Found this in Aldi, Great Harwood reduced from £79.99 to £59.99 but it scanned through at £29.99. A good price for just a portable HDD but this offers much more.
Wireless hard drive with shared access - whether at home or on the go.
MEDION® Wi-Fi Hard Drive 1000 GB S88411
Easy access to your data
Li-ion battery (3,300 mAh)
Power bank function
SD card reader
Free app for Android™ and iOS
Top comments
wenx
30 Jan 173#17
I've installed one of these in my car, taken out the ECU and flashed it with pre moded software. Now my Nissan Micra sounds and drives like a V8.
Bilbo1968 to Magnets
29 Jan 173#4
93.
Latest comments (42)
ollie87
3 Feb 17#42
While true it could be still drawing extra load over USB.
cabstar
3 Feb 17#41
These have their own built in power supply
BlackCloud
30 Jan 17#10
I got one of these and it works really well on Wi-Fi and plugged in. Only issue is, my Android tablet (Asus z500m) detects it when plugged into the USB but says not supported. Don't have a problem with flash drives. Anyone any idea why that may be? If I use the app over WiFi, no problem.
JustExtreme to BlackCloud
30 Jan 171#12
Probably incompatible file system format for your tablet. Check whether it's formatted in exFAT or FAT32 - if not and it's NTFS then connecting directly won't work.
ollie87 to BlackCloud
30 Jan 17#13
Probably because of the amount of electrical power a mechanical drive needs over a USB stick.
anthonymcmenzie to BlackCloud
2 Feb 17#40
Format it as FAT32
WhiteishNoise
30 Jan 171#39
Store specific deal and the OP bought the only one in stock. Why even bother posting?
Jfuller
30 Jan 171#38
I don't have an iPhone (Have connected iPad over WiFi) but just tried connecting my Android phone using NFC and it worked fine. Just enabled NFC on HDD, put phone on top and it connected when I opened the app. It isn't the most intuitive software but it does work...
Chris777uk
30 Jan 17#37
Would be amazing if you could give an update! :man:
Chris777uk
30 Jan 17#32
Silly Q. But could I transfer media from my iPhone and my wife's iPhone over wifi direct to the HD or do you need to physically connect the hard drive via USB to a computer to get the photos off and only then can it be seen by other devices on wifi. Hope that makes sense!? :confused:
swfarrington to Chris777uk
30 Jan 171#34
I would guess the latter.
I have a NAS system which has management software on it and an app on my phone which allows me to transfer across directly. May be wrong but I really doubt this is that sophisticated. So you'd probably have to transfer files onto your computer the normal way and then copy them across to the drive.
Jfuller to Chris777uk
30 Jan 171#36
There's an app for iPhone/iPad which allows you to transfer over WiFi, a bit clunky but it does work. It also has NFC so that might also work but I haven't played with it yet.
thekanester
30 Jan 171#35
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wix
30 Jan 17#19
What's the difference between this and a NAS?
swfarrington to wix
30 Jan 17#33
OK, not a textbook answer, but this is how I see the difference:
NAS systems are usually mini computers in their own right rather than just a hard drive. NAS machines usually do a lot more in terms of serving the data on them eg media streaming, cloud services etc. Most proper NAS machines are installed with RAID disks to provide a level of hardware redundancy such that if one of the drives fails it can be swapped out with a new one with no loss of data.
Basically you're paying more for a more sophisticated device with a NAS.
Faba1993
30 Jan 17#31
yes this should work out. had a similar issue ages ago and it solved the problem
jpd11
29 Jan 171#1
Great price, anyone else get this or is this an error at just one store ?
amour3k to jpd11
30 Jan 17#30
Nope!.
But I've seen this in both the Goodmaye's and Newbury Park Aldi Stores a few times though ...
It may be worth exploring those 'options' too? (perhaps). :-)
jamie221983
30 Jan 17#27
was advertised at £55 in my local Aldi at lunchtime
Jfuller to jamie221983
30 Jan 17#29
Might be worth asking them to scan it at the till as the one I bought was marked up at £59.99 on the ticket.
wenx
30 Jan 17#28
My car is a monster. I had to install stabilisers.
goretex
30 Jan 171#26
Ring 0800 0420800 and ask them to do a search fro the product based on your postcode they will check the nearest 30 stores.
Hope that helps
afaq120
30 Jan 17#25
Hi Is it available in Edinburgh stores?
afaq120
30 Jan 17#24
Hi Is it available in Edinburgh stores?
Angof
30 Jan 17#23
I'd agree with this, a tablet cannot power a mechanical drive.
viol24
30 Jan 17#22
This is great! Thank you!
wenx
30 Jan 173#17
I've installed one of these in my car, taken out the ECU and flashed it with pre moded software. Now my Nissan Micra sounds and drives like a V8.
johnsmith1997 to wenx
30 Jan 17#21
Yes,you can flash the ECU on most moderns cars to change the dynamics/handling depending on your preference.
zimboy69
30 Jan 172#14
I once went to Aldi for one of these deals before
I arrived at 8am and waited until the store opened I was the first person in and went straight to the place they had items
I saw a sign but no items on the shelf
when I asked the manager and he said the items had not arrived
so I waited outside for the truck
After a hour I gave up waiting and went back in and asked the manager who said they had arrived after id gone and they had sold out
johnsmith1997 to zimboy69
30 Jan 171#20
I think the manager was taking liberties.
I'd find out which one is his/her car and shove an aldi banana up the exhaust.:smile:
GwanGy
30 Jan 17#18
Looks like a good buy .. but nobody is mentioning speeds ? I presume this can be used with PC or tablet/phone
mattday86
30 Jan 171#16
In response to user connecting to tablet - ollie87 is right if its not got AC power connected its not spinning up OR there's no driver available for the tablet for it to interact with the external hard drive in that way. It will be an either/or case. Hope our advice helps :-)
Besford
29 Jan 17#9
Aldi reductions are store specific (and often one-off items). Excellent deal but I wouldn't recommend travelling far to search for them.
damoderby to Besford
30 Jan 17#15
Not quite true. Aldi uk is split into 6/7 regions and each of these regions does their own reductions on special buys. Individual stores can also do their own reductions as well.
Gannet
30 Jan 17#11
Really need a new hard drive but don't have an Aldi close by :disappointed:
cabstar
29 Jan 17#8
I bit a few weeks ago at £39.99 and thought that was good. Its a great piece of kit.
DoctorDeals
29 Jan 171#7
Bet you were a happy shopper walking away with £30 still in your pocket
njl30
29 Jan 17#6
Hot price from my local store
Magnets
29 Jan 17#3
did they have many in stock? aldi usually reduce stuff like that when they only have 1 or 2 in stock
Bilbo1968 to Magnets
29 Jan 173#4
93.
Jfuller to Magnets
29 Jan 171#5
Just the one in that store I'm afraid.
Gopher42
29 Jan 17#2
Very good price will be going down to my local store in the morning to check if in stock and the price Thanks OP Awesome method of extending IPad's storage capability
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Wireless hard drive with shared access - whether at home or on the go.
MEDION® Wi-Fi Hard Drive 1000 GB S88411
Easy access to your data
Li-ion battery (3,300 mAh)
Power bank function
SD card reader
Free app for Android™ and iOS
Top comments
Latest comments (42)
I have a NAS system which has management software on it and an app on my phone which allows me to transfer across directly. May be wrong but I really doubt this is that sophisticated. So you'd probably have to transfer files onto your computer the normal way and then copy them across to the drive.
Voted hot on the basis of your avatar!
NAS systems are usually mini computers in their own right rather than just a hard drive. NAS machines usually do a lot more in terms of serving the data on them eg media streaming, cloud services etc. Most proper NAS machines are installed with RAID disks to provide a level of hardware redundancy such that if one of the drives fails it can be swapped out with a new one with no loss of data.
Basically you're paying more for a more sophisticated device with a NAS.
But I've seen this in both the Goodmaye's and Newbury Park Aldi Stores a few times though ...
It may be worth exploring those 'options' too? (perhaps). :-)
Hope that helps
I arrived at 8am and waited until the store opened I was the first person in and went straight to the place they had items
I saw a sign but no items on the shelf
when I asked the manager and he said the items had not arrived
so I waited outside for the truck
After a hour I gave up waiting and went back in and asked the manager who said they had arrived after id gone and they had sold out
I'd find out which one is his/her car and shove an aldi banana up the exhaust.:smile: