I'd probably have bought this if it had been available.

http://www.thesafeshop.co.uk/downloads/sentry_qe4531...

Looks good, but probably a bit OTT for my needs... something more basic like this would probably be adequate for me.

Backblaze will ship you a USB hard drive anywhere in the world for a fairly reasonable price given that you would only want to do this in extremis. Crashplan will only ship within the USA, and although I am a Crashplan user, and not in the USA, my cunning plan, should it ever need to be used would be to ship to a friend in the USA who would then send it on to me. More expensive but I hope my backup strategy will never make this necessary.

Both companies are still offering unlimited backups for a fixed fee.

That would be fine for paper (probably) but wouldn't be any good for digital media or hard drives which are damaged at much lower temperatures. Advertising!

In reply to a post by john2007:

That would be fine for paper (probably) but wouldn't be any good for digital media or hard drives which are damaged at much lower temperatures. Advertising!

Fair enough, when I looked at the spec in more detail.

But the electronic combination lock and USB feed-through on the one you linked to is something I don't need! That's what I really meant by "OTT".

I came to this thread after learning that Backjack has been bought by Mozy. They are unilaterally switching me to the Mozy service, which has made me have a look at other options. I found this site which seems to review a very wide range of online backup services: www.onlinebackupdeals.com

As far as I can tell, it seems fairly evenhanded and is not just some ill disguised way to promote one particular service. Backblaze seems to come out best.

I used to use Mozy until they removed the unlimited storage as it was going to more than double the cost. I now use Carbonite, unlimited storage but the uploading is heavily throttled by them, C'mon guys less than 100KBps nowadays??

I do not think that I will be renewing my subscription with them and will look at other options when it becomes due. It's a pity that there are a few out there who seem to be Windows only.

Just in case anyone reading this thread is using backup for any data that is subject to the UK Data Protection Act, bear in mind that it is not necessarily acceptable to store data in the US, because US data protection rules are not consistent with UK rules. You need to check that the company is on the following US government list:
https://safeharbor.export.gov/list.aspx

I can't see Backblaze on the list.

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In reply to a post by koru:

Just in case anyone reading this thread is using backup for any data that is subject to the UK Data Protection Act, bear in mind that it is not necessarily acceptable to store data in the US, because US data protection rules are not consistent with UK rules. You need to check that the company is on the following US government list:
https://safeharbor.export.gov/list.aspx

I can't see Backblaze on the list.

An organization's absence from the list does not mean that it does not provide effective protection for personal data or that it does not qualify for the benefits of the safe harbor.