Solid performer (and it is variable speed and reversing)
590670
Not sure why some reviewers claim that the DW160V doesn't reverse or have variable speed, but it certainly does.  The size and torque are good, and Dewalt has done a nice job of keeping the chuck short.  Those who complain about a lack of a keyless chuck might want to take a look at the chuck size for those, which all I've seen are significant larger than this drill's compact chuck.  The paddle control seemed strange at first, but then after using the drill it worked quite naturally, allowing me to keep the drill in precise alignment while ramping up the speed.  As to those who claim issues with the paddle being pressed when the drill is set down, one just has to pay attention and all is well.

This drill proved its worth in Heli-Coiling some exhaust manifold studs.
3404033
This is a review of the Toshiba Canvio 500 GB ** Basics ** portable, external hard drive. Please note, I've only had it for about a week as of this review so I cannot comment on long-term reliability.

Summary (up front for those who are in a hurry): Small form factor, no external power cord, USB-A to USB Mini-B cable (very common), sustained write speed of about 0.5 GB/min, internal shock sensor, no software to install, no crapware to uninstall.

* Connection (4.5 stars): This particular drive uses a standard USB 2.0 A to Mini-B cable that can be found around most houses these days. It is the same cable used for most digital cameras, card readers making it accessible in a lot of places. I like this! The cable also functions as the power source for the drive. I did deduct one-half star for two reasons... First, the cord supplied is very short (too short to work with my desktop). This was easily remedied by using one of several other cables I had around the house and relegating the short cord to my laptop case. Secondly, the speed is limited by this connection, but not too badly (see below).

* Plug-N-Play (5 stars for PC, 4.5 stars for Mac): This drive comes formatted in NTFS which means it plays nice with most versions of Windows (including 7). Just plug it in and Windows detects it as a removable drive (just like a flash drive) with no extra software/crapware installed. For Mac users, it needs to be formatted first.

* Performance (4 stars): This drive is built, I think, around a 5400 RPM drive. In my test, it copied anywhere from about 9 MB/sec to bursts of about 20 MB/sec. Not a blazingly fast drive, but not too shabby. My sustained write speed was a around 10-12 MB/sec, which means it takes me around a minute and a half to 2 minutes to copy 1 GB from my computer to this drive. This is comparable with a lot of flash drives (except the Patriot Rage XT which sustains a write speed of 25 MB/sec). As for sound, it is very quiet with no clicking or platter noise that I can detect.

* Durability (5 stars): The drive has an Internal Shock Sensor (for drops) and Ramp Loading Technology (for durability and power consumption), both help keep your data safe. In my 50 GB transfer test, the drive got warm to the touch but not so hot it couldn't be picked up.

* Warranty (4 stars): The drive comes with a 3 year warranty from Toshiba. Certainly middle of the road, but enough to make me happy

* Design (5 stars): It is a little larger than a smartphone, but not too much. The only external opening is the USB Mini-B slot. It does have a white LED on top that flashes. It has four, little rubber disks on the bottom to keep it from sliding around a lot. The color is black and is very shiny with no other design on it, likely to attract fingerprints. Personally, I like the color, it matches my case and looks very professional. Others will likely complain it's not red, blue, or even yellow. If you want those colors (or don't want to lose it in a backpack) get a small, padded carrying case for it.

In the end, I gave this product 5 stars overall because it is what it claims to be. A small, external, portable, easy-to-use, back-up hard drive without an extra power cord. It is not going to be useful for running programs and game, if that's your need... get another internal hard drive that's bigger and faster. It doesn't have an external power source and does use a fairly easy to find cable.

If you want a nice, portable drive... this would to be a good choice.
3635920
very stable , good price , configuration is quick , very efficient
843718
This is one of the better inverters on the market of its size.  I have owned the 375W model for over four years and it has never failed me in any of the cars I have used it.  It is a very solid piece of equipment which is advantageous as it gets thrown around quite a bit in the car and in the trunk.  As others have noted, the fan is a bit loud (which in my mind costs it one star), but on the upside it doubles as a white noise machine for kids sleeping in the car.  We charge iPads, phones and, in a pinch, laptops with it.
2713612
Performed exceptionally well, and continues to do so! The rotation feature is a definite plus!
2247316
I've had this for well over a year now, and it's still kicking. The variable speed fan is nice, during the cooler winter months I can turn it down, and in the hot summer I can crank it up for maximum efficiency.

One minor issue, the leds in the fan stopped working at some point, I'm not sure when since I have a number of other fans in the case that also have blue leds, so there was always blue light in the case. I have a window in the side so it's nice to have the glowing cables etc. I just noticed it the other day when I was replacing a hard disk and was running it with the side off and looking around in there.

I would buy again, probably a higher output unit next time, since each year we seem to need more and more stuff with more power required.
4520277
While I sincerely admire those who clock drive speeds and throughput, many of us don't.  We seek reliable, affordable peripherals that operate close-to-spec, and run quietly at an acceptable temp. Quick set-up and customer support sweeten the deal.

While in hindsight, I might have purchased the 750 GB or 1 TB version of this product (my music library is growing) I simply love this product as-is, which I was found with a $20 manufacturer's rebate.  It has all the fine attributes of a solid, portable back-up drive, especially for Time Machine Users.

The aesthetics are the best I've seen in this product class. Its glossy ebony finish and cigarette-case dimensions and weight are winning, as are its desktop dock, highly visible light cuing, reasonable speed and impressive upgrade options: from USB 2 to 3, and to FireWire and up. I find the product's USB 2.0 backup speeds -- right out of the box -- surpass those of FW transfer on my recently-purchased Buffalo and Western drives -- both 40-45% more costly, much louder and far less portable than the GoFlex.

The GoFlex also doesn't have some of the weird anomalies of some "automatic" back-up drives which mount and unmount sluggishly. I simply go to work each morning, and occasionally see a pulsing LED just out of my field of vision. The drive runs so soundlessly -- unlike many of the La Cie's which house Seagate internals -- I could hear a pin drop.

As for the customer support horror stories I've read here, I haven't encountered them in my two CS contacts.  Indeed, I found the Seagate team far more responsive than most, with very little response lag-time.

To sum up, for $59.99, I purchased a drive which suggests the direction of the category.  I believe it will please Mac- more than PC Users operationally, logistically and aesthetically.  For those who prefer local, rather than remote back-up, or those who chose both, this product, despite its poopy two-year warranty, is an absolute steal. Go for it. My only suggestion is that you purchase one storage-level above your anticipated need.
85133
This an interesting multi-bit driver to consider. The center shaft is removable and reversible, and bits are reversible to present 8 tips. Because of the tolerance stack up of friction connections and magnet holds in multi-drivers, as a class, they have a loosey feel that, while not completely resolved, is noticeably more solid here. The shaft-to-handle connection design makes this a top pick among other variants.
3061307
I wanted a NAS to use as shared storage in my home office. I wanted large capacity with full redundancy to protect against drive failure. I bought this device over other competing brands for a few specific reasons, and I'm still glad that I did: 1) it takes off-the-shelf drives, rather than having to buy branded drives for 2x-3x the price. 2) It uses standard RAID formats rather than some Brand-specific variant. 3) The drives can be recovered in another computer should the unit itself fail. 4) It can run Squeezebox Server to host my music collection to my audio system.

On paper, it does all of these things. In practice, it still does, but slowly. I installed my device with a pair of&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Western-Digital-1-5-TB-Caviar-Green-SATA-Intellipower-64-MB-Cache-Bulk-OEM-Desktop-Hard-Drive-WD15EARS/dp/B002ZCXJZE/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Western Digital 1.5 TB Caviar Green SATA Intellipower 64 MB Cache Bulk/OEM Desktop Hard Drive WD15EARS</a>&nbsp;drives running RAID1. I run the unit on my 100Mbit network, as my older computers and home router do not have gigabit. Both of these will impact the speed of the unit through no fault of its own, but both of these are also likely to be common for other users. In practice, I am seeing write speeds averaging around 5 MByte/second. The network limit should be twice that. I believe this is at least partly due to the drives, as I saw the same write speed from a large disk-to-disk copy using the USB connector as well. This is not an exhaustive test or benchmark, just one user's experience.

This device, and others of its kind, is basically a Linux-based mini-computer. All of its special functions are just software running on the Linux OS, and subject to the same limits of other computers: processor speed and available memory. I experimented very briefly with the built-in photo manager software. I fed it a few hundred full 12Mpixel images off my camera, and watched as it set to grinding its way through them to make thumbnails. The slow processor really showed itself here. I gave up and removed the images from the photo album after a few hours of constant processing did not finish the folder. I cannot imagine feeding my entire 30+GB photo collection to the album software. Just storing the photos as unprocessed files still works fine, of course.

The Squeezebox software was a pleasant surprise in that it is available as a package download from the Synology site, and doesn't have to be hacked in as I first expected. It runs, and feeds my squeezebox quite well when running on it's own. It does eat a lot of the small CPU and memory while running. If I do some heavy file movement from another computer, I can get the squeezebox to stall out. The software takes about an hour to reindex my collection of 3800 music files. Just playing music is also an exercise in patience. Click a button, wait 5-30 seconds, get a response. Click a playlist, wait a few seconds, music starts, few more seconds, current song appears, even more seconds, playlist starts to fill in on the screen. It works, but it's slow.

Something I saw on the website that might have swayed my decision: yes, it runs standard RAID1. The drives can be recovered in another computer, but... you will have to adjust the format of the drive to get it to work on a x86 processor because the integer byte-order is reversed for the CPU they use on these units. Too technical? If you plug one of these drives into your windows box, it won't read it. If you have a x86 linux box, it can be made to read it with some adjustments. Google the Synology website to find the details.

Bottom line: I'm happy with it. It does what I need. I'm willing to put up with waiting on the tiny CPU/memory to get the job done. If you want faster, pony up the bigger bucks for a faster, office-quality unit and server-quality drives.
1783923
It's all about the sequenced power on this power conditioner for me and it works splendidly. Flipping one switch to power on my gear in the order of my choosing is great. You can adjust the speed at which the channels power on and omit ones you're not using. Shows current voltage and temp. It's built like a tank and heavy. There was a rattle in mine which is why I give it 4 stars. I read someone else had the same issue and opened it up to find an "extra" screw that didn't have a home so I didn't bother taking mine apart. Other than that, it's awesome.
1008921
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A REWIND FEATURE, IT PROVIDED THE EXPECTED PERFORMANCE!
3238134
Relatively quiet, up to middle speed. Narrow profile. Included voltage limiting speed control.
99156
Solid performing device. Used on a motorcycle to record my daily commute for insurance reasons. Performs as expected. Twist base takes just a bit of dialing in to get the shot you want.
1776861
excellent impact driver, performs as expected
3038873
Performance is good, finish had a few blemishes, but didn't affect peperformance.
4277365
A great performing drive 1/3 faster than the usual stock drives and capacity to last for many years. Marginally louder, and runs  at slightly less power  consumption, well worth the price and effort to upgrade onto.
4104651
like i said in the title; its fast, quiet, and multi-funtioning.  need i said more.