15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good Drive, crappy materials, September 11, 2009
This review is from: Kingston DataTraveler I Generation 2 - 8 GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive DTIG2/8GB (Blue) (Personal Computers)
When I bought this thumb drive I wanted a few specific things:
1) No cap, because in my experience they always get lost.
2) >= 8gb of storage at a reasonable price.
3) Some way to link to a key chain.
The drive by description and pictures on amazon filled all of these specifications:
1) Slide lock design, the end retracts for protection and there is no cap.
2) 8gb and less than $20.
3) A small hole at the end, not quite as big as i'd like, but it still worked.
My main problem is the cheap design of the enclosure. The plastic forming the hole at the end broke on mine, meaning I can no longer have it attached to my key chain and I have to put it inside the bag, meaning I forget it sometimes. I suggested to my girlfriend that she get the same one while mine was still on the way, so she did. Her drive was even worse, the entire enclosure split in two, and now all we have left is the USB end and the chip that the memory is on, bare to the world.
I wish amazon had the option to post pictures.(Edit: I was mistaken here, they do have the option to post pictures and I did post some.)
I would highly recommend finding something a little sturdier if you plan on taking this drive with you anywhere, if you are just using it for say file transfers between machines at home/work id say go for it.
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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Good value., May 13, 2009
This review is from: Kingston DataTraveler I Generation 2 - 8 GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive DTIG2/8GB (Blue) (Personal Computers)
The flash drive's retractable USB connector is very useful for those that tend to lose the dust cap that comes with many other drives. The price was also less than similar devices for other manufacturers.
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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great, and the price is right, May 21, 2009
This review is from: Kingston DataTraveler I Generation 2 - 8 GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive DTIG2/8GB (Blue) (Personal Computers)
I prefer this to the SanDisk because it doesn't bring up that weird U3 program. Seems well made, the drive retreats securely into the handle, quick to boot up. It doesn't "eject" properly so far (the error message comes up even if all files are closed) but that doesn't seem to be affecting its performance in any way. A great buy for the price.
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