Don’t get scammed by buying cheaper storage sticks.. there are cheaper sticks out there but avoid them,,, for a few quid more I got this branded memory stick, I’ve used it regularly for over a year now and it’s never let me down,, I def can recommend

Able to store all my important files in one place and lock them away in the safe

Plenty big enough for my use and fast to load too. Very happy.

Does what it’s supposed to, handy storage device. The slider is useful to tuck the USB inside the plastic case so it is protected. I’ve bought a few of these. They’re fast enough to watch tv and movies on when plugged into a tv or laptop.

Good USB stick, had one that served me for years without any issues untill was not recognised by computer.
After that ceased to work and lost all my data.
One thing that I have noticed but ignored was that everytime I connected it to a computer, the metal part of the connector was becoming pretty hot even after 1 min of usage (you couldn’t hold your fingers on it!).
The new one is very good so far (like the old one was, good speed for write/read), its metal part of the USB connector is heating but not that much like the old one (almost uncomfortable but you can hold your fingers on it ).
I have different brands of USB sticks (including cheap ones from china and branded ones) but none of them are getting hot like this one or even warm.
I wonder if this is normal or I am just not having luck.
One thing I don’t like is that you can’t see the status LED (the one that blinks when data is transferred).
Dismantled the old one and find out that there is an LED on the USB pcb but it is covered by the housing.

This unit is grand but feels a little cheap, due to the plastic. The ability to withdraw the USB port is a bit of a pain, as I keep doing it accidentally. I liked the solid metal San Disk ones but I’m sick of paying for replacement USB sticks. They go missing faster than children’s dummies. Does what it says.

According to my previous backordering information on Amazon I’ve bought thirteen SanDisk products in the past, including eight flash drives. Why? Because it’s a brand I trust after proving ultra reliable with every item I own or have owned. I suppose I bought my first SanDisk product on a quality recommendation and have looked for the name ever since. I have bought alternative flash drive and SD card products of varying quality but always return to SanDisk. Whether they really are one of the top brands I couldn’t say, but they seem to have a good name and certainly work for me.

Most of the use for flash drives and SD cards is for storing my ever-expanding collection of sound samples for music making. With having limited storage on my computer I obviously have to look to external storage solutions. I find traditional external hard disks clumsy and need something I can quickly change over in any case depending upon what kind of music I’m creating so flash drives and SD cards are ideal as I keep varying collections on various drives.

However, reliability is a must as some of my sound samples aren’t backed up and just sit on the drives and cards themselves. Not many but sufficient so I can’t have anything whereby I might lose them.

Most of my newer products like the one reviewed here are USB 3.0, and for what I need them for they read and write quickly enough. There are some speed fluctuations but these seem to be related to what kind of files I’m moving or copying. Compared to earlier USB standards like USB 2.0 there’s no comparison as these do the job considerably quicker (up to x10 the speed according to the advert). They’re perfectly compatible with the earlier standards though; it’s just that transferring files between the two takes longer. Like all similar devices of this speed and type there’ll be variations between models and manufacturers, but as long as these ones reliably work and quickly copy files then that’s all I’m bothered about. I certainly have no complaints this way. I’ve watched videos from them as well and they work fine without break or stuttering of content. I’m sure this is down to the operating system too but it’s good to know that the drives are easily fast enough for this as well.

They seem to be fairly robust too. I haven’t dropped any onto hard surfaces but have dropped a few from chair height onto carpeting. Obviously, the outer shell has remained intact, and thankfully the data has too.

I use SanDisk in the car for playing music files. The flash drive I normally use is an earlier version than the one I’m reviewing here but I’m presuming the outer casing is the same. It looks to be similar. Again, it’s never been dropped onto a hard service, but on occasion when I want a change it gets put into a glove compartment with a variety of other bigger and heavier items and it seems to survive okay. Similarly, I have three of these drives in a drawer next to where I work, which also has a variety of heavier items in it, which often get moved around and end up on top of the drives, but again they survive without damage. Unless I plan to be particularly careless with them, I’m convinced these are good quality, robust products; products I’m happy to entrust important data to that will withstand reasonable handling and storage.

The drives survive well in a variety of temperatures too — everything from being outside in the car in freezing temperatures to being in the house on the hottest of British summers, and no matter what the temperature variation they’re still as readable and writable as ever.

I haven’t used the supplied security software that comes with them and usually just delete it upon receipt, but I’m sure it will work well enough if I had a need for it (and would be a trusted solution if I had to move sensitive data around).

There’s nowhere to write on the drives as to what they are so I identify them by wrapping different coloured tape around them. I like the fact that drives like these are retractable but find this is rarely used once I have the tape around them. Without the tape I would use the feature.

This drive is 256 GB, which is larger than I usually buy, but have bought one previously of the size so know it holds a good whack of data. Copying and moving files onto it is super easy as it works straight out of the packaging. For me it’s just a case of drag and drop and that’s it. In other words there’s no formatting or preparation required (certainly not for a Windows-based computer, anyway). In terms of file numbers then I can’t really guess, but it has to be a considerable number — probably thousands. I refer to music files here but obviously smaller files will be even more.

Size-wise these drives work well; they’re small enough to be easily portable but not small enough to be easily lost. If one is put into a pocket then it can be easily found again without too much scrabbling.

Personally, I like the black colour because if the drives have be left lying around anywhere then their dark colouring allows them to be much easier hidden away in dark corners or drawers and not so conspicuous, which may be important if they contain sensitive data.

Pricewise, these are good from Amazon and I appreciate the speedy delivery so am happy to keep ordering for as long as I need the product.

Note: Since writing this review I’ve since bought another one of these drives: same speed, same size, same design and same reliability — SanDisk product number 14!