sb Loc: Florida's East Coast

I am heading to Africa in a few weeks, and did not want to take my laptop to back up all my photos. Someone mentioned in passing "Filehub" on a post last week. I checked it out, and purchased one.

http://www.amazon.com/RAVPower-Wireless-Portable-Companion-Streamer/dp/B016ZWS9ZE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1502041586&sr=8-1&keywords=filehub

This is a small battery-operated (rechargeable batteries - plugs in) device that serves several purposes. It can be used as a wireless network router. It can serve as a battery back-up for your smart phone, AND - it is a file transfer device which operates with an Ap for your smart phone (I think on either Apple IOS and Android devices).

I purchased this from Amazon for $40. I downloaded the Ap. You plug in your SD Memory card on one end and a USB Thumb Drive on the other end. You could probably use a portable hard drive as well. Although the instructions are more about using it as a network hub, I figured out how to use the Ap to create a folder on my thumb drive and quickly copy image files from my SD card to the thumb drive. The file transfer seemed pretty fast. I plan on using this every night to create backups from my SD cards onto thumb drives so that I will have a second set of images. They will also be easier to work with on my computer when I get home - with the images already on the thumb drives.

Filehub next to iPhone - showing Filehub wireless network connected

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IPhone Ap showing SD Card and USB plugged into Filehub

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Reviewing images on the USB drive

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Previewing images from thumb drive or SD card on the iPhone.

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skipwv Loc: West Virginia

I just bought one for a trip to China for the same reason. Seems to work well, although the instructions are a bit vague. But, once you set it up and play with it some, it becomes clear. I will use it with two external hard drives but it works easily with thumb drives, too.

Uuglypher Loc: South Dakota (East River)

Damn, Man!
That looks great!
Could just be the coolest solution yet!
Gotta try it!
Thanks for the heads-up!

Dave

sb Loc: Florida's East Coast

You bet - and the price is right!

pounder35 Loc: "Southeast of Disorder"

Looks like a handy device. I always carry a small 1TB in my laptop bag for backup but this is definitely something I'm interested in when doing drone photography in the field when I don't carry my laptop.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Looks good.

TheDman Loc: USA

This is what dual card slots are for. 😀

DaveO Loc: Northeast CT

Great info, thanks!

sb Loc: Florida's East Coast

It would be nice to have that! But - Filehub is a better option for now than trading all my camera bodies in for new ones - I am pretty comfortable with the ones I have!

ala_eh Loc: SF Bay Area

There's a discussion on this back in March. Do a search on 'Portable Storage'.

RWR Loc: La Mesa, CA

At last?? It’s been on the market for 2 years at least!

sb Loc: Florida's East Coast

I guess it is a well-kept secret! I am happy to bring it to hogger's attention again.

sb Loc: Florida's East Coast

Maybe so, but I have not seen any in-depth description or review of it here. Maybe I missed it. I am happy to bring the subject back up, because given all the posts I see from hoggers who are looking for something like this, it is not well-known.

DaveO Loc: Northeast CT

Don't complain about the valuable comments some contribute!

sb Loc: Florida's East Coast

No complaints here.