PC Peripherals Need external hdd casing budget 1.5k

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shirish

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Hi all,
Looking for a standard 3.5" external hard drive casing not to use as an hdd drive but more as something which can absorb the jerks one feels in buses or while transporting from one place to another. I'm looking for some kind of anti-jerk or anti-vibration thing I guess. I looked up all the results which the search would give for 'external hard drive casing' without the quotes in the General Hardware section but wasn't satisfied with the answers given. My budget is around 1.5 k. Would like to also have an indian website or some link where one can find some more info. I do know of frontech & intex & all but AFAIK they have been known to be not upto the mark. Also what kind of warranty is usually given with these drives. Would be looking for your guidance. Thanx in advance.
 
Thanx guys, although Vantec seems to be a good option but prices are not given so it seems again to be in the premium category, the fujitsu casings for 2.6k seems quite a bit of over-kill whereas one can get external hard drive casings from Frontech & others in the range between 300-1400 so paying as close as a HDD itself doesn't serve the purpose unless until the data is that critical. I'm looking more as a home-user rather as a professional user. Could somebody also enlighten about the warranty aspect? Is it 6 months - a year or more? Also unless Vantec enters pune & has some kind of good marketing office one wouldn't go to mumbai to buy stuff as issues regarding RMA & all might pop up hence it's out unless they have somebody here & the pricing is more down-to-earth :)
 
All the local brands like Techcom, frontech...offer warranty of 6-12 months. And they donot have any anti-shock mechanism, if you want to protect your hard drive from shocks while travelling, the best option would be to make a casing of thermocot or foam yourself.

But usually hard drives will not be affected by slight jerks while travelling unless you drop it.
 
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