Iomega 31653 Zip 250 MB USB-Powered Starter Kit with 3 250 Disks

by Iomega

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 15.1 x 10.8 x 4 inches ; 7 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005B6TT
• Item model number: 31653
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #29 in Electronics > Computers & Add-Ons > External Data Storage > External Zip Drives
• Date first available at Amazon.com: March 28, 2001

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The Zip 250 MB USB-Powered Drive Starter Kit from Iomega includes an ultrathin, portable SuperFloppy drive and three Zip 250 MB disks. Providing high-capacity removable storage for PC and Mac computers, the Zip 250 MB drive comes with a USB cable that transmits both data and power; no external power source is needed. At 1-inch thick and weighing just under a pound, the Zip 250 USB drive is easily transported.

Compatible with most major operating systems, standard Zip 100 MB disks, and all 250 MB Zip disks, the Zip 250 MB USB drive comes with a one-year limited warranty. Iomega offers a 10-year limited warranty on the Zip U250 MB disks.

Product Description

STORAGE Zip 250MB USB STARTER KIT

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Iomega Does it Again!, August 12, 2001

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J. Morgan "joelmor" (Millburn, NJ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Iomega 31653 Zip 250 MB USB-Powered Starter Kit with 3 250 Disks (Personal Computers)

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 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Zip 250 MB USB-Powered, December 12, 2002

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S. Livingston (Newport Beach, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Iomega 31653 Zip 250 MB USB-Powered Starter Kit with 3 250 Disks (Personal Computers)

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 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars ZIP 250MB Starter - 3 U250 Disks not included, January 2, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Iomega 31653 Zip 250 MB USB-Powered Starter Kit with 3 250 Disks (Personal Computers)

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 !