Iomega Zip 250 External SCSI Drive

Pros: Easy, fast, dependable and standard form of “cart” storage.
Cons: Slow 100MB access. Expensive/MB. SCSI I Interface. Too slow for heavy use.

Yesterday I took a stroll down memory lane and discussed my years of experience with Iomega products. In particular, I lambasted the Iomega Jazz 2GB drive. Until the Jazz drive, I have always found Iomega products to be a good, dependable...

Pros: Cheap, Reliable, Fast, Saved my Software
Cons: SCSI Port

Overall Rating: 94%

I cannot say enough about the Iomega Zip 250 drive. It is very fast, reliable, and relatively cheap at only $250. If you need a Zip Drive this is the one to buy. The only negative thing about this Zip Drive though is...

Pros: Fast, reliable, bootable and you can install software to disks on this drive
Cons: Expensive, media is expensive, requires SCSI controller

This piece of equipment has been extremely valuable to me. Installation is a snap if you already have a SCSI controller installed. I have used this drive for everything from Norton Zip Rescue to installing software on it. Since it is SCSI and gets...

Pros: Improved speed, shape
Cons: None

Because I use a laptop for my work on a daily basis, the backup of daily data is also a part of my daily projects. After using the external zip drive, ZIP-100, for over two years, I finally replaced the old zip drive with the new external zip drive...

Pros: Price, take it anywhere, ease of use, backwards compatible with Zip100 disks
Cons: Price of disks is higher than CD-RW's

I purchased this product for a multitude of reasons. It was made by Iomega, which has proven itself with the original Zip 100 drives. Second, it was external, so if I wanted to load my files on someone else's computer who doesn't have a Zip drive, I...

Pros: NONE they are STUPID
Cons: everything, except it is a cool color

I have to wonder who the ad wizards are who thought one day...I shall create a new style of disk drive, It will use a newer larger disk, in a drive not standard on computers. I will price it between 100-200 dollars, and the disks will run between 7 and...

Pros: Great Idea, Decent Price, Great portability
Cons: The 250MB Media has several problems that destroyed the drives potential.

I have had no problem whatsoever with the Iomega 100MB Drives... A couple of us have even been known to plug the serial cable in both outlets in the back of the drive and 'wear' them around with us at work... Very easy to install, use, and...

Pros: Small and portable, can connect to anywhere, more durable and reliable than the standard 3.5 inch floppy
Cons: Installation process is really long and annoying

The Iomega External 250 MB Zip Drive can be a really handy piece of computer hardware. You can carry it anywhere, including from work to home, and one disk is all you need.

I purchased this product for a easy way to move a lot of data from...

Pros: Great storage capacity, many people have them, easy to use/setup.
Cons: They break easily, the internal version is better.

Before I start let me say that I love the zip drive, and that I would never use a floppy disk again. Although I think very highly of this product, however, I have a few problems with it. That's why I think you should hear me out before just immediately...

Pros: Fast, Reliable Media, Mobility
Cons: Expensive, Small Capacity

I decided to purchase a SCSI Zip 250 External Drive because I was living off campus in an apartment and I needed a storage device to transport files between school computers and my home computer. Known for its widespread use and ease of mobility, I...

Pros: Saves space and convienient
Cons: Cost

The winamp player is the best thing that has happened to my computer memory since disks.

The WinZip 250 has allowed me to save pictures, programs, MP3's, and whole classes on one disk without ever having to worry that I might run out of disk...

Pros: Bigger storage.
Cons: Small market saturation.

The joy of the zip drive is that everybody has one. You can throw 100 megs of pictures, programs, music, whatever on a zip disk and give it to your friends. If you work in technology you can take those huge photoshop files home and throw them in your...

Pros: Lot of storage, reasonable size, cool color, good software
Cons: Expensive, loud, 100MB drives can't read 250MB disks

I bought the Iomega Zip 250 drive with my imac so I would have a place to store digital photos without using hard drive space. So far, I have been pleased with the drive, but I have a few complaints.

Out of the box, this drive was very easy...

Pros: Great idea which is just as good in real life as on paper
Cons: price, availability

Everybody in today's computer world is in risk of a crash. You can be careful, you can buy the best computers from the best companies, but there is always the chance of a crash. I would know, it happened to me. All of the sudden, all of my data was gone....

Pros: Reasonably Quick, Good capacity
Cons: Price, Outdated already?

Zip it....zip it good!

There comes a time and a place where we are all in this familiar position: You need to transfer some huge files between computers. You're connection/network is too slow to direct copy. Or, you have no...