on the screen and delete ones you don't want etc. After downloading from the card I synced the UDAM3 with a similar size portable hard drive. Now i had a backup, i returned the cards to the camera and formatted them so that each day I stated with empty cards.

brianmen Loc: Sydney Australia

Hyperdrive Colourspace UDMA3 is the correct name for the backup device i mentioned in my reply. Sorry about the incorrect name.

BudsOwl Loc: Upstate NY and New England

Sounds like a good choice. Just looked it up and it is selling for $149.95 at B&H.

duane klipping Loc: Bristow iowa

I always bring a laptop and never entrust my images to a cloud. Memory cards are cheap so on long trips I bring lots of them and swap them out when full. Yes cards can and do fail but so can every storage device. I never put all my eggs in one basket for this reason.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Nice item. There is a tremendous difference is the cost/TB. It goes from $150/TB for the 1TB model down to just $55/TB for the 4TB model.

MadMikeOne Loc: So. NJ Shore - a bit west of Atlantic City

This is what my husband and I travel with. Works great!

jcolton

There are several critical reviews of the 1Tb model, just enough to make me hesitate in buying one. Is it also the case for the larger TB models?

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

When I look at the reviews on Amazon, I look at the percentage of 1-star reviews. This drive has 23% 1-star. Pretty bad.

https://smile.amazon.com/Passport-Wireless-Portable-External-Drive/product-reviews/B00M9B3XZM/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_hist_1?ie=UTF8&filterByStar=one_star&reviewerType=avp_only_reviews

SusanFromVermont Loc: Southwest corner of Vermont

That's not good! I haven't used this xHD, but always had good experiences with other WD products. There must be something else besides a phone! On B&H's website, there are some portable drives with usb ports - wonder if they can be used to put information in such as from a card reader.

chasgroh Loc: Buena Park, CA

...I got a Lenovo Yogo "E" (meaning educational...for kids...tough!) which will also function as a touch pad. Very lightweight with a 13" screen. I stuck a 500GB SSD in it. Now, instead of lugging my trusty MacBook Pro 2012 around (UGH) I don't even notice that this thing is in the bag. All the functionality of a laptop minus some speed plus a great storage source!