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Title: Rate your Thumb Drives
Post by: bitbobboom on October 03, 2012, 01:33:38 AM
Im looking to buy the most bad ass thumb drive I can find, post a rating of yours or a friends that you would recommend!

Brand:
Size:
Speed:
Case Material:
Quality:
Compatibility:
Reliability:
Price:


Title: Re: Rate your Thumb Drives
Post by: bitbobboom on October 03, 2012, 03:00:11 AM
Im looking to buy the most bad ass thumb drive I can find, post a rating of yours or a friends that you would recommend!

Brand:
Size:
Speed:
Case Material:
Quality:
Compatibility:
Reliability:
Price:

http://usb-flash-drive-review.toptenreviews.com/


Title: Re: Rate your Thumb Drives
Post by: Shadow383 on October 03, 2012, 03:03:20 AM
Corsair survivor. I dropped mine out of my pocket whilst rock climbing - it fell 80 feet and still works beautifully  :D


Title: Re: Rate your Thumb Drives
Post by: kwoody on October 03, 2012, 04:32:08 AM
Corsair survivor. I dropped mine out of my pocket whilst rock climbing - it fell 80 feet and still works beautifully  :D

+1. I have one also, 32gb stealth version http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233316 . Amazing thumb drive, you can submerse it in water and the thing still works.

Brand: Corsair "Survivor"
Size: 16GB/32GB/64GB
Speed:  USB 3.0
Case Material: Aircraft/Military Grade Aluminum
Quality: 10/10
Compatibility: Formatted any way you want
Reliability: 10/10
Price:  $29-$59


Title: Re: Rate your Thumb Drives
Post by: c789 on October 03, 2012, 05:19:43 PM
Brand: Kingston DataTraveler SE9
Size: 8/16 GB
Speed: USB 2.0, on the lower side.
Case Material: Metal
Quality: low
Compatibility: I've used it on Win7 and Ubuntu. I also created partitions in FAT32 and ext4, no problems.
Reliability: It's prone to have the inner chip fall out, so it's not reliable.
Price: ~10 USD

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820139999

I'm posting because this drive looks really good: sleek, small, and easily can fit on your keychain. That's what sold me on it because I was looking for portability.

However, the opening to plug into your USB ports is too tight. You have to jam it in, and pull hard to get it back out. I know all USB interfaces can be a little snug at first, but this is beyond snug. After about 10 uses the chip inside fell out. I was inserting the drive only halfway because of concern over its tightness, but even with these measures, it didn't last.