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BrandKingston
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Item Width10.2 centimetres
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Amazon Verified Purchase
Handy USB stick well designed and seems robust, if I have a minor criticism is that for it to be perfect a small chain,for which there is a hole, could have been incorporated to put on a key ring as other manufacturers tend to do
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95 of 99 people found the following review helpful
Bad Sectors / Bad Product
12 Mar 2011
I recently got 2 of these flash drives to install operating system iso's on them, to make installing operating systems on other computers quick and easy. The first flash drive I used happily for basic file saving before I copied over the image of the operating system. Once I copied over the operating system and installed the operating system from the flash drive onto a different pc, I got error messages late into the install. So I ran the utility ChkFlsh on it and found some bad sectors. This makes the flash drive useless since you can't fix bad sectors on a removable flash drive. This was bound to happen, since I have seen similar problems before on previous flash drives that were used heavily over time (although I hadn't used this particular flash drive heavily).
Shrugging it off as a fluke. I cracked open the case for the other new flash drive. Copied over the operating system image and installed it on a pc. Again, errors popped up late into the install. Scanned it for bad sectors, which again showed up quickly. Now I am dissatisfied with Kingston for sending 2 flash drives with bad sectors on them. This never showed up in my earlier model flash drives (Kingston DataTraveler I - 4 GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive DTI/4GB).
This product is useful if you don't intend on filling the stick up completely with large important data files. Smaller files will most likely never hit the bad sectors. For now I recommend the earlier Kingston models which I have scanned time and time again and rarely find bad sectors.
Edit: Just wanted to mention one other con. The swivel is a con. It causes the flash drive to be too thick to stick into tight USB spaces. This is fine if you have a USB port all by itself, but if you have multiple USB ports side-by-side, then it will block (or make an uncomfortably tight squeeze for) the neighboring USB device.
Shrugging it off as a fluke. I cracked open the case for the other new flash drive. Copied over the operating system image and installed it on a pc. Again, errors popped up late into the install. Scanned it for bad sectors, which again showed up quickly. Now I am dissatisfied with Kingston for sending 2 flash drives with bad sectors on them. This never showed up in my earlier model flash drives (Kingston DataTraveler I - 4 GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive DTI/4GB).
This product is useful if you don't intend on filling the stick up completely with large important data files. Smaller files will most likely never hit the bad sectors. For now I recommend the earlier Kingston models which I have scanned time and time again and rarely find bad sectors.
Edit: Just wanted to mention one other con. The swivel is a con. It causes the flash drive to be too thick to stick into tight USB spaces. This is fine if you have a USB port all by itself, but if you have multiple USB ports side-by-side, then it will block (or make an uncomfortably tight squeeze for) the neighboring USB device.
37 of 38 people found the following review helpful
Great & Compact Flash Drive
25 Nov 2010
This is not the first Kingston flash drive that I have had. The one that I had before was 16 GB and also very nice with my mac. However, it does not have the feature that I like most on this flash drive... The protective cover that loops around the entire drive (a whole 360) ! I don't have to worry about losing the cap anymore. The key loop is small, but it is a good size for a string to hold it with. The price is great on amazon too, especially considering the free shipping.
26 of 26 people found the following review helpful
5 stars all around * Update Feb.23
13 Dec 2010
Amazon Verified Purchase
My husband was looking for a new flash card. As I'm the shopper in the house, I searched online for the good, the bad and the ugly. :-)
I came across this product, and researched it for size, quality and value for money. It came out on top in every aspect.
Now that it's here, my husband has given it two thumbs up.
I love the cyan colour - won't get lost in the multitude of grey/black items in one's bag, and I absolutely love the 360 swivel cap. No lost cap EVER! My husband's other flash card has a loose cap, which he has misplaced many times, so this item is a relief for him in his bag.
I have bought a second one to give as a gift, and I'm also buying one for myself.
Definitely recommend this product.
**UPDATE on Feb.23.11: So far, this product is working perfectly. No issues at all.
I came across this product, and researched it for size, quality and value for money. It came out on top in every aspect.
Now that it's here, my husband has given it two thumbs up.
I love the cyan colour - won't get lost in the multitude of grey/black items in one's bag, and I absolutely love the 360 swivel cap. No lost cap EVER! My husband's other flash card has a loose cap, which he has misplaced many times, so this item is a relief for him in his bag.
I have bought a second one to give as a gift, and I'm also buying one for myself.
Definitely recommend this product.
**UPDATE on Feb.23.11: So far, this product is working perfectly. No issues at all.
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