[SOLVED] 1/5 of reviews state early failure for HDD's..why?

[_dawn_chorus_]

Just trying to find an HDD for mass storage in the range of 2 tb. Both the Seagate and WD BLue drives seem to have a large amount of 1 star "failed within a few months" reviews across Amazon and NewEgg.
That seems pretty high..
Could this just be an effect of people with a bad product being more inclined to write a review, or is that a normal failure rate a brand new HDD?

 

[Barty1884]

Yes, people with poor experiences are more inclined to report it to the masses. Reviews of "2 years and going strong" are not very common, but would be more of the normal experience.

 

[_dawn_chorus_]

Yes, people with poor experiences are more inclined to report it to the masses. Reviews of "2 years and going strong" are not very common, but would be more of the normal experience.

I kinda of figured but haven't owned a lot myself. I'll just pull the trigger on one then. Thanks!