Simple Tech 256MB USB 2.0 FLASH DRIVE UNIT ( STI-USB2FD/256 )

by SimpleTech

Product Details

• Item Weight: 0.5 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0000CEPB5
• Item model number: STI-USB2FD/256
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 3, 2003

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

The SimpleTech Bonzai Xpress USB 2.0 Flash Drive is a small, portable, and convenient replacement to floppy disks, CD's, and more. Bonzai Xpress makes it easy to store, transfer and share your files. Whether you're at home, at work, or on the road, the Bonzai Xpress gives you instant access to your files via any computer with a USB port. Business documents and personal documents, including Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel and Word files, can be easily backed up and accessed anywhere. Your favorite digital pictures, MP3 music, games, and video clips can now be easily taken with you everywhere you go.

Bonzai Xpress is guaranteed compatible with both USB 1.1 and USB 2.0 computers. USB ports are now standard in nearly every desktop and notebook computer made in the past few years. Bonzai Xpress works equally well with Windows and MacOS computers, with no drivers required (except for Windows 98 and 98SE). It even works with USB hubs so you don't have to remove other USB devices. Have a USB keyboard port? No problem. Bonzai Xpress even supports USB keyboards with USB ports.

The SimpleTech Bonzai Xpress USB 2.0 Flash Drive is a durable low profile product that slips easily into your pocket, purse or briefcase. The all-in-one unit requires no batteries, no external power, and no additional cables or adapters.

Product Description

SIMPLETECH STI-USB2FD/256, FULL SPEED 256 MB USB 2.0 FLASH DRIVE

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

31 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sleek, Convenient, and Efficient, March 18, 2004

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loce_the_wizard "loce_the_wizard" (Lilburn, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Simple Tech 256MB USB 2.0 FLASH DRIVE UNIT ( STI-USB2FD/256 ) (Personal Computers)

I just started using the SimpleTech USB 2.0 Flash Drive with 256 MB this week, and I'm a convert already. This "thumb drive" offers enough storage capacity to stash some decent sized files(if you compress big file first)---digital images, music, PhotoShop files, PowerPoint presentations---that used to require you to burn a CD or scurry about hoping you found a Mac or PC with a Zip drive. Look at it this way: one of these compact drives will hold what you could have put on 256 floppy disks! There is no power cord to plug in.

Thanks to Apple's heads-up introduction of USB technology several years ago, it's a snap to port data from almost any computer around these days if you have one of these sleek numbers tucked away in a shirt pocket or satchel. So far, the "plug and play" feature of this USB drive has worked in half a dozen computers, and I've been able to store and retrieve files, plus print from the Flash Drive, on both Mac and PC platforms.

The one nuisance I've encountered, and the brief instructions with the Flash Drive do warn you, is that it may only work with the USB ports in the backs of some computers. For instance, the Flash Drive works only in the main USB connection on my IMac, but works in multiple ports on the G4 at work.

It's hard to beat the convenience and ease of these sleek drives. As their capacity grows and their price shrinks, these Flash Drives will soon be as common as cell phones and not nearly as obnoxious.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Works great with Windows 98 or XP, January 18, 2005

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IMO666 (Arlington, VA USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Simple Tech 256MB USB 2.0 FLASH DRIVE UNIT ( STI-USB2FD/256 ) (Personal Computers)

I bought this drive because it's one of the few that has a Windows 98 driver, and I need to use it with my old Windows 98 as well as my new XP machine. After downloading the driver from the Simple Tech website, at
http://www.simpletech.com/support/drivers/flash/Bonzai_Xpress.exe I plugged in the drive and it worked fine. It also works without a driver on XP, despite what one bogus review here indicates.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simple Tech is outstanding, June 12, 2004

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James F. Murphy "[e-mail]" (Upper Darby, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Simple Tech 256MB USB 2.0 FLASH DRIVE UNIT ( STI-USB2FD/256 ) (Personal Computers)

I've had this Simple Tech flash drive unit for about four months, and much prefer it over a flimsy competitor I also use to back up files.

This is sturdy, durable and of very good quality.

I just bought another one -- this time from Amazon -- for about $25 less than I paid for my first one in a national store. I'm thrilled!