ThePhotoStickReviews of thephotostick.com

The application isn't bad, they've obviously spent time on it and it does what it says it does, but my issue with it is that the data transfer is painfully slow if you have a lot of photos on your device, which I'm guessing is when most people buy a device like this, and then once the backup is complete, it takes an eternity for the files to appear and then if you leave that section when you return it takes another eternity for the images to load again. The removal of duplicates is a nice feature and it's certainly user friendly, but I bought the 128GB version, and as they are so slow I just haven't bothered using them, they remain in their packaging in a drawer, €200 down the drain, plus whatever Customs I paid on top. To free up space on my phone I ended up buying an external hard drive with fast transfer and put them all on there....great idea, poorly executed in terms of transfer speed. The worst thing is that I bought 4 of them!

Just a PSA for anyone outside of USA, just know you'll pay a fortune in border fees on top of the steep product price, so tack that into your budget when purchasing. I haven't been able to use the stick because I have a google pixel 7 and it wasn't until I received my package a month later that the directions informed me that that the stick is only compataple with google phones 8 and newer. Wish I would have known that before. As I am not someone who buys a new phone every two years, this is very frustraiting. Dissapointed.

Very concerned that due to them upselling additional drives and sending all together. Customs and post office are charging me another 40 pounds . I note in the small print they deny and decline all liabilities for imply duties, but it’s their upselling that takes you into duty area. If they had sent the purchases individually I wouldn’t be paying for their extra profit. Very disappointed, and have been waiting ages for delivery, the caroms delay now means it’s almost a month since my money went into their bank. They better work properly and not like the hundreds of disappointed customers on here! So watch out their sales mean their discounts are worthless as you have duty to pay. I am furious it’s left me out of pocket I hope your profits are swelling nicely!

The Omni does not Function on Mobile Devices. When I use the app it gives an error message telling me I selected the wrong drive.Then I am advised to watch the training video again. I cannot proceed as displayed on the video. On my imac it worked for me but would not work for my wife's user site. On my iPad the Omni would not even light up the stick. Removing the Omni and using my Apple Lightning connector instead I plugged the Optistick into it and the backup commenced as expected. I am now waiting for it to complete backup. Conclusion - the Omni connector is a dud. Don't waste your hard earned money on the Omni.

The Photostick cannot put the photos/videos on the stick in date order with a Mac based system at this time. So your photos/videos will be in completely random order. The first customer support person I asked about this issue sent me a solution for a Windows based system. Ignoring the fact that I had said about needing a Mac based solution. The second support person was far more upfront and honest about this issue. So, yes, it backs up your photos and videos but that's it for Mac based systems. I would not recommend for a Mac based system at this stage.

I wanted to use this device to preserve all my photos using a separate storage device not attached to my computer. While the device did find and copy a lot of photos, documents, images, etc., there were no real instructions how to organize them AFTER they were copied. When I checked my main computer file locations, I found photos were "skipped" from the same file (not all the photos which were not duplicates were NOT copied that were in the same file with no error codes given). There appeared to be no way to organize the photos in a similar manner as I had them organized on my main computer. For this reason, I returned the product and did receive a full refund. (Although, I did have to pay for the return shipping.) I gave 2 stars because the return and refund process was excellent. Otherwise, this review would be one star. The product did not perform to my expectation. While simple to operate, the functionality, accuracy of copying, and ability to organize AFTER down load was significantly lacking. Therefore, I would say DON'T waste your time and money. I bought a 1 T hard drive for $44 on Amazon and it works perfectly in allowing me to easily copy all my photos, documents,etc. from my main computer in the SAME file organization as my main computer. Spend your money on a hard drive or SSD before buying this product.

moving from Google drive to iCloud, basically coz I can't backup iPhones to google. I tried google takeout, waste of time. When I seen an advert for PhotoStick omni I thought that was my saviour.I use iPhone and iMac, so not sure what its like with other operating systems. After numerous attempts I eventually managed to transfer my photos etc from the iPhones to the omni stick.when the omni stick is connected to the iMac I can view the photos. but when it comes to uploading the photos to my iCloud account, safari just crashes. Even when i attempt a couple of mb. Other reviewers are right about the follow on adverts. Just wish Id checked here before my purchase. Hopefully i'll learn this time.

It takes forever to back up pictures. It’s advertised as fast. Then as my phone battery was used up I went back to view the pictures that were backed up and it’s taking forever to download them. I over paid for this 128 go thumb drive