Best USB Thumb/Pen drive?

mikedeuk · 01-24-2009, 08:00 PM

What are the top USB storage drives?
I want something high speed to store some portable apps.
I heard the Lexar JumpDrive Lightning is good but i cant find any in the uk.

Mike

THERMAL-REACTOR · 01-24-2009, 08:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mikedeuk

What are the top USB storage drives?
I want something high speed to store some portable apps.
I heard the Lexar JumpDrive Lightning is good but i cant find any in the uk.

Mike

Yea I would say that Lexar from my experience have been the best price/performance thumbdrive. I bought some 16gb on boxing day for 12.99 cdn. I also have some others from a company called Dane-Elec that are 8gbs. I bought them from the Source for 7.99 and they have a lifetime warranty. Even Lexar doesn't have a warranty like that.

Mr soft · 01-24-2009, 09:34 PM

http://www.barryrudolph.com/newtoys/toys4/corsair.html

http://www.trustedreviews.com/storag...ager-GT-8GB/p1

The Corsair have some of the fastest read/write speeds that I´m aware of.
I record from a TDT USB recorder/player,and for recording MPEG 2 you need something quick. Also they are water resistant. (Beer Spillage

)

I alsmost forgot. The kingston Green retractable 8gig is a lot cheaper and high speed read and write.
You could also look at a 2.5 external case with a (up to 500g) laptop HD , which does´nt need external power .

mikedeuk · 01-24-2009, 10:13 PM

Thanks guys, The Kingston Data Traveler HyperX seems quite good to but around £21 for 4GB.
Hmm decisions, decisions....

mikedeuk · 01-24-2009, 10:39 PM

I think i'll get a SanDisk 8GB Cruzer Titanium, Seems a bargain at £17.
Although i heard that higher capacity thumbs have a slightly slower Read/write time?

Mr soft · 01-25-2009, 08:40 AM

The sandisk cruzer has good read speeds (around 20mbps) but the write speeds are very poor. I purchased the 16g cruzer and I wished I had´nt.

mikedeuk · 01-25-2009, 09:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr soft

The sandisk cruzer has good read speeds (around 20mbps) but the write speeds are very poor. I purchased the 16g cruzer and I wished I had´nt.

What would you suggest instead? There are mixed reviews about them, Most say brilliant and perfect for readyboost, While another says no good for vista.
Some remove the U3 software but i think i'd give it a chance.
I dont think i'll find a better 8GB for £15? (Amazon)

Mr soft · 01-25-2009, 11:40 AM

Personaly I would go for:
1. Corsair gt. Very fast read/write. water resistant.shock resistant. 34MB sec/read and 27mb/write
2. DataTraveler HyperX 30 MB/sec read speeds and 20 MB/sec write.
3. Sandisk cruzer titanium. reasonable speeds 15MB/s read, 9MB/s write

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Some remove the U3 software but i think i'd give it a chance.

I also formatted mine after reading about the U3 software.

mikedeuk · 01-25-2009, 12:05 PM

Ok Thanks for the help. Still think i'll get the sandisk just because of value.
Cheers guys

diduknowthat · 01-25-2009, 02:57 PM

The cruzer titanium is a great flash drive. It's not the fastest, but it's near indestructible and the capless design is brilliant.

01-24-2009, 08:00 PM	#1 (permalink)
mikedeuk Silver Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 133	Best USB Thumb/Pen drive? What are the top USB storage drives? I want something high speed to store some portable apps. I heard the Lexar JumpDrive Lightning is good but i cant find any in the uk. Mike __________________ My 1st build: Core 2 Quad Q6700 - Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Asus P5E-VM HDMI Western Digital Caviar 500GB Sata 4GB OCZ high performance ddr2 @ 800Mhz Hauppauge dvb-t tv card Antec EarthWatts 500w Thermaltake Tenor Media case Still trying to decide on the rest, Currently: Trying to find a hdmi graphics card

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Mr soft Gold Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Spain Posts: 290	http://www.barryrudolph.com/newtoys/toys4/corsair.html http://www.trustedreviews.com/storag...ager-GT-8GB/p1 The Corsair have some of the fastest read/write speeds that I´m aware of. I record from a TDT USB recorder/player,and for recording MPEG 2 you need something quick. Also they are water resistant. (Beer Spillage ) I alsmost forgot. The kingston Green retractable 8gig is a lot cheaper and high speed read and write. You could also look at a 2.5 external case with a (up to 500g) laptop HD , which does´nt need external power . __________________ Phenom II 720 Black, Sapphire Pure 790GX , Sammy F3:1T, 2x2g Kingston Hyper-x 1066, Sapphire 5750 Vapor-x , 720w Tacens Radix III. Sound blaster Audigy 2, Antec 300 Last edited by Mr soft; 01-24-2009 at 09:42 PM.

01-24-2009, 10:13 PM	#4 (permalink)
mikedeuk Silver Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 133	Thanks guys, The Kingston Data Traveler HyperX seems quite good to but around £21 for 4GB. Hmm decisions, decisions.... __________________ My 1st build: Core 2 Quad Q6700 - Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Asus P5E-VM HDMI Western Digital Caviar 500GB Sata 4GB OCZ high performance ddr2 @ 800Mhz Hauppauge dvb-t tv card Antec EarthWatts 500w Thermaltake Tenor Media case Still trying to decide on the rest, Currently: Trying to find a hdmi graphics card

01-24-2009, 10:39 PM	#5 (permalink)
mikedeuk Silver Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 133	I think i'll get a SanDisk 8GB Cruzer Titanium, Seems a bargain at £17. Although i heard that higher capacity thumbs have a slightly slower Read/write time? __________________ My 1st build: Core 2 Quad Q6700 - Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Asus P5E-VM HDMI Western Digital Caviar 500GB Sata 4GB OCZ high performance ddr2 @ 800Mhz Hauppauge dvb-t tv card Antec EarthWatts 500w Thermaltake Tenor Media case Still trying to decide on the rest, Currently: Trying to find a hdmi graphics card

01-25-2009, 08:40 AM	#6 (permalink)
Mr soft Gold Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Spain Posts: 290	The sandisk cruzer has good read speeds (around 20mbps) but the write speeds are very poor. I purchased the 16g cruzer and I wished I had´nt. __________________ Phenom II 720 Black, Sapphire Pure 790GX , Sammy F3:1T, 2x2g Kingston Hyper-x 1066, Sapphire 5750 Vapor-x , 720w Tacens Radix III. Sound blaster Audigy 2, Antec 300

01-25-2009, 12:05 PM	#9 (permalink)
mikedeuk Silver Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 133	Ok Thanks for the help. Still think i'll get the sandisk just because of value. Cheers guys __________________ My 1st build: Core 2 Quad Q6700 - Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Asus P5E-VM HDMI Western Digital Caviar 500GB Sata 4GB OCZ high performance ddr2 @ 800Mhz Hauppauge dvb-t tv card Antec EarthWatts 500w Thermaltake Tenor Media case Still trying to decide on the rest, Currently: Trying to find a hdmi graphics card

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