Camp Posted January 19, 2004 Report Share Posted January 19, 2004 Just curious to hear experiences with the various keychain-sized USB flash drives out there. I expect they all perform the same but living with the various designs and brands may be different. For example, a friend has one of the Lexar models and complains that the cap will never stay on. He's had to resort to keeping it in his briefcase to avoid loosing the cap (which means he commonly forgets to bring the flash drive with him). Which do you use...which do you recommend? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bryan Posted January 19, 2004 Report Share Posted January 19, 2004 I just got a 128mb Dell flash drive (made by Lexar). It is 2 7/8" long and 1/2" thick. The cap stays very secure - I would have no problem attaching it to a bag or keyring. Works just like it should... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamsappel Posted January 19, 2004 Report Share Posted January 19, 2004 Originally posted by Bryan@Jan 19 2004, 12:28 PM It is 2 7/8" long and 1/2" thick. That's what she said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bryan Posted January 19, 2004 Report Share Posted January 19, 2004 Allen, you bastard. That is my material. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orpheus Posted January 19, 2004 Report Share Posted January 19, 2004 I have a 128 mb Lexar. I just keep it on my keychain. I lost the cap almost immediately, but I haven't found that to be much of an issue. The thing ahs taken a good amount of abuse and keeps working. My only real gripe is that it can be finicky about being attached to unpowered hubs (such as my MS keyboard), but I've never had a problem running it through a front usb panel on a tower or a powered hub. I really like mine, find it useful to be able to carry around alot of the smaller utilities and it's much more convenient for me to transfer documents on this than on floppies or even rewrite cd's. I can't remember how much I paid for mine but i think Tigerdirect was selling it for about 40 or so last time I checked. I know they make a USB2.0 version as well which isn't much more now. If I were going to be using it alot or with large files, I'd definately want 2.0 for the speed boost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Monkey Posted January 19, 2004 Report Share Posted January 19, 2004 The Gadgeteer review I read really liked the Intelligent Stick drive. I guess it lives in your wallet (it comes with a credit card-size carrier that holds two sticks). -j Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTello Posted January 19, 2004 Report Share Posted January 19, 2004 In a rush my Boss went out and picked up a San Disk 128mb from BB. Well it worked well for a week,.. aside from showing ghost images of files that had been deleted. Of course that didn't last long, it has now ceased working and I have no idea why. The only thing I can imaginge is that maybe someone pulled the drive out without first stopping it? Of course thier website and tech support is a joke at best. Oh, did I mention I think San Disk sucks anyway, this only solidified my stance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishepa Posted January 19, 2004 Report Share Posted January 19, 2004 I have a Lexar 256mb jumpdrive pro. It has worked perfectly for the past couple of months. I've had no problem with the cap coming off. Mind stays on just fine. I payed about $50 on ebay for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zathras Posted January 19, 2004 Report Share Posted January 19, 2004 The ghost image thing sounds like a problem I had with a Muvo a while back (its one of those usb drive mp3 players)- wonder if they got their memory from sandisk... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris F Posted January 27, 2004 Report Share Posted January 27, 2004 Best Buy has the 128MB PQI I-Stick USB 2.0 on sale for $49.99. http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id...goryId=cat01049 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camp Posted January 28, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2004 Ooo! Very tiny. Thanks for the link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bryan Posted January 30, 2004 Report Share Posted January 30, 2004 Originally posted by iCamp@Jan 28 2004, 06:57 PM Ooo! Very tiny. That's what she said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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