I was needing a flash drive quick when I lost all my others, and found this on the listings. I had a 4 GB Red Verbatim flash drive before with good experiences with that. I bought this in the afternoon and thanks to Amazon Prime, had it a couple of days later. This drive is definitely durable since I'm a college student in technology classes, so this thing gets tossed around, plugged in and out at multiple various times during the day. It also always travels with me in my pocket, and no matter what has happened to my jeans, be they wet or dry, this thing stays kickin. One of the high points of this flash drive is the sliding mechanism. As you can see by the picture, the flash drive slides back into the casing when not being used. This allows it to stay compact while keeping the ending clean and clear. This mechanism is sturdy and you know it will stay open or closed. They didn't cheap out on the casing.
Overall, for the price and the storage it's a great buy that can't be beat. Verbatim 32 GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive 97408 (Blue)
There are still two reasons to buy this thumb drive over other choices. First, it's pretty cheap. They're more or less all the same on the inside, and they're all made in China, so there's not a lot differentiating the guts. Sometimes some cheap ones can be slow, doesn't seem to be the case here. Worked fine on a MacBook Pro and a Vista laptop.
Second, the loop at the end is big enough to hook into a keyring, which is exactly what I want it for. I have it clipped inside my backpack where it's always handy but not in danger of accidentally falling out.
Its fast, has a large capacity, easy to use, and unlike most other USB flash drives, theres no cap to lose! It fits nicely on your key ring and its retractable mechanism is great. Its also one of the less expensive flash drives on the market. The only thing I don't like, or wish that this flash drive had is a mechanism to lock the USB head in the protruding position so that you can stick it into the computer easily. I sometimes find myself having trouble making sure the USB drive is in the computer and didn't just retract back into its plastic case. Other than that little issue, this USB flash drive is best on the market and a great bang for your buck.
I have had a verbatim (Red - 8gb) flash drive (http://www.amazon.com/Verbatim-Store-Flash-ReadyBoost-96317/dp/B0018DJIUG/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top) for over 4yrs and have had no problems. I decided to buy a bigger flash drive so I bought the 16gb at $23.99 (FYI it actually has 14.9gb to use which I believe it is normal), which I have had for a couple days. I have two main slight disappointments. One being the flash drive doesn't blink when in use. This might be a flaw with my device. Also it is a lot slower than my Red verbatim flash drive. I haven't done it exact testing, but between two types of transfer:
Transfer 1: Several (~115 mb total) small files (~34kb) it took the blue flash drive almost 35 mins compare to my red one which took 5 mins. (This file transfer was an exacting process as well)
Transfer 2: Several movie files (700 mb about 2.1gb) it took the blues flash drive almost 20 mins compare to my red one which took 5 mins
When I purchased the flash drive I was expecting to use it as a transferring flash drive from computer to computer, but with the slower transfer rates I decided to use it as a back drive. Overall I'm content with the flash drive. It is a good buy for the amount of space gained.
I love that this fits on a key ring, and can be retracted into the casing. I password protect my files and use it for both work and personal use. When I travel, I don't have to take my computer if I can borrow one at my destination. I bought a second one of these to use as a short term backup.
Ive needed a usb flash drive several times, so i finally broke and just bought one, this one was pretty cheap for the amount of gigs it holds
What can i say about it? its a flash drive it does what i need, take files i need with me where ever i go
Overall it feels sturdy and i love that i can put it on my key chain, so im happy :)
OK, the reason I got this was that it was blue. I already have a stack of these in red, all password proteted, and I wanted one that was color-coded as my unprotected go-to.
The problem is, in Verbatim's protected mode, it won't allow large files. So you can't store a 5-Gb database backup, for example. But if you format the stick with NTSB, and don't include the protection zone file, you can store a full 15-16 Gb file to it with no problem. So anything you store to this is now unprotected, or you can WinZip it and put a password on it.
The one thing this one does not do that my others do is have a blinking LED indicating it's connected or it's transferring data. I don't THINK that's because it's been reformatted (because I used to do that with one of the red sticks and I don't recall having that issue). I don't know if that's by design or it's a defect.
But it's definitely nice knowing WHICH of the handful of sticks is now the "unprotected" one. Labels are nice, but obvious color coding is better.
This is a great little flash drive! The thing about it that I love the most is that it can be attached to my key ring so I don't leave it behind anywhere. I have a tendency to get distracted at times and have been known to leave my previous flash drive stuck in the computer. Also, even though my key ring is rather heavy, it doesn't pull the flash drive loose from the computer at all. It's made of a very sturdy plastic and has survived a lot abuse from me so far. I will definitely buy another one should I run out of space on my current one.'
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