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 Small and cheap USB flash has drawbacks June 19, 2008
This thing takes about 10 mins+ to copy a 100meg folder of 200kb files! When you first open up the drive it takes a long time to load the directory structure. The manufacturer claims that this drive can write at 3.5mb/sec (very slow for USB 2.0) -- it might peak at that speed for moving large files (like a movie) but the performance drops a lot for smaller files (like photos).
If you are planning on getting one of these, it is a tiny little archive that you can stuff into your change pouch or wallet. I use it to store little Excel and Powerpoint files or some PDFs. I would not use this to share photo albums or home videos, it's much too slow for that.
 Great value and size, got runaround from seller and manufacturer though. May 18, 2008
Pros:
Great product, fits on my keychain nicely. Awesome capacity for its size, when I pull it out of my pocket people ask me what it is, and don't believe that it holds 4gb. I have purchased several of these since they're so cheap.
Cons:
Small and easy to lose.
Slow write speeds, even with the readyboost version.
One of mine broke, I contacted the seller via phone and was told that they didn't know what product I was talking about and that I should contact the manufacturer, who in turn told me to contact the seller. I pretty much just gave up after that, didn't want to deal with the runaround on a $15 flash drive.
Works for me May 3, 2008
I've only had it a month, but it fits snugly in my wallet, and works great. It's a little slow, but for the simple data transfers I do for school it's perfect.
Amazing April 21, 2008
This is a very thin and usual device. I recommend it. I usually put in my wallet, because it is thin as a coin.
Great product at great price March 19, 2008
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I bought the 1st one of 1GB capacity, used it for several months and then gave it to someone. Then, I bought 4 of 2GB capacity for me, my friend and for my children. They are all working fine for the last one year or more. In fact, I bought one of 2 GB, another brand, before kingmax's 2GB, and it did not work at all, and I had to return it to OfficeMax.
I just wonder that these days we can't wait a few 'seconds' extra for a file transfer. Are we really so busy or so much in a hurry? Probably, people do not know that in 'just' mid 80s a 30MB hard drive was a big drive. We just can't be satisfied with anything these days.
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