How sturdy are those keychain USB memory keys?

[JEDI]

I have a 128mb USB key. It's on my keychain. it rattles around in my pocket, as well as on the steering column of my car since my car keys are on the keychain as well.

just wondering how much punishment can these things take?

 

[Spoooon]

I keep mine wrapped in bubble wrap everywhere I go.

 

[nicowju]

mine's been dropped, kicked, drop-kicked, thrown, heated, cooled, "unsafely" unplugged, and knackered and it still works. good stuff

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Originally posted by: nicowju
mine's been dropped, kicked, drop-kicked, thrown, heated, cooled, "unsafely" unplugged, and knackered and it still works. good stuff

wtf is knackered!? LOL

 

[minus1972]

Originally posted by: FFMCobalt

Originally posted by: nicowju
mine's been dropped, kicked, drop-kicked, thrown, heated, cooled, "unsafely" unplugged, and knackered and it still works. good stuff

wtf is knackered!? LOL

more importantly, what do you use them for?

 

[neutralizer]

I've pretty much broke the plastic on mine, and it still works.

 

[dxkj]

supposedly you can put them on the ground and jump up and down on them and they are fine.

 

[Acts837]

tough little devices. We bought 6 at my last job and they took a real beating.

 

[WinkOsmosis]

They are solid state.. They certainly won't break from shaking around.

 

[GoingUp]

Originally posted by: WinkOsmosis
They are solid state.. They certainly won't break from shaking around.

 

[Pepsi90919]

solid state... what is this, 1975?

 

[dpopiz]

some are more durable than others. my friend's soyo cig@r got the usb plug broken off pretty quickly. I have an apacer one that I got from newegg and it just stopped working 2 weeks after I bought it. so I sent it back to newegg and got an RMA. then I unloaded my washed and dried clothes one day and found my new RMA'd stick in my shorts pocket. I wonder if that's what happened to the first one....anyway the new one still works even after being washed and dried.

my friend's dad works for a university in anotmology and he has access to some sort of clear liquid plastic stuff that hardens when exposed to air, so we were thinking of taking the cases off our usb sticks and dipping them in the plastic with a mold. that way they would be protected against plug breakage and water

 

[Pilsnerpete]

Originally posted by: Pepsi90919
solid state... what is this, 1975?

Yeah, baby; feel the grooooove?

 

[KenGr]

I've got two of them and I haven't been able to break either one and I'm pretty good at damaging things.

 

[bolomite]

my lexar jumpdrive is very sturdy

 

[dakata24]

overall pretty sturdy. got a generic usb 2.0 128mb key. the part that wraps around the keychain though cracked on mine though.

 

[AkumaX]

washed and dried it a few times, keeps on truckin

 

[MillionaireNextDoor]

Very sturdy. With no moving parts, it doesn't flop like floppies do. This is the death of the floppy as we know it.

 

[thereds]

What is a good brand?

 

[NogginBoink]

Originally posted by: thereds
What is a good brand?

I expect there's no meaningful differentiation between brands. The EEPROM is an off the shelf part. The USB interface is an off the shelf part. The circuit board connecting the two is a no brainer. Put it in a pretty case and sell it.

I can't imagine that any brand is "better" than any other brand, unless some supremely cheap company is using borderline parts.

 

[AkumaX]

just get one for your convenience, mine is so small it only takes up the width/height of 1 usb slot, so it doesnt interfere w/ the other one

 

[thomsbrain]

Originally posted by: Pepsi90919
solid state... what is this, 1975?

how else would you say it? that's what they are.

 

[notfred]

Those things are pretty cool, but I honestly can't think of anything I'd need to put on one.

 

[GiLtY]

What's a good one to get? I'm thinking about getting one.

--GiLtY

 

[Cat13]

Mines on my work keychain and has been doing fine for months.