SanDisk SDCZ3-1024-A10 Cruzer Titanium 1GB USB 2.0 (Retail Package)

by SanDisk

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0007TC390
• Item model number: SDCZ3-1024-A10
• Average Customer Review: 2.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (76 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: February 16, 2005

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

The Cruzer Titanium is an extremely rugged and incredibly fast USB Flash Drive (UFD) that connects to a computer's USB port. This Cruzer Titanium features a 1 GB flash memory. You can easily store your key documents, pictures, music and video clips and transfer them to another computer with a USB port. The Cruzer Titanium is built with Liquidmetal space-age metal casing that is crush-resistant over 2,000 pounds. It includes free full-versions of the following applications (preloaded; Windows applications):

• CruzerLock2: 448 bit AES/Blowfish encryption (powered by encryptX Corporation)
• CruzerSync: Outlook and My Documents folder synchronization making it easy to all your Outlook activities on-the-go
• PocketCache: Enables you to perform regular and repeated backup

Specifications/Features:

• Performance: 9MB/s write and >15MB/s read speeds
• Laser etched graphics and finish
• Retractable USB connector
• Distinctive Blue LED
• Hi-Speed USB 2.0 certified (backwards compatible with all USB 1.1 ports)
• USB Mass Storage Class Device
• Compatible with Windows 98SE, ME, 2000, XP and Mac OS 9.1.x+, OS X v10.1.2+

Product Description

The 1GB Cruzer Titanium USB 2.0 Flash Drive is an exceptionally stylish, extremely rugged and incredibly fast USB 2.0 Hi-Speed flash drive. Designed to withstand harsh working environments and operating conditions, it protects your data while offering high-speed transfer. It's sleek, stores up to 1GB of data and is almost indestructible -- exactly what you need to protect your essential information.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

76 of 80 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Rugged and hassle-free, July 12, 2005

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Sherrod Segraves (Austin, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: SanDisk SDCZ3-1024-A10 Cruzer Titanium 1GB USB 2.0 (Retail Package) (Personal Computers)

PROS:

Rugged - This is the only flash drive I know that can survive a year attached to my keychain. After I got my new 1GB model, I tested my old 256MB model by stomping on it, and it wasn't even damaged.

No cap - The USB connecter slides out (somewhat like a ball point pen). This is a great feature, and I will never buy a flash drive with a cap again.


CONS:

Locking mechanism - The USB connecter slides out and locks in place. On my 256MB model, the locking mechanism gradually wore out. After about a year, I couldn't plug in my old flash drive without firmly holding the slider in place. A coworker has the same problem. From the look and feel, I think that the 1GB model has the same locking mechanism.

Ring that attaches to drive - the tiny 1 cm ring that attaches the drive to the lanyard or keychain is flimsy. It stretched apart when I was idly swinging my keychain.


HINT:

Remove the clip from the lanyard, and attach it directly to the flash drive. Now you can clip the drive to your key chain when you aren't using it.

25 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars so far so good, August 22, 2005

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Impetigo (Dallas, TX) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: SanDisk SDCZ3-1024-A10 Cruzer Titanium 1GB USB 2.0 (Retail Package) (Personal Computers)

Got the 1 GB Titanium Cruzer a week ago and so far it is better than I expected. I found the ring easy to attach (took less than 30 seconds and without scratching the exterior) and it doesn't seem flimsy to me and shouldn't unwind unless you chronically put tension on it. The good thing is that unlike drives with a flimsy plastic loop, the Titanium's attachment is metal and seems solid.

The sliding mechanism also appears to be very solid. It's my first one, but you have to put significant pressure to release the sliding mechanism to extend or retract the USB connector. There is also a nice neck strap with a clip that attaches to the ring you put on the drive.

Drive works well and transfers files quickly (although the Lexar Lightning is significantly faster). Very satisfied so far.

16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars UPDATED: Twice Tried - Twice Died! Poor engineering., December 26, 2005

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S. Moon (Lower Maryland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: SanDisk SDCZ3-1024-A10 Cruzer Titanium 1GB USB 2.0 (Retail Package) (Personal Computers)

Quick update: Failed a third time, upon receipt. Total functionality, zero seconds. Wound up forcing SanDisk to replace the drive with another model. By company policy, replacement was worth half the retail I paid for the Cruzer... So all told, the score was three failed drives, one working drive worth half what I paid for it, repeated data loss, and much frustration.

Do NOT purchase this model!

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I purchased a SanDisk Titanium Cruzer 1.0 GB drive while working in the Gulf of Mexico doing Hurricane Katrina/Rita relief operations. It lasted three days, and then no computer could recognize it as a 'known device.' (It was fine until then.) Since I'm extremely careful to safely remove USB devices, and the feature which led me to buy the drive in the first place was the sliding connector, I figured it was a mechanical failure and simply replaced the device.

The new drive, identical to the first, functioned well until late December - when it did exactly what the first drive did. I plug it into a USB port (doesn't matter 1.1 or 2.0), the OS (Windows XP) decides it has malfunctioned - and poof! No drive, no data.

So far, SanDisk tech support has had me jump through hoops trying to figure out if it's the operating system that is at fault. Given that I have checked the device on both my workstation and my laptop and received the same results, it's fairly certain that it's not my computers or software which have failed.

Looking over the various reviews of this product, and the customer feedback, it appears that I'm not the only user to suffer this type of complete, abrupt and total failure. Hopefully, SanDisk will replace the drive with a better model - and I'll just run the risk of losing the cap.

I strongly recommend against purchasing this USB drive until SanDisk fixes the design problems. But I'll admit - the size of the drive, the case... I like them so well I will probably be among the first to buy one when they DO fix it!