Yesterday, LaCie announced the XL version of the popular Rugged hard drive line, bringing storage limits up to 1TB. The award-winning Rugged drives come dressed in a sturdy aluminum case. Add some internal shock absorbers and the durable protection of a magnum-sized orange rubber sleeve and you’ve got one of the most shock-proof storage solutions on the market.

Thankfully, the Rugged XL supports both USB 2.0 and eSATA transfer technologies for speeds up to 3.0Gb/s. I’m usually not a fan of bundled backup software, but the LaCie version, the Genie Backup Assistant, is a breeze. For more information, including a giant self back-patting for the orange sleeve design, check out the company press release.