Corsair Voyager Air 2 1TB Wireless Hard Drive Review

news · August 29, 2014

For the modern computer user a smartphone or tablet is a vital

accessory: sure the desktop PC is great for a lot of things the

notebook, tablet and smartphone aren't, but some times you just need

to get away from the desk. Yet one of the main issues with mobile

computing form factors is that they lack the storage capacityÃ‚Â of the

desktop form factor- most consumer tablets and smartphones will sport

less than 64GB which is hardly a mind blowing amount of storage. How

do you get around that? Well cloud storage is one option but generally

speaking you will always be fairly limited by your ability to upload

to it, even if download is fairly snappy. A better option is network

attached storage (NAS) but even that can be fairly cumbersome and

still isn't portable, unless you're fairly technical and are capable

of setting up your own internet gateways for access outside your home.

When you've exhausted those options the newÃ‚Â Corsair Voyager Air 2

Ã‚Â offers a smart alternative.

The Voyager Air 2 is, quite obviously, Corsair's second iteration of

the Voyager Air product line. The new variant comes with some

improvements over the past generation such as improved software, a

redesigned enclosureÃ‚Â and DLNA compatibility for improved media

accessiblity. It also loses a few things, around 20% of the price and

a Gigabit ethernet port. That aside the raw concept is still the same:

a battery powered 2.5 inch hard drive enclosure that you connect to

directly with WiFi. This connection is made fairly simply as the

Voyager Air 2 is capable of broadcasting its own WiFi network and SSID

and can accept multiple client connections and numerous simultaneous

streams. Indeed it all sounds very exciting so let's take a look at

what the product has to offer in this review.

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