Vosonic X'S Drive II Plus VP2160 Review

PhotographyBLOG har testet to portable lagringsenheter fra Vosonic: X'S Drive II Plus VP2160 er en enkel modell beregnet på fotografer med støtte for 12 ulike minnekort. X'S Drive Super VP6210 har i tillegg innebygd 2" LCD-skjerm.

Ifølge testen synes det klart at den rimeligste versjonen er det mest firnuftige valget.

Vosonic have also made a number of improvements to the VP2160 when compared with its previous generation of devices, notably the transfer speed from a memory card onto the VP2160, which is twice as quick as the older Vosonic VP3310. The battery life is also respectable enough at around 3 hours. Only the inability to review your downloaded files after the transfer process has taken place and the lack of a backlit screen spoil what is otherwise an excellent option in the entry-level portable storage device market.

Les hele tasten av Vosonic X'S Drive II Plus VP2160.

The Vosonic X'S Drive Super VP6210 attempts to be a lot of things to all people, but ultimately ends up being master of none. By trying to be a storage device, photo viewer, music player, video player and card reader, I feel that the VP6210 is just too much of a compromise. Its main strength lies in what Vosonic have always been good at - delivering an easy to use, well-made portable storage device, which also happens to be their quickest model ever in terms of transfer speed, taking just 3 minutes 30 seconds to copy a 512Mb memory card. What is less impressive are all the extra features that Vosonic have added. The 2 inch colour LCD screen is too small for anything other than verifying that your images have downloaded successfully, whilst music and video playback are both limited in terms of functionality.


The final nail in the coffin is ultimately the cost of the VP6210. The 20Gb version that I reviewed costs £235 - for £60 more you can buy the Epson P-2000, which offers a gorgeous 3.8 inch screen, more intuitive interface, 40Gbs of storage and similar music and video features. Or if you only shoot JPEGS you could buy an Apple iPod Photo for around the same price as the VP6210 and get far superior music playback (although you do sacrifice the built-in memory card slots and video capability). If you're a photographer who just wants a portable way of backing up your photos, I'd suggest another Vosonic product, the no-frills VP2160, which is a lot cheaper and easier to use than the VP6210.

Les hele testen av Vosonic X'S Drive Super VP6210.

Min egen X-drive (dog en tidligere generasjon) gjorde nytten inntil harddisken tok kvelden. Disse enhetene er dssverre følsomme for støt. Hyppig backup er derfor fremdeles og anbefale, jeg ville aldri våget å dratt på langtur med en slik enhet som eneste backup. Men dette er definitivt et nyttig verktøy i felten.