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Eh, you can do off-site backups a bit cheaper than that, just bring a drive in to work and leave it in your desk. Boom, off-site backups for the cost of a drive. No need to alternate anything, just bring the drive home every few months to re-sync. Or keep that drive at a relative's/friend's house if work doesn't work for whatever reason.
I'm currently using a RAID mirror only, but I'm planning on doing the "bring your drive to work day" thing, and I think it can work really well. The drive should last something like 5 years (or more!), especially if you're only spinning it up a few times/year.
This is the best way. My locker at work has my offsite backup on an encrypted+compressed portable drive. I have two drives that alternate offsite so they are never all in the one spot.