Smallest FireWire Enclosure?

waffffffle asks: "For my job, I need to carry a bag of tech gear around with me all day. I've been able to cut down on the cables I carry by using only retractable cables, but my other devices are still bulky. I'm looking for the smallest FireWire 2.5" drive enclosure on the market. It seems that many of the sites selling enclosures don't list their dimensions and some of the slimmest enclosures are USB-only, but 6-pin FireWire is a requirement. What is the slimmest enclosure you know of?"

Comments

ADS Tech

[Marillion]

I have a ADS Tech - Dual Link 2.5 and I love it. It does both Firewire 400 and USB 2.0.

iPod!

[zygote]

Since you didn't specify a capacity (or you did and I didn't notice, bygones...)

Check out the FW->Dock Connector adapter to avoid another specialty cable. Pocketdock http://www.sendstation.com/us/products/pd_combo.ht ml>

If you can do less than 6 gigs, the iPod Mini is way small.

Now, if you want small and CHEAP, well...

iPod?

[olcrazypete]

I use my iPod more for data than music. The PO for it listed it as a 'bus powered firewire hard drive' :) Essential if you are a mac admin who works on client machines. P

Never used it, but try this one...

[ComputerSlicer23]

This is a FireWire/USB 40GB drive. I believe they have larger ones, but they get fairly pricy. With this you should be able to carry just one drive. It does have dimensons listed. The picture appears misleading (something just looks wrong about the perspective, I can't tell if it's just my brain misfiring, or the picture).

Kirby

A Daisy Cutter

[cpt kangarooski]

It's metal, so fairly durable. It's only marginally larger than the 2.5 drive that goes inside the enclosure. It's bus powered, with two 6 pin fw ports, so that you can run pass throughs as well. (external adapters are available)

Wiebetech sells it, rebranded. I got one from Small Dog, which you can google for.