Difference between Canvio Ready and Canvio Basics Hard Drives

[AbsoluteBadger]

I am looking for a simple backup hard drive for all my family photos, videos, documents, music etc, and I like the look of the Toshiba hard drive ranges, especially the bog-standard Canvio basics 1 tb drive. However, I have stumbled upon another relatively low cost range called Canvio "ready" and as i could find no info about it myself, I was wondering if anyone could tell me the relative benefit to getting this drive over the Canvio Basics one.

 

[JaredDM]

Toshiba Canvio drives are all very basic, reliable, and about the same. The Canvio Ready series is just the newest design with a different texture on the case, and I think they added a drop sensor to park the heads if you drop the drive. Which is a nice feature, but one you'll only ever appreciate if you drop your drive and didn't have a backup.

Which you should always have a backup of any drive . You don't want to have to come see me do you.