LaCie 500GB Rugged Triple Interface USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive
The 500GB Rugged Triple Interface USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive from LaCie is a rough-and-tumble ready, high-speed, ultra-portable hard drive. In terms of protection, it features the famous orange, rubberized shock-resistant, exterior sleeve, aluminum anti-scratch casing, internal rubber bumpers, and a 1000g shock-resistant hard drive. Built to military specifications, you can be sure that the drive is protected from damage that can occur during daily use. If off, the drive can withstand drops of up to 2 meters.
The drive features a 7200rpm disk speed and can connect to your computer via the super-fast USB 3.0 port or via one of two FireWire 800 ports.* The USB 3.0 port is backwards compatible with USB 2.0 and the FireWire 800 ports are backwards compatible with FireWire 400. With the included software suite, you can setup the drive, establish AES 256-bit encryption on the drive, automatically backup your computer's data, and save up to 10GB of data online. The software also includes an Automatic Eco mode that lowers the drive's power consumption by 40% when it's not in use.
Note! * USB 3.0 for Mac is possible if you download the appropriate driver from LaCie and have installed their USB 3.0 Mac-compatible ExpressCard/34 in your computer. See the specs tab for more info as well as LaCie's website
Triple Interface for the Best Performance
- LaCie Rugged Triple Hard Disk provides universal connectivity: you've got the superior speeds of USB 3.0 and FireWire 800, and full backward compatibility with FireWire 400 and USB 2.0
- You can transfer a 700MB video file in less than 7 seconds with USB 3.0, compared to 25 seconds with USB 2.0. Additionally, you can use the LaCie Mac USB 3.0 Driver to improve data transfer speed on your Mac (up to a 30% performance increase compared to FireWire 800)
Four Levels of Rugged Protection
- The drive conforms to military standard 810-F, and can support drops from up to two meters. It helps you carry your files with confidence, no matter where the road takes you, thanks to its shock-absorbing sleeve, aluminum anti-scratch casing, internal rubber bumpers, and a 1000g shock-resistant hard drive. Calculations are based on average read time
Fifth Level of Data Security
- LaCie AES 256-bit encryption software comes standard with the Rugged Triple. We've made it easy for you to create a password-protected area on your drive where you can securely store all of your confidential information
User-Friendly Software Suite Included
- The Rugged Triple also offers easy setup and automatic backup on both PC and Mac computers. It also features an automatic Eco mode that lowers the power consumption by up to 40% when not in use, increasing the battery life of your notebook. In addition, you get 10GB of Wuala Online Storage included for one year to securely store and share your data online
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The full list of software for PC and Mac included with the drive is as follows:
• Easy setup (LaCie Setup Assistant)
• Automatic backup (LaCie Backup Assistant)
• AES 256-bit encryption: LaCie Private-Public software with password protection
• Automatic Eco mode: lowers the power consumption by up to 40% when not in use (may vary from one drive to another)
• 10GB Wuala Secure Online Storage (1 year included)
Go To
| Performance | |
|---|---|
| Capacity | 500GB |
| Interface |
1x USB 3.0 Port, backwards compatible with USB 2.0 2x FireWire 800, backwards compatible with FireWire 400 |
| Transfer Rate |
Interface Transfer Rate: USB 3.0: up to 5Gbps USB 2.0: up to 480Mbps FireWire 800: up to 800Mbps FireWire 400: up to 400Mbps (cable sold separately) |
| Drive Speed | 7200rpm |
| Buffer | Not specified by the manufacturer |
| Max. Sustained Transfer Rate | Up to 110MB/s |
| System Requirements |
Computer with a USB 3.0, FireWire 800, FireWire 400, or USB 2.0 port High-speed Internet for online storage Latest version of Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 / Mac OS X 10.5, 10.6 Minimum free disk space: 600MB recommended Time Machine compatible For USB 3.0 Mac compatibility: Mac Pro with LaCie USB 3.0 PCI Express Card (requires available PCI Express slot) MacBook Pro with LaCie USB 3.0 ExpressCard/34 (requires available ExpressCard/34 slot) |
| General | |
|---|---|
| Mounting | Desktop |
| Power Requirements | Bus-powered |
| Environmental Requirements | Not specified by the manufacturer |
| Dimensions (WxHxD) | 3.5 x 1 x 5.7" / 9 x 2.8 x 14.5cm |
| Weight | 9.2 oz / 260g |
REVIEW SNAPSHOT®
by PowerReviews(based on 25 reviews)
Ratings Distribution
92%
of respondents would recommend this to a friend.
Pros
- Easy to use (10)
- Portable (10)
- Compact (8)
- Easy to set up (7)
- Quiet (7)
Cons
Best Uses
- Multimedia (9)
- Back-up (8)
- File transfer (8)
- Video (8)
- Additional storage (6)
- Reviewer Profile:
- Power user (7), Casual user (3)
- Primary use:
- Business (20), Personal (5)
- Computer Platform:
- Mac (20), PC (4)
Most Liked Positive Review
Quickly becoming a standard
I was not wild about the LaCie ruggeds when they first hit the scene. Inspired by a design from Captain Scarlet seemed to be a bizarre angle to take. At least, if you've SEEN...Read complete review
I was not wild about the LaCie ruggeds when they first hit the scene. Inspired by a design from Captain Scarlet seemed to be a bizarre angle to take. At least, if you've SEEN Captain Scarlet. None the less, these little babies are pretty reliable in my experience. They're perfect for downloading footage in dubious locations. They're bus-powered, so if you have a producer that insists on dumping footage in a 15-pass during a company move, these drives will save your skin. Also, if you're shooting somewhere with wonky power. You'll feel comfy passing them off to whomever at the end of the day. I don't really recommend playing hockey or football with them, despite the fun shape and size, but one mustn't treat them like a house of cards either.
The triple interface ensures that you'll be able to use these on whatever crazy computer you're saddled with, be it your own blazing DIT station, or some hand-me-down laptop that a shoe-string budget production slaps in front of you.
I'd buy more of these things.
VS
Most Liked Negative Review
I'd love to support LaCie, but...
Unfortunately I have been through 2 of these drives, neither of which lasted more than....well as soon as I received them. Both drives were DOA. Returned both and will probably not ...Read complete review
Unfortunately I have been through 2 of these drives, neither of which lasted more than....well as soon as I received them. Both drives were DOA. Returned both and will probably not order another...ever. Oh and their customer service seemed like it was cumbersome to work with, so I returned it to the store I bought it from.
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Pros
- Attractive Design
- Compact
- Easy To Set Up
- Easy to use
- High Capacity
- Portable
- Quiet
Cons
Best Uses
- Additional Storage
- Backup
- File Transfer
- Photo Storage
- Transport heavy files
- Video
Comments about LaCie 500GB Rugged Triple Interface USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive:
I work with video editing, video post and animation an very often have to move to different places with my projects, so this is an excellent way to, not only transport heavy volumes of digital footage, so you can avoid manipulating your desktop hard drives (like in my case) but also work directly in the drive, because of its high speed and stability. I've been working with this model of portable hd, and with the LaCie brand for many years and never have any problem. Is an excellent choice.
- Primary use:
- Business
- Computer Platform:
- Mac
Pros
- Compact
- Easy To Set Up
- Easy to use
- Portable
- Quiet
Cons
Best Uses
Comments about LaCie 500GB Rugged Triple Interface USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive:
I use this drive to record sensitive acoustic music, often it sits only 3-4-5 feet from the music source with no problem of acoustically bleeding into the mics.
It's the quietest drive I've ever used, it's the most dependable drive I've ever used (NEVER had one fail after 5 years and other drives crashing left and right - NOT THIS ONE!).
I'm thinking to slowly replace all other drives I own with Lacie Rugged - just great. And it almost looks good! It's actually nice looking if you get the non-orange rubber covers, but at least I can find the orange ones anywhere I've put it down.
- Primary use:
- Business
- Computer Platform:
- Mac
Pros
- Easy to use
Cons
Best Uses
- Backup
- File Transfer
Comments about LaCie 500GB Rugged Triple Interface USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive:
i dump video/audio files on the this item to send to clients both locally and overseas. i have never had a problem. very durable
I use them to back up all my mac files..
- Primary use:
- Business
- Computer Platform:
- Mac
Pros
- Attractive Design
- Compact
- Easy To Set Up
- Easy to use
- High Capacity
- Portable
- Quiet
Cons
Best Uses
- Additional Storage
- Backup
- File Transfer
- Photo Storage
- Video
Comments about LaCie 500GB Rugged Triple Interface USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive:
I use this hard drive to capture videos, when we shoot at locations, fast and quick to setup.
- Primary use:
- Business
- Computer Platform:
- Mac
Pros
- Attractive Design
- Compact
- Easy To Set Up
- Easy to use
- Portable
- Quiet
Cons
Best Uses
- Additional Storage
- Backup
- File Transfer
- Photo Storage
- Video
Comments about LaCie 500GB Rugged Triple Interface USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive:
i have never had trouble with Lacie and love my rugged. it is quiet and mounts quickly.
- Primary use:
- Business
- Computer Platform:
- Mac
Pros
- Compact
- Easy to use
- High Capacity
- Portable
- Quiet
Cons
- No Power Switch
Best Uses
- Additional Storage
- Backup
- File Transfer
- Video
Comments about LaCie 500GB Rugged Triple Interface USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive:
I love this little Lacie drive. I bought 2 of these as scratch disks for my direct capturing from the Canon XH-ALs and I couldn't be happier with it. Works great around the office as a huge disk. Best part is you don't plug it into the wall. Plug and play ready. Works great with Premiere Pro 5.5
- Primary use:
- Business
- Computer Platform:
- PC
- Recommended:
- Pelican case 1120, Micro-B to usb2.0 cable
- Similar:
- adobe premiere 5.5, Canon XH-A1s
Pros
- Compact
- Easy To Set Up
- Easy to use
- Excellent Pro Reputation
- High Capacity
- Portable
Cons
Best Uses
- Photo Storage
Comments about LaCie 500GB Rugged Triple Interface USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive:
Love the compact size and durable construction of this LaCie portable hard drive. We've only had the hard drive for a couple weeks so I can't speak to longevity, but the set up was a snap and transferring photos from our Mac has been simple.
- Primary use:
- Personal
- Computer Platform:
- Mac
Pros
- Easy To Set Up
- Easy to use
- Portable
- Quiet
Cons
Best Uses
- Additional Storage
- Backup
- File Transfer
- Video
Comments about LaCie 500GB Rugged Triple Interface USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive:
I have used the old style triple interface drives for a while as my default bus powered storage. This new style is faster and upgraded interfaces make it more versatile.
- Primary use:
- Business
- Computer Platform:
- Mac
Pros
- Attractive Design
- Compact
- Easy To Set Up
- Easy to use
- High Capacity
- Portable
- Quiet
Cons
Best Uses
- Additional Storage
- Backup
- File Transfer
- Photo Storage
- Video
Comments about LaCie 500GB Rugged Triple Interface USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive:
I use this hard drive to edit video using Final Cut Pro. It's portable yet sturdy, incredibly convenient for working between multiple systems, and fast enough to use while editing HD video.
- Primary use:
- Business
- Computer Platform:
- Mac
Pros
- Compact
- Easy to use
- High Capacity
- Portable
Cons
Best Uses
- File Transfer
- Video
Comments about LaCie 500GB Rugged Triple Interface USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive:
Great for transfer of a lot of info from and to the computer. I use it for transfer of videos and edit and it gets the job done. Nice protection around it as well
- Primary use:
- Personal
- Computer Platform:
- Mac
Pros
- Versatile
Cons
Best Uses
Comments about LaCie 500GB Rugged Triple Interface USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive:
I hadn't realized this drive could run off the Firewire cable- no power required. Firewire 800, USB 2.0, USB 3.0, no power cable. What more could I ask for?
- Primary use:
- Business
- Computer Platform:
- Mac
Pros
- Easy To Collaborate Across Programs
- Easy to Navigate
Cons
Best Uses
- Multimedia
Comments about LaCie 500GB Rugged Triple Interface USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive:
I haven't used this product on the long run, but the reading speed of very heavy video file seems to work fine. And this is what I have bought it for.
So I think a good product even so the box seems quite thin!
- Primary use:
- Business
- Computer Platform:
- Mac
Pros
- Good price
- Light
- Powered by USB
- Tough
Cons
- None
Best Uses
- Educational Purposes
- Multimedia
- Transferring data
Comments about LaCie 500GB Rugged Triple Interface USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive:
I have seven of these drives, and I'm delighted with them. As a videographer and professor, I do lots of different kinds of videos. In the classroom I often record video in real time directly to a Rugged drive. In the office I store raw and edited video to Rugged drives. The drive's 7200 rpm speed is perfect for video. I have edited video in Europe, Asia, and Africa on my LaCie Rugged drives. The drives are tough, light, and fast.
- Primary use:
- Business
Pros
- Portable
- Reliable
- Size
Cons
Best Uses
- Back-up
- Multimedia
- Video
Comments about LaCie 500GB Rugged Triple Interface USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive:
Love the size and portability. Used as back-up disk. At first our MacBook Pro didn't allow the Lacie to setup or mount using the normal Lacie setup software (which usually works fine), but I was able to solve this by going into Disk Utility and reformatting the drive. Now it is working fine as a back-up disk. I am a big fan of Lacie ruggeds for their portability and size. Would definitely recommend.
- Primary use:
- Personal
- Computer Platform:
- Mac
Pros
Cons
- Not adequate power supply
Best Uses
- Check out Western Digital
Comments about LaCie 500GB Rugged Triple Interface USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive:
This product from LaCie was dead on arrival. The Hard Drive tried to load my data, then could not be recognized by my computer afterwards.
Appears that the USB and/or FW800 power is not adequate for what otherwise should be an excellent hard drive.
Will not buy another hard drive without a deidcated power supply outside of the data transfer cables.
- Primary use:
- Business
- Computer Platform:
- PC
Pros
Cons
Best Uses
- Multimedia
Comments about LaCie 500GB Rugged Triple Interface USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive:
We use the hard drives to send our church services to other campuses & these drives have worked well as traveling drives each week. This version of the rugged drive is new so we haven't used it yet. We have had a few of the old drives that have had to be swapped out because one of the connectors had failed but other than that it is a good product.
- Primary use:
- Business
- Computer Platform:
- Mac
Pros
- Versatile
Cons
Best Uses
- Multimedia
Comments about LaCie 500GB Rugged Triple Interface USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive:
I've been using one of these for over a year without issues.
Love the dual 800 Firewire interface--great for daisy training multiple drives.
- Primary use:
- Business
- Computer Platform:
- Mac
Pros
Cons
- Freezes or Crashes
Best Uses
Comments about LaCie 500GB Rugged Triple Interface USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive:
Unfortunately I have been through 2 of these drives, neither of which lasted more than....well as soon as I received them. Both drives were DOA. Returned both and will probably not order another...ever. Oh and their customer service seemed like it was cumbersome to work with, so I returned it to the store I bought it from.
- Primary use:
- Business
- Computer Platform:
- Mac
Pros
- Versatile
Cons
- Not Enough Audio Tools
Best Uses
- Multimedia
Comments about LaCie 500GB Rugged Triple Interface USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive:
I use this product to back up my Final Cut Pro editing material. Good thing about it that it's easy to set up and works properly. The only problem I had with it so far, I couldn't use it on the Mac computer at my school with the older software version (OSX 10.7). So, in order to use it on your Mac you should have a newer software version.
- Primary use:
- Personal
- Computer Platform:
- Mac
Pros
- Literally - rugged
Cons
Best Uses
- Multimedia
Comments about LaCie 500GB Rugged Triple Interface USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive:
I provide these (and the earlier model) to all of our field producers, they have been rock solid. We have about 20 of them - they have been dropped, shipped, and have traveled around the world with no problems. My go to drives.
- Primary use:
- Business
- Computer Platform:
- Mac
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- FireWire 800 cable
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