Kingston DataTraveler 101 4 GB USB 2 0 Flash Drive DT101C 4GB Cyan

Kingston DataTraveler 101 4 GB USB 2 0 Flash Drive DT101C 4GB Cyan

Kingston’s family of convenient, compact and reliable DataTraveler USB Flash drives just got bigger with the addition of the DataTraveler 101. DataTraveler 101 contains room for high-definition photos, graphics-intensive documents, videos, spreadsheets, presentations, term papers, and music that can be stored and retrieved in a flash. Sleek, practical, and attractively designed, the affordable DataTraveler 101 serves the needs of the budget conscious user as well as those looking for significant storage capacity and data protection in a lightweight, compact design. It features a capless, swivel design for added functionality and ease of use.

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4 Stars Avoids misplaced caps
I bought this because I don’t like keeping up with the separate caps. I did expect the swivel cover to fit closer. With the big gap between the cover and the plug end, I feel like the plug is merely covered, not protected. Now that I’m getting a collection of these, for various uses, I’m considering getting a case for them; then loose caps and cover gaps won’t matter.

I also think the metal swivel is very unattractive from a design standpoint, but it’s function that matters and I have no complaint there. The price is also fair, so I won’t hesitate to buy more of these.

5 Stars How to recognize a deal.
Don’t be too quick to disparage your old thumb drive that’s three times the physical size, one-third the speed, and one-sixteenth the storage capacity of the pictured Kingston Flash Drive. I’ve never lost one of those primitive (i.e. pre-2007) Sandisk flash drives. With the current crop of thin plastics, I’m fortunate to retain the cap for a month, and now that the drive itself is as small and light as a disposable cigarette lighter, I find it difficult to keep the gizmo in my pocket for more than half a year.

Knowing that I wanted a drive with 2-4 gigs and with either a retractable connector or one with a “permanently”-attached protective cover, I simply started going down Amazon’s list of best-sellers. This one, appearing at #17, was the first one with a firmly affixed cap. (The swivel design is quite ingenious. I recently tossed a retractable Transcend drive that kept retracting whenever I attempted to insert it in my computer’s USB port, not good,)

If price were no object, I’d look for the slightly larger, heavier and more rugged Sandisk Titanium (not the “Micro” version, however). But at present this blue (“cyan”) Kingston (always a trustworthy brand) is not only the right price but the exceptional no-brainer: it’s twice the size of its smaller 2 GB brother yet is going for 3 dollars less.

5 Stars Inexpensive and work
It was ~$14 shipped. Inexpensive and it works like it should. Plenty of space for a little thumb drive.

5 Stars Highly Recommended
It is a great product and it holds a lot of things on it and I highly recommend it to anyone.

4 Stars Happy with Amazon
It’s a good flash drive. I would pay more for one with a metal housing.

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SanDisk Cruzer Micro 4 GB USB 2 0 Flash Drive SDCZ6 4096 A11

SanDisk Cruzer Micro 4 GB USB 2 0 Flash Drive SDCZ6 4096 A11

Cruzer Micro is an incredibly small USB Flash Drive (UFD) that connects to a computer’s USB port. Users can easily store their key documents, pictures, music and video clips on a Cruzer Micro and transfer them to another computer with a USB port.Cruzer Micro is small, portable, and smart. Small, compact size fits on any keychain. New retractable USB port eliminates the need for caps and protects your port. Cruzer Micro is a computer in your pocket.er. The new retractable USB port eliminates the need for caps and protects your USB connector.

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars Fantastic amount of space for the price
I’m usually a bit annoyed when it comes to prices of flash drives/thumb drives/or whatever, but the price for this 4GB flash drive was fantastic. I only ended up paying $11 or so for the whole shebang, that’s cheap. It works like any flash drive, and the closing feature is a nice addition. Also fast shipping from shipper, can’t go wrong here.

5 Stars Thumb Drive
Every SanDisk USB thumb drive I’ve purchased has been a winner. I’ve never had any problems with this USB flash drive compared to others that start acting up.

3 Stars Slooooooow
Well, it’s cheap, for 4 GB.

But, it’s also very slow, around 3 MB/s Write speed. 25 minutes to fill it up. Outrageous.

Read speed is above 20 MB/s.

Still, I would not buy a second one, when you can buy a class 4 or class 6 MicroSD card and an adapter for the same price, and you can get better write performance with that combination, in a smaller form factor.

3 Stars Great product, not great shipping
I was very pleased with the flash drive. It holds plenty for our organization’s needs and I like that I don’t have to worry about keeping up with a cover. I was not pleased with having to pay postage due for the shipment. Beach Camera’s response to my email regarding same was essentially, “Sorry about that.” I doubt I will use this supplier again.

5 Stars The Sandisk Cruzer Micro 4.0GB Flash Drive ROCKS!!!
I purchased the Sandisk Cruzer Micro 4.0GB flash drive because my sister lost the one I had lent her and the replacement she purchased for me shortly thereafter was not backwards-compatible with Windows 98 — the computer that hosts my ProMetric beam cross-sectional analyser (a [...] test instrument that sees frequent use for my website at [...]) runs this OS. Needless to say, it performs absolutely flawlessly!!! I couldn’t be more satisfied. It was only when I went to write this review that I saw other users of this product who were dissatisfied with it. Mine did *NOT* come loaded with any extra software to “throw a monkey wrench into the works” as it were (which I would most likely have deep-sixed anyway), so I have no complains in that department.

I’ll be publishing a brief, quasi-informational web page about this product at [...] on the morning of 05-16-10 (or “16 May 2010″ if you prefer).

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