| | |  | Computer Accessories | Home » » Iomega 31653 Zip 250 MB USB-Powered Starter Kit with 3 250 Disks | | | | | | | Description: | | STORAGE Zip 250MB USB STARTER KIT | | | Features: | |
• Powered by USB cable
• No external power supply needed
• Compatible with Zip 100 MB and 250 MB disks
• Ultraslim, portable, lightweight design
• Comes with 3 Zip 250 MB disks
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 15.13 inches | | Product Width:
| 10.75 inches | | Product Height:
| 4.0 inches | | Product Weight:
| 0.44 pounds | | Package Length:
| 15.2 inches | | Package Width:
| 10.6 inches | | Package Height:
| 4.1 inches | | Package Weight:
| 1.85 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 17 reviews |
| | | | Customer Reviews: | |
Average Customer Review:
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27 of 27 found the following review helpful:
Iomega Does it Again!Aug 12, 2001
By J. Morgan
"joelmor"
The Iomega Zip 250 USB-Powered Starter Kit is excellent and a great value. The new powered zip drive is a breeze to install. Just load the software, attache the cable, reboot, and wha-la!! The drive installed immediately on my Win98SE Gateway laptop, with Win98 recognizing the drive and loading its drivers immediately. It is intuitive to use with the Iomegaware 2.8 software (the primary zip application) and creates another drive in your computer. You can drag and drop to your heart's content! I found no difficulty with compatibility at all, as did one reviewer - but perhaps going from PC to MAC or vice versa (as he/she apparently did) does cause problems. The only minor drawback I see is that it is a little noisey. I don't even notice that its particularly slow using older zip 100 disks, but I'm comparing it to a zip 100 parallel - now that's slow! Great product!!
34 of 36 found the following review helpful:
 Zip 250 MB USB-PoweredDec 13, 2002
By S. Livingston
Product worked well for about 6 months. Eventually it got slower and slower until it no longer would read any diskettes. Called the company and they said the drive was out of warranty and would cost $80.00 plus tax and shipping to fix it. I only had the drive for about 14 months and didn't even use it very much. IOMega refused to make any type of concession. Well they just lost a customer over their cheap dealings.
32 of 34 found the following review helpful:
ZIP 250MB Starter - 3 U250 Disks not includedJan 02, 2003
This starter kit doesn't contain the U250 disks (10 year guarantee), but the regular 250 MB zip disks (5 year guarantee). I am sending 2 kits back today. Iomega quit making the U250 Zip disks. Someone at Amazon knows about the problem, but the website has not been updated. Don't waste your time !
13 of 14 found the following review helpful:
 Superb!Jun 05, 2002
By sherman-nyc
I needed an external drive in a hurry, and initially turned to external CD burners. However, after reading numerous reviews across a variety of sites, it quickly became obvious that none of the external burners were up to the task. According to reviews, most of them (HP 8000 series, Iomega Predator, etc...) suffered from reliability problems, and to exacerbate the matter further, transfer speeds were reportedly slow. Hence, in desperation, I turned to other forms of storage. To my delight, Iomega's Zip 250 USB drive has performed excellently! I haven't had a chance to test out the firewire capability, but all I can say is that I am extremely pleased with its USB performance! I have successfully transferred all my files from my work computer (running on Windows NT) to my home computer (running on Windows 98), and there have been no software or reliability issues at all. Good going, Iomega! Now, if only they could pull their stock out of the pits........
14 of 16 found the following review helpful:
Great buyJun 09, 2001
By Eric R. Trotman
"erict"
I bought one of these a few months ago, it was one of the best decision I ever made haven't regretted it. I use it with both my PC and notebook with the same satisfactory result. It's fast to the save every time, and comes with pretty imteresting tools. Comparing a floppy to the Zip250, is like comparing a 50's Studabaker to a 2001 Mercedes.
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