I on the other hand have both a Zip and jaz drive that have failed with data
loss. Iomega will replace the Zip drive even though it is out of warranty
with a remanufactured drive, but they want $190 for the jaz. Needless to
say, at $60-75 less than a new drive, that doesn't sound too good to me. I
personally am holding out for Sony's HI-FD to come in other flavors, i.e.
internal and or SCSI. Plus it has 200MB capacity and faster transfer rates.
Granted Iomega now has a 200 or 250MB Zip now, but they have left a bad
taste with me.  Iomega did a good job of becoming the defacto standard, but
as you see, some manufactuers are now going to CD-R-W as a storage means, I
believe due to Iomega's problems. Just my thoughts on the topic.
Brad Loomis
Morro Bay, CA

Dan wrote:
I would go with the Zip drives.  They are faster than the ls-120 in my
opinion, and as far as the click of death, I think it is a minimal
factor to worry about.  I have 300+ zip drives at my location and they
run just as reliable as my floppy drives.  Those that claim to have the
click of death with their disk have never proven to me that my drives
are bad.  They always test fine to me and with 2000 users the few that
claim trouble are in the minority and I suspect it is either they are
using a bad zip drive of their own, or mishandle their disks.

Although I have replaced a handful that just would display the "click",
I feel their failure rate is no worse than any other component in my
cases.

Dan Ellis

Dale wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I need to purchase approximately 100 external storage units for a
> client. Something in the 100 Megs. capacity. As near as I can tell
> that means either the Iomega Zip or Imation LS-120 drives.
> What about the click of death ? Is it overrated ? Has Iomega cleared
> up that problem ? Does the LS-120 have a similar flaw ?
>
> Any thoughts ?

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