Product comparison · 2 external hard drives

Iomega Select 500GB vs iStorage Kanguru Q2S-3H external hard drive

16specifications compared
7differ
9identical
16known for one product only

Key differences

HDD capacity
- Select 500GB:500 GB
- Kanguru Q2S-3H external hard drive:1 TB
Storage drive buffer size
- Select 500GB:8 MB
- Kanguru Q2S-3H external hard drive:16 MB
Product colour
- Select 500GB:Black
- Kanguru Q2S-3H external hard drive:Black, Silver
Bus powered
- Select 500GB:USB
- Kanguru Q2S-3H external hard drive:No
Width
- Select 500GB:80 mm
- Kanguru Q2S-3H external hard drive:197 mm
Depth
- Select 500GB:16 mm
- Kanguru Q2S-3H external hard drive:36 mm
Height
- Select 500GB:117 mm
- Kanguru Q2S-3H external hard drive:114.3 mm

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Comparison of Select 500GB, Q2S-3H
32 specifications	A Iomega Select 500GB View product	B iStorage Kanguru Q2S-3H external hard drive Model Q2S-3H View product
Hard drive2 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	500 GB	1 TB
HDD speedKnown for one	7200 RPM	Unknown — not stated by the source
HDD sizeKnown for one	2.5"	Unknown — not stated by the source
Type	HDD	HDD
Storage drive buffer sizeDiffers	8 MB	16 MB
Ports & interfacesidentical
USB connector	USB	USB
USB version	2.0	2.0
Ethernet LAN	No	No
FireWire 400	No	No
FireWire 800	No	No
Maximum data transfer rateKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	480 Mbit/s
eSATAKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Features1 differ
Product colourDiffers	Black	Black, Silver
Power1 differ
Bus poweredDiffers	USB	No
Weight & dimensions3 differ
WidthDiffers	80 mm	197 mm
DepthDiffers	16 mm	36 mm
HeightDiffers	117 mm	114.3 mm
WeightKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1.13 kg
Packaging dataidentical
Package widthKnown for one	150 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
Package depthKnown for one	110 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
Package heightKnown for one	50 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
Package weightKnown for one	280 g	Unknown — not stated by the source
Other featuresidentical
HDD transfer rateKnown for one	480 Mbit/s	Unknown — not stated by the source
Internal	No	No
USB 2.0 ports quantity	1	1
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) ports quantity	0	0
Dimensions (WxDxH)Known for one	80 x 16 x 117 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
Data transfer rateKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	3 Gbit/s
Read seek timeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	8.5 ms
Write seek timeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	11 ms
Compatible operating systemsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7/Mac 8.6+
Operational conditionsidentical
Operating shockKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	200 G

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