Patriot Xporter XT Rage 16 GB USB 2.0 High Speed Flash Drive Up To 25MB/s WRITE Speed PEF16GRUSB

by Patriot

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 3.9 x 0.4 inches ; 0.8 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B003WUX6QK
• Item model number: PEF16GRUSB
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (143 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #32 in Electronics > Computers & Add-Ons > External Data Storage > USB Flash Drives
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 22, 2010

Product Description

Capacity: 16 GB

The Patriot Extreme Performance 16 GB Xporter XT Rage is a USB Flash Drive with both performance and functionality. Featuring an innovative Quad Channel configuration, data is intelligently managed and transferred simultaneously to 4 NAND chips resulting in vastly enhanced performance, particularly write speeds: Rage improves on traditional USB 2.0 Flash Drives to offer up to 27MB/s read and 25MB/s write transfer speeds. Functionality and durability is designed in to the Rage with its rubber coating on the housing and retractable USB connector: the Rage is easier to hold and use, more durable to drops and daily abuse and the connector is protected when not in use. The Patriot Xporter Rage is available in 8GB, 16GB, 32GB and 64GB capacities and carries a lifetime warranty.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

145 of 151 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Survives Incredible Abuse and Really FAST, August 17, 2010

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John M. Wells (California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Patriot Xporter XT Rage 16 GB USB 2.0 High Speed Flash Drive Up To 25MB/s WRITE Speed PEF16GRUSB (Personal Computers)

The Patriot XT flash drives are the best for speed and reliability. I move tons of data (documents, graphics and photos) to my flash drives, and after I make changes to some of the data, I copy to the flash drive again (replace existing folder), several times a day moving multiple gigs of data (obviously hard on the drive, but I don't know a better way to save my work. And, really I care much more about saving work that I put thousands of hours into, than I care about a flash drive. I can always buy a new drive, but I can't get my work (data) back if it is lost.

I know that my use is hard on the drives and I have killed many flash. So, to be careful, I back up onto several flash drives, plus a Maxtor External hard drive. I have tried many different brands and Patriot XT drives (XT Boost and XT Rage) are by far the best. Remember, I have killed many flash drives, but I have never had any problems with any Patriot drives. Also, I have never had a problem with any PNY drives.

But the Patriot XT drives are MUCH FASTER, so I am gradually switching to only Patriot drives.

The other fact you should know about speed is that the smaller drives are faster, I just tested a Patriot XT Boost 4GB, Patriot XT Boost 8GB, Patriot XT Boost 16GB, Patriot XT Rage 16 GB along with a PNY 8GB and a PNY 16 GB by moving 3GB (one folder containing thousands of documents) of data onto each drive. The Patriot drives are all much faster than the PNY drives, and the Patriot XT Rage is faster than the Patriot XT Boost, but within each brand the smaller drive consistently beat the larger ones in speed. So save your money and buy the smallest drive that will meet your needs. When you grow out of the drive, there will be new ones on the market that will be better and less expensive.

Bottom line: I am buying more Patriot XT Rage flash drives.

55 of 57 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fast drive. Seems well built., September 21, 2010

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Michael Andrew Streib (Mountain View, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Patriot Xporter XT Rage 16 GB USB 2.0 High Speed Flash Drive Up To 25MB/s WRITE Speed PEF16GRUSB (Personal Computers)

Construction seems fairly good. I can't comment on the little keyring hole as the other reviewer did. I don't find those holes large enough on most drives to actually use on a normal keyring.

The drive is fast though, and performs at the peak of usb 2.0 drives, and that's one measure that is important to USB sticks in everyday use if you're copying around large enough files to justify having a 16GB drive.

Sequential file test, using test size of 2GB, 4MB at a time, within a 14.5GB test file.

Iteration 1: writing...11.8MB/sec, reading...35.4MB/sec
Iteration 2: writing...11.9MB/sec, reading...36.7MB/sec
Iteration 3: writing...12.0MB/sec, reading...36.8MB/sec
Iteration 4: writing...12.0MB/sec, reading...36.7MB/sec
Iteration 5: writing...11.8MB/sec, reading...36.7MB/sec

29 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best of breed, August 23, 2010

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RichardG "RichardG" (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Patriot Xporter XT Rage 16 GB USB 2.0 High Speed Flash Drive Up To 25MB/s WRITE Speed PEF16GRUSB (Personal Computers)

I rarely bother writing reviews, but this lil' gadget is such an exceptional value it's well worth spreading the good news.

The retractable connector and the smart choice of housing plastic that gives it an uncommonly good grip are noteworthy, but the quad-channel transfer technology is nothing short of amazing.

This thing has read and even write speeds that are so much better than any other USB flash drive I've used that it's almost like using a hard drive.

Patriot Memory came through big time with this latest addition to their family. I'll be buying more as Christmas presents later this year. I've never seen anything like it, and the price is really quite good for the superior performance it offers.

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