Customer Reviews

Kingston 1GB DataTraveler II USB 2.0 ( KUSBDTII/1GB ) (Retail Package)

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I got this pen drive to replace a 512 MB drive that became corrupted. Ths Kingston 1 GB drive is all that I need in terms of size, seems reliable, and has a nice security program built in. It also seems to be well-built and the cap snaps on securely.

The LED light that lets you know when the drive is being accessed is only on one side of the drive, and it faces away when I plug it into my USB port - so it is basically useless. Other pen drives that I have used have had LED lights visible from either side.

Another complaint is that the cap does not attach to the drive once taken off and can get misplaced if you don't watch out. The other pen drives that I've had have always had a way to snap the cap to the back of the drive or have it hang to the side once taken off. I might glue something to it to keep it connected to the drive, but I wish that I did not have to.

I probably should have read more about it before ordering it, but I still don't think that I would have seen that these features that I like are not on this pen drive. I'm just mentioning them in case someone else likes them too.

As far as speed, quality and durability, I don't know how you can say a memory stick is better. But after losing my last stick, I do like this one better because of the preloaded security software. While I didn't have financial or password info on my last stick, I'm still a little unnerved that somebody might be looking through my resume or the stupid little things I was working on. I'm sure the security can be broken, but what are the chances that the guy who finds the stick is a jerk AND savvy at getting past these things?

I also like that the security is provided for a complete directory, and I don't have to set it up for each thing I'm storing.

I still don't put my password info and financial stuff on this stick, but I don't worry about losing it as much.

I had some odd problems with this flash drive ont he first day that I used it. It didn't seem to reliably connect to my computers. Once when it did connect copying files was amazingly slow. After those first few bad experiences, it has worked fine ever since. Maybe the contacts needed to be worn down a little bit or something. Anyway, since then I have used the DataTraveler regularly (just about every day) to copy files between an HP laptop and two iMacs and it has worked without a hitch. One funny observation. They put an In Use light on one side of this drive. In about half the USB ports I have put it in, the light is facing away from the user. It would be nice if there were some universal standards for USB ports about which way is up, or in the case of vertically mounted ones, which way is facing the user. It would make them easier to plug in without looking inside the plug every time (for those of us who use multiple machines).

If you need to carry information from one place to another, this is a "must have" item. The Kingston 1 G Data Traveler works well with both Mac and PC's. Great speed, easy to use, and dependable. The case is durable and less prone to damage than many other jump-drives or memory sticks. I have taken it from home to work to college. Great product at a great price.

Very good product, great speed of data transfer, good product presentation, I am very happy....

I just washed and dried my Kingston stick drive- twenty minutes in warm cycle (forgotten in a pocket), then about forty minutes in the dryer, banging around on the walls. And...it works perfectly. The only difference is that the exterior is slightly cleaner. I'm a fan for life.

You must pay expensive for any Kingston memory card or pen drive. But you will not be disappointed. I have used Kingston memory cards for my PC for years. Now I decided for a 2 GB Data Traveller II as a mule for my home-to-work files transport.

Easy to handle, no break, complete service after more than 6 month use.

That's Kingston!

I've known about the company for years, so this was one reason I chose this thumb drive. The price was perfect for me at the time. One flaw with this design, is the cap. If the cap isn't attached to the rest of the boddy somehow, it is lost immediatelly if you are not careful. It takes abuse well, I carry it on my key-chain and it gets bangged up quite a bit. Kuddos for Kingston for designing it to take this type of mild abuse. I wished the unit was smaller. It's a little deceptive when you see it pictured by it self. Lastly, the Data Traveler II works well on PC and Mac's, I'm happy with this purchase.

Used to tranfser a few files, great data transfer speed. Currently using with Windows Vista Home Premium as ready boost memory. Overall I am very happy with performance and functionality of the device.

I found this item to be very useful in storing and saving me disk space on my computer. Very easy installation of software. Great customer support at the Kingston web site, was able to download drivers I needed for my Windows 98 SE platform. I highly recommend this product.