I have been using Samsung 32Gb Usb3.0 Usb MUF-32BA/APC for almost 2 years. It is small, made of metal and great shaped. I put it on to my key chain and it is really nice way for not losing it
Small USB drives
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Looks cool. I've never seen one of those.
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Two cheap USB 3 keys bought last month.
Tested with ChipGenius, FakeFlashTest, SpeedOut.
Great build and quality.
Eivotor 64Gb Mini Flash Drive
Eivotor 32Gb Metal Case Mini USB Key
Tested with ChipGenius, FakeFlashTest, SpeedOut.
Great build and quality.
Eivotor 64Gb Mini Flash Drive
Eivotor 32Gb Metal Case Mini USB Key
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i buy the tiny thumb drives that are almost flush with the USB port - SanDisk and Samsung are the ones i've bought
they both get pretty hot though and the Samsung i've had for 3-4 years is slowly losing data - have had to run CheckDisk on it about 20 times already
they both get pretty hot though and the Samsung i've had for 3-4 years is slowly losing data - have had to run CheckDisk on it about 20 times already
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On a general note, heat is not good for electronics.
I unplug my USB drives as soon as I can to store them away from the computer and up to now I have never run into data loss with them. But then I don't use them for long term storage -- magnetic media is still king for that.
I unplug my USB drives as soon as I can to store them away from the computer and up to now I have never run into data loss with them. But then I don't use them for long term storage -- magnetic media is still king for that.
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Back on the topic 8 months later with bad news : both Eivotor USB sticks are dead.
After some research, it might be the SMI controller that failed. Flawed component ?
Now i know the reason why they were so cheap in the first place.
On the other hand, i own a Transcend 16Gb USB key since 2008 (yes that's 12 years) and it never failed me (yet).
It's kind a little bit slower but it's still working just great.
My advice : don't do the same mistake. Don't buy Eivotor USB flash sticks...
After some research, it might be the SMI controller that failed. Flawed component ?
Now i know the reason why they were so cheap in the first place.
On the other hand, i own a Transcend 16Gb USB key since 2008 (yes that's 12 years) and it never failed me (yet).
It's kind a little bit slower but it's still working just great.
My advice : don't do the same mistake. Don't buy Eivotor USB flash sticks...
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I have several Corsair Flash Voyager drives. The first one I got is 8GB from quite a while ago and still kicking with a LOT of usage. At least 2-3 of the newer ones (32GB+) have failed within 1-2 years with very little use. Makes me wish I had just bought a bunch of the 8GB one back then.
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thepiney wrote:Makes me wish I had just bought a bunch of the 8GB one back then.
I did buy once a bunch of these cheap and minute 8GB Sandisk Cruzer Entreprise drives that are serving me well to this day -- mainly for boot testing OSes... only problem is them being so small they're really easy to misplace; I keep them in a sweets can.