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| Transcend TS16GJFV10 JetFlash V10 USB 2.0 16GB Flash Drive | 
 enlarge | Brand: Transcend
Category: CE
List Price: $66.79
Buy New: $53.75
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 7.2 x 4.5 x 1.3
nv:Type: Flash Drive
Memory Size: 16GB
Write Speed: USB 2.0
Security: Password Protection
Security: Compress Files
Warranty: Limited lifetime warranty
MPN: TS16GJFV10
Model: TS16GJFV10
UPC: 760557811466
EAN: 0760557811466
ASIN: B0010P68OQ
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
Pretty fast but slightly flimsy February 21, 2008
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
When my 4GB Ducati SanDisk Extreme USB flash drive started filling up on a regular basis, I knew it was time yet again for something bigger. Hard to believe 4GB isn't big enough! Back in the old days, I remember buying an external 1GB hard drive for a Sun workstation. It cost thousands and I thought "What will I ever do with one gigabyte of storage?". Oh well...
So I figured I'd jump right past 8GB and go for a 16GB USB flash drive. I use flash drives to transfer files, images and data for a website. I looked around but couldn't find a 16GB drive that was reasonably priced but fast - then I found this Transcend "JetFlash" V10 16GB and bought one even though I didn't know much about it, basically because it was the cheapest 16GB USB Flash drive I found from a known brand.
The case is made from a thin semi-transparent plastic, and the chrome bar around it is actually chrome plated plastic. It does feel cheap, has a hollow sound and feels a bit flimsy. I can squeeze it between my fingers and it flexes. I'm not happy about that, especially after using my very, very hefty Ducati SanDisk Extreme, but Transcend gives a lifetime warranty with the drive, so that's a good thing.
It has a slider to move the USB connector in and out, so you don't need a cap. The slider feels ok and it locks the tip in position, but I wonder also how long this will last. I'm guessing that anyone that needs a 16GB flash drive is a serious and frequent user, so you'd think they'd have spent a few more pennies and made the thing more robust.
I did some casual testing, copying a folder with 213MB of data back and forth to the Transcend and 2 other drives, the Ducati SanDisk and a 4GB Sony Micro Vault Tiny.
The Sony is the smallest USB flash drive I've ever seen; about the size of my thumbnail and only the same width as the USB port itself. This is an advantage, but it's always been very slow; I think they use a compression algorithm to fit the 4GB on such a tiny wafer, and that slows things down.
Copying the 213MB folder to the Sony took 2 min. 48 sec. Deleting it on the Sony took 32 seconds, and writing it back to the Dell D410 notebook took 21 seconds.
It took 24 seconds to write the folder to the Ducati SanDisk 4GB; 2 seconds to delete it and 16.8 seconds to copy it back to the Dell.
The Transcend actually did pretty well, considering the Ducati SanDisk drive is unusually fast (but way expensive). It took 47 seconds to write the same folder to the Transcend 16GB; 3.9 seconds to delete it and 17 seconds to copy it back to the Dell. Not bad at all!
Since the most important thing to me in a USB flash drive is speed (assuming some level of confidence that the files won't get corrupted), I'm pleased with the Transcend and it should have enough room for me for a while anyway. I wish it had a more robust build quality, but I guess I'll have to count on the warranty to help me out if something goes wrong.
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