Flash drives like the Sony Micro Vault Tiny? (I.e. extremely thin and small)

[Gigantopithecus]

As you might infer from the pictured capacities, the Micro Vault Tiny is an old model that's no longer available new anywhere (afaik) at a reasonable price. Do you know of any similar flash drives that are extremely thin? I like the Sony drives because I could comfortably keep them in my wallet, but unfortunately my last one just broke.

 

[Zap]

How about one that fits on your key ring?

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That was from a quick Newegg perusal. I know Super Talent used to make thin ones too, plus I think PNY has many other models.

There are also some designed for wallet use.

 

[razel]

I've been keeping tiny USB drives like that in my wallet since 2003. I haven't had one broke yet. It started with the PQI I-Stick, then two different SuperTalent Pico Minis. I used to have those Sony Tiny Vaults, but they are slow with writes compared to the SuperTalent. The SuperTalents are still around on ebay. Verbatim makes one as well as noted by Zap. I also recently bought a Corsair Mini. If you take the Corsair out of it's sliding case, it's tiny.

My favorite is the SuperTalent. It's the fastest and has the best warranty. I'm pretty sure I wore one out and they replaced it without any bother.

 

[Gigantopithecus]

Thanks Zap - picked up a few of the Verbatim Tuff n Tiny drives. And lol at Lacie's prices and the ridiculous credit-card shaped flash drives - great way to block off adjacent ports.

 

[AkumaX]

This one is by far my favorite:

its technically a microSDHC card reader, so it gives you more flexibility just in case

 

[RaiderJ]

This one is by far my favorite:

its technically a microSDHC card reader, so it gives you more flexibility just in case

Same here. Can't really get much smaller than that. MicroSD cards are pretty cheap too. Saw a 32GB for $50 somewhere recently. I like having a stack of 2-4GB cards for USB installs of Windows and other bootable tools.

 

[Binky]

Supertalent Pico. I've bought 4 of them so far with no failures. They are super tiny and probably better off on your keyring as opposed to squished under your ass (i.e. in your wallet).

 

[Modelworks]

If you need one for a wallet get one in a metal case. The plastic cases flex too much for the chips. I have several drives that appear fine outside but when opened have cracked chips or pulled pins from the flexing.

Look for a new product coming soon that is a wireless drive. It uses a system like rfid to both send data and power to the drive allowing the whole thing to be totally enclosed.

 

[exdeath]

Size is irrelevant. Focus on I/O speed IMO.

Patriot Supersonic 32 and 64 GB USB 3.0 is probably the smallest flash drive with any semblance of acceptable performance. As in it fits in the envelope of a single USB port without blocking other ports and isn't morbidly obese. Most of those cheap small flash drives are probably going to be like 5-10 mb/sec.

If you insist though, Sandisk Easystore is pretty tiny, as are PNY Micro Swivel (you could probably remove swivel cover and have something that looked exactly like the Sony chips pictures). Both are horribly slow from what I've read.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....egories&ks=960

I can't find anything as small and thin as the Sony Micro vaults though. Might have to just own up and buy a lot of them on Ebay or something. The closest thing I can find would be the PNY Swivel ones with the swivel cover removed.