Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

That's why I have eight cards.....

charlienow Loc: Hershey, PA

I like my wd passport....I have 10 64gb cards and use a different one every day on a short trip...if it is longer i usually use a card 2 days...at the end of each day i download to the WD drive...

47greyfox Loc: on the edge of the Colorado front range

I use the same method with the WD-03. Works well except I didn’t find the software intuitive and large file transfer can seem a little slow. The WD-03 is also a quite usable powerbank.

rcarol

I believe this unit requires a computer to facilitate the transfers from the SD card to the Sandisk drive. The OP desires not to carry a computer.

Vince68 Loc: Wappingers Falls, NY

Western Digital My Passport Wireless Pro and My Passport Wireless SSD.

https://www.wd.com/products/portable-storage/my-passport-wireless-pro.html 4 sizes from 1TB to 4TB.

https://www.wd.com/products/portable-storage/my-passport-wireless-ssd.html 4 sizes, 250GB to 2TB.

Here's a link to a website with instructions on how to backup your cameras photos without a computer.

https://toomanyadapters.com/backup-photos-without-laptop/

crazydaddio Loc: Toronto Ontario Canada

Extra memory cards AND a WD Mypassport. End of the day, stick the memory card in the SD slot, autodownloads in minutes and create a new folder each time so no overwrite.. Photos are on 2 media. Use a new card each day or when you run out. Sleep peacefully.

Kuzano

Me... not an advocate of the cute and plentiful gear wars. Most of the big box stores and all camera stores sell 16 and 32 Gb good brand SD cards. They close out 16's for slightly less than $10.00 and 32's for about $16.

Lose one CARD but don't lose your whole trip. I know a wedding photographer who lost a whole wedding in a 32 Gb card that failed. His first digital wedding Fortunately he had his assistant shooting his film gear before he sold it to me. All excellent Mamiya RZ equipment.

Mulltiple cards are a safe solution.

$100 worth of 16 GB cards will get you 160 Gigabytes and you can review them in camera.

I presume you have this problem because you are not packing around a 13 or 14 inch laptop which almost all have an SD reader built in. I have a very light HP 14" with a 500Gb HD and a CD/DVD and weighs 3.5 pounds. About a pound more than one of very limited backup drive being touted here. It also has 16Gb of RAM.

However I still think the cheapest and overall safest and most backed up method is either 10 16Gb SD cards or half as many 32 GB SD cards.

Forget expensive gadgets that also fail because they are mechanical, or even SSD, which is just memory like a flash or jump drive.

I've had jump drives and other memory bases storage fail simply by disengaging improperly.

Lars.... 25plus years in PC consulting and teching.

PS... one download is not a backup. A backup is two or more downloads in two or more places.

Without redundancy, there is NO!!!! backup. Stored in the same bag.... nearly as bad as NO!!! BACKUP.

rgrenaderphoto Loc: Hollywood, CA

See Andy H's post below, which is why I gave up on the WD. The LaCie, OTOH, is stable, connects to anything and even with an iPad, you can open photos and videos with ease. I use it to watch movies on long flights.

rgrenaderphoto Loc: Hollywood, CA

From personal experience, and that of others, an SD card is not an acceptable backup media. Using them in camera, one configured as primary the other as secondary, is fine but you need more of a depth of defense. Which is why I carry the ruggedized LaCie. It's not a risk I am willing to take.

DeanS Loc: Capital City area of North Carolina

Why not buy a few extra SD cards? Inexpensive, low tech, easy to store.

rodder

I don’t have a computer, but this is how I work

DanielB Loc: San Diego, Ca

Don't use an iPad. Limited storage specially if your saving RAW and just another item you have to carry. I agree with a previous comment about carrying extra SD cards and a pocket case for them.

rcarol

So how does one backup to those extra cards that you recommend carrying?

jdubu Loc: San Jose, CA

I agree about not using an ipad, but disagree about just using extra SD cards. I have extra SD cards, but that does not give me a backup of my photos.

It all depends on what you want for peace of mind securing your vacation photos. Years ago on a vacation to China, I only had the original CF card files downloaded to my ipod. Another trip to France and my camera has only a CF slot, lost some files due to a corrupt card. My backup card drive HDD also went south. So now I have 2 card slots and multiple backup to hard drives without the laptop weight. I use this backup setup whether on vacation or on a shoot. I do use a laptop tethered on shoots for client input.

dougbev3 Loc: Pueblo, Colorado

I have never been overseas, so I am not familiar with what you would need over there. When I travel here, I use a laptop and a external hard drive so I can keep my cards fresh in my camera, download every night as I relax. In my early days I would be beside myself as to what should I do when the card filled up. Yes I did have extra cards, but I found just downloading them was the best option for me. When I get home I can really look at them.