Brinell Purestorage external hard drives are all kinds of classy

Much like the great city of San Diego, Brinell's Purestorage line of external HDDs is amongst the classiest that we've ever seen. So classy in fact, that we'd probably be frightened to ever lug one around and risk marring the otherwise gorgeous leather, carbon, wood or stainless steel enclosure. That said, there's hardly a sexier way to carry around 160GB to 500GB in your pocket, and the USB-powered design enables you to leave the AC adapter in the very rear of your memory. Eager to caress one? These are available now across the pond in a variety of flavors starting at €189 ($280), so yeah, pony up.

[Oli D Posted Nov 5th 2009 10:44AM]

How do they pull enough juice through USB for the 3.5" Drives?

This will be nice for laptop users (especially macbook users...)

[Burke Hamblin Posted Nov 5th 2009 10:58AM]

Great example of a poster not reading the link! Kudos, Oli.

[Oli D Posted Nov 5th 2009 11:17AM]

They didn't make it obvious.

I don't think that I would want a 1.8" Drive, the ones I have dealt with in the past have been so fragile.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 5th 2009 12:54PM]

http://twitpic.com/2f1ki A similar thing from the distant past

[drewcovi Posted Nov 5th 2009 10:54AM]

3.5? looks like a 1.8 and 2.5 to me.

[N900 Posted Nov 5th 2009 10:55AM]

I can move any file I want, because I, look good in leather.

[CtrlBurn Posted Nov 5th 2009 11:02AM]

All they need is a screw cap and a reservoir for liquor.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 5th 2009 4:12PM]

Maybe then the alcohol could be also used to power the harddrive via a fuel cell.

[Dionte Posted Nov 5th 2009 11:11AM]

They are kinda cute but for that price I want one wrapped in Gucci or Loui Vitton

[Avaviel Posted Nov 5th 2009 11:13AM]

I'd want to find the shell on Ebay and place my own HD.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 5th 2009 11:17AM]

Looks 007 to me.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 5th 2009 11:29AM]

Pass. WD Passports are 1/3 of that price. While they may not look as fancy schmancy, they are plenty reliable, which is all you should really give a damn about.

[DrTrent Posted Nov 5th 2009 11:56AM]

if you really want leather, a nice enclosure can be had for cheap. Just picked me up one of these a few weeks ago, stays surprisingly cool despite the leather:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817159096&cm_re=coolmax_enclosure-_-17-159-096-_-Product

[Wwhat Posted Nov 5th 2009 12:02PM]

Classy in a 70's sense I guess darren meant, because they look a bit dated to me, but tastes differ, they aren't for me though.

[Jon S Posted Nov 5th 2009 12:06PM]

San Diego classy? You must be thinking of all those bleach-blondes with their silicone enhancement.

I like SD, but there's no way I'd call it "classy".

Were you being ironic?

[slamEVIL Posted Nov 5th 2009 12:25PM]

he was referring to a quite famous movie Jon...

[Jon S Posted Nov 5th 2009 12:37PM]

@ slamEVIL: Nope! Still not getting it.

Which movie's that? Er, what's a movie? ;)

[Wwhat Posted Nov 5th 2009 1:36PM]

Must be some porn flick I guess huh, it's not in my knowledge base either.

[slamEVIL Posted Nov 5th 2009 12:26PM]

man these things are all kinds of nice!

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 5th 2009 1:34PM]

Great! That's all I need my hard drive being a bigger target for thieves. Too fancy and expensive. It's a portable hard drive. What I want is indestructable and secure.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 5th 2009 2:53PM]

$280 for 160gb? What is this, 2006? Aside gorgeous looks..... Guess it really does pay to be like Bond