Most consumers may want the Personal model for some of the extra features it offers beyond the Basic model.

Also, the S200 and D200 are identical, except for three things:

1) The S200 is silver; the D200 is black.
2) The S200 has a slightly faster read speed and a much faster write speed than the D200.
3) Beyond what you mentioned, Terry, the S200 is available in a 16GB version, while the D200 offers both a 16GB and even a 32GB version.

Upon closer look, it seems that the Personal and Enterprise models offer a local encrypted data backup option. It also seems that reusing the device after data destruction would require the Enterprise version. Not sure if I’m correct on those two things, but it seems that might be the case.

Based on that, here are a few questions:

1) Does Ironkey offer a prior backup of your info in the event of data destruction so not all is lost?
2) If you got a hold of the key again, after the data was destroyed, would the key be usable or would it indeed just be bricked, forcing you to go out and spend another $200 or so to replace it?

I’ll have to ask the company, and if there is some flexibility there, then it might be worth it to enable that feature for another added layer of security.

Aside from that, it’s looks like a fantastic product.