Recommendations for fast AND reliable 4GB USB flash drive?

[aceO07]

I want a fast and reliable flash drive to hold my work files.

I looked into the ocz 4gb drive, but I noticed 14% of the reviews on newegg were 2 stars or lower. Most of them indicating that the drive was unreliable.

The A-Data and Transcend 4gb usb drives seems good. Any comments or suggestions?

 

[jkresh]

I have a 2gig corsair and will likely be buying their 8gig fast drive soon, while its somewhat annoying in that is large (because of the rubber coating) and it has cap which can be lost, it is fairly fast (and there new drives are faster) has a 10 year warranty and corsair tends to make good products.

 

[Jack03]

Try Bytestor USB 2.0 Flash Drive 4GB. It holds almost 6 CD-Rs worth of data. It also has pass word protection and also available with 2 years warranty.

 

[AlgaeEater]

A-Data fan myself, never had a problem with their various memory chips.

Might want to look into PQI as well if a cheap price comes up. If you're looking for highest reliability, go Sandisk.

I find that companies that are popular with RAM, make pretty bad usb flash drives or inconsistant quality ones. But that's been my experience.

 

[myocardia]

Originally posted by: AlgaeEater
A-Data fan myself, never had a problem with their various memory chips.

Might want to look into PQI as well if a cheap price comes up. If you're looking for highest reliability, go Sandisk.

I find that companies that are popular with RAM, make pretty bad usb flash drives or inconsistant quality ones. But that's been my experience.

PQI is a RAM manufacturer, just like Corsair and OCZ. Of course, so is A-Data.

 

[undeclared]

Want a very reliable 4GB USB Flash drive?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817145329
or
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817155002
(or pick your favorite brand/quality/etc)
and
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822152502

Slightly more money, but it'd be a 60gb portable drive that requires no AC adapter. 4 gigs or 60? hmmmm =/

 

[aceO07]

Originally posted by: jkresh
I have a 2gig corsair and will likely be buying their 8gig fast drive soon, while its somewhat annoying in that is large (because of the rubber coating) and it has cap which can be lost, it is fairly fast (and there new drives are faster) has a 10 year warranty and corsair tends to make good products.

I saw it but was concerned about the construction, since it was rubber/foam.

 

[aceO07]

Originally posted by: Jack03
Try Bytestor USB 2.0 Flash Drive 4GB. It holds almost 6 CD-Rs worth of data. It also has pass word protection and also available with 2 years warranty.

I couldn't find them at newegg.

 

[aceO07]

Originally posted by: AlgaeEater
A-Data fan myself, never had a problem with their various memory chips.

Might want to look into PQI as well if a cheap price comes up. If you're looking for highest reliability, go Sandisk.

I find that companies that are popular with RAM, make pretty bad usb flash drives or inconsistant quality ones. But that's been my experience.

I used to have a 1gb PQI intellistick, but lost it somewhere! I'd consider them if I could find a 4gb one and was smarter next time to attached it properly.

 

[aceO07]

Originally posted by: xtwells
Want a very reliable 4GB USB Flash drive?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817145329
or
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817155002
(or pick your favorite brand/quality/etc)
and
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822152502

Slightly more money, but it'd be a 60gb portable drive that requires no AC adapter. 4 gigs or 60? hmmmm =/

LOL! I already have a 40gb portable drive. Too big for if I'm traveling without a bag.

 

[AlgaeEater]

Originally posted by: myocardia

Originally posted by: AlgaeEater
A-Data fan myself, never had a problem with their various memory chips.

Might want to look into PQI as well if a cheap price comes up. If you're looking for highest reliability, go Sandisk.

I find that companies that are popular with RAM, make pretty bad usb flash drives or inconsistant quality ones. But that's been my experience.

PQI is a RAM manufacturer, just like Corsair and OCZ. Of course, so is A-Data.

Yeah, but I said "Popular with ram". I know they make ram too, they're just not the one's referred to when people ask "What ram do I need for a new system?"

 

[Tsaico]

I have had good luck with OCZ Rally series of sticks. I even had two in my pocket and ran them through the wash/dry and they still work fine.

And as far as the 14% were 2 or lower, I think you will still be fine, since there are 84% that give 4 or higher. Factor in the all the people who buy it but never review it one way or the other. I think you can take the risk.

 

[aceO07]

I am also considering this drive. http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=81814-2 Corsair 4gb readout drive. It has an LED display to show the storage space left. Seems like a nice idea.

 

[tommo123]

i've been looking into this as well and read that the patriot X-Porter XT was meant to be good and fast also (30MB/sec iirc). am looking for a 4GB one for vista and that only uses 4GB max for some reason

 

[jkresh]

If you are going with corsair go with the flash voyager or the new fast one, the one with the screen is not as good from what I have read. Also while the rubber means its fairly large (probably makes the port next to it unusable), its fairly durable and I believe waterproof, might not surive being run over by a car like some of the metal ones but I wouldn't worry about its durability.

 

[aceO07]

I ended up getting the Super Talent 4GB usb flash drive. I started today by transfering 3.55GB of data (1 2GB and various sized files) and it went at 8.6MB/s. Is that a decent speed?

 

[KutterMax]

I have a new found appreciation for the importance of reliability for these USB thumb drives.

For years I've been using a Lexar 512MB Jumpdrive Pro. Despite losing the cap about a month or two after having purchased it, it always worked well. I throw it in my bag, in my pocket, you name it - never had a problem.

I then recently upgraded to a 2GB Sandisk Microdrive. It worked well initially and the U3 features were nice, but after about 2 months of use it stopped working. It is no longer recognized on any PC I plug it into. I even tried it on a Mac - no dice. Needless to say I wasn't impressed.

So definitely I will be taking a very close look at the reviews on Newegg prior to buying another one.

 

[SuperNaruto]

I had sandisk ti before, they're fast.. but the corsair 16gb is faster.. i hd tach them.. ill look for my benchies

 

[aceO07]

The read speed was at 18.3MB/s.

I wish PQI had a 4GB intellistick. Would be much better size on my keychain.

 

[tommo123]

i went for the patriot 4GB one. meant to be really fast. reads at near 30MB/sec and writes in the 20's

will hdtach that when i get it

 

[krotchy]

I vote for the Sandisk Cruzer Titaniums. They are rock solid and pretty quick. Honestly I think I could run over it with my car and it would live.

 

[tommo123]

well, here's my HDtach shots of my new patriot x-porter XT 4GB

quick test

longer test

looks like it does what it says on the tin - 30 MB/sec read rate. havent tested the write speed yet mind

 

[MegaVovaN]

Originally posted by: aceO07

Originally posted by: jkresh
I have a 2gig corsair and will likely be buying their 8gig fast drive soon, while its somewhat annoying in that is large (because of the rubber coating) and it has cap which can be lost, it is fairly fast (and there new drives are faster) has a 10 year warranty and corsair tends to make good products.

I saw it but was concerned about the construction, since it was rubber/foam.

I have 128mb version of this drive for 2 years now. There is no foam, just rubber. Carried it as a keychain in the pocket for one year, in backpack 2nd year. Never lost the cap (and Corsair will replace it if you loose it) + been through couple machine washes, still not one problem, alive and kicking.
Used it a lot in my computer classes to back up files.

EDIT: corsair voyager is what I'm talking about, no fancy screens, just one tiny blue LED to show that data is being transferred.

 

[MuuMuu]

Originally posted by: krotchy
I vote for the Sandisk Cruzer Titaniums. They are rock solid and pretty quick. Honestly I think I could run over it with my car and it would live.

Are the new models more reliable? I like the no-cap idea of the Sandisk flash, but the 512MB titanium died on me after about 1yr of infrequent usage. Many reviews now point to the same thing.

 

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