![]() ![]() The original Gnarbox app no longer works with the new version you'll spend most of your time in one (or maybe both) of two new apps: Selects and Safekeep.Īt it's most basic, Gnarbox 2.0 is ideal for photographers who want a quick, portable way to sort, edit metadata and tag photos from their SD card, before exporting the ones you need to other places (be that Dropbox, your phone or beyond). This time around the focus is clearly on media management, and it's much better at that. You could backup media to it directly, and tweak video and images for sharing. The original Gnarbox was pretty versatile. What's really different here is the problem it's trying to solve. The promised three-to-six hours of battery life seems accurate, and the option to carry spares will please more-intense users. RAW support, along with H.264/H.265 and ProRes, is here and the 350 MB/s transfer speeds over USB-C will make file management fairly breezy. There are plenty of other features that should appeal to professionals. PD-enabled portable batteries should all work, but those also tend to be the pricer ones. Of course, the power brick in the box works fine, but the first time I tried charging it with a portable battery pack out in the field, I was disappointed it didn't work. The company has since told me that you'll want something that can supply 30W for it to work with the new drive. It's worth noting that I struggled to charge the Gnarbox 2.0 with a variety of power supplies. ![]() There's also a replaceable 3,000 mAh battery this time around, the clear benefit here being the ability to pack a few spares ($50 each). Streamlining the hardware is likely the name of the game here. Ultimately, you can still connect the same things, but you might need a few dongles. Version 2.0 is a little more streamlined, with just two USB-C ports and a full-sized memory card slot for loading media directly onto it (there's an SD card adapter in the box). For example, the original has three slots for USB-A and full-size and miniSD cards. But the small California-based company clearly hopes the time you'll save might just make it pay for itself.įrom here on out is where things start to change. This isn't cheap, especially when you can buy a 1TB SSD for around $100 - or a wireless drive with SD backup from Western Digital for $450 (also 1TB). Gnarbox 2.0 comes in three storage capacities: 256GB, 512GB and 1TB, priced $499, $599 and $899. It still lets you connect media directly to it, and it still has a rugged design for outdoor use. It still has a quad-core Intel processor (now 2.4GHz) for wrangling images and video. What remains the same is that the Gnarbox 2.0 is still essentially a screenless PC. Today, Gnarbox 2.0 is ready for prime time, and it's a very different proposition. Via the companion app, you could connect to the device wirelessly and edit 4K video and high-resolution photos. On the other, it was a mini PC without a display. On the one hand, it was a rugged portable drive. ![]()
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