OT: portable versus external hard drives for backup

I have an external 2 terabyte hard drive that I use as a back up
device by plugging it into each of the two computers I have and then
returning it to a fire safe. I am planning to get a second drive so I
can rotate the backups off-site and was wondering if the portable hard
drives are worth the additional price for this usage. I am assuming
that better shock protection is given the hard drive in the portable
versions.

Clark Morris
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