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According to the dude in the video the fire canon produced in excess of 3000 degrees rather than 300. Just pointing out the typo. Otherwise, good testing!

but the weakless link is the HD system, once it got a virus, or the directory got damaged, everything inside will be useless even through it is fire/water proof

Great to have an option like this available, but the ugly design makes me want to burn it.

A 1 TB drive for this price with this kind of protection just might be worth it in flood zones. Too bad its USB, a FireWire version would make an awesome back up in the event of a fire or flood.

degrees of what? separation? F/C/K? F apparently, and 300F is only 150C..
and only some fireblasts, not sustained fire.. could have just placed it in a campfire.

I own an IOSafe and it is fine but I have to trust the manufacturer that it will really work. Unfortunately, your review did not help.

There is one obvious reason to own this HD: a house fire. The water test was OK but making the drive waterproof is trivial compared to fireproof and *then* waterproof.

Your test did not simulate a house fire. The water test should have happened *after* the fire since that is what happens in a house fire.

Simulating a house fire should have been easy: put the HD under a pile of wood and burn it for awhile and then dose it with water. Admittedly, that's not as cool as a fire cannon.

Will Mayall

I should have pointed out that there are probably many places with ovens that are specifically designed to simulate house fires. You could have probably even taken it to a fire station and had them simulate a house fire. That would have also made a cool video.

I agree a water test after a fire test would have been more illuminating. On the other hand, putting out a fire doesn't usually submerge household items - it just drenches them. A flood would involve different conditions altogether. It would have been next to impossible to run all three tests on the same drive - given that Chris (for some unexplained reason) felt the need to open the drive enclosure to test it after dunking it in the fountain. One would expect, instead, to be able to plug the drive in normally and connect it via its standard cable to a computer after a flood (after drying out the connections with a hair dryer). If the drive cannot be used after a flood without opening the case and removing the drive, the cost and difficulty of recovering the data would be increased significantly. For one thing, you would need access to some kind of drive dock, not something most people have lying around (nor would the drive dock have likely survived the fire or flood, even if you had one).

Of course those costs and difficulties would only pertain after an actual disaster, at which time the cost would probably be a secondary issue. Still, more realistic tests would be more helpful. As it is, you still have to take a lot on faith.

Great video, the fire cannon was a nice touch! I agree with most of the above comments...the test would have been better if it would have been
Water
Fire
Water

Fortunately there are a lot of additional testing videos online that show the ioSafe can survive these scenarios.

Nice review though, seems that for the money it would be silly to not buy the ioSafe versus other brand name hard drives. The cost and value per gigabyte (given the data recovery service that comes with purchase price) seems hard to beat. I have searched for other manufacturers that offer this type of warranty and have yet to find any. Leads me to believe that the manufacturer has tremendous faith in the capability of their product. That aside, a triple interface would be preferred.

I purchased a 1TB ioSafe when they first came out well over a year ago and have been using it ever since.

It has performed flawlessly as my Time-Machine back up drive hooked to an Airport Extreme Base Station.

My only complaint is that it can be a bit noisy, so I have it tucked away on the bottom shelf of a bookcase some feet away from my desk.

It's a solid, very sturdy drive. Don't plan on moving it around because it's heavy! I am very pleased, as it gives me additional peace of mind in case of a house fire. I always thought it made sense to have a fire/water proof drive, and I was very happy to see the ioSafe in the market at a very affordable price. I highly recommend it!