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We’ve written in the past about personal safes and how most of them will not protect digital data in case of fire. A typical consumer-grade safe is only effective at protecting papers for half an hour during a fire. Most safes that would protect a hard drive cost multiple thousands of dollars and are even out of the price range for many small companies.

Thankfully, this may be a thing of the past. Check out the ioSafe Solo. It is a fireproof and waterproof hard drive enclosure that can protect your data at a more reasonable price (most systems are less than $200).

The ioSafe Solo is available in 500GB/1 TB/1.5 TB hard drive sizes. The fireproof and waterproof specs are as follows:

• Fire: 1550° F, 30 minutes per ASTM E119
• Flood: 10′ depth for 3 days, freshwater or saltwater 

We’re delighted to learn about this product and am glad someone stepped into the consumer-grade digital protection market.

(via Engadget)