{"id":84615,"date":"2022-12-27T17:26:03","date_gmt":"2022-12-27T23:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=84615"},"modified":"2023-01-23T11:55:03","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T17:55:03","slug":"how-to-choose-the-best-drives-for-offloading-footage-while-traveling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/84615-how-to-choose-the-best-drives-for-offloading-footage-while-traveling\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Choose the Best Drives for Offloading Footage While Traveling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Figuring out a strategy for offloading and backing up footage when you are traveling internationally can be a fiendishly difficult task. I\u2019ve shot in a lot of places around the globe and the thing about offloading footage is that it is packed with uncertainties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even as I write this it sounds crazy. \u201cJust copy the footage from the card and go to bed.\u201d Simple, right? Well, here are the challenges you can face as a globe-trotting filmmaker when you are trying to copy off that precious footage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-challenges\">Challenges:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>What is the power situation what where you are going, what is the voltage and kind what kind of outlets will you encounter?\u00a0<\/li><li>How many copies of your footage should you make?\u00a0<\/li><li>How much storage space will you need?\u00a0<\/li><li>What happens if your luggage is lost or stolen?<\/li><li>What are the power capabilities on your laptop for running multiple bus-powered devices?<\/li><li>What software are you using to copy your footage and ensure it is complete?<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2016\" height=\"1134\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/onset_reuben_directing_John_Rhys_Davies-Reuben-Evans.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-84623\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/onset_reuben_directing_John_Rhys_Davies-Reuben-Evans.jpeg 2016w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/onset_reuben_directing_John_Rhys_Davies-Reuben-Evans-213x120.jpeg 213w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/onset_reuben_directing_John_Rhys_Davies-Reuben-Evans-284x160.jpeg 284w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/onset_reuben_directing_John_Rhys_Davies-Reuben-Evans-190x107.jpeg 190w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/onset_reuben_directing_John_Rhys_Davies-Reuben-Evans-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/onset_reuben_directing_John_Rhys_Davies-Reuben-Evans-1400x787.jpeg 1400w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/onset_reuben_directing_John_Rhys_Davies-Reuben-Evans-750x421.jpeg 750w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/onset_reuben_directing_John_Rhys_Davies-Reuben-Evans-548x308.jpeg 548w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/onset_reuben_directing_John_Rhys_Davies-Reuben-Evans-364x204.jpeg 364w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/onset_reuben_directing_John_Rhys_Davies-Reuben-Evans-230x129.jpeg 230w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/onset_reuben_directing_John_Rhys_Davies-Reuben-Evans-100x56.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/onset_reuben_directing_John_Rhys_Davies-Reuben-Evans-213x120@2x.jpeg 426w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/onset_reuben_directing_John_Rhys_Davies-Reuben-Evans-284x160@2x.jpeg 568w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/onset_reuben_directing_John_Rhys_Davies-Reuben-Evans-190x107@2x.jpeg 380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2016px) 100vw, 2016px\" \/><figcaption>The author (in the back, second from right) directing a scene featuring actor John Rhys-Davies (seated at the table, second from right.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I recently sat down to assess the best storage solution for a two-week trip to the UK and Isle of Man for a documentary I\u2019m directing and producing through <a href=\"https:\/\/visuals1stfilms.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Visuals1stfilms.com<\/a> on the song Amazing Grace, featuring John Ryhs-Davies (<em>The Lord of the Rings, Indiana Jones)<\/em>. I looked at solutions from every major vendor like Sandisk, Glyph, Western Digital and so on. But I wanted a storage solution that would work well for the road and for the whole post-production process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I determined that I wanted one drive to be bus-powered and one drive to be AC-powered. When you are trying to offload a bunch of data you want to plug in multiple card readers. I\u2019ve run into a situation where my laptop couldn\u2019t power multiple bus-powered RED mag readers and hard drives.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1294\" height=\"729\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Cropped_redmags-Reuben-Evans.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-84626\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Cropped_redmags-Reuben-Evans.png 1294w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Cropped_redmags-Reuben-Evans-213x120.png 213w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Cropped_redmags-Reuben-Evans-284x160.png 284w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Cropped_redmags-Reuben-Evans-190x107.png 190w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Cropped_redmags-Reuben-Evans-548x308.png 548w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Cropped_redmags-Reuben-Evans-364x204.png 364w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Cropped_redmags-Reuben-Evans-230x129.png 230w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Cropped_redmags-Reuben-Evans-100x56.png 100w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Cropped_redmags-Reuben-Evans-213x120@2x.png 426w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Cropped_redmags-Reuben-Evans-284x160@2x.png 568w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Cropped_redmags-Reuben-Evans-190x107@2x.png 380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1294px) 100vw, 1294px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>But there are times when you need to offload footage and you aren\u2019t around an outlet. So I needed a fast bus-powered drive and a fast AC powered drive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-speed\">Speed<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I knew I needed speed. When you shoot all day you need to dump your footage and duplicate it before going to sleep. But spinning drives can take forever. So, I knew I needed NVME solution. I needed the speed for offloading, and also the robustness for post-production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> But it is not just the speed of the single drive that is important. Can your drive pass-through data at a high speed to a second drive for a simultaneous backup? Drives like the SanDisk Extreme can\u2019t pass through to another disk. There are also thermal considerations. It is not unheard-of for drives to slow down when they get hot. I needed drives that could work hard and stay cool.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-construction\">Construction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>When you are traveling, the little things matter the most. I knew that I wanted drives with metal housings that could take a beating. I really wanted my bus-powered drive to have the cable built-in and use Thunderbolt for the fastest transfers. I like the built in cable because I have endured the frustration of starting a transfer only to realize that I am using the wrong length\/version or whatever of a USB-C or Thunderbolt cable.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-capacity\">Capacity<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We were planning on shooting a lot. This meant I needed each drive to be 8TB, I figured we\u2019d shoot about 6TB. So that I could have two copies of all the footage for sending back to the states with separate people. I need to make sure that there was room for my footage, plus headroom to keep the drives healthy. I also made a third copy of the most important footage to my laptop\u2019s internal drive<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-solution-owc-to-the-rescue\">Solution &#8211; OWC to the rescue<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I decided that the perfect combo was the OWC Thunderblade and Envoy Express. I purchsed* both drives in the 8TB capacity. And I could not be happier. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1400\" height=\"728\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/cropped-thunderblade_and_envoy-Reuben-Evans.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-84630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/cropped-thunderblade_and_envoy-Reuben-Evans.png 1400w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/cropped-thunderblade_and_envoy-Reuben-Evans-231x120.png 231w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/cropped-thunderblade_and_envoy-Reuben-Evans-284x148.png 284w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/cropped-thunderblade_and_envoy-Reuben-Evans-190x99.png 190w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/cropped-thunderblade_and_envoy-Reuben-Evans-231x120@2x.png 462w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/cropped-thunderblade_and_envoy-Reuben-Evans-284x148@2x.png 568w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/cropped-thunderblade_and_envoy-Reuben-Evans-190x99@2x.png 380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><figcaption>The OWC Envoy Express (top) and ThunderBlade external SSDs.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The little Envoy Express even comes with a little holder for attaching it to your laptop\u2019s lid. I used that every day! The Envoy Express is about 40% faster than rivals like the Sandisk Extreme, and the construction and design beat the SanDisk in my book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Thunderblade is so fast that it will be perfect all the way through post-production and color grading 6K and 8K REDCODE RAW files. It has the ability to daisy chain another drive to it, so I could hook up 2 drives, 2 REDMAG readers and my power cable at the same time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One night I was actually separated from my MacBook Pro\u2019s charging cable and was quickly running out of battery. But becase I had the AC-powered ThunderBlade, I was able to use it to offload the footage I was able to use the it to offload the footage to the MacBook Pro: The Thunderbolt connection kept the laptop going. So, it really ended up being a powerful combo to have one AC-powered drive and one bus-powered drive. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ThunderBlade also comes with a fantastic carrying case. That allowed me to send it back with another producer with confidence that it wouldn\u2019t be damaged.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-conclusion\">Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are planning to hit the road on a shoot where time is of the essence, get these OWC drives. They truly hit it out of the park. And I think the combo of the ThunderBlade and the Envoy Express represent the most versatile and robust combo for your adventures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*<strong>Disclosure<\/strong>: I purchased these drives from OWC for my production company\u2014they were not given to me by OWC. I received a modest discount at the time of purchase. OWC did not require me to write a review and this represents my honest assessment of these drives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finding the right external SSD to travel with is tough for video professionals. 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