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    Help choosing USB Flash Drive

    Discussion in 'Accessories' started by JinRoh, Jun 19, 2008.

  1. JinRoh

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    Well that Kingston has a nice 5 yr warranty. I've have good luck with my Kingston products :) The other switchblade on looks pretty neat though...
     
    sjbdeebo2, Jun 19, 2008
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    Latvia? I dunno.... sounds dodgy lol
     
    jisaac, Jun 19, 2008
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  4. JinRoh

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    I can't see why... At least is a European store.

    It seems to be legit ;)
     
    JinRoh, Jun 19, 2008
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  5. sjbdeebo2

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    I'm sure its fine. He's in Spain. I got mine from Hong Kong. Its only like $15 I say go for it. Countries like that get products cheaper anyway, thats why the prices are so low :)
     
    sjbdeebo2, Jun 19, 2008
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  6. JinRoh

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    Well, but I still don't know which one :p

    I like them both :(
     
    JinRoh, Jun 19, 2008
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    Don`t want to open a new thread, I`d like a 16 Gb or more flash drive.
    Which are the best and cheapest? :D
     
    eleron911, Jun 19, 2008
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    Damn, you always get the good deals (USA) :p

    Anyway, any other suggestion/comment?

    Thanks
     
    JinRoh, Jun 20, 2008
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  11. Wirelessman

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    Kingston has inexpensive good drives.
     
    Wirelessman, Jun 20, 2008
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  12. JinRoh

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    And specifically the Mini Fun? Is it good/fast?
     
    JinRoh, Jun 20, 2008
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    Well I had already read that (and also another review on NBR) but it's for the 1gb version and it's from 2006.

    I'd like to hear more opinions, and if that kingston would be better than the "superthin" trascend.
     
    JinRoh, Jun 20, 2008
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  15. Wirelessman

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    I have a Datatraveler ReadyFlash, 2GB, and works as a charm, I have readyboost in it as well.
     
    Wirelessman, Jun 20, 2008
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    jin07, Jun 21, 2008
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    Interesting but... what about the price? I don't really want to spend more than... 20-25€ in the pendrive (I don't use it very often, and memory prices drop too soon to spend a fortune on them)
     
    JinRoh, Jun 21, 2008
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    Well I don't know about the UK pricing, so I'll give you the US pricing.

    2 GB $12
    4 GB $19
    8 GB $36

    I think these prices sound pretty good. I'm still going to wait for some reviews.
     
    jin07, Jun 22, 2008
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  19. JinRoh

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    :O Are you sure about those prices?

    The Trascend, for example , costs 16$ plus shipping.

    I think the OCZ may be more expensive... but if it finally arrives at that price... I'm totally getting one!
     
    JinRoh, Jun 22, 2008
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    8GB is probably the best size right now, on sale you can get a fast one (OCZ rally2, turbo ATV, or patriot xporter) for $20-30.
     
    sgogeta4, Jun 22, 2008
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    Which drive offers the best security/encryption?
     
    THAANSA3, Jun 22, 2008
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    yes. definitely. :D
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    8gigabytes, Jun 23, 2008
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  24. jin07

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  25. JinRoh

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    It says they are in stock already?
     
    JinRoh, Jun 24, 2008
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    I never thought this much time would go into finding a thumb drive :p Did you pick one yet? I got both of mine on sale at Staples :D
     
    sjbdeebo2, Jun 24, 2008
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  28. Wirelessman

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    OCZ Spyder is good, I heard is very fast as well.
     
    Wirelessman, Jun 25, 2008
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    OCZ Spyder has good read speeds but horrible write speeds.
     
    sgogeta4, Jun 25, 2008
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  30. JinRoh

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    Are you sure??

    According to NewEgg

    Speed

    read: 21- 35MB/s
    write: 6.5 - 8.5MB/s

    Doesn't sound that bad! (I don't know what's the standard though).

    I can't find any review / test of this spyder yet.
     
    JinRoh, Jun 25, 2008
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    Considering the write speeds are like 3x lower than read speeds. To me they are slow :p spyder is new, it will be hard to find reviews right now. Go on the OCZ page, they sort their flash drives by performance.
     
    sgogeta4, Jun 25, 2008
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  32. Wirelessman

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    Speed is not all, I don't remember the brand but I had one flash memory stick that was incredibly fast but I used to lose the data in it, it end up in the garbage :(

    Reliability should also be verified.
     
    Wirelessman, Jun 25, 2008
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    That's exactly why I'm waiting. The most important thing about a flash drive is stability. It wouldn't matter how fast a drive is if it constantly lost the data you put on it.
     
    jin07, Jun 26, 2008
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  34. Wirelessman

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    I'm currently using Kingston, DataTraveler ReadyFlash, 2GB, is fast and I haven't got any issue with losing data, it works very well.
     
    Wirelessman, Jun 26, 2008
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    So far there's two reviews up for the OCZ Spyder, and neither are good. Both say they've had trouble getting them to work with any computer. Looks like I'll get a new SanDisk Titanium. That flash drive has served me VERY well over the past 4-5 years. It has also stood up to an incredible amount of punishment.
     
    jin07, Jun 28, 2008
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  36. Cin'

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    Hey, I have been using the Kingston brand..they are inexpensive & reliable...for me ;) :)
     
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  37. JinRoh

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    Hey again.

    As always (Backpack?) I still haven't decided.

    However, I'm on holidays and I have found that one of my relatives has a 4gb Transcend JetFLash (remember, http://cgi.ebay.com/4-GB-Transcend-...ryZ51071QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
    )


    I'm currently testing it. It's incredibly small . It took me 2 minutes to copy a 700mb file TO the drive, and 15-20 seconds to read it FROM the drive.

    In hd tune I get
    [​IMG]

    ---

    With my "fake" Sandisk Cruzer Micro 8gb it takes 14 minutes to write and 1 minutes to read...

    Also the HDTune of this one (there's obviously a bug, with the "26kb/s")
    [​IMG]
     
    JinRoh, Jul 4, 2008
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  38. Wirelessman

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    How do you do to post those nice graphics? I use snipping tool but they come out very small.
     
    Wirelessman, Jul 4, 2008
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  39. JinRoh

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    :S I just use the snipping tool, save the file and upload to imageshack
     
    JinRoh, Jul 4, 2008
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  40. Wirelessman

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    I have never used imageshack, I'll try it, thanks.
     
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  41. JinRoh

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    Here some pics of the Trascend JetFlash. I'm starting to like it :p
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    OT: Leaving to Oxford tomorrow. 21 days without Internet/Laptop NoOoOOooOooO!!
     
    JinRoh, Jul 5, 2008
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    Yes, it seems that it looks neat seems like you made the right choice haha, i have a Freecom DataCard 2 Gb much similar but appears like a Credit Card, price might i add.
     
    Gentloo, Jul 7, 2008
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    Kingston is the name that keeps popping up, even more than Corsair. I think I might go with them. Heck, that's the only RAM I use too. :D
     
    THAANSA3, Jul 8, 2008
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    I have a 2GB Kingston and work as a charm.
     
    Wirelessman, Jul 10, 2008
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    Just arrived from Oxford.

    I finally received the Kingston Mini Fun 4gb.

    It's great, tiny and fast. However, it's too easy to lose (I lost it yesterday and it appeared today in the washing machine :p)

    (Still works, btw)
     
    JinRoh, Jul 29, 2008
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    fashion isn't as important as function. Get the biggest one you can for cheap and stick with it.
     
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