Kanguru Eco External Hard-Drive
July 20, 2007 | In: Storage Devices
In order to save the environment, some energy, and money at the end of the month in electricity bills, Kanguru has presented the Eco Drive – an external hard-drive with 3 power saving modes that can make its power consumption go as low as 75% when compared to normal drives.
The power-saving modes on the eco-friendly Kanguru drive are the following:
- Idle – after 3 seconds of not being used, the power consumption goes to 80%
- Standy – 3 minutes, goes from 10% to 20%
- Power Down – 5 minutes, the lowest 5% to 10% of power
The Kanguru Eco Drives cost between $95 and $350, depending if you want a hard-drive with 80GB or 750GB.
PS – I’m still happy with my Lacie, but the green people should get one Kanguru!
4 Responses to Kanguru Eco External Hard-Drive
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Jenna C.
August 13th, 2007 at 9:59 am
A correction to this post…the drive powers down to 5% to 10% of normal usage. It actually uses 75% *less* than other drives not 75% *of* what other drives use.
Thanks.
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