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Best USB Thumb Drive

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What do you guys think is the best USB Thumb Drive that are out on the market today?
 
Probably the Lexar USB drives. Stay away from the Sonys; mine came apart after less than 2 weeks; very shoddy construction.
 
electronically, theyre all basically made at a single brandless planet in china, then relabeled (thats not gospal truth but a testiment to the similarity of them all). the casings are a different matter however. i have both a lexmark and some generic one, the lexmark was a bastard to get apart, the generic one split open quite easily (hey I was bored one day)
 
I just bought a 256meg Sandisk Cruzer Mini. It makes me happy.
When I was looking I was told the Fuji thumb drives were supposed to be faster. I just didn't like them because they looked a little bulky.

I didn't see one of these but I thought they were pretty cool

http://www.sandisk.com/retail_cruzer_titanium.html

A quote from the page
"Extremely Rugged - Crush-resistant to 2,000 lbs."

James
 
I also have the 256 MB Cruzer Mini. It's a very nice drive, and does indeed feel very strong.
 
Supposedly all of the thumb drives are all the same "plug and play", but I do know that not all of them will auto-detect in winXP. My friend's generic brand won't work on his laptop for some reason...

Personally, I can vouch for the Lexar Pro 256. Works well, no problems, and was detected on every PC I've plugged it into.

Just make sure that whatever you get is USB2.0. The extra speed is well worth the slight raise in price.
 
i have a kensington one, my mom washed my parnts with it in there worked! then i dropped it god knows how many times from my hands, and im 6'3' so thats a big drop. i recommend it highly.

stay away from sony, in college at the start of the semester i knew 3 kids who had em. ALL OF THEM BROKE!
 
Don't buy a Sandisk, I bought a mini cruzer and it died in less than a month. I hadn't even used that much.



~Novensu
 
Those watch ones are a little too gaudy for me, and I like the sleekness of my regular thumb drive.

I'm more of a Seiko man (since I own one).
 
I am using a Dell 128MB Thunb Drive right now and I think it is a rebadged Lexar. But in any case it is working smoothly on both Win XP Pro and OS 10.3.3 Plug and Play, no drivers BSing.
 
I have a Kingston Data Traveler 2.0 Hi-Speed 128MB.

So far I'm very pleased with it.
 
I have a Kanguru Micro/CF. Its kinda bulky but it pays off in the long run. Mine came with 128MB native (samsung) and it doubles as a compact flash/microdrive reader. It didn't have a key ring or anything on it so I sewed a case out of some left over black fleece. Works great, never had a problem with a computer detecting it and I've dropped it repeatedly and it still works (the cap is cracked in a couple of places but then the cap didn't fit to well to begin with:( oh well).
 
Originally posted by Novensu
Don't buy a Sandisk, I bought a mini cruzer and it died in less than a month. I hadn't even used that much.



~Novensu
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I had one of the earlier 256mb USB 2.0 ones (bought it last summer) and it died last fall. They sent me a new one which is about half as thick and it hasn't died on me.

Weird I'm not the only one.
 
Is it really worth it to get the USB 2.0? I can get a Lexar JumpDrive Trio Portable USB Storage $17.16. Another question is are the Lexar 256MB JumpDrive Portable Pocket Drive USB 2.0 any good?
 
I would say the USB 2.0 is worth it, they transfer the data much more quickly.

The lexar should be fine.
 
I have 3.

The original Trek Thumbdrive that came out in 2000 (64MB) requires drivers no matter what OS.

A Soyo 64MB. Doesn't require drivers in 2k or XP. ($30 originally. Really flimsy. The connector and board are coming apart. Just over a year old.)

A Kingston 128MB I bought about 2 months ago($20. Doesn't require drivers in XP or 2k.).

I bought the Kingston to replace the Soyo. I have to hold the Soyo a certain way to get it to even work, so it's an extreme emergency drive at this point. The Thumbdrive just collects dust at this point.(Nothing like spending $200 for such a small thing and now hardly use it.) Ah progress. :rollseyes:

All are USB 1.1, but I only need them to transfer small things nothing big. I don't have a favorite brand, I just get whatever I need at the time. Since they are so cheap now I can care less if any of them are the best.
 
i have a Geil one i got off Newegg a lil while back.
it's a 128MB USB 2.0 one. good speed and..

an Aluminum casing...very sturdy and sexy
 
The only thing Id really be using this for, since it's to small to store Knoppix, is word or PP files. Do you guys still suggest the 2.0?
 
I can get a Lexar 256 mb USB 2.0 for $58.66. Is Lexar a good brand?
 
I recently purchase a Lexar 256 USB 2.0 Thumb Drive and I was dissapointed because the drive would not work on my Windows XP machine. I plug in the drive to a USB port and Windows did not detect it
 
I just wanted to point out that OfficeMax is selling the 128 MB Lexar JumpDrive (USB 2.0) for $9.99(!), no rebates...

('til Saturday)
 
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