8GB Micro Vault Classic with Virtual Expander

by Sony

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 6.2 x 5 x 1 inches ; 2.9 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 2.9 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000KDF87M
• Item model number: USM8GJ
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: November 6, 2006

Product Description

Micro Vault Virtual Expander is Sony's unique file compression software. It is pre-installed on the device for ease of use. Micro Vault Virtual Expander will compress your data to virtually store about 3 times as much data. Power will be supplied through USB port, so you do not need an AC adaptor Interface - High-Speed USB 2.0 Port type - Type A USB port Compatible OS - Windows XP Professional, Home Edition, Windows 2000 Professional, Windows Me, Windows98SE, Windows98, Mac OS 9.0 and higher External Dimensions - 17.7 x 8.3 x 67 mm Weight - Approximately 10 grams

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars One ssllooww drive., May 30, 2007

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Rod March (Fairbanks, AK USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 8GB Micro Vault Classic with Virtual Expander (Personal Computers)

I bought this usb flash drive thinking that it was a Sony Micro Vault Turbo. Big mistake! Most companies making USB flash drives make two or more models that differ significantly in performance. This drive is Sony's slow model and you really don't want a large capacity flash drive this slow. It is hard to find performance specs for flash drives; you have to dig pretty hard and most slower models will not have performance specs published. Sony advertises write speeds of 18 MB/s for the Turbo model, one of the faster drives available. This drive tested at about 2 MB/s writing, a HUGE difference, almost a factor of 10 slower. I suggest you look elsewhere for a usb drive this large.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not a good flash drive, over priced, April 6, 2009

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M. Carriker (Knoxville, TN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 8GB Micro Vault Classic with Virtual Expander (Personal Computers)

This drive was reasonable for about 2 weeks, then it broke (not recognized anymore) I'm in IT so I deal with alot of flash devices, this one was a gift and at $50 this thing should have been bullet proof. Instead it feels like something I got out of a 25 cent toy machine at Wal-Mart. It scratches very easy and has slow write speeds. I've gotten two of these and both became unusable very quickly. Flash drives are cheap now, 8 GB goes for about $6 if you look in the right places, do your self a favor and pick up a couple of those before you even think about this one. DON'T BUY!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars The PEZ dispenser of USB devices, August 18, 2008

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S. Charleson (Minnesota) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 8GB Micro Vault Classic with Virtual Expander (Personal Computers)

This device feels very cheap. Took 15 minutes to copy a 6 GB file to it. Maybe I mixed-up my bits and bytes, but I think that's about 6MB per second...and that seems very slow. Anyway, it's going back tomorrow.