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| Brand: | Corsair |
| Item Height : | 10 millimetres |
| Item Width: | 10 millimetres |
Technical Details
- Encased in extremely strong CNC-milled, anodized aircraft-grade aluminum
- Water resistant to 200M through the use of a EPDM waterproof seal
- Protected from vibration or impact damage through the use of a molded shock dampening collar
- Plug-&-Play with any USB 2.0 certified peripheral computer port (backward compatible with USB 1.1)
- USB extension cable and Dog Tags included
- Protected by a Limited 10-year Warranty
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Flash Survivor is an extremely durable, water resistant, drop-tested flash USB memory drive. By design it is perfect for transporting valuable data such as personal files, photos and applications without having to worry about damage or loss of data due to the elements.
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CORSAIR USB-STICK 16GB SURVIVOR
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27 of 27 people found the following review helpful
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(1) Solid Build: aluminum shell, the most rigid USB stick by far.
(2) Performance: Read speed is ok, write speed is slow. After formatted into NTFS, I copied 15GB data onto Survivor 16GB. It took 90 minutes. The performance is like 3 MB/s only. This is the only reason I rate it as 4/5 instead of 5/5.
(3) FAT32 -> NTFS: The "Survivor 16GB" is formatted to FAT32. If you have files that is larger than 4 GB, then you need to format "Survivor 16GB" to NTFS. Detailed instructions are contained here
http://www.ntfs.com/quest22.htm
(4) Extension USB cable included, very thoughtful.
(5) Capacity: In case someone is going to whine about the missing 1GB, here is the technical explanation. Operation systems (e.g. Windows, Linux, etc) count every 1024 Bytes as 1KB, every 1024KB as 1MB, and every 1024MB as 1GB. However, manufactures count every 1000 Bytes as 1KB, and so on. When a device is labelled by a manufacturer as 16GB, it means 16,000,000,000 Bytes. However, your operating system will count it differently: 16,000,000,000 Bytes = 15,625,000 KB = 15,258.789 MB = 14.901 GB
Thus, you will probably see your Windows XP telling you the capacity of this device is only 15 GB. Cannot blame your computer too much, after all it was built on binary principle, not decimal.
(2) Performance: Read speed is ok, write speed is slow. After formatted into NTFS, I copied 15GB data onto Survivor 16GB. It took 90 minutes. The performance is like 3 MB/s only. This is the only reason I rate it as 4/5 instead of 5/5.
(3) FAT32 -> NTFS: The "Survivor 16GB" is formatted to FAT32. If you have files that is larger than 4 GB, then you need to format "Survivor 16GB" to NTFS. Detailed instructions are contained here
http://www.ntfs.com/quest22.htm
(4) Extension USB cable included, very thoughtful.
(5) Capacity: In case someone is going to whine about the missing 1GB, here is the technical explanation. Operation systems (e.g. Windows, Linux, etc) count every 1024 Bytes as 1KB, every 1024KB as 1MB, and every 1024MB as 1GB. However, manufactures count every 1000 Bytes as 1KB, and so on. When a device is labelled by a manufacturer as 16GB, it means 16,000,000,000 Bytes. However, your operating system will count it differently: 16,000,000,000 Bytes = 15,625,000 KB = 15,258.789 MB = 14.901 GB
Thus, you will probably see your Windows XP telling you the capacity of this device is only 15 GB. Cannot blame your computer too much, after all it was built on binary principle, not decimal.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Seriously solid bit of kit. Plug & play. 15.3 usuable gigs from my 16gig version, plently for most people. Left mine submerged in a sink full of water over night and still fired up fine. Measuring in at 8.5cm by 2cm its perhaps a little larger than I expected but can not complain as your less likely to lose it. Good performance. Well recommended to potential buyers.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Received this memory stick as I wanted something solid to hold on my bike keyring. Surprised by the size - this thing is about three inches long (but then maybe I should have read the specs closer!). It is certainly very solid and weighty and definitely not the sort of thing that will hang from my keys!
Aesthetically then it's good enough - but it's a memory stick first and foremost. So I transferred my files onto it - ohhhhh not good. The stick is incredibly slow for starters. 8GB reckoned on taking 14 hours. I left it for an hour but at just over 1GB it told me the disc was write protected and would not save any more. Checking the Corsair site, it seems this is fairly common. When this happens you cannot write or delete and the stick needs to be replaced. The problem then is you can't get the files off - and I'd stuck a bunch of work files on there so this stick was getting sent nowhere.
Thankfully Amazon agreed to refund without return on this case but it is not the usual response. I bought a couple of Sandisc cruze blades instead.
At least now I get to test the Corsair's strength as I try to destroy it with my 4lb hammer :)
Aesthetically then it's good enough - but it's a memory stick first and foremost. So I transferred my files onto it - ohhhhh not good. The stick is incredibly slow for starters. 8GB reckoned on taking 14 hours. I left it for an hour but at just over 1GB it told me the disc was write protected and would not save any more. Checking the Corsair site, it seems this is fairly common. When this happens you cannot write or delete and the stick needs to be replaced. The problem then is you can't get the files off - and I'd stuck a bunch of work files on there so this stick was getting sent nowhere.
Thankfully Amazon agreed to refund without return on this case but it is not the usual response. I bought a couple of Sandisc cruze blades instead.
At least now I get to test the Corsair's strength as I try to destroy it with my 4lb hammer :)
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
DO NOY BUY
Bought this usb stick 1 year ago after seeing it on the gadget show big mistake it has now died on me I have had to send it to a data recovery business costing over £100 to recover... Read more
Published 20 days ago by feefeeb28
DO NOT BUY !!
Like so many other users - after a number of months my device went into Locked Mode. From here you can't add or delete files, indeed you can't even format it. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Jeanm
Cool but let me down
I bought one of these after seeing it being tested to destruction on the gadget show. About a year on it suddenly stopped allowing me to transfer information onto it due to write... Read more
Published 12 months ago by A. Jenkinson
Big and solid!
It's big, solid, waterproof and does what it says on the tin. You could probably jump on this thing without any ill effects. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Peter Wintle
Corsair Survivor
A flash drive with high build quality and rugged good looks.
One caveat: the drive shown in the images has an attachment point for a keyring on both the drive and... Read more
One caveat: the drive shown in the images has an attachment point for a keyring on both the drive and... Read more
Published 15 months ago by S. Wilson
Absolute rubbish dont buy
Purchased this item, unfortunately after 2 days the pen drive is now read only, had I looked around and read reviews, I would have read the thousands of sad customers who's pen... Read more
Published 16 months ago by K Moxham
Does NOT do what it says on the tin
I bought the 16gb Corsair Survivor flash drive as wanted something that would stand the test of time. I've seen alot of flash drives break due to overuse and slight design flaws. Read more
Published 16 months ago by D. Knight
yes you can break it!
as others have said with the case on, this is as tough as they come. But when in the laptop the USB connector is as weak as any other. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Nigel Watson
Corsair Survivor
Item looks great and works well. Seems to be quite string as advertised.
A little heavy to keep on your keys the whole time but thats not too much of a problem :)... Read more
A little heavy to keep on your keys the whole time but thats not too much of a problem :)... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Graeme
Do not buy
i brought this thinking this would solve all of my storage neeeds
wrong
read only......READ ONLY...... Read more
wrong
read only......READ ONLY...... Read more
Published 17 months ago by wesley barker
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