LittleRed

I think this is one of the main reasons we have opted to go the card route. These is a very small chance of these going bad on you if you handle them correctly. Also your pictures are dispersed among many so even if you do lose or break one it means not all is lost. We usually use one card for each venue we visit which in some cases means one per day. Cards may be almost empty at times when this is done but to our minds is the safest way to proceed. Means between the 2 of us we carry a mass of cards, mostly 8GB/16GB with a few 32’s and 64’s thrown in. In my main SD card case I usually carry 25 cards with additional ones back in my room in my suitcase. Also I think my wife has just as many as I. That way we do not carry much in the way of backup drives on our trips. All these pics are retained on these card til we get home and then they are transferred to other media. These pics will remain ON THE CARDS until we leave on our next trip at which time a check is made the pics are safely put away. Then all the cards that were used are re-formatted in camera ready for the next visit somewhere in our great countries. This has worked well in the many years that we have went the digital route and is one we intend to continue.

LittleRed (Ron)

rbhallock Loc: Western Massachusetts

Try Passport Ultra external drives. USB connections.
Typically about $120 for 4 TB, $100 for 2 TB, $60 for 1 TB.

LittleRed

Thanks for the site. This is one I surely will look at.

LittleRed (Ron)

tangogal

I use the small La Cie drives. The yellow ones. Take little space and indestructible.

LittleRed

That’s one item we have plenty of. I have 3 laptops still operating all with drives, one CD only and 2 DVD. My wife also has an external DVD for her Apple. Because of that it will be a bit quicker the transfer from disc’s to HD by using 2 or 3 to do to do the job.

LittleRed (Red)

Paul Buckhiester Loc: Columbus, GA USA

Highly recommend the Sandisk external SSDs. The Extreme Pro version is expensive but the standard version is reasonable. I suggest the 1tb with another to back it up. This assumes you will have access to a computer, of course.

jldodge

I am a fan of Seagate USB external HDD drives for home and LaCie drives for road trip backup. Longtime user of both without any problems. Note: I do make two backups just in case ...

photoman43

We really need more info as others have already said to give you the best advice.

My preference is to take with me 2TB or 4TB external drives made by Western Digital or Seagate. I use them to hold copies of images downloaded to my laptop that has a 1 TB SSD. I believe in tripple backups for all images when I travel and for when I process them while traveling or at home. I would never have all of the images on just one external hard drive or on the laptop.

I just came across this product by Gnarbox that may fit certain people's needs for image backups while traveling:

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1437306-REG/gnarbox_gnar1024v2_2_0_ssd_1024gb_external.html

Hunter Lou 1947 Loc: Minnesota

I just got an external 2T at Best Buy for 59.00 all Western Digital are on sale now. Can't go wrong. Easy to set up.

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

With those dirt cheap externals, you get exactly what you pay for. You just cannot build a QUALITY HD, case, interface, power supply and cable, QC it properly, support it properly, market it, wholesale it, mark it up and still make a profit. You have no idea what the drive is in that case, but you can bet it’s the cheapest drive that is available. Instead, buy a quality drive and an external case and take the 5 minutes it takes to assemble it - that way you know exactly the quality of the drive that’s inside. You probably spent more that $59 for your cheapest lens and maybe at least 10x that for the camera. Why would you trust the product (your images) of all that time, effort and money to the cheapest storage you can find?

rfmaude41 Loc: Lancaster, Texas (DFW area)

BTW: I've got Seagates (9 of them) that are still running, without any problems whatsoever, for more than 7 years.

Hunter Lou 1947 Loc: Minnesota

Was not saying I was an expert. Just to reply to an individual asking for advice and for my thoughts. I don't know but I so far don't have any complaint about the WD External Hard Drives. I take a lot of pictures also. About 7 years ago I learned a valuable lesson. I lost over 3200 pictures due to a crash of my Hard Drive. I was able to recover some of them but lost several hundreds. I was never to do that again. I don't believe there's a foolproof system.. With computers sometimes it is not perfect unless you are yourself. Have a good day and have a "Happy Thanksgiving". With the way things are going in this country we all need some up lifting.

Dayton

Just purchased a 5T Western Digital external drive from BestBuy for $89.99, approx $80 off usual price.

mr spock Loc: Fairfield CT

I just received the sales brochure from Costco that has a Seagate 5 TB external drive for $89!

SuperflyTNT Loc: Manassas VA

I first misread the original post. I thought he was looking for an external drive for travel, which is why I suggested the WD Passport WiFi. If you’re looking for an external drive for home use rather than just an external drive I would, (and did), set up a NAS. With the NAS I can access it from any of my computers, my iPad or my phone.