USB Flash Drive Call-Out Thread

[MotionMan]

They do have 2 caps and I have never lost one. And personally, Newegg is very high on the cost. You can get the same units from EBay for under $2.00 with shipping included. That is where I got mine and they work just fine. One of my units is an IOGEAR #GFR202SDW6 2-in-1 USB 2.0 Card Reader, but I think this model is no longer made.

I never lose my caps. I cannot say the same for any other member of my faily who might borrow things.

I really should lend such things out without the caps.

MotionMan

 

[JLukas]

Corsair Survivor 8GB. It's built like a tank as the name suggests and has worked flawlessly for the last 3 or so years.

 

[AstroManLuca]

The only one I have is a 2GB I got several years ago. I lost it for like a year but even after I found it I never use it. Nowadays I just use Dropbox for moving small amounts of files here and there.

Used to have a Corsair Voyager but it fell apart because it was so badly designed. It was supposed to be "rugged" but the only thing holding the circuit board to the USB port were four weak solder links. The "case" was just a piece of silicone rubber that only wrapped around the circuit board part and did nothing to reinforce the connection to the USB port.

There's a website that detailed the problem here:

http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/printpage/Corsair-Flash-Voyager-The-Unbreakable-Broke/267

Of course that was years ago; hopefully their future flash drives fixed the issue but I'm still never buying another one with this design, rigid cases only. I wish there were more narrow flash drives that don't cover up their neighboring USB ports.

 

[Gigantopithecus]

I just found one that reads 200 MB/sec and writes at 120 MB/sec

A bit pricey.
64GB - 180.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820220584


128GB - 290.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820220585

It's actually faster than advertised.

 

[Locut0s]

It's actually faster than advertised.

Hmm, it's good to know that many of the USB 3.0 drives are indeed a lot faster than the USB 2.0 drives. But the lower figures here do confirm some of what I though, just snapping a USB 3.0 link on there doesn't guarantee blazingly fast speeds, some of those are the same or only 2x as fast.

 

[qliveur]

BTW, I've seen the 32GB non-Magnum Patriot Supersonic (100MB/S read; 70MB/S write, and also faster than advertised) for $45 AR at Newegg recently, which is actually quite good, IMO.

 

[Gigantopithecus]

Hmm, it's good to know that many of the USB 3.0 drives are indeed a lot faster than the USB 2.0 drives. But the lower figures here do confirm some of what I though, just snapping a USB 3.0 link on there doesn't guarantee blazingly fast speeds, some of those are the same or only 2x as fast.

The ADATA & Super Talent Express DUO USB 3.0 flash drives show weak write performance because they had controller issues when writing smaller files. You can read the full round-up here.

 

[xSauronx]

Lot's of things need more room. Video, Audio, pictures, heck even documents are often larger than that nowadays.

srs

i have a 16gb i keep with me pretty often, school and tech reference materials, misc stuff, and some free software that comes in handy from time to time for troubleshooting and whatever

several smaller 4gb and 8gb drives. i have 2 or 3 i can boot from for various things and a couple extras for moving data

 

[cronos]

I used to bring a 16 GB and a 2 GB all the time with me. I forget why

Now I just carry the 16 GB.

 

[thescreensavers]

I have bad luck with flash drives, have the Corsair rubber case one and the USB port got ripped off. I have a Voyager thinking yes it wont break, well it just stopped reading all of a sudden.

I have a 10 buk 4gb PNY which seems to be lasting.

 

[midwestfisherman]

4 GB Corsair Flash Survivor. Similar to this model. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820233060

Looks like they don't sell the 4GB any longer. I paid ~$30 when I bought this. I've had it about 3 years.

 

[SolMiester]

I have Corsair Voyager 16GB..Supposedly good enough to use for readyboost!

 

[Ichinisan]

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