I have micro-SD cards, and a portable HDD, but no laptop. How can I transfer from SD to HDD?

[gamingwoop]

I am going travelling this year and will be away from home (and my PC) for months at a time. During this time I will be shooting hours of 4k video on my GoPro and DJI Mavic, and 1000s of photos on my DSLR. I have about 160GB' worth of Micro-SD cards across these 3 devices, which won't be enough for 2-3 months away. I also have a 1TB portable HDD, which I think would be enough (just).

I don't have a laptop. Only my Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge, SD-cards, portable HDD and multi-card reader.

Is there any way of transferring data from my micro-SD cards to my portable HDD? Or is there a HDD out there that will do this automatically? Or should I bite the bullet and just buy a cheap laptop just for transferring data? OR should I spend £100+ on more SD cards and just keep all the data on them?

Any and all help is greatly appreciated

 

[13thmonkey]

http://www.instructables.com/id/Unlimited-SD-Card-Backup-in-the-Field-Hard-Drive-H/

This should give you a direction to go in.

 

[seagate_surfer]

We actually announced at the CES tech show this year a drive which fits your exact scenario. Give it a look:

LaCie DJI Copilot

 

[RolandJS]

There is a $100 device that might be all you need: StarTech.com's USB 1:2 copier; I think it can also copy USB sticks to connected exterrnal hard-drives; my work firewall blocks the site; you will have to go to their web site. Amazon Prime also sells this device.

 

[gamingwoop]

We actually announced at the CES tech show this year a drive which fits your exact scenario. Give it a look:

LaCie DJI Copilot

Thank you for your suggestion, but that product isn't available to buy yet, I need to buy one this week.

 

[gamingwoop]

There is a device that might be all you need: StarTech.com's USB 1:2 copier; I think it can also copy USB sticks to connected exterrnal hard-drives; my work firewall blocks the site; you will have to go to their web site. Amazon Prime also sells this device.

Thanks for the suggestion, this looks like exactly the kind of product I was thinking of! However it is only USB2.0, and has maximum transfer rates of 1.5GB per minute. One Amazon review said it took 80 hours to copy 8GB. But this is definitely the right direction!

 

[13thmonkey]

Seeing as you don't seem to have taken the hint. https://www.wdc.com/products/portable-storage/my-passport-wireless-pro.html

 

[gamingwoop]

Seeing as you don't seem to have taken the hint. https://www.wdc.com/products/portable-storage/my-passport-wireless-pro.html

No need to be rude 😉
£120+ and 3 stars on Amazon isn't too convincing. Thank you though