[General Accessories] Green Ranger:
Ok so I've been somewhat following Ravpower for a while since I really enjoy their 10,400 mah powerbank and saw on amazon that they have this new product called the WifiDisk out. In comparison, I've been looking at the Seagate Goflex Satellite Mobile Wireless Storage too but it's a bit on the pricey end, and then somehow I came across the Ravpower WiFi Disk on Amazon and went ahead and bought it. It's actually not a wireless mobile external hard drive, but a wireless memory card/storage reader and battery charger. This can read SD cards, USB flash drives/ any storage device that takes 2.0 usb ports. Also you can even charge your phone or tablet too since it has a built in 2.0 USB port.

Pros:

- Creates its own network wireless point/hotspot so I can access my files from anywhere through my phone and tablet.

- Can enable DDNS to allow you to remotely access the device by a registered hostname. If set up (which comes with a cost if you choose to do this), you can access this drive on your tablet, phone, computer from anywhere where there's internet while leaving this device at home. However I think having this personally with you is a better option.

- Built in user interface which can be accessed through any mobile web browser and standard computer or laptop.

- This can be an instant bridge between my computer and portable devices. Once I load something onto the wifi disk with SD card from my computer for example, I can instantly see this on my portable device after refreshing.

- Wirelessly stream my videos and music and access files to my nexus 7.

- I can wirelessly connect this to 5 different devices where I can then stream 5 different videos at the same time. Friends have been very grateful during our road trip.

- I can still connect to my regular internet through this after setting it up.

- Can also be used as an external battery charger. Contains 3,000 mah battery.

- I have an external hard drive already and I can plug it into this, which gives my hard drive wireless access.

- Can have almost unlimited amount of storage space since there is no fixed amount, however you would have to carry a lot of SD cards and/or thumb drives if you want to carry your entire library to minimize bulk and weight.

- Having this device has expanded my storage from 8g on my nexus 7 to unlimited.

- Small, thin, and light to carry around. Really good size to be tucked away in a backpack, purse, duffel bag. Even a pocket.

- Cheaper alternative to more expensive wireless hard drives or cloud services.

Cons:

- Suggested app, "MobileFun", have some issues. I can't seem to transfer files from my wifi disk to my phone and errors sometimes pops up in some Asian language.... Luckily I can access the user control panel on the browser by putting in the wifi disk's ip address http://10.10.10.254/ into the url field.

- Takes a while for the network to show up on my phone and tablet. Might be standard though.

- Wish battery life was longer.

- Range radius is about 10-15 feet.

- Scratches easily and since it's white, I can see it getting dirty fast if you're not careful.

- Wish battery life was longer. 3000mah is not enough for long travels.

- No power gauge so I can't tell how much battery is left in this thing.

I wish the battery life could be longer but I guess 5 hours is ok too if you have a power source kind of close by - like if you're using it on a road trip. I can see some people may want more since this is a pretty useful device and can be used for a long time. The range of the WifiDisk could be better too but still impressive considering this is wireless. Friends and I had a caravan of 3 cars during our trip and the range was ok at times, but it did drop if a car drops 1-2 car lengths away from me The connection does get spotty. Great for media but not so much if you want to get work done because you can't directly work on your files on this device. You can only download it then work on it directly from your laptop or whatever, and then upload it again back onto the sd card or storage with this wifi disk.

Overall, great product for the price. I'm pretty happy with it.

User interface same on all devices that have a web browser.

The blue light is actually a nice cool tone blue. Photo didn't pick it up well.