The Packard Bell company has quite a history behind it, albeit not quite a happy one. They operate mainly in Europe (as the company was more or less thrown away from the American market) and they're known primarily as manufacturers and retailers of computer systems, as well as various other external accessories, including an interesting line-up of external and portable HDDs. The most important series in the latter category is the Store and Save 2500, launched back in 2006, which provides relatively acceptable storage capacities in a very portable and durable form factor.



Thus, the models from the Store and Save 2500 range feature a tough, aluminum casing, designed to protect the fragile HDDs stored inside. And speaking of HDDs, it's worth mentioning the fact that each model from the series incorporates a 2.5-inch SATA HDD with a rotation speed of 5400rpm and a storage capacity of 120 GB.



The portable HDD-based storage solutions from the 2500 series connect to a computing system via USB, which means that they can attain maximum transfer speeds of up to 480 Mbps, and also sport a LED indicator, which informs users whether the device is switched on or data is being transferred. Moreover, they're quite portable, as they measure just 126 x 80 x 17 mm, at a weight of just 180 grams.



Much in same way as most of the other devices of this type currently available on the market, the external HDDs from the Store and Save 2500 series also come packed with a back-up feature, namely the PB data secure software, which allows users to carry out fast and secure back-up operations.



The devices from the Store and Save 2500 series are unjustifiably expensive, since the 120 GB model, for example, retails for as much as 260 US dollars, which is quite a high price compared to other similar devices currently available on the market.