Iomega Zip 250 External SCSI Drive

Pros: Easy, fast, dependable and standard form of “cart” storage.
Cons: Slow 100MB access. Expensive/MB. SCSI I Interface. Too slow for heavy use.

Yesterday I took a stroll down memory lane and discussed my years of experience with Iomega products. In particular, I lambasted the Iomega Jazz 2GB drive. Until the Jazz drive, I have always found Iomega products to be a good, dependable...

Pros: Cheap, Reliable, Fast, Saved my Software
Cons: SCSI Port

Overall Rating: 94%

I cannot say enough about the Iomega Zip 250 drive. It is very fast, reliable, and relatively cheap at only $250. If you need a Zip Drive this is the one to buy. The only negative thing about this Zip Drive though is...

Pros: Fast, reliable, bootable and you can install software to disks on this drive
Cons: Expensive, media is expensive, requires SCSI controller

This piece of equipment has been extremely valuable to me. Installation is a snap if you already have a SCSI controller installed. I have used this drive for everything from Norton Zip Rescue to installing software on it. Since it is SCSI and gets...

Pros: Improved speed, shape
Cons: None

Because I use a laptop for my work on a daily basis, the backup of daily data is also a part of my daily projects. After using the external zip drive, ZIP-100, for over two years, I finally replaced the old zip drive with the new external zip drive...

Pros: Price, take it anywhere, ease of use, backwards compatible with Zip100 disks
Cons: Price of disks is higher than CD-RW's

I purchased this product for a multitude of reasons. It was made by Iomega, which has proven itself with the original Zip 100 drives. Second, it was external, so if I wanted to load my files on someone else's computer who doesn't have a Zip drive, I...

Pros: NONE they are STUPID
Cons: everything, except it is a cool color

I have to wonder who the ad wizards are who thought one day...I shall create a new style of disk drive, It will use a newer larger disk, in a drive not standard on computers. I will price it between 100-200 dollars, and the disks will run between 7 and...

Pros: Great Idea, Decent Price, Great portability
Cons: The 250MB Media has several problems that destroyed the drives potential.

I have had no problem whatsoever with the Iomega 100MB Drives... A couple of us have even been known to plug the serial cable in both outlets in the back of the drive and 'wear' them around with us at work... Very easy to install, use, and...

Pros: Small and portable, can connect to anywhere, more durable and reliable than the standard 3.5 inch floppy
Cons: Installation process is really long and annoying

The Iomega External 250 MB Zip Drive can be a really handy piece of computer hardware. You can carry it anywhere, including from work to home, and one disk is all you need.

I purchased this product for a easy way to move a lot of data from...

Pros: Great storage capacity, many people have them, easy to use/setup.
Cons: They break easily, the internal version is better.

Before I start let me say that I love the zip drive, and that I would never use a floppy disk again. Although I think very highly of this product, however, I have a few problems with it. That's why I think you should hear me out before just immediately...

Pros: Fast, Reliable Media, Mobility
Cons: Expensive, Small Capacity

I decided to purchase a SCSI Zip 250 External Drive because I was living off campus in an apartment and I needed a storage device to transport files between school computers and my home computer. Known for its widespread use and ease of mobility, I...

Pros: Saves space and convienient
Cons: Cost

The winamp player is the best thing that has happened to my computer memory since disks.

The WinZip 250 has allowed me to save pictures, programs, MP3's, and whole classes on one disk without ever having to worry that I might run out of disk...

Pros: Bigger storage.
Cons: Small market saturation.

The joy of the zip drive is that everybody has one. You can throw 100 megs of pictures, programs, music, whatever on a zip disk and give it to your friends. If you work in technology you can take those huge photoshop files home and throw them in your...

Pros: Lot of storage, reasonable size, cool color, good software
Cons: Expensive, loud, 100MB drives can't read 250MB disks

I bought the Iomega Zip 250 drive with my imac so I would have a place to store digital photos without using hard drive space. So far, I have been pleased with the drive, but I have a few complaints.

Out of the box, this drive was very easy...

Pros: Great idea which is just as good in real life as on paper
Cons: price, availability

Everybody in today's computer world is in risk of a crash. You can be careful, you can buy the best computers from the best companies, but there is always the chance of a crash. I would know, it happened to me. All of the sudden, all of my data was gone....

Pros: Reasonably Quick, Good capacity
Cons: Price, Outdated already?

Zip it....zip it good!

There comes a time and a place where we are all in this familiar position: You need to transfer some huge files between computers. You're connection/network is too slow to direct copy. Or, you have no...

Pros: :) Read the review.
Cons: :( No really, read the review.

Man, do I love my Zip 250 drive. Of course, it has its flaws, which I'll be sure to mention, but I believe the pros outweigh the cons. Here's why.

The cons: When my Zip 250 reads 100 MB disks, it reads and writes much slower than my 250...

Pros: Easy and quick, a real no-brainer
Cons: not a give away

The Zip Drive is exactly what it promises to be . . .

Easy to install, quick to use, and fool-proof.

After experiencing the pain of a Trojan Horse Virus that all but destroyed my on-line capabilities, Wiping away two years of stored...

Pros: More Storage than ever!!!
Cons: 250 disks not compatible with 100 drives

If you want a pretty reliable medium for backing up your software, I would go with the 250 M B Zip Drive and Disks. It is fully compatible with the 100 M B version of the Zip. If you like to back up files I would recommend this medium. IOMEGA has...

Pros: Convenient
Cons: A bit slow, often has problems, some serious others not; there are many alternatives, the most popular probably being CD-ROM burners

The Imoga Zip Drive is great. It's so useful to be able to easily transport loads of data from computer to computer. Plus, the drives and disks are nice-looking! There are two major, fundamental problems with the drive, though which I will discuss in...

Pros: Excellent device
Cons: None

I own two 100mb Parallel Port iomega Zip drives, one 250mb iomega Parallel Port Zip drive and one internal 100mb iomega Zip Drive. My opinion is that the zip drives are the greatest device since the early computer era.

It used to be that I...

Pros: Fast and cheap
Cons: driver installation under NT can be difficult

The 100 MB of the first version started to show their limits.
Fortunately Iomega came out with this new little jewel that I use daily to transfer my files from/to my workstation. I use it under Windows NT 4.0 workstation on an AP500 Compaq box. At...

Pros: portability, flexibility
Cons: requires SCSI adapter if one is not present already

I recently picked up an Iomega SCSI zip drive, and I really think its great. the flexibility to share large files with friends and co workers is great, and it is really simple to use. Although I did also have to get the SCSI adapter card, the speed of...

Pros: compact size, large memory capacity, drive accepts both 100 and 250 MB disks
Cons: disks are expensive, zips may "go bad"

When I first got my computer two years ago, I had a lot of problems with it. It crashed several times and it turned out the hard drive was faulty. After the hard drive was replaced, I decided to get the Iomega 250 MB Zip drive. I am happy I did. No...

Pros: Fast, Easy to use, Lots of space
Cons: Disks are not that cheap.

I think iomega makes great products. I purchased my first zip 100 drive many years ago, and its still working today, even though I have had 2 more computers since then. I think its the greatest thing in the world. I just recently purchased a iomega zipCD...

Pros: fast and easy with lots of storage.
Cons: Only one backup per disk.

We needed a backup and storage product of some kind at my office. I was impressed with the write up I saw in a past PC magazine. I chose the 250 rather than the smaller drive because we trade programs with different departments and this seemed to be...

Pros: Stores and recovers files quickly.
Cons: Not all PC's have Zip drive access.

I purchased my Iomega Zip drive in a moment of desperation. A class I was taking in database management and design required that I work with some larger than 5 MB files. Since I am a full time professional and a part time student, I was not anxious to...

Pros: Easy to use, fast transfer speed.
Cons: Not everyone has a ZIp drive to read the disks with.

Wow. The Zip drive has really come a long way, in my opinion, and I love it. The 250 mb. storage size is enough for most users, unless you count the CD burner people who usually make CDs as backup. Me, I use my Zip drive as a media transport device. It's...

Pros: Size, Storage, Price, Portability, Rugged, Sleek
Cons: None

Being an avid Iomega fan, I purchased the Zip 250 after years of using the Zip 100. And not to my surprise, the Zip 250 was simply an improvement on an old idea.
Firstly, the Zip 250 has great storage capabilities. Having the ability to store up to...

Pros: hold a lot of info
Cons: broke

These work well, but slow. I do not suggest using them for anything except major backup. I had tried saving important documents while working on them, but it took so long that I could have chiseled the info on a block quicker.
I was in the...

Pros: Durable and reliable storage -to be used appropriatly. Inexpensive.
Cons: This is too slow to use as HD, because it is NOT a hard drive.

Amongst so many media storage options (CD-R, DVD-R, etc.) is the ZIP disk obeslete? NO. As we all know CDs and DVDs are prone to scratches which destroy the integrity of the files -I would never trust important data to a CD.
I am a writer paranoid...

Pros: relatively fast, large storage
Cons: cannot lose disks

If you need a great deal of storage space for your computer, it is not always the most practical thing to get a system with a huge amount of hard drive space. Zip drives are very useful and compact, and the amount that can be stored on their disks is...