Product Description
Aleratec USB Copy Cruiser Plus is new and unique. The USB Copy Cruiser Plus copies digital pictures, MP3 files and other data between USB drives without a computer. With the USB Copy Cruiser Plus you can quickly transfer data between USB drives and Flash Memory cards where ever you are. The easy to use control buttons and LCD display allow you to choose specific files, folders or all files and folders to copy.
Customer Reviews:
Works for me.......2007-09-05
I bought one of these and it has worked pretty well for transferring files without using a laptop or PC, it can work with CF cards and a USB device powered from the built-in USB port. Many of the smaller portable drives work, I've used an Ultra Slim USB HDD (Western Digital) and it did fine with no external power (the Copy Cruiser runs off batteries so you have to make sure those are good, but I've had no problems. I use rechargables.) Some of the small WD portables in lower capacities are available very cheap now.
Works fine as a card reader when attached to your PC, too. Pretty much as advertised.
Barely functional product.......2007-05-04
The Copy Cruiser Plus would not recognize my brand new powered Maxtor drive. When I called Aleratec customer support, a tech guy answered on the first ring, but it was downhill from there. He told me my hard drive has to be 'FAT32'-formatted, for which he claimed I need a WINDOWS system (I have a Mac). That's insane: the product box promises Mac compatibility.
I subsequently, through trial and error, found that Apple's Disk Utility enables you to format a drive as an MS-DOS device (remember the eighties horror that was MS-DOS?). After I did that, the drive mounted on my Mac desktop as before, but now the Copy Cruiser finally recognized it too. Imagine the hassle if I'd had 100-plus gigabytes of information on that drive and I'd had to reformat! This cumbersome (if one-time) process alone makes the Copy Cruiser a poor choice for Mac owners. Not that you have to look very long for other flubs and misses.
Before I started experimenting with the Copy Cruiser, I put three fresh brand-name AAA batteries in it. I don't think I had the device switched on for more than 45 minutes total before the indicator on the display showed there was no power left. The thing doesn't even suck juice because of the backlight, because there IS none. The display is dim and almost impossible to read in low light.
The interface, like everything about the Copy Cruiser Plus, is barely adequate. One major shortcoming is that the buttons are silkscreened with redundant arrows, no text. So when the display tells you: "DELETE ALL FILES (Y/N?): ENTER=Y, ESC=N," well, I hope you remember from reading the manual which button means ENTER and which one means ESC! Another interface blunder that would have been simple to avoid is that the Copy Cruiser has jacks to connect two USB devices, but when you do, the icons in the display are useless in making clear which is which. You're supposed to remember that the USB icon with the light lettering on the dark background is 'USB STORAGE 1' and that the almost-identical icon next to it (dark lettering on a light background) is 'USB STORAGE 2.' Good luck with that. And when you copy the contents of one volume to another, the progress bar in the display shows indivdual files being copied, instead of indicating how far along the ENTIRE copy operation is. Ugh.
This thing is useful in theory, and it could easily have been a glorious addition to the toolbox of professional photographers and others who want to be able to copy digital data in the field without lugging a laptop around. But Aleratec seems to have decided that the Copy Cruiser only needed to be 'good enough.' With just a bit more effort, this would have been a four-or five-star product; as it stands, giving it two stars seems almost embarrassingly generous.
Review: USB Copy Cruiser Plus from Alertec.......2006-05-10
The USB Copy Cruiser Plus is a USB copy device with the additional convenience of an 8-in-1 card reader. The unit will copy from one memory device to another or from one memory device to a USB flash drive without the need of a PC. This OTG (On-The-Go) USB technology is very useful and the USB Copy Cruiser Plus proves to be just that, useful. For the small foot-print and compact size, just bigger then your palm, the product performs well, is easy to use and provides clear and precise feedback. [...]
Works well (Within reason, of course...).......2006-03-22
I needed a way to transfer photos from a flash memory card to another storage device while I was travelling out of the country. I did not want to bring my laptop for fear of damage or theft, so I bought this product because I need to back up digital photos from multiple compactflash cards to a 2.5" self powered USB hard drive. It worked very well.
I ran into a couple of problems as previous reviewers have (and for which they gave this device low marks) but I will explain why I still give this device 5 stars.
This device cannot power an external drive. So I bought a self powered external drive and that solved that problem. The other solution is to use a 1 or 2 GB USB flash drive.
I ran into the problem of the device not transferring all photos. I changed the batteries and it performed without a hitch. All photos were transferred.
Despite being advertised as USB 2.0, it runs rather slow. Okay, there's no solution around this one... I simply backed up my compactflash cards at the end of the day when I wasn't pressed for time.
So one might ask "If it cannot power an external drive, and the battery life isn't all that great, and it is slow, what good is this device?" My response is that it is good for the exact purpose I got it for: an inexpensive way to back up camera flash memory when I'm not in a hurry. And by bringing this device on my trip instead of my laptop, I prevented loss or damage to my laptop. Hence, 5 stars.
My advice:
Buy this if you need to BACK UP pictures when you are not pressed for time.
Consider this product if you only have one or two memory cards and you need to offload the pictures to another storage device so you can reformat your memory card to shoot more pictures. You should always carry spare AAA batteries to power the device. Also consider buying more memory cards instead of risking losing your pictures in the transfer.
Do not buy this product if speed or ABSOLUTE dependability is of paramount importance to you, i.e., if your job or someone's life is at risk. You'll be better off buying more memory cards, or spending much, much more on professional level equipment.
Slow! Not USB 2.0, Buggy interface.......2006-02-10
I bought this thing because I have an mp3 player that has 40gb of space. I wanted a device to put a memory card into and hook up to my mp3 player via USB cable to quickly back up images. Both my card and my mp3 player support very fast data-transfer rates, but I would settle for say, 1GB/10mins rate.
First of all this device has a tendency to lock up and to turn it on again you have to take the batteries out and put them back in, *reset* it I guess. But that's ok, I'm not too picky I could live with that.
The reason I returned it was the speed. Approximately 785kb/sec!
The specification on the manufacturer's web site states: "Also works as an external USB 2.0 8-in-1 Card Reader/Writer... when connected to a computer" This isn't false advertisement, I would rather call it deceptive advertisement. Because logic suggests that if it can read a card at USB 2.0 speed and it can write at USB 2.0 then it supports USB 2.0 speeds for other (capable) devices as well. Well apparently that's not the way this device functions. It copied files from my card in its internal card slot to my mp3 player at 785kb/sec. I also tried it's two USB slots and hooked another card reader into one and mp3 player into the other, but I got the same slow speed.
So if you can live with a few bugs and transfer rate of about 1GB/22mins I guess it's alright, but keep in mind the battery life of your storage device.
You might consider purchasing a Portable Storage Device with a built-in Hard Drive instead of this.
Product Description
Stand-alone USB copier with 8-in-1 card reader
Copy and transfer data between two USB devices or between memory card and USB device without a computer
Works as external USB 2.0 8-in-1 card reader/writer when connected to a computer
Compatible with Picture Transfer Protocol (PTP)
Displays device status, including capacity and available space
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Turn your internal Laptop/Notebook hard drive (9.5mm, 2.5-inch) into high-speed USB 2.0 external storage with its enclosure kits.
This box fits in your pocket so you can take it anywhere. It connects to your computer via a USB cable. Because the USB cable also supplies power to this device, so no external power supply is required.
Plug and play, hot pluggable, and hot swappable features make this device convenient and easy to use. With a transfer-rate of up to 12Mb/sec for USB 1.1 and 480Mb/sec for usb 2.0, this device also delivers powerful performance. With device, you can take all your files with you wherever you go! This device is compitable with PCs, Macs laptop and desktop.
You can put your old notebook harddisk into this device and convert it into a portable external harddisk. It is extremely easy to install. Plug and play.
You can also buy a notebook harddisk and build your own portable external harddisk
Features and support:
Self-powered by USB port, no external power required, second USB port offers extra power
USB 2.0 interface - USB 1.1 compatible
Up to 480mb/sec
Plug and Play
Hot swappable
Super slim, lightweight and portable
Compatible with Mac & PC computers USB cable length 29± (1000mm)
Transfer speed: 12MB/sec for usb 1.1
480MB/sec for usb 2.0
Fully tested up to 80GB hard drive
System and other requirements:
Support USB 1.1& 2.0 on Windows98/98SE/ME/2000/XP and Mac
Supporting FAQs:
Q: Does it work with all drives?
A: Yes it does will all 2.5" laptop hard drives, including IBM,Fujitsu,Toshiba,Hitachi,Western Digital, Maxtor, Seagate, Samsung ,Quantum and more
Q: Do I need install any driver to use this reader?
A: No driver is needed except for Windows 98
Q: Does this work with Mac?
A: Yes, it works with Mac OS 8.6 or newer
Q: What kind of hard drive can I put in?
You can use any 9.5 mm 2.5" laptop hard drive.older laptop hard drive doesn't work
Customer Reviews:
Works great for laptop drive external USB.......2007-07-28
I had to externalize a failing drive and recover what I could. Nice enclosure to permanently mount a laptop drive. USB cable provided has an additional plug so you can put it in series and not lose a USB connection.
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