Customer Reviews

Fantom Drives Titanium II 500GB USB 2.0 Hard Drive 7200RPM

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(13)

 

 

I purchased this drive to go with a new Apple Airport Extreme to create a "airdisk" to access my iTunes music over the network. The drive installed flawlessly, and has been chugging along with no problems. Before I bought this drive I did a lot of research for a 500 gig drive and found a lot of people complaining about the Lacie and the WD Mybook. Sometimes I think those larger companies get away with a lot from name recognition. I'll continue to use Fantom Drives until I experience or hear of problems.

We've used these drives at work for about 9 months, and we put them their paces: a lot of writing/deleting as we process video and audio files.

The case is as small as you can hope for with a 500 gig drive. This is the same case our earlier 320's came in. the aluminum case keeps things cool.

I was passing by trying to find a FD portable version for my car, and came across an overall 2 star FD hard drive product and was shocked. I was looking up a portable version from FD because I loved the one I have so much for the price. I definitely believe the other people, but I am guessing bad apples because mine is actually fine...and what surprises me more is that I don't have a problem because every piece of technology I ever buy has a catch with me lol. I have only good things to say, so I guess choose wiseley, but I am fond of Fantom until I have an experience like these unfortunate folks. Sorry to hear the bad news :(

I got this harddisk for 100$ on a discounted sale long back. I have been really messy maintaining it and the harddisk has been exposed to all kinds of rough handling.. it still stays strong... mine was pretty reliable... the only problem i had was with the power cable.. the cable connecting the adapter to the power supply did not fit along well and even the slightest of movements would force a loose connection and the hard drive would get disconnected.. apart from that... the hard disk has been a pretty good investment..

Just two months after the warranty expired this thing died. Thank goodness it was only for backup, but I won't waste money with this company again.

I used this hard drive for two weeks before it suddenly stopped working with no warning. The drive stopped showing up on my computer when it was plugged in.

I have had this drive 14 months, I have used it exactly 8 times ( I keep a back up log) to back up data ( 120 gb's from my PC hardrive), I power it down and unplug it when I am done...and now its done. I plugged it in, powered it up, got a blinking blue to red intermittent light and bang. Nothing. Caveat emptor.

Yeah, I could try to use the warranty, but with shipping and hassle I think it is easier just to mentally note that Fantom is on my "never buy again" list and buy a name brand drive to replace it.

I was using this as extra space on a DVR drive and it didn't last a year in a well ventilated cool spot on the floor near my tv.

It is just junk.

My Fantom Drive installed correctly, ran quietly and transferred data, but it kept stopping. So it has been sent in for service. Shipping costs for me negate the advantage of buying online.

I can't believe this thing died on me already. My first dead drive since the '90s. OK, so it's over a year old. But I've only used it maybe once a month. It sat on my desk in all that time, no moving, no bumping, no jarring, just nice and comfy. I kept the maintenance records for all my cars on there. Everything, going back 10 years, and I'm a real car nut with 5 vehicles and $$$thousands spent just on parts. Now that history is all gone...gas fill-ups, odometer readings, fluid changes, repairs, expense records, etc.

Read the reviews. Lots of dead examples out there. Stay away from Fantom. I know I will.

This is a really pretty hard drive that stopped working properly after about six months. The first six months or so it was great. After that is was constantly disconnecting from the computer, it rarely stays connected for more that a few hours now. I should've returned it sooner, because now it's been a little over a year and it's out of warranty so I'm up a certain creek without a paddle. Fortunately I was only using it for backup, so I didn't lose any real data. But yeah, I pretty much wasted my money on this one. I've owned other drives from Western Digital and Seagate, and these lasted a few years each. Fantom = Garbage