Portable Storage Drives

[thebign]

Hi everyone. At costco.com, there is a SmartDisk 80GB FireLite drive that costs $179.00. However, there is also a SimpleTech External 160GB Hard Drive that only costs $129.00. Why does a drive that can hold 2x the amount of data cost $50.00 less? Is it simply because of its larger (and thus less portable) size? Is it brand-name?

Basically, is there something else I should consider besides how much data can be stored? Thanks.

http://www.costco.com/Common/Category.aspx?whse=BC&topnav=&cat=4298&hierPath=84*&Browse=

 

[AND_YOU_ARE]

There are other factors that could go into why one is more expensive than the other. It could be the speed of the drive. Both brands I havent heard of before. It sounds like noname brands that have the value of their product skewed.